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[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] Knuckle Dragger:
I'm trying to root with [MENTION=5697730]maiko1[/MENTION] method but I can never get the mofoverify_gui.bat file to detect my phone. No matter what I do, it always says "No devices found. Device must be in fastboot mode."

I have tried several iterations of uninstalling and installing all drivers, rebooting windows 7, and restarting the bootloader. I have enabled USB debugging and when in fastboot mode, the phone says "Transfer Mode: USB Connected". I have Android 4.4.4 and System version 21.44.12. I can access and control the phone through ADB.

I've rooted a Galaxy Nexus before and don't remember having this much trouble accessing the phone. Is there something I'm missing with Motorola or the mofoverify GUI?

UPDATE: Yes! Much thanks to [MENTION=3836686]kitcostantino[/MENTION]. I swapped from using my computer's USB 2.0 port to using it's USB 3.0 port and everything went through with no hiccups. I flashed Ekkoria's free wifi image and everything works great! Thanks guys!
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] ciniob:
After multple attemps I was able to get verify to work. I am now to the point that all I have to do is wait for the image I found at Rootjunky to download, copy onto the command line and press enter. This is using Mofo.

Update: A great big thanks to Rootjunky for the tutorial that has successfully enable root on my Moto Droid Turbo.

I verified root w Rootchecker. Unfortunately I can't get Wifi Tether App to work.

And I am unable to update bianaries w Super Su.

UPDATE: WifiTetherApp now works. Had to toy w the settings. Used Method 3 HostApd in the settings plus changed something else. Channel 1

Anyway, stayed up all night to get my unlimited data working w tether for 20 bucks (had to buy Mofo).

So Mofo is solid as is Wifi Tether app. Now if I could get SuperSU to update I'd be complete.

Sent from my XT1254

4G using XDA Free mobile app
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] adrynalyne:
You cannot update binaries ota due to write protection.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] drumrjoe:
just a thanks!

Just wanted to shoot out a huge thanks to RootJunky and maiko1 I have been running my droid turbo with root.. I have xposed running minminguard to abolish ads, expandable volume and recent app cleaner!! So happy for root! Is it perfect, well no.. But it was well worth the 20 bucks to me!

One question, is there an advantage of adblock vs minminguard?
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] smokeydriver:
So I have noticed a little big of lag on my phone. Nothing like my GNex before I got rid of it, but still...a little lag here and there. I do not have anything off...I wish I had better battery life, but I think that phones are meant to be used and not have to constantly turn on/off features. Anyways...to my question. I am getting ready to do this root. If I read it correctly last week, this root doesn't lose anything (unless something goes wrong and you need to wipe everything). But...would it make sense for me to do a wipe first just to be sure? As I have only read up on rooting and not installing anything custom- will that lose everything (I assume it would as every flash on my GNex lost everything).
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] neozen21:
Yes, if you flash the default stock rooted image, you will not lose anything and only gain "root".

However, you might want to at least try one of the images with built-in wifi thether and xposed to gain the most out of it.

I myself I'm using a customized (by modifying the image myself) of the wifi thether, xposed and with ad-block and removed all the Verizon & Motorola stuff...

You don't need to wipe anything, but I decided to do a factory reset to get rid of all the data used by the apps that I got rid of..

Up to you...
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] smokeydriver:
Great advice- I think I'll do that. I'll probably just back-up my texts using something or rather first. Not worried about anything else really. Just wondering...what can xposed do without write? Sorry for a basic question that's probably been answered, but I promise I did look and couldn't get a really clear answer. Does your custom image do anything different than the other WiFi/Xposed one I'm seeing?
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] frankeegee:
I have unlimited data on my plan. From what I understand reading these posts, it would be illegal to root the phone and install and use the hot spot tether?

It's illegal (or violates Verizon's contact) for unlimited, but not a violation if you are on a limited plan? Am I understanding this correctly?
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] kitcostantino:
maybe, maybe not. i dont use it personally. but i do use a crapload of data on my UDP.

it does give them a way to charge you more money. the old argument was its "unlimited". now, in a way, we are lucky to still have it. that being said, it likely isnt illegal or else it would never have been discussed here. technically, you could argue freedom of access on the block C spectrum (as outlined by the FCC), but i prefer to keep it chill. ;)
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] roman.ramirez.12:
I'm new here but I have a quick question does anyone know what I might be doing wrong I've done everything up to the mo fo bat file but when I try to flash the factory image it doesn't recognize or says it does not exist what am I doing wrong?
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] Harry44:
Can you please provide more information on this issue? Perhaps a copy of what the command prompt returns.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] neozen21:
You shouldn't lose your texts or anything else. But sure, back up to be safe.

