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Droid X Root - I will volunteer

I'm putting this out there...regardless of the propsed "will brick itself if rooted" thing floating around...I will personally test any root method, regardless of risk.

Breakthecycle2 said:
I'm putting this out there...regardless of the propsed "will brick itself if rooted" thing floating around...I will personally test any root method, regardless of risk.
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That is good to know! I think the whole self-destruction thing is blown out of proportion...but I could be wrong.

I'm with you. Anything I can do to help.
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drewden123 said:
That is good to know! I think the whole self-destruction thing is blown out of proportion...but I could be wrong.
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I agree, but you never know I guess. Anyway, I'm not worried about something happening to my phone..lol.

Breakthecycle2 said:
I agree, but you never know I guess. Anyway, I'm not worried about something happening to my phone..lol.
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Lol good. It's good to know we have brave devs willing to take on the challenge..not just ranting about how dumb they think the bootloader issue is or how angry they are with it. I would be as voluntary as you if I had the money to risk bricking and replacing my droid x.

drewden123 said:
Lol good. It's good to know we have brave devs willing to take on the challenge..not just ranting about how dumb they think the bootloader issue is or how angry they are with it. I would be as voluntary as you if I had the money to risk bricking and replacing my droid x.
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It's all good man..I don't think anyone expects anyone to risk bricking their phone if they can't replace it.

Even if you did brick it, just take it back to Big Red. They will replace it without question within 30 days and just call it DOA. More than half of the people at the stores don't care.... Trust me on this one.
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Aciddrag0n said:
Even if you did brick it, just take it back to Big Red. They will replace it without question within 30 days and just call it DOA. More than half of the people at the stores don't care.... Trust me on this one.
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Also good to know! Thanks!

Efuse will not brick your phone
Motorola says eFuse will not brick your phone, if an alternate unsighed bootloader is loaded, the phone will reboot into recovery until a signed bootloader is loaded.
engadget.com/2010/07/16/motorola-responds-to-droid-x-bootloader-controversy-says-efuse/

throwing my name in the hat
I plan on picking up the x this weekend...and more than likely sending it back in 30 days either way. I also have insurance that covers just about anything, so i'm not too worried about them turning me away. Feel free to shoot me a PM or i'll follow this thread if anyone wants to test it out!
Good luck dev's!

Well since installing a custom rom will only send you back to recovery, why not root (when possible of course) and install a custom recovery? Might help get past some of the issue...idk just trying to help.
My phone will be here monday, and we better have custom roms by then or else lol

Meh, you guys realize how many phones Milestone users bricked trying to hack it right? It's not so much there's a self destruct thing as there is that the modding you do could potentially screw up the phone because you ARE messing with a bootloader and trying to get it to sign properly...
It's a tricky thing. As a Milestone user watching this board I have to say.... welcome to our world. It's one thing to say that the DROID and Incredible got hacked and what not, but this is something Milestone fans have been struggling with for like 9 months or so. It's not easy and we still haven't killed it yet. Don't come on here with too much faith as this is pretty much the same encryption scheme. I welcome the help, and perhaps one of you guys will figure it out as it is now a joint battle... but don't be surprised if it doesn't work out because none of us are holding that much hope.
The kexec vulnerability has the best chance and it's not by cracking the bootloader.

What is he kexec vulnerability? And also do you think there would any way we can bruteforce the encryption by doing some sort of a [email protected] type of ordeal?
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evulhotdog said:
What is he kexec vulnerability? And also do you think there would any way we can bruteforce the encryption by doing some sort of a [email protected] type of ordeal?
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Check out www.and-developers.com/motorola_milestone

Why cant someone get the original rom just like the Droid? That way it makes it impossible to brick.
I will offer up mine to testing. If in 30 days I will tell them it just died. After that I will spend the insurance and tell them I dropped in a pool I was surveying.

I as well would risk the recovery menu for testing. its worth it

Bootloader progress

Was wondering if there was any news or updates regarding the bootloader. Im thankful for all we have so far, plus im a donator to some projects so I help with what I can. Anyone heard anything or have any good references to follow? And whats up with people going to incredibles over x's? I hope no one is giving up on development for the x.
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If anyone is working on the bootloader it would be birdman. But until now all he is talking about is the new Flyx rom he is working on.
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DROIDNP said:
If anyone is working on the bootloader it would be birdman. But until now all he is talking about is the new Flyx rom he is working on.
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He is working on it.

BRUTAL BROCK said:
Was wondering if there was any news or updates regarding the bootloader. Im thankful for all we have so far, plus im a donator to some projects so I help with what I can. Anyone heard anything or have any good references to follow? And whats up with people going to incredibles over x's? I hope no one is giving up on development for the x.
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It almost makes me wish I wouldve kept my Incredible now that they have custom Roms running but the X is much more fitting and better for me. I felt the same way about the Incredible when I had it, didnt think Root was gonna make it and wasnt sure how long it would take to get custom Roms. I jumped ship because of that and a lil bit in part to bad battery life and soon after they got Root and now have custom Roms running. We just have to be patient as we have and hope that it soon comes. I agree with you and am thankful for what we have and we can play in the sandbox just not with all the toys.

Anyone know if the Unrevoked Team has gotten their hands on a DX yet? If not it might be time for another DX donation thread to give this Team a crack at the bootloader.

According to a post at the android forums, birdman is working on something that has to do with the mbm. It think it was Lexusbrian that gave a little tidbit that birdman might have some news for us in a couple of days from now. So be patient becuase it is being worked on.

