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[Motorola Droid Maxx] Chunkywolf:
Regardless of the amount of apps, most contracts to include them probably have more value if the phone is not able to fully disable the apps in question. Also, they probably make a fair bit over the fact that you can't disable visual voicemail(hello subscription!), and so it tempts people every day to subscribe even though Google Voice provides the same service for free. I'm not saying that things are impossible, but allowing access to easy rooting would indeed devalue the product placement service they are providing.

In my eyes though, compared to the Galaxy Nexus I just replaced, the amount of extra stuff on the phone that I'll never use is irritating. Being able to run a much slimmer rom would be wonderful.
[Motorola Droid Maxx] stanislavshulgin:
I tried contacting Motorola support, they told that BL unlock is possible, but I must contact Verizon. So maybe OP is right. I'm from Russia and can't contact Verizon. Can anyone help me plz? Thx.
[Motorola Droid Maxx] BladeRunner:
Moto phones are pretty light compared to oithers, what apps, specifically, are irritating you?
[Motorola Droid Maxx] bigv5150:
They just tell you that to pass the buck Verizon won't unlock the phone.

sent from "my kungfu is stronger then yours" XT1080
[Motorola Droid Maxx] Merinorus:
Motorola support told me they couldn't do anything to unlock the bootloader and they added i might try contacting Verizon.

No one has tried yet ? I'm from France, I guess a phone call will cost half a "chinese man" :x
[Motorola Droid Maxx] Samg381:
Dissapointed

This does not work on my Droid Maxx. I'm starting to realize how few people actually bought the Maxx and how hopeless of a phone it is to try and root. Bravo, Verizon, your security is on par with the NSA and their mission-critical sensitive information. I'm about to throw this useless phone out the window. I was hoping a root would have been discovered already but I guess not. Pisses me off.
[Motorola Droid Maxx] ssb13:
I find it offensive at times reading these discussions. If rooting is that important to you, do not be an early adopter of a phone...wait until it has an exploit that makes you happy and then get it. Then once you have it, don't break it so you will not have to worry about getting a replacement that might be protected from unlocking/rooting.

This is just a suggestion and I am in now way telling anyone what to do with your time or money.

The MAXX is my 5th Android phone, and the only one that I have not rooted...and to tell you the truth I do not miss it. It is a very solid phone, with great performance and battery (the reasons I rooted in the past, other than the fun of it).

Being upset at Verizon, or any other carrier, is just plain useless...own up to your decisions and stop blaming other people. :highfive:
[Motorola Droid Maxx] dcooterfrog:
also my 5th

right before I bought this phone there was root on it. mine came with the next version of the software... no root.

oh well. again this is what happens when you buy a droid. they are kind of proprietary to Verizon. the same thing happen to my droid incredible 4g lte. eventually all version got s-off and unlocked boot loader because of its similarity to other htc phones

the bloat is small... most of it can be disabled.

if you are on a family share plan you get tethering.

the "skin" is so close to googel i would want to loose the few additions it ahs.

that being said i like my droid mini better except for a couple things.

then only thing i miss about root now that i have wireless tether is the ability to disable some apps to save battery life
[Motorola Droid Maxx] tutorialbs:
sorry but why are you even here if you don't miss rooting your phone?

i've a rooted droid maxx and root was/is extremely important to me, even more so than an unlocked boot loader.
[Motorola Droid Maxx] ssb13:
I am not saying I would not root my phone if I could...I am saying that I understand that rooting is not a given...it has to be exploited and since I do not have the skills to do so, nor in a position to change Verizon policies and decisions, that I am fine with not having because there is nothing I can do about it, and I blame no one for the situation I am in.