There are 2 things I use xposed for, 1 Gravity Box (to give me the circle battery with percentage) and the other is the dynamic alarm icons... they both work great !

My custom image is based on computerfreak's. It's an even more stripped down version with no visual voice mail, no moto anything, no OTA service... just bare minimum for phone to work with Verizon, with Wifi thether and ad-block.

Oh, I also replaced MOTO's email app with the STOCK ASOP exchange app. Why? Because Nova/APEX notifications don't work with the stupid Moto email version. So now I get email unread count on mine :D
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] roman.ramirez.12:
Yeah I followed along with the video... Everything works up until I hit the mofo.bat file. The command prompt comes up and I type in ....mofo.exe flash... Then I tried to drag and drop the file just like in the video and nothing happens I've even tried to type in all the info that comes on the description of the file and still nothing. Says it does not exist
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] neozen21:
You on Windows right?

Is your phone in Bootloader mode?

When you type "fastboot devices", do you see anything?

Is Python installed? (You need to install the 32-bit version, even on a 64-bit Windows).

If you already downloaded mofo, then you should have all of the above working, but just checking...

Is your imagefile uncompressed? It has to have the .img extension and it's 3,457,024kb.

Make sure you are on a USB 2.0 port, not 3.0

And drag and drop?? I only had to use mofo flash: "mofo flash imagefile.img"

Just to make it simple, copy the imagefile to the same directory as the mofo.exe
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] roman.ramirez.12:
[MENTION=3041348]neozen21[/MENTION] I've done everything you just asked except I just may have downloaded the 64 bit version of Python.. So I'll try that.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] ctopher4:
I think i had the same problem. . Right click on the mofo. Gui & click run as "admin" . Your shell window should say "administrator:... "

Also, I'm 64bit vista and i believe the 64bit Python did not work for me bc I have a" intel Core2 duo

Sent from my XT1254 using Xparent BlueTapatalk 2
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] roman.ramirez.12:
This is what happens when I run it as administrator and I'm running the non 64 bit version of python... I'm getting a feeling that I may have just thrown way 20 bucks

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Also I'm running Windows Vista 64 bit on a Pentium dual core processor

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Also I'm on Windows Vista 64-bit with a Pentium dual-core processor
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] ctopher4:
My batts gonna dy but you'll Get it. Let me look when i get home.

Your Command line isnt leading to mofo. Have you tried maximizing your parent window then open a shell window inside that window? I

Had to type the Command line manually. It took me. Three days. . Also make sure that your virus progran/firewall doesn't block anything you want. . Gotta drive now.

Sent from my XT1254 using Xparent BlueTapatalk 2
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] LeoD:
Your commands are wrong here,

First you have mofo.exeflash next time you put mofo flash.

The right way is

Mofo.exe flash "you're image file"

Watch your spaces and always use mofo.exe
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] neozen21:
Looks like the problem is that you are using quotes!

No quotes. Just: mofo flash YourImageFile.img

And make sure that the imagefile is IN THE SAME directory as your the mofo.exe!
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] LeoD:
Actually works fine with the quotes and as long as the path is correct it works fine.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] Coronado is dead:
A round the file path yes, but he had it around the entire command.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] LeoD:
On his last command yes he does. Which is why I gave him the correct one. However as in the video If you drag the file from explorer the quotes will be fine.

Except I missed the closed quote lol
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] roman.ramirez.12:
Can you see what I'm doing wrong? I tried like five different combinations. And thanks for your help.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] Harry44:
PM me. I'll remote do it for you.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] roman.ramirez.12:
OK thank you... I'm not in front of a computer right now but when I do should I PM you from there
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] CtrlAltConstruct:
When you installed python, did you check the "add python.exe to path" option in the installer?

Sent from my XT1254
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] roman.ramirez.12:
Yeah I did but I guess I can erase it and try again
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] LeoD:
Actually yeah I think I see what your doing wrong... your second try almost had it.

If Harry don't get to your first try this.

First open up windows explorer, navigate to the img file. Just leave that a second.

Get your phone in download mode then connect it to your usb port.

Now open up ANOTHER windows explorer window and go to your mofo directory and click on mofo_gui.bat file.

At the command line type in

mofo.exe flash(space)

Now just leave that a second and go back to the windows explorer window with the img file. Click that image file and drag it into the terminal window where you typed mofo.exe flash

Make sure there is a space between flash and the img file.

good luck :good:

Here is a example of how it should look if you do it the way I just told you.

