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[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] athoti:
I should add that the phone boots regularly after a few seconds of "Warning Bootloader Unlocked... etc" but I haven't been able to flash TWRP on it

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Oh, whatever! The TWRP from the link on the first post here, didn't work (at least not for me), but I used another one from this link

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=457095661767143958 which was quoted on this thread https://xdaforums.com/droid-turbo/general/root-unlock-droid-turbo-6-0-1-mcg24-251-t3639618/page6 and it worked like a charm
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] Gardem:
Issue from the start- fastboot

Hey folks, so ive been having an issue with my fastboot, ive used multiple usb cords, and ensured usb debugging was on ( i also factory reset) but on my fastboot it shows battery ok (Charging) but still shows connect usb data cable. i cannot get my device to show up on minimal abd fastboot with fastboot devices. My computer shows the device as connected, i am able to take data off the phone (Copy pictures ect) but not able to send commands. I did see a post somewhere that laptops can be the culprit sometimes? I was going to test out my tower later and see if i have any luck. The reason for booting is to install a globalizer for BDM, and im doing this on my old xt1254 because my current phone xt1650 us not rootable. Any help would be appreciated!
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] beaups:
Check device manager while the phone is connected and in fastboot/bootloader mode. If you see any exclamation points, you'll need to install drivers.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] Mrpookie:
Sounds like you don't have the phone in downloader mode. Try adb reboot bootloader command in cmdhere.exe. then fastboot devices when phone in downloader mode
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] Gardem:
using CMD adb isnt a recognized command, same with minimal ABD, but fastboot devices is? Sorry, im pretty tech savy but very new to rooting, this is the one hump i cant get over. I may try to do this with my tower and see if i have any better luck.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] sd_shadow:
I created a thread with some basic information on

Setting up and Using adb.exe and fastboit.exe https://xdaforums.com/android/general/index-links-setting-using-adb-fastboot-t3495167
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] Mrpookie:
The only command mentioned is: adb reboot bootloader...
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] ChazzMatt:
STRONG SUGGESTION: After successfully unlocking bootloader, installing TWRP and rooting, when you finally boot back to stock firmware, install THIS app (needs root permission) to easily facilitate rebooting to TWRP recovery in the future.

Recovery Reboot

While all the non-stock custom ROMs have reboot to (custom) recovery options in the the power menu, stock firmware does not. This is a great app to have to easily reboot to TWRP on a rooted phone. Put a shortcut on your phone "desktop".
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] Kmello95:
I have this phone for a couple of years and so far I have to change ROM but I have stopped the question of whether it is still necessary to pay the $ 25? Can someone help me with this doubt?
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] mrkhigh:
Still necessary
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] Viper6ix:
I just got a Motorola Droid turbo Android version 6,0.1.. I want to unlock the bootloader but I don't know how to do that. Please anyone with a solution should help me out, Thank you. Am at 6ixhommiequan@gmail.com
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] Mrpookie:
Read the OP
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] elpek:
I know it is a cold case but I need a solution. I recently bought a new motorola droid turbo(xt 1254) on MCG24.251-5-5 firmware. While trying to unlock bootloader, I use auto#initroot for temporary root. It is okay. Then while the phone is connected to pc I try to open Sunshine but it frozes and become unresponsive.

At that point should I disconnect the phone to use Sunshine or is there any other problem. Please can you tell me the solution. Thanks
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] Latiken:
I've been using RR for months now without any radio issues. I'd give that a try; almost unlimited customization and features, and it's incredibly fast too.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] mrkhigh:
Cm12.1 no radio problems except an initial GPS quirk that was easily fixed. But no volte is a huge bummer.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] ganggreen31:
i used sunshine to install twrp manager then installed twrp 3.0 booted into twrp with no write access still stock unrooted rom didnt use twrp so i rebooted now i went to boot into twrp manually and its not there its the stock recovery menu!!!!!! im bootloader unlocked i saw twrp installed with my own eyes!!! where did it go?
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] mrkhigh:
If I were to guess I'd say the recovery partition wrote the original back in. This happens in several modern phones.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] syphix:
Will an unlocked bootloader stop the phone from taking the Marshmallow OTA when it's available? Will the OTA re-lock the bootloader?
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] mrkhigh:
Nobody honestly knows yet.

