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[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] b.mercurio:
A I the only one having this problem

Hello am I the only one having this problem. I did all the steps but when I get to the final stage of rooting the phone and I copy the image over to the other screen and push enter it says this

Found device: XT1254 ZX1F22TMS8

usage: mofo.exe [-h] {flash,unlock,verify} ...

positional arguments:

{flash,unlock,verify}

flash Flash the device

unlock Unlock the device

verify Generate Verification

optional arguments:

-h, --help show this help message and exit

C:\Users\Brett\Downloads\Compressed\mofo_2\mofo\windows>mofo.exe flashC:\Users\

rett\Downloads\Compressed\mofo_2\mofo\windows\xt1254.system.21.44.12.quark_veri

on.rooted.ext4.img

version: 0.0.2

Found device: XT1254 ZX1F22TMS8

usage: mofo.exe [-h] {flash,unlock,verify} ...

mofo.exe: error: argument command: invalid choice: 'flashC:\\Users\\Brett\\Down

oads\\Compressed\\mofo_2\\mofo\\windows\\xt1254.system.21.44.12.quark_verizon.r

oted.ext4.img' (choose from 'flash', 'unlock', 'verify')

C:\Users\Brett\Downloads\Compressed\mofo_2\mofo\windows>

Please someone tell me what I am doing wrong!
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] windraver:
I believe you're missing a space after the word flash
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] Huntereb:
So how soon does anyone think it will be before there's a free alternative to this? Was just suckered into buying this phone on the spot today, and am almost regretting the desicion with all these ads I constantly see. Wouldn't mind a free way of flashing a modified hosts file to the system.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] newskate9:
Really? What appears to be your first post, on THIS thread, asking for something for FREE? Do you not have any clue what it takes to work with these phones - especially this one........ If you were truly suckered in, take your 30 return policy phone and get a different one. Perhaps an iPhone.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] JasonJoel:
If you just bought it, you could return it...
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] adrynalyne:
I am certain someone can find another root method and release it for free, if they feel their time is worthless.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] nrage23:
You bought a $500+ phone and do not want to spend $20 to root it. It is sad to hear you would not like to support a dev for the time that has been invested in making your device better.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] Harry44:
Return it...you're definitely within the exchange policy. You may have to pay a $35-40 restocking fee.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] graymonkey44:
At that point, he's better off paying the $20 for root. LMAO
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] Harry44:
I said "may", additionally of you dislike a phone and you were "pressured into buying it" or whatever then return it..
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] adrynalyne:
LOL, the irony....
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] newskate9:
I used irony once.

I burned my fingers so I returned it (for a small restocking fee).

I think it was defective............
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] LeoD:
:confused::confused::confused:

We have been waiting on you sir. Please once you have the exploit packaged up into a script or app that you have developed upload it to us here. We will be more than happy to pass it around to everyone for FREE. If I might also add please have this done asap cause I'm extremely inpatient and want it now. :rolleyes:

Thanks I know you will understand that we do expect this of you.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] Absolut_Malarkey:
I would pay the 20 for a full root but it kind of feels like paying for half, I personally don't have the know how to use this to open more doors but once it happens sure I'd pay , if it leads to unlocked bootloader definitely,
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] winbytrick:
Can anyone please upload default phone apk for droid turbo? After rooted, i uninstall the phone app by titanum backup, and now my call screen gone blank @@ stupid me. Big thanks guys
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] dmbtech:
Reboot.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] winbytrick:
Phone call is connected just fine, my screen gone black for few seconds then revert back to True phone's dialpad. I think reinstall default phone apk will fix this. Can anyone please help?
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] savagebunny:
So the Dialer APK or Contacts APK? I'm assuming the phone one if I'm reading your post right.

EDIT: here is the Dialer APK. Pulled from my rooted image which works fine.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B17ruQH_mzndUWpySDcyQnh2Wmc/view?usp=sharing
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] Huntereb:
Damn, you guys are hostile. I like it.

Anyway, I got the thing "free" as a part of some kinda setup... I can't even explain it. Got it because it was literally the beefiest thing in the store. I can gladly wait for a free one, or at least until it's not a partial-root because of hidden bootloader magic. Right now, I wouldn't be able to explain the reason for buying this kind of "root". At least, not yet.