C:\DTurboRoot\mofo\mofo\windows>mofo.exe flash C:\DTurboRoot\xt1254.system.21.44

.12.quark_Root_wifihotspot.img
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] roman.ramirez.12:
LeoD I thank you man...I appreciate you taking time to explain things. I appreciate the help all you guys are giving me. I'm about to crash soon so I'll try tomorrow and I'll post something up here and let you know how it went thanks again.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] LeoD:
I am going to stand corrected on my last statement to you. You are correct. I did not see it at the time but I certainly do now.

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Please do I'm sure a few of us at this point would like to see you up and running..

btw: check out the example I edited into the last quote.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] YoureTrying:
Sorry about the maybe stupid question. And sorry if I should make my own thread but has anyone overclocked their Turbo yet? And what would be the limit the card,etc can take? Just want to know if anyone tried thanks :)
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] kitcostantino:
we cant (afaik) mod our kernel, recovery, or anything written to the system. the last moto phone i had that had any real semblance of OC was a Droid 1. Once W/P off exists or Bootloader Unlock happens, it will be possible. Most modern processors are clocked pretty close to their sweet spot. The D1 i referenced was the last phone i could double the speed on. ;)
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] roman.ramirez.12:
Thanks again guys but I officially give up on rooting my droid turbo
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] kitcostantino:
[MENTION=6157378]roman.ramirez.12[/MENTION]

dont give up, dude. its a pita to get it set up right if youre not already halfway there, but it is doable. start at the beginning. 1) usb drivers (i used the one from RootJunky's site. Moto device manager seems to work. i cant comment on the google usb driver, but device manager is easy enough to grab.

2) completely uninstall both installs of python. i had the same error as you when i first tried the 64 bit, then installed the 32 when that didnt work without uninstalling the 64-bit version. uninstalled both, did it again doubke checking the path option (save to hard drive) and boom it worked.

3) no matter what anyone says, make a clear path. i made a folder on C:/Mofo i placed my extracted (using 7zip) image from Conputerfreek exactly there (which i renamed cf.img. copied the mofo files from my desktop there. then, from command prompt, cd C://Mofo

Command prompt returns

C://Mofo> mofo.exe flash cf.img

boom. that was it for me.

the only way it doesnt work like that is if usb debugging isnt enabled on the phone. (it woudnt return xt1254 like i see in your window if it wasnt enabled, i think.) i seriously doubt you have the one turbo that this doesnt work on, man. just scrap the progress so far and start over. setting up only takes 10 min or so. i tried to retype my command lines for 5 before i realized my setup was flawed. you got this man. you can do it. also, just to be sure, you do have admin privlidges on the computer youre using, right?
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] Lou 270:
Has anyone seen anything on roms yet
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] nrage23:
You cannot do full roms with the locked bootloader. Mofo allows you to flash modified system images. In the development section there are a couple of nice modified system images you can flash.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] kevinmr82:
Thanks. I was just curious as to if it were in the realm of possibilities. I'm hoping that it isn't. I'm really looking forward to seeing what this phone is really capable of with root access.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] pacman420:
True, but people have been known to get job offers instead of a bulk payment... :)
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] detonation:
Monetary factors aside, for everyone anxious for this to be released, we have no idea how complicated and unsafe the process was to actually get root. It may not necessarily be a repeatable process that anyone can follow without advanced understanding. If a dev's gonna release something like this, it means they also have to support it. Considering the fact that when step by step guides with no detail left out get posted, you still get 100s of questions from people with issues who haven't followed the directions exactly, trying to release something far more complicated that could brick your device sounds like a nightmare.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] alphadog00:
Just remember that any vulnerability that is discovered that allows root, is also a vulnerability that could be possibly used by a bad guy to install malware, steal your data, etc.

Whether we like it or not, not having root on iPhones and Android has made the platforms safer against attacks. Mostly protecting people from their own stupidity. But unpatched vulnerabilities are bad - even if they do allow root access.

The best solution is to have no vulnerabilities and allow root.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] 123421342:
Correct. He found a vulnerability, *used it* (makes that a 0 day) and then after he developed an exploit for it, told moto about it. They probably paid him and/or asked him to wait until they have some time to patch it. This is 100% conjecture, but usually how these things work out. 4.4.4 is pretty locked down, I would not imagine he not even attempt to get money from this vulnerability. Either way, this root probably won't be released for another few weeks, if ever.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] Coronado is dead:
The sad thing is that without root we may not be able to decline any patch Motorola sends long enough to use the exploit to gain root....
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] diabl0w:
why not? they can force updates? ... I have ota blocked on mine anyway, but I was just doing that to prevent the nagging notification that there is an update available
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] ChazzMatt:
I would never buy a smartphone I can't root. Or unlock the bootloader.