I am here because I have been a part of this community for years, and feel that if there is anyway I can contribute to the community or an individual I will do so happily.
[Motorola Droid Maxx] bigv5150:
That makes no sense an unlocked boot loader means root always. Just root means you lose it with the next update. I would take unlocked boot loader over just root any day.

sent from "my kungfu is stronger then yours" XT1080
[Motorola Droid Maxx] @work:
It actually doesn't mean root always, but it makes it helluva easy. Its like a root cheat code.
[Motorola Droid Maxx] bigv5150:
I have never heard of any device with an unlocked boot.loader not having root.

sent from "my kungfu is stronger then yours" XT1080
[Motorola Droid Maxx] adrynalyne:
Unless you know how to build your own recovery or one has been built for you, you will not be rooting your phone with a mere unlock of the bootloader.
[Motorola Droid Maxx] bigv5150:
Guess what that can be said about root. I don't find the root exploit but use it until the next update then need to wait. Unlocked boot loader you get root and keep it. Show me a phone with an unlocked boot loader that doesn't have root. So like I said unlocked boot loader trumps root. Why? Because you get an unlocked boot loader and root follows. You can't even come close to saying that about root.

sent from "my kungfu is stronger then yours" XT1080
[Motorola Droid Maxx] adrynalyne:
You missed the point, but gj with the rant. Do you know how to build your own recovery, or do you wait for others to do it for you?

If its the latter, then unlocking your bootloader means nothing unless someone helps you out with root.

This is not a chest heaving match, just the stark truth that an unlocked bootloader in the hands of someone who doesn't know how out use it is worthless.

This guy gets it. Root is only guaranteed if someone builds a recovery for the device after unlocking. Do they? Usually. Guaranteed? No.
[Motorola Droid Maxx] BladeRunner:
Permanent root is often only achievable after an unlocked bootloader a la Sunshine.

When Lollipop first rolled out it was rootable only via a modified boot image which required an unlocked bootloader. Chainfire has developed a way around that but even he says that is only until google gets around to patching it.

What phones on 4.4.4 are rootable without and unlocked bootloader that weren't rooted/unlocked in a previous build? (minus the Nexus devices)

It's not that one trumps the other it is simply that security has gotten so good at the kernel level that root sans unlocking is far more difficult now than it was and may be impossible in the very near future.
[Motorola Droid Maxx] adrynalyne:
Agreed.
[Motorola Droid Maxx] bigv5150:
I get the point you don't obviously. We are all dependent on devs for root or unlocked boatloader. So stating I am dependent on someone for an unlocked boot loader is the same as being dependent on root. Like I said you get root for one build then an update your beat. Unlocked you have root for ever. I don't get how you don't understand this.

sent from "my kungfu is stronger then yours" XT1080
[Motorola Droid Maxx] adrynalyne:
I fully understand the process, as someone such as yourself who has to wait on "developers", I don't think you do and I don't see a reason to explain it further due to that.

Bootloader unlocking enables a phone to be easily rooted. It does not root a phone, nor does it mean it will be rooted if you don't have someone who will take the time to do a recovery or similar process for you to follow.

Its an indisputable fact.
[Motorola Droid Maxx] bigv5150:
I can see this going no where be happy with root until next update I will be happy with root always.

sent from "my kungfu is stronger then yours" XT1080
[Motorola Droid Maxx] Skrilax_CZ:
I think [MENTION=3462404]bigv5150[/MENTION] is comparing "rooting" and "bootloader unlocking" as a form of an exploit on phones where the vendor does not provide bootloader unlock officialy. That is, with just "rooting", you will likely lose it with an update, while unlocked bootloader will likely stay unlocked after an update.
[Motorola Droid Maxx] jmills822:
I just got the droid maxx 4.4.4 for Verizon is there any free way to unlock boot loader and root?
[Motorola Droid Maxx] HassnainHaider:
Is there any way to root XT 1080 su6-7.7??
[Motorola Droid Maxx] eeffeemorgan:
Help!!!!

I have been trying to root my device for more than a year and it wont work

it is:

Droid Maxx

xt1080

su6-7.7
[Motorola Droid Maxx] s5610:
Yes. Sorry, if I'm late with reply :)
[Motorola Droid Maxx] Nido221:
What is the procedure to root the Xt 1080.
[Motorola Droid Maxx] s5610:
You must follow very carefully these instructions. The phone may remain brick, in case you make it by half.

Method gives you full read rights to entire Data partition, but write rights to System are limited, any modification will be thrown back after first reset.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nsuviolin2005:
This one seems to be more of a Windows problem than an issue with the Nexus, so a Mod can feel free to move this if it's miscategorized.

