[Verizon Motorola Droid Turbo Q&A, Help & Troublesh] ChazzMatt:
I thought about doing that myself but here's the issue. While I wrote

such a guide for the XT1225 and XT1250 over in the other forum

, to gain permanent root for any Quark (XT1254/XT1225/XT1250) you first must unlock your bootloader. On the XT1225/XT1250, that's easy -- just via a free code given via Motorola on request. On the Droid Turbo, that request is refused due to Verizon's insistence on a locked-down bootloader. Therefore my guide over there is only for the XT1225 and XT1250.

1) [MENTION=5901115]TheSt33v[/MENTION] has

written an excellent guide over here on how to unlock your bootloader for the Droid Turbo XT1254 via Sunshine

-- which right now is limited only to Lollipop SUTL-44 and SUTL-49. He also covers rooting in that guide. (My guide is based on his, but mine is updated for Motorola Marshmallow 6.0.1 -- with instructions SuperSu Beta SU 2.62 MUST be used, as we encountered this problem back in July 2016 when Motorola released Marshmallow for the XT1225. Plus in that guide, I clarified some things just based on my personal reading/writing style. I also added boot logos and boot animation. )

With his guide here on unlocking the bootloader, no other is needed. It covers everything that needs to be covered from the XT1254 Droid Turbo perspective, if you want to unlock your bootloader and root. (Again, unlocking the bootloader on the XT1254 can only be done on two specific versions of Lollipop, via paid Sunshine app.)

2) This Marshmallow rooting problem for the XT1254 is ONLY for people who have first unlocked their bootloaders on Lollipop (see #1) and are now upgrading to either stock Marshmallow Verizon firmware via OTA or installing a Marshmallow ROM based on stock Motorola firmware via TWRP. (Any other Marshmallow custom ROMs or even Nougat custom ROMs, i.e. CM-based, like

[ROM][All Quark][6.x.x]Resurrection Remix

which I'm currently using or

[ROM][All Quark][7.x]Resurrection Remix

do not have that "rooting" issue.)

This rooting problem is only for a subset of overall Droid Turbo users, not for everyone who has updated to Marshmallow. (That subset being those who first unlocked their bootloaders and are now on stock Motorola Marshmallow or a ROM based on stock Motorola Marshmallow.)

Therefore, just a thread on "rooting" over here in the XT1254 forum would not be useful. People would be confused and think they could root without first unlocking their bootloaders! And especially on Marshmallow 6.0.1, with the XT1254 Droid Turbo if you didn't FIRST unlock your bootloader on Lollipop, you are out of luck! (With XT1225 and XT1250 that's not a concern.)

Thank you. That should help a lot of people.

[ROM] MCG24.251-5 100% Stock

In my writing style, I would have noted the version number (SuperSu beta 2.62) in that sentence just to clarity it is indeed an older, very specific version necessary for rooting? ;) But that's just me. In one of the other threads where I wrote this up, someone else then correctly referenced it several pages later, and then some other guy asked him, "Why are you using that older version from 2015? Use this instead!" with link to current SuperSu -- which was EXACTLY THE PROBLEM! :rolleyes: I had to reply to him and tell him "Because the newer versions do NOT work. THIS works!" He had not read my original post, only the reference to it and SuperSu beta 2.62 and had no idea of the Motorola Marshmallow problem.

My point is, sometimes in OP posts I find it helpful (at least for me) if certain very important information is literally in my face, bolded, maybe even colored red. :D

And also hopefully THIS THREAD will stay near the top of the Q&A section for a while, to help people.