Most likely if it is not rooted/modified. But bootloader unlocked it'll update.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] Latiken:
I speculate that modified devices won't be able to take the OTA, and the OTA will break the exploit used in Sunshine.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] TheSt33v:
An unlocked bootloader will not stop an OTA. A modified system image (custom rom, rooted, etc.) will, but all you have to do is flash a stock image to get around that. I think I read jcase speculate a while ago that while an OTA could re-lock a bootloader, they generally do not because doing this would brick a lot of phones/result in a lot of expensive warranty claims. All we need to do is take a quick look at the update.zip script when it comes out to see whether or not it does. The updater script in the full firmware package for SU4TL-44 neither checks nor attempts to change the bootloader lock status. And yes, the new bootloader image that will come with this OTA will definitely patch the Sunshine exploit from being used in the future, unless Verizon/Motorola have been asleep this whole time.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] Latiken:
Considering how long its taken them to update us to MM, I'd say they have been asleep.

There's pretty much no reason to update to MM through OTA, unless you must have VoLTE or the Moto features (something I still dearly miss).

We already have MM in two ROMs (WIP), Resurrection Remix 6 and CM13.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] Myren:
Thank you this worked like a charm! I was wondering if anyone knows how to block any future OTA updates using titanium backup on my newly rooted Droid Turbo. Thanks in advance.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] tumich91:
Hello guys. Do you know if is possible easy remove simlock from Droid Turbo from Verizon (Usa) without root? Thanks!
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] gangrenius:
It's not Sim locked
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] TheSt33v:
I'm going to wait until those roms get a little more stable before I give them a shot. But yeah, there really is no reason to take the OTA unless you're really impatient. It will only take a few days before someone on here repackages it as a flashable zip. I might even do it myself.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] denver_man:
Hello, sorry for the noob question, but if I accidently skiped the check box (section 3 paragraph 7). Is there any way to recheck it? Or what I have to do? :(
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] Latiken:
You can either reflash TWRP to try and get it to reappear, or you can go to Mount and check (or unchecked) the "Mount system partition as read only" option.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] denver_man:
Thank you, sir! :)
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] newbe1droidx:
This worked perfectly for me thanks very much!
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] sonjohn1:
I just froze the Motorola Update Service apk with Titanium Backup and haven't seen any further ota's. No problem.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] shakir786:
Same Problem Sec 2 Step 10

Sir here is also same problem

Sec 2 Step 10 says

< waiting for devices >

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Result is

OKAY [0.188s]

Still No Command
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] TheSt33v:
Try Section 2 Method 2. I'm a little confused that fastboot said both "waiting for devices" (indicating that it does not detect your phone) and "OKAY [0.188s]" (indicating that it does detect your phone and made a successful flash). With Method 2, you won't need fastboot at all.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] bigdav1178:
First, many thanks to TheSt33v; you made an excellent guide for unlocking the bootloader and installing root on the Turbo. And, of course, many thanks to the Sunshine team for making this all possible!

Here's a tip for the guys getting "No Command" when entering recovery after installing TWRP:

In TheSt33v's guide, section 2 (Installing TWRP) method 1 step 12, you are told to highlight Start and then (step 13) boot your phone normally. Instead of doing this, highlight Recovery, and enter TWRP. Allow write access when prompted by TWRP, and check the box to never ask again. You can now reboot your phone, and TWRP should continue to be accessible.

I was having this same problem when I tried installing TWRP on my phone, and had come across this solution in another forum post. Apparently, the stock recovery is replacing itself when you boot up your phone without allowing write access in TWRP. It's been a couple weeks since I did this, so I don't recall the forum post to give credit to, but I thought I'd share since this seems to be a common problem. Give it a try, hopefully it works for you.

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Found the post I referenced: Thanks go to Dees_Troy in this post http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1997878&page=4

Also, looks like you do not need to enable write access, you just need to go into TWRP before booting your phone.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] TheSt33v:
Thanks! I'll update the guide accordingly.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] nekski:
_____________________________________________________________________

Hi guys! I'm fairly new to the whole rooting business and I started rooting my turbo earlier today. I was following a procedure I found reddit similar to this one except for step 2. I had just unlocked the bootloader and proceeded to step 2 as shown here

Download Flashify from Play Store.

2.Download TWRP

3.Run Sunshine again to gain temp root access.

4.Use Flashify to flash TWRP. IIRC, it will make you reboot. If not, reboot.

now once I had flashified twrp and it rebooted, it automatically went to twrp and now I cant get back to my home screen. I tried going to recovery mode and was unable to get there. now I was to that I need to "Using fastboot, a command will revert it back to "boot system when powered on,"" and "The issue is caused by some bootloader error that's not specific to unlocked devices, but what happens is for whatever reason the bootloader changes from "boot system when powered on," to "boot into recovery when powered on."" so if someone could please explain this as simple as possible on how to use fastboot and change this so I can fix the problem that would be great. Thanks!
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] TheSt33v:
1. Get fastboot installed and working as per my guide (section 2, method 1, steps 1-3).