I just got my Nexus 6 today and I'm currently trying to get everything set up. I consolidated the files between my Internal and External storage from my HTC One M8 earlier into a folder on my laptop (including SMS and Titanium Backups), with the plan to just dump everything into the Nexus internal storage. When I plug the phone into my primary laptop, I get the notification that the "Google Nexus ADB" software installed successfully, and the battery charges. However, it doesn't mount the storage, even when I play with the USB mount settings.

It's likely an issue just with my primary laptop, because I tried plugging the Nexus into both my work laptop and my desktop computer, and the storage mounted on both of them fine. Any suggestions on how to fix this? For the time being, I'm re-copying the files onto my desktop, but I would like to get this resolved for the future.

FYI, I'm running Windows 7 on all 3 of the aforementioned machines.

Thanks in advance. :)
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stevetrooper:
Did you install the latest Google Drivers for the Nexus? There was an update to the drivers in the Android SDK.

http://developer.android.com/sdk/win-usb.html
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nsuviolin2005:
I didn't update the drivers on any of my computers but the phone mounted fine on 2 of them. I'll give this a try later tonight or tomorrow, though and see if that resolves it for the problem computer. Thanks!
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] Azzzy:
Hey,

I'm a newbie to these forums and Android, have used iOS for the last 3 years and just need some help with my

new phone. So i'm in the UK and am on the b116 firmware, Jellybean (4.2.2) and I called Huawei a couple of days ago

and they say that it (the 4.4.2 update) should come out within the next couple of weeks. Thing is this is the same thing

they said in July. That's where I need your help guys. Can someone please give me the steps to how I could

update to KitKat.

P.S. I'm also new to this topic on ROMs, TWRP, flashing, etc.

Could you please help. Thank you.
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] tileeq:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2903736
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] Azzzy:
Is this how you did it?

So is this how you did it for your phone from the same firmware?

How do you flash though?

But thanks for your reply.
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] wards5150:
I was in the same boat about a month ago. There are a lot of firmwares out there. Can be very confusing. Here is what I did. I updated to b132 jb then to b512 kk. Used update app method both times through system update from SD card. I downloaded the roms from Huawei news website. Read up as much as you can. Hope it helps.
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] Azzzy:
It works?

OK so i go on the huawei news site download the b132 then the next and this is with the update.app method right? And is worked? K I'll give it a try but thanks anyway so helpful!

Couldn't be more grateful.
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] wards5150:
Took me a while to find where to go after b116. Not many seemed to have that firmware version.
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] Azzzy:
Where do I read up?

So what should i read up on. Just the method?
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] tileeq:
The metod for updating is pretty easy as long as you dont have any data to backup or restore. Download the update file that should be named UPDATE.APP and put it in a folder named DLOAD in your sdcard. From there go to system update and select local update. It should restart the phone and do all the update on its own. After the update it will boot into system and you are ready to go. But since its recommended to go to B132 first and then to kitkat you gonna need to do this twice for both updates.
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] wards5150:
Do what the above says. There is a word document with official downloads that tells you what to do. Better to have more knowledge than just jumping in and getting it wrong. There is a thread on here somewhere that lists all official downloads. I'm sure there are links as well. Good luck.
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] Azzzy:
I may seem a bit clueless

So sorry to bother but where is this word doc. Have i missed it somehow?

And it may seem a bit forward but is there a lollipop update for the P6
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] wards5150:
No lollipop as yet. Can't see Huawei releasing it as this phone too old now. I'm sure someone will develop it for our phone after official cm12 is released. When you download official rom unzip the file and there should be two files one is the update app. And there should be a word doc as well. The word doc tells you how to update. I'll try to find a link for downloads I used. Might be later today though.

Link for jb rom

http://dl.huaweinews.com/Roms/Ascend-P6/B132.zip

Link for kk rom.

http://dl.huaweinews.com/Roms/Ascend-P6/B512.zip

There are later kk releases ie b634 but b512 working well for me.
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] Azzzy:
What about the EMUI?