Between my wife and I (I paid for them), I've owned at least 7 Androids and recommended others for people to buy.

I had to re-read your last sentence to understand your point. It seemed to all be a lecture against rooting... You should have started with that sentence, then explained. ;)

There are always going to be vulnerabilities. ALWAYS. Every time Microsoft releases a Windows version, "It's the safest yet!" blah, blah, blah. Then comes the patching. Apple and Android are the same.

The whole reason the last two phone models (4 total) I owned were Nexus phones was due to the EASY rooting and custom ROMs.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] mdav07:
So just curious does the Verizon nexus 6 have a unlocked boot loader? Sorry if its a dumb question just haven't seen anything about it yet. Anyways sorry for the off topic post.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] X_man.:
So just curious. If he didn't plan on releasing it then why post the videos and on top of that say he's releasing it soon. Just seems like if he wasn't going to release it that's just asking for trouble "Like people bugging him about it etc"
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] Wynnded:
Don't quote me, but I believe that I read that it is locked, but that it is unlockable as Nexus devices in the past.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] johnbravado:
this is the first time i have been at this stage of the rooting process. what is usual ETA between discovery and revealing it, until actual release of information. I figured, exploit discovered, implemented, and if he can do it, then a day or 2 to give a written explanation of how to. but i really have no idea i am just anxious
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] Wynnded:
No ETA is the usual operating procedure, kinda like the drive to Grandma's house when we were all little kids. When we're there, we're there. ;)
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] johnbravado:
oh yeah i figure they dont actually give one, this was more along the lines of what is usually seen from others who have witnessed these events in the past. merely opinion based on prior experience. If someone says 2 weeks i am not going to bombard mailboxes at 2weeks and 1 day asking where it is and i also understand the fact there are many varying factors in determining release, ie how hard, how do i get paid and many more i am sure. but i also believe the people who can root are very good at what they do
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] 123421342:
That's possible. I am just speculating.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] Wynnded:
Maybe there was a knock at the door...
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] compuguy1088:
True...but he is working against verizon/motorola determining here-said vulnerability and patching it in a future update.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] jntdroid:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf6aMcnR9WQ

edit: couldn't get it to embed right...
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] schwartz.matthew.e:
Haha
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] X_man.:
That's funny right there idk who you are! :D
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] roman.ramirez.12:
Hey I did everything you said and I really do think it worked but look what I got now
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] kitcostantino:
EDIT...

okay roman. were almost there. with something that deals with command line its all about context.

you dont need the C:// before cf.img

mofo.exe flash cf.img
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] LeoD:
Am I seeing things or is it coming up as the phone is not verified?
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] kitcostantino:
he is...perhaps bc the prompt is straight pointing at C ?
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] LeoD:
Looks like he got that when he ran the verify command. I don't think his phone is showing up as paid.

Nope he ran mofo. No clue why that would come up! Maybe you're right with the c: prompt.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] kitcostantino:
yeah man. im pretty sure mofo.exe relies on the purchases file being in the right place. (accessible to the flashing utility at the time of flash) ya still with it [MENTION=6157378]roman.ramirez.12[/MENTION] ? basically, you just need to try to type the line again. if that doesnt work, we can say for sure your USB drivers and python are right, so it is actually easy to backtrack. the mofo folder structure has to be intact.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] kitcostantino:
like this
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] kitcostantino:
and then like this...well, the example is keystrokes only. (as im not in the mofo.gui )
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] kitcostantino:
my bad dude. didnt realize the windows folder aspect until i looked at it.

you shouldnt need to cd as the mofo.gui will be and do whatever you need it to provided it can see the purchases folder in the right structure.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] roman.ramirez.12:
Holy hell I finally got it! I started all over again from the start. Redownloaded everything and finally got. Man I really appreciate you guys help and thanks for being patient with me. Yessssss! Free hot spot!!!

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I was also reading somewhere on how there might be a way to take the write protection off
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] LeoD:
Nice!!!

No there is no WP off as of yet. Anything you change on the system side will revert on a reboot.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] japena03:
Can apps be moved to /system

I want to install a fake GPS app but in order to use it without setting "allow mock locations"

I need to be able to move the .apk file to /system/priv-app, is that something I can do after flashing a pre-rooted image? I understand that after a reboot I'll lose my changes if anything but I'm ok with that.