2. Boot your phone into bootloader mode.

3. Plug it in to your pc and start up fastboot.

4. Enter the command fastboot oem fb_mode_clear and press enter.

If that doesn't work, perform section 0 to return completely to stock, and flash TWRP as per this guide.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] nekski:
okay it didn't work cause I'm still in twrp. so how would I backup my whole phone now?
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] TheSt33v:
While in TWRP, plug your phone into the computer. You should be able to browse the folders of your phone through your file browser. Copy and paste whatever you want to save to your computer.

Before we wipe everything like I suggested before, let's try this. I don't think there is any "bootloader error." I think that the system partition got corrupted or flashed over somehow. Flashify can be a horrible thing if you don't flash everything exactly right, which is why I don't suggest that people use it. To test this theory, download this: http://xdaforums.com/droid-turbo/development/rom-su4tl-44-100-stock-t3320815. Then while your phone is plugged in while booted into TWRP, copy and paste that file somewhere on your phone. Then from the TWRP menu on your phone, click install and select that file. Install it. This will reflash the system and boot partitions without wiping your phone. After that's done, select Reboot System.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] nekski:
it worked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much!!!!!!!!!!!
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] someguyatx:
Thanks this is a great thread, I got rid of my Turbo last fall and it was on mofo but I just snagged another after some bad luck with a different device. I can't believe these phones are going for as low as $150 used/good condition now.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] TheSt33v:
Such is the nature of cell phones, fortunately for us. Things have progressed quite a bit since the mofo days. Welcome back!
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] Maro':
Hi!

I just get my droid turbo, i entered programist mode and i have option: take off OEM lock - it enables unlocking bootloader app.

it's possible i can unlock bootloader just by turning this one? how to check bootloader status via code? cheers.

*EDIT* sry don't reply i'm stupid xD locked anyway.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] zerogun:
Bootloader Unlock work on Lollipop?

All, can you tell me if the bootloader unlock still works on a droid turbo that has been upgraded to Lollipop? Looking to pick one up and wanted to make sure I get the right firmware. Thanks!
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] TheSt33v:
Not only will it work, but it must be upgraded in order to work. As of now, the correct firmware is the latest version, so you can't go wrong.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] zerogun:
AWESOME! Thanks for the quick reply. Will go look for one off of Swappa now :)
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] TheSt33v:
Make sure that you don't buy one that has been unlocked and then re-locked again. Ask the seller to send you a picture of the bootloader screen. If it says status code 2 on the third line from the bottom, do not buy it. Any other status code is fine.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] zerogun:
ahhh.... thanks again for another great tip. Just read the part about bricking the phone if you try to unlock a relocked phone. I'll be sure to ask about it.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] Jeffy!:
sorry if this has been answered, I searched but couldn't find it. Can you uninstall sunshine once the rooting process is complete? I'm trying to remove all unnecessary apps from my phone.

thanks!
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] TheSt33v:
Once the bootloader is unlocked, yes.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] Jeffy!:
Thanks!

One more question... I flashed CM12 snapshot 2016-01-27 and everything was great until I realized I had no service... It took me forever to restore back to stock and get everything working again (still unlocked, rooted). Which radio image do I need to flash to get CM12 working? XT1254 in USA, Verizon. I've been trying to find a .zip file but can't locate one.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] TheSt33v:
You need the radio from stock SU4TL-44. Use fastboot to reflash the radio.img that you find in the firmware package.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] Jeffy!:
That's using ADB correct? Any way to put the image on my phone to flash through TWRP? I usually dual-boot my mac but don't have windows set up currently
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] TheSt33v:
Flash this: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=64053878
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] Jeffy!:
You're the best, thank you so much!
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] Jeffy!:
I just want to say thank you again, that worked perfectly!! You saved me a lot of frustration
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] TheSt33v:
Glad to help
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] affineer:
Hi everyone,

Thanks for the guide.

Now I am on an unlocked bootloader with cm21.1 flashed.

Everything seems fine except I can update hosts files with adfree apk to block/remove all ads..

I have attached screenshot for consideration.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] TheSt33v:
From what I've read, that app hasn't been updated in a while and will not work on modern android OSs. Use adaway instead: https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdfilter=adaway&fdid=org.adaway
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] affineer:
Upon trying this, it popped a dialog saying that root access NOT given.

then I found SuperSU missing on my xt1254

I had flashed SlimGapps for cm12.1 after flashing cm12.1 rom via twrp...
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] TheSt33v:
SuperSU is not necessary on CM roms. You can enable root access in Developer Options.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] affineer:
Ohh!!! I was not aware of it. Thanks
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] ripgut:
Unlocking the bootloader via this guide is impossible, ive followed each and every step and my phone meets the requirements to do so.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] affineer:
Not really. This guide works perfectly. I have gone through this and unlocked bootloader of my xt1254 in very first attempt.