So what about the EMUI will that also automatically update? Will it have to be separate?

If so which ones do i download and how?
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] tileeq:
Yes the EMUI updates along with the system. First download and update the B132 and then the B512.
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] wards5150:
When you update to kk 512 emui 2.3 will be installed as part of update. No need to update separately.
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] Azzzy:
Thanks

Thanks to everyone who helped. I'll give it a go today or tomorrow.

Fingers crossed it'll work.

Seriously i cannot thank you guys enough.:)
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] Azzzy:
Tried it - it failed :(

Hey guys, I tried it out, downloading the file and then putting the UPDATE.app on my SD card's dload folder,

did the local upgrade but then on the screen it came up with, "Copying from external source(i think) failed", tried it again, "cust ... succeeded" - not sure if useful but yh why did it fail, what am I doing wrong? I've attached the contents of my SD card below but is that what is causing the problems?

When i tried to do it, it said on the first line, "This phone is LOCK state" then goes onto say "Huawei SD card fail" if it helps.
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] Azzzy:
Bootloader?

Do i need to unlock bootloader?
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] tileeq:
Was this directly to kitkat or you went with B132 first?
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] Azzzy:
B132

Nope, i updated well tried to anyways to b132
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] tileeq:
Try again?
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] Azzzy:
I did

I did try again. Didn't work. Will unlocking bootloader do anything, what does unlocking do in the first place? Pleaaaasssseeeee help!!!!:(:eek::confused:
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] tileeq:
Find B125 firmware and trt with that if that doesnt work try to inlock the bootloader.
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] wards5150:
Weird how some updates work and others don't. Never had any issues so don't know how to advise. You did unzip files fully? No renaming? have you rooted your device?
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] Azzzy:
unlocking the P6 and bootloaders

So have you unlocked your phone? How did you do it because i tried

but I'm not sure it worked. And yh i didn't rename any files and unzipped fully so

really don't know what to do. I'll try the b125 firmware and see if that works but

the bootloader thing any idea on how to unlock it? I feel so newbie...
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] wards5150:
I have not unlocked my bootloader or rooted my phone and update apps worked fine for me..
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] Azzzy:
No idea what's happening then...
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] wards5150:
I read on forum some people have renamed update app to zip and it worked for them. Perhaps try that I'm sure there is a video on you tube of someone doing it that way. Try downloading files again in case they got corrupted. I use winrar to unzip files you could try that?

Try this link for downloads

http://dl-uk.huaweinews.com/index.ph...oms/Ascend-P6/
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] Azzzy:
I'll give a go

I use winrar as well so don't think that's it. On renaming the file so you mean from "update.app" to "zip. app"?
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] wards5150:
Not 100% as I didn't have to rename. There is other threads on it and video on you tube. Did you try other download link? That is where I got my roms from.
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] Azzzy:
It did not work again! Would unlocking the bootloader help (but is safe?)? Or could my SD card be the problem ? It's not branded so is there a possibility that it didn't work due to this, therefore would having a branded one do any good? If so what about PNY?
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] tileeq:
I have a suggestion, why dont you try putting the update in the Internal storage instead of the sd card. I had a friend that had problems updating from sd card but no problems from internal storage.

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And pls report back on the result if possible
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] Azzzy:
Hey guys quick update I tried Gevgelija's suggestion about putting it on the internal storage and it worked!

The B125 seems a bit slow or is that the phone just instalizing?

Anyways I would like to swiftly move onto B132 so should I just replace the current

Update.app file in the dload folder with the B132's ?

Thanks guys nearly there!
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] wards5150:
Glad to hear your on your way. Yeah go to b132 by replacing update app in dload folder. Then do the same to get to b512 kk.
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] Azzzy:
What to do next

Hey guys I'm on the B132 firmware and now have downloaded the B510 file (huaweinews recommended it) but I see a lot of other folders inside such as 'cust', 'patch' and 'system' (contains many of the pre-downloaded apps inside) along with the 'uodate.app' so I'm wondering what I should do now interms of, do I put only the update.app on the storage or the whole bunch of files, ? I mean does it make a difference?