Thanks for the replies! Long time lurker, first time poster! :D
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] nrage23:
You do not understand what MOFO does. You have full root. The system is write protected. They are 2 totally different things. They did a very poor job with the information they put out initially but MOFO gives full root with a system image that is setup with it prior to flashing.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] kitcostantino:
as far as "free", the only way is if you can somehow learn how they program these at the factory, swap it to an unlockable phone build (I.e.-xt1250 (using factory tools/software) and then unlocking.

it really is complex and even once you accomplished it (if you could do all of that, which isn't going well for me so far), there will never be a toolkit as simple to use/install like sunshine or mofo.

in the meantime, it doesn't hurt the collective of the comminity to read up on qualcomm phones, factory programming, etc. the internet is free, and so is your free time.

personally, although I am jobless at the moment, and $$ is really hard to come by, I still bought mofo. is it completely everything I want? no. but it surely beats what I had prior.

this "root" method does give you a rooted image, but ultimately, we as enthusiasts/devs/whomever you are have to evolve our skillset as the technology evolves.

that being said, if our desire is to let other people figure it out, we have to be willing to reward those that make things like Mofo accessible to us.

the russian method used on the msm8960dt phones seems like it could be related, but honestly, most people brick using that. in that reguard, you could reverse engineer their method on pda.ru or whatever that site is and see if, somehow, that would give you what mofo does in 1/100th the time, with a reusable gui, and clear instructions and support. honestly, $20 is a fair price, even if your phone was "free". (nothing is ever truly free with a subsidized device).

I hope you get $20 together and buy Mofo.

I say that, because the more people that support [MENTION=5697730]maiko1[/MENTION] and his team, the more likely it is we see efforts by them for our phone. these (along with dudes like [MENTION=2376614]jcase[/MENTION] and [MENTION=711482]beaups[/MENTION]) that have saved us from being out if root after android 4.3. (well, [MENTION=4229979]djrbliss[/MENTION] too). these are the guys who deserve credit and incentive. if $20 is a lot for ya dude, I can totally relate. however, I can also say that if it isn't beneficial to the people who have to spend hours of their lives doing it, there is *ZERO* reason for them to do it, especially when it does literally require hours of their time at the least if not bricked devices in the process.

these guys are the ones who can go to Moto or HTC or whoever and say "look, I found this exploit. I can demonstrate it and help you patch it for $____." instead, they take a gamble on users like us to appreciate it enough to support their work.

People always start bountys, etc to motivate these guys. as you can see in the bounty thread, though, most people are full of it. these guys probably love what they do anyway. however, there is no reason to give it to us, the unable enthusiasts, for free. these guys have nothing to prove. their work speaks for itself. again, I hope you can appreciate this is the next way root and unlock will evolve for the (as we are atm) end user without the ability to do anything about it ourselves.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] LeoD:
Actually I don't see any hostility. I assume when you posted what you did you would have expected some of us to respond.

I look at it this way, Here is a Developer who actually came through and gave us root. He created us a rooted img file which can be flashed very easily with a wonderful app he made to flash it.

He gave to us his time and talent, time which I'm sure he could have spent with his loved ones. So for him to ask for something as trivial as $20 is nothing compared to what he is giving. Personally I am more than willing to give him a few bucks which really isn't much at all.

The reality is most of us spend $20 for breakfast. If you don't have time to learn how to edit a img file then you sure don't have the time to root a device and play with it.

Also if I didn't want to pay for something because I really believed there shouldn't be a charge I would just move on otherwise I would consider that as being rude.

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@kitcostantino I should just dictate my replies and have you edit them and post for me. lol

well said
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] kitcostantino:
also [MENTION=3193415]nrage23[/MENTION], glad to see you post.

I lurked for a long time before I ever said much. also, I'm not trying to be curt or rude in my response, so please don't take it like that. I have just spent way too much time on this subject and this phone to not have a pretty thorough opinion. (it is only my opinion). I don't mean to be a jerk, dude. as you will find, most people in the Turbo and Maxx (xt1225) communities are pretty cool. i like everyone at least, even the ones I joke around with and give crap to about bounties ( [MENTION=4873177]Droidavie[/MENTION] ;) ) welcome.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] Droidavie:
Payment system works great, $20 well spent
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] kitcostantino:
plus, ^^^ this dude will really crack ya up. great people around here. ;)
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] heath223:
Sorry wrong place to ask.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] frankeegee:
Did they get the bounty? Haven't kept up with that.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] winbytrick:
My great thank man, work like a charm now :good:
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] savagebunny:
NP, I was gonna be really lazy and almost forgot and then I realized it took me 5 minutes to do it. It took longer to run the VM and open the image
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] gqskrub:
Not quite sure, but I think bounty goes out the window when you charge up front for your services.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] kitcostantino:
ha ha. who knows. I doubt it. I seem to recall the second it was actually released people saying "well, if its $20, then they shouldn't get the bounty". between that and the original hyjinx from the original root thread, I doubt it. this root method is great, though. the original bounty for root was $3420. the new bounty, after it was *known* we would actually have a root method was around $1k . (what about the $2k right? ;) ) at this rate, if the bounty was not collected (again, I doubt it) 171 licenses for mofo root would have to be sold *just to hit the original bounty*. maybe that many have been sold, but I also doubt that. who knows, though. I do figure its about 100. at least I really hope bc [MENTION=5697730]maiko1[/MENTION] and his team deserve that and more.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] nrage23:
I have been around XDA for a long time now and I have had a lot of devices. The Droid Turbo forum is the worst I have seen. Everyone is entitled and they are all rude to any Dev that pokes his head in here.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] JulesJam:
yeah .