Try doing again,
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] TheSt33v:
Oh it's very possible, I assure you. Unless of course everyone else in this thread has been lying to us all. Care to elaborate a bit on the problem that you're having?
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] mrkhigh:
Update your firmware

Download and install sunshine.

Run sunshine.

Install root again

Install flashify

Flash twrp
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] affineer:
How is battery life on cm12.1 with you guys?

Not good with me...
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] ripgut:
sunshine doesnt root my phone after what it calls a temp root, it gives me an option of continue where it does some other test, or exit. twrp then says it successfully flashed the recovery, but bootloader says its still locked, so i cant flash actually flash a recovery, nor boot into twrp...i'm on 5.1 btw
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] Cobra04:
I used sunshine to successfully unlock my bootkloader but way back when you needed to gain temp root using kingroot. Sunshine now has gaining temp root built in but this still may apply: wipe cache from stock recovery. Takes a little while and so does reoptimizimg but after doing this twice temp root and sunshine succeeded. Also when sunshine asks to continue, do so.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] TheSt33v:
Just being on 5.1 isn't good enough. There were three firmware versions released that included android 5.1. Are you sure that you're on the latest one? If you're not sure, follow section 0. If you're not on SU4TL-44, Sunshine will not work. If your bootloader is still locked, nothing else in this guide will work.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] ripgut:
I am on SU4TL-44, i even did all the steps in section 0 to ensure that i meet said requirements.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] TheSt33v:
Hmm. What does the error message say exactly when it fails to get temp root? Also, did you make sure to enable wifi on your phone? It must be on even if you're not connected to any networks.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] ripgut:
wifi enabled, i get temp root but when i fireup twrp, flash then reboot into recovery alwhen prompted bootloadet says device locked. i been rooting phones since the MyTouch3G, so i can follow instructions and guides pretty well
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] TheSt33v:
You should not even be attempting to flash TWRP until you see the bootloader unlocked message after the phone reboots. Do you see that message?

Also, are you the original owner of this phone, or did you buy it used?
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] ripgut:
The phone never reboots after sunshine does its thing...
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] TheSt33v:
Boot into bootloader mode. The second and third lines up from the bottom should say Device is ____. Status Code:____. Software Status:______

What does is say where I left blanks?
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] ripgut:
Says Device is Locked, status code 0, software status: official
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] TheSt33v:
Well it looks like you've done everything right, and Sunshine is not working. Just to make sure I understand, this is what you did:

1. Flashed all images of SU4TL-44 as per section 0.

2. Ran Sunshine, followed all directions, paid for it.

3. Sunshine did NOT reboot your phone when it was done.

If that's the case, you might want to talk to Sunshine customer support.

Also, I'm sure you know this but just to be clear, temp root is NOT the end point of Sunshine. There's more after that.

EDIT: There's one more thing that might work, although it's a long shot. Run Sunshine, go all the way through, and then immediately restart your phone manually. Don't try to flash anything. See if that gets you the bootloader unlocked message.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] ripgut:
Forgot to click buy, blonde moment
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] TheSt33v:
Well there's yer problem.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] mrkhigh:
About the same.

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lol. ... I've done worse.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] hugorod91:
Adb and fastboot

Hey guys needing help with the section 2, method 1, step 9. Everything has gone smoothly up until I get to the point of putting the command into the command prompt I type in "fastboot devices" without quotes and nothing happens now if I type in "fastboot device" it does say waiting on n device but that's all I'm getting. Sunshine went through just fine and when in my bootloader menu it does say unlocked. Please help guys anything I'm missing
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] mrkhigh:
It sounds like your adb driver isn't working. (Fast boot, will be seen as a different adb device, so just because you had adb commands working doesn't mean the driver is working with fast boot )

An alternate way is to install flashify

Gain temp root with sunshine and use flashify to flash the twrp for quark you downloaded.

No PC is even truly needed for bootloader unlock, root and twrp.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] TheSt33v:
Try method 2.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] doitinthedirt:
Will this work on the new Turbos coming from verizon? Is there an app or way to bypass the hotspot block for unlimited data plans? I have a family plan with 5 lines all unlimited data. Thanks
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] TheSt33v:
As long as the phone is called Droid Turbo, it will work. I'm not aware of any modifications made to the Turbo since it was first released, other than some different color options.

To get free tethering on an unlimited plan, you can do the following:

1. Follow this guide to unlock and root the phone.

2. Use a file browser to open /system/build.prop

3. Add "net.tethering.noprovisioning=true" without quotes to this file and save it.

4. Reboot the phone.
[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo General] doitinthedirt:
Thanks, I read if the phone has taken an OTA this may not work, what is the last version it works on, I will see if I can find out what the new ones are shipping with.

edit, i see op states su4tl44.