Really appreciate the help in advance,

Azzzy
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] wards5150:
Sorry don't know I went straight to b512.
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] Azzzy:
And you faced no problems with internet/wifi or anything. That's what theyw ere saying on the forums on huaweinews

.
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] Azzzy:
And you didn't face any problems with the connectivity, e.g.Internet/WiFi or aything, cus that's what they (people on HuaweiNews forums) said.
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] tileeq:
There shouldn't be any problems, but is something comes up just explain what is happening and we will try to help you in the way.

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And by the way I'm very glad that my suggestion worked and I hope you get what you want very soon.
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] Azzzy:
Thanks, for both the suggestions and reassurance, i'll give it a go and let you know! :o:cyclops::cowboy:
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] wards5150:
No problems for me on with internet/wifi on 512 everything works well. I did have some drops on 116.
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] Azzzy:
Done?

K guys, so updated. It looks differently but there is a massive lag! I mean is it the phone just instalizing or me just being too hasty?

It stayed on the opening, "Huawei" logo for quite some time so is that just a one-off thing? ANy way to overall not have the phone stay

so long on the logo in the first place.

Anyways, nearly there ...
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] tileeq:
If you still are experiencing lag after final update then make a factory reset and wipe cache in the recovery if needed.
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] Azzzy:
Kind of finished...

A quick update...

So I'm on 4.4.2 (yay!) on B512 and well all seems fine except the fact that my WiFi seems slower than usual (other devices using it are running fine however). The main problem is that apps are downloading really slowly. i mean a 1.2(?)GB file took I think 1 hour to download and installation took a further 10 minutes. So is there any way to solve that please...

Also, when I open my apps that I have installed, all I get is a black screen and an error report after a while that it isn't responding and do i wait or report, etc.
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] wards5150:
Something's not right. Did you do a factory reset?
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] spyd0n:
Did anybody try the B513? And are there any newer builds?

On dl-uk.huaweinews.com/index.php?dir=Roms/Ascend-P6/ B512 is noted as modifed after B513, which is a bit weird.

(B512 worked very well for me to, without any renaming of files etc)
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] Azzzy:
Yeah i did do a factory reset and well should i try to redownload it the 512 or updated to 513, depends on which one you guys had a better experience with. Or should i try to wipe the cache in recovery as tileeq recommended, what'll that do anyways.
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] wards5150:
It will free up data stored from apps. So the app will open up as if first time its been used. The info is stored so in theory it should open quicker. Can't hurt to try. Some times files are left from previous roms but a system restore should have cleared all that. On a previous phone I would wipe all before trying new roms.

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I think 513 was released before 512. Doesn't make sense but check release dates. I have heard that 635 is a good rom although it was a Turkish release.
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] Azzzy:
Should I give 635 a try - is it gonna be safe?
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] wards5150:
Up to you not tried it myself as I am happy with 512.
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] Azzzy:
The thing is currently whenever I try and open a downloaded app, it will open, there'll be a blank, black screen and then it randomly quits. I have set the default storage to my SD card, could that be something... But considering the P6's horrendous memory I need to have it on the SD card otherwise I cannot download more than an x number of apps with a 32 gb SD card remaining useless.

How do you boot into recovery mode ?
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] wards5150:
Turn off phone. Hold down power and vol down I think. Should take you to stock recovery.
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] Azzzy:
Didn't work, when should I do this when the Huawei (powered by android) logo comes up or the Huawei Ascend logo

Anyways, when i did try it, it got stuck on the Ascend logo.
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] wards5150:
Must be power and vol up then. Turn phone off then hold buttons together for about 10 to 15 seconds. You should get a screen similar to what you saw during update procedure.
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] Azzzy:
That didn't work either
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] wards5150:
Just tried on my phone didn't work for me either.? Not tried it since 512 update so don't know how to advise.
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] tileeq:
Booting into recovery is done with all three buttons at once (power+vol up+vol down). But make sure you dont have an dload folder with update.app in your storage because it will start the update process.
[Huawei Ascend P6, Mate] wards5150:
Doh. Forgot about that. Was messing around trying to remember how to do it. Forgot I had b707 in dload folder. On that now and I love it.