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I will give him $20 in a heartbeat if he can get it working for the Moto X 2014.

That's one hella big breakfast, lol!! $20 for lunch, yeah, but for breakfast, what are you eating dude?
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] gqskrub:
I think if users were allowed to self-moderate, similar to how down-voted posts on Reddit get hidden, I think this forum would be much more tolerable.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] 93fuelslut:
20$? Dam! That's more then what I spend on a hooker

sent from your moms phone
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] kitcostantino:
yeah man. I can understand. you have had a bevy of devices.

as far as entitlement goes, man, I think that phase is passed. the entire demeanor of these forums changed on the night of

March 24th. I don't understand what you mean about devs sticking their heads in. the only people that I have seen get flamed were people that claimed they had root, then back-pedaled when asked to prove it, and also the one (now banned THANK YOU [MENTION=2995749]adrenalyne[/MENTION]) person that said they were working w/maiko1 amd jcase on sunshine with (what became) mofo implemented, and I have seen plenty of people flamed for complaining about the way root has been achieved and dostributed bc they don't want to pay for it. I am old school android enough to get that sentiment, but I also have read a substantial amount in the last couple of weeks (I read a lot anyway) about why we are so locked down. I feel like these guys are doing us a great service and we are lucky to have them around. I would love to see more dev for this phone. ;)

edit: I honestly quoted wrong at one point, or at least thought you were the lurker. obviously, that was not the case. sorry [MENTION=3193415]nrage23[/MENTION].
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] LeoD:
The reality is most of us spend $20 for breakfast.

That's one hella big breakfast, lol!! $20 for lunch, yeah, but for breakfast, what are you eating dude?

lol I never said I was eating alone ;)
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] Droidavie:
This

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Where do you get your groceries from, Jhene Aiko?

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Or what you were eating [emoji12] - jhene aiko
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] 93fuelslut:
Is safestrapp the only thing stopping development? Like aosp roms

sent from your moms phone
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] kitcostantino:
Safestrap isn't possible at the moment. Mainly bc there is no dev.

The main thing hindering AOSP iterations of ROMs is the inability to write to the system, commonly called W/P off. Without that changed, AOSP can't exist on this phone. Hopefully, that will change sooner than later, though.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] daweim0:
Has anybody tried symlinking the write protected partitions to somewhere we can write?
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] Harry44:
Someone symlinked the hosts file "/system/etc/host" to the sd card. So yes and no, it can be done, but no one has done the whole system. So it is very well possible someone just has to do it.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] daweim0:
We should try that then before trying to revive Safestrap. I could work on it but not in the next few days.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] BDA_Rival:
has anyone had an issue with "Camera Error, please restart camera" after doing root? also, im hoping i can fix this issue with a factory data reset but i wanna know what would happen if im on a prerooted image. Will i lose root after a wipe? has anyone tried a wipe after flashing a different image?
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] jstang89:
I know this is a little off topic, but MAXX?

Since there is no Maxx forum for Verizon, anybody know if mofo could be used or retrofitted for a Maxx that came out of the box at 4.4.4? I have been watching this closely since these two phones are supposedly almost twins of each other at the core. Thanks, noob
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] chuck864:
Take a look here.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3071609

And FYI, the droid ultra forum is the official unofficial droid maxx forum. ;)
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] 93fuelslut:
I'm dying to see what happens. This situation is the only reason why I'm holding out on the n6. And I'm in a dier need of a phone. My gnex is junk

sent from your moms phone
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] kitcostantino:
the potential is there for much to happen with the Turbo. 3 weeks ago, we had nothing. look at the potential now. the guarantee is there for much to (already) exist for the N6. The hardware of the Turbo (in my opinion) is superior, but there will always be more dev for the N6. I have much faith in the communities and avenues through which we may get what we want for the Turbo. There is no guarantee, though. This group of people works well as a collective, though. I truly feel like the Turbo will get everything we want. it is just going to take some time.

Having used both in a side by side comparison, I can honestly say I prefer the Turbo. Having spent a great deal of time around here, I myself bet on the Turbo community. Guess you have to decide for yourself. ;)
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] 93fuelslut:
The size of the phone esp being only 5ft6, steers me away. But I can't live without root and aosp.

Yea i agree. The turbo hardware is so much more appealing (IMO). Although i did hear the nylon version has weak signal

sent from your moms phone
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] jstang89:
[MENTION=4789347]chuck864[/MENTION]. Thanks! Wow that's even more recent than the turbo root. Looks much more complicated though, and some are having mixes results. I'm def going to keep watching that thread though.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] kitcostantino:
I don't have a "metallized glass fiber" (strange, right?) to compare it to, but my "ballistic nylon" (strange also) Droid Turbo signal is as good as, if not better than my Droid Maxx Dev was. I don't know that I believe that claim fully.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] savagebunny:
The ballistic nylon literally has nothing to do with signal. I haven't had any issues with signal. It's most likely your area.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] adrynalyne:
Someone lied to you.

If the signal sucks, it will suck across all variants.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] savagebunny:
Well... I don't see anyone else reporting it on XDA... Not saying its being reported else where. I'm just saying, my signal doesn't suck, random drop etc.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] mspt_99:
Hello

Hello, I am new to this forum. I previous rooted several Droid bionics and used them for many years. I recently purchased the turbo and began using it one week ago. I have just begun looking for how to root it and found this thread.

I have looked through the pages a bit but am not sure without going through each one if root is really available or not. Seems like some drama mid forum etc.

it sounds like its $20 but I have found nothing else?

would someone please point me to the correct page or another thread or something?? Help

Thank you .

mspt
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] kwyrt:
Look here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3064404
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] mspt_99:
Thanks

OK, very excited.

Can anyone tell me if they have been able to use a wifi program instead of USB teather after this root, such as pdanet?? I have the unlimited data and want to use it
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] pnhst:
Also I've been inspired by this to fiddle with this myself.. I know instructions where followed and I'd like to do the same. Does anyone know where I can find resources on how to "inject" things like xposed into img's? I'm not asking how to set up a kitchen or how yp use Linux or any of the basics. I just want to know how to manually bake xposed into an IMG and maybe help add some other things like viper audio or whatever is the cool thing.

Yes they have. Look in the android development section for custom images that have closed, volume mods, and even WiFi tether built in
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] MonkeyMouth:
There's and IMG with xposed installed so used the Xtether module.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] kitcostantino:
well, maybe not. but xposed is installed already.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3064908
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] PerCompLLC:
Yes, native WiFi tether has been enabled on several builds in the development section.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] frankeegee:
Does this adblock block ads on mobile data or only WiFi, or both, since it is rooted. On my unrooted phone, it only blocks on WiFi, not mobile data (which is what I use about 99% of the time).

Thx
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] mspt_99:
did it

OK. I followed the instruction and the video very closely and this process worked the very first time. Yeah. now I figure out how to make my phone a wifi hotspot.

PDA net does not work still.

Some of you posted some aps and places to go. I will head to them. If anyone knows a thread or specific link for step by step that would be great. I am sooo not tech but have a medical mind so I can following instructions well.

Dan

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Ok, so I have been looking around in the development section.

The viperandroid and audio one by Computerfreak and the Xposed both seem to be able to give me Wifi that I am wanting. I like the options for audio and ads on teh computerfreak flash but the Xposed seems to do away with the bloatware.

Do I have that correct in my summary?

Can I flash BOTH or is that bad?

My main goals for my tubor are:

#1: make my phone a hotspot again without using the USB cord tether since I have unlimited data!!!!!!

#2 get rid of unwanted bloatware.

in searched I saw the enchanced audio which would be a bonus but only if my other two needs are met.

mspt_99
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] ntxct:
AFAIK when you flash a system image, it writes that system image as it is. Which would rewrite what is there. So flashing one image, then another, would make the first flash mute.

This is not really towards you as its more of a personal sigh and a question to myself.. why is reading and doing this so hard for people...? Modify System Image... and then Pre-installing Xposed
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] ChazzMatt:
Since you told me you have now unlocked your bootloader and are rooted, how about this?

CM12. You interested?

http://xdaforums.com/droid-turbo/orig-development/moto-maxx-xt1225-cm12-0-pre-release-t3060089
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] JulesJam:
It's moot not mute. But overwritten is the better term in this context.

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Because Linus/Ubuntu.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] ntxct:
It's Linux, not Linus :p

I was wondering how long until I got a quote from JulesJam.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] -Michael_:
I like Linus better... " Debian Linus"
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] kitcostantino:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds depends on how you're slicing it. ;)
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] JulesJam:
Hahahahahaha, you got me!

You've arrived!