Sweet. Well lets hold strong dx'ers, give support and donations, eventually well smash this efuse.
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Considering how FAST we got root compared to the Dinc and how the whole "efuse" panic basically provoked folks into wanting a DX just to prove the bootloader can be hijacked, I think we'll have something soon.
Birdman has been shooting out some occasional tweets that suggest that he's working on it, as well as on FlyX. I expect we'll have a significant breakthrough soon (a few weeks, in my estimation.... I'm being conservative here... it could be faster), if not a working bootloader hijacking process.

Wonder what these last few posts about qFuse and such are about?

wylie1973 said:
Wonder what these last few posts about qFuse and such are about?
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Go to the link below and click on the link in the first post. That oughtta give you an idea of what is going on..
http://androidforums.com/droid-x-all-things-root/167039-great-read-rooted-droid-x-users.html

Apparently the documents and code to do this are out there now. All that needs to be done at this point, is for someone to put it into an Update.zip format.
Apparently it involves some kind of exploit with NVRAND while Flashing a new baseband. I'd say within 2 weeks, our phones will be open.

Great news...,looks like ur claim on the android forums was correct LexusBrian
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are there any news?

veneirt said:
are there any news?
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Believe me once some thing is available you will see it on the forums. Just give it a few days or weeks as this just came out.

P3 has twittered about something big coming out for tbh users in Friday and it not being a full tranquility but something bigger
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Steel Droid Beta released

http://www.droidforums.net/forum/st...teel-droid-3-1-0-gingerbread-9-26-2011-a.html

Holy crap
-smc

Why would you remove google maps and gmail

DoubleYouPee said:
Why would you remove google maps and gmail
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Because you can easily get them from Market and not everyone wants them preinstalled. (Don't know who though )
Keep in mind it's a beta guys, but it's nice to see some familiar names coming to the D3.

DoubleYouPee said:
Why would you remove google maps and gmail
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You can get them from the Market and it frees up /system space.

Complaining already. You guys are diks. No wonder we have little support.

suzook said:
Complaining already. You guys are diks. No wonder we have little support.
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Truth.
ten.

Killerrr. It's only been a few months and already a beta! Rock on

suzook said:
Complaining already. You guys are diks. No wonder we have little support.
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It was just a question...I don't have a droid 3 yet

Its cool guys. Not everyone shares the same personal values as everyone else. Theres bound to be some arguing somewhere along the line. But if your going to complain, please, make it a valid and useful point. If its not constructive, like pointing out a bug, keep it to yourself. I am willing to hear what everyone has to say, as long as its in moderation. I will throw up a thread here for all you D3 owners, so its on this forum as well.

chevycam94 said:
Its cool guys. Not everyone shares the same personal values as everyone else. Theres bound to be some arguing somewhere along the line. But if your going to complain, please, make it a valid and useful point. If its not constructive, like pointing out a bug, keep it to yourself. I am willing to hear what everyone has to say, as long as its in moderation. I will throw up a thread here for all you D3 owners, so its on this forum as well.
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when will the ROM get updated to 5.6.890?

suzook said:
Complaining already. You guys are diks. No wonder we have little support.
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HAHAHAHA
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nu2droid said:
HAHAHAHA
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This post is very enlightening, thank you for gracing us with it.

So, I'm confused. Is it beta or release? Or is it release of beta?

640k said:
when will the ROM get updated to 5.6.890?
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This is already built from 5.6.890.
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serg675 said:
So, I'm confused. Is it beta or release? Or is it release of beta?
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Its a final release, not a beta
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Thanks for Your work and time making this ROM. I,we appreciate it!

Anyone have any initial thoughts to share? I'll give it a go tonight, since I always have my droid x as an emergency backup.

ctheory83 said:
Anyone have any initial thoughts to share? I'll give it a go tonight, since I always have my droid x as an emergency backup.
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I've been running this since he released it this morning. very snappy and I havent had any issues pop up.
In case you do have issues, just have the restore process ready to go, I doubt you'll need to worry about booting your DX.
I'm going to try Jewremy's MOD later and see if it works with this (since its 5.6.890 based). I'll report back on how that goes.

Yonnor said:
I've been running this since he released it this morning. very snappy and I havent had any issues pop up.
In case you do have issues, just have the restore process ready to go, I doubt you'll need to worry about booting your DX.
I'm going to try Jewremy's MOD later and see if it works with this (since its 5.6.890 based). I'll report back on how that goes.
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Rock on, hopefully I have the same success tonight.

People are such capitalist

http://androidspin.com/2013/05/01/htc-one-s-off-achieved-htc-users-can-now-rejoice-as-well/

F that. I'll stay on htcdev and donate when it is achieved. This goes against all hacking tradition.
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fernando sor said:
F that. I'll stay on htcdev and donate when it is achieved. This goes against all hacking tradition.
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I totally agree, its bs. I doubt they did anything more than jtag the phone

I'll wait too... Hopefully a guide will come out soon. :banghead:
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If they did jtag the phone, they done an impressive job of putting the phone back together afterwards.

im0rtalz said:
If they did jtag the phone, they done an impressive job of putting the phone back together afterwards.
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the post directly below the screen shot on their facebook says htc one jtag and communicating. That's not hacking.

If I remember right, I used them to repair a bricked HD2. It required being taken apart and the ROM flashed directly to the board. I think that was 40 bucks.
When I got it back the volume down stopped working. They claimed it was messed up when I sent it, which is partly true but it still functioned. When I got it back it didn't at all. They stopped responding to my questions and requests.
They got it working again but were a bit rude.. won't be using them again.
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Is S-OFF even necessary on this phone?

jkt97401 said:
Is S-OFF even necessary on this phone?
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While s-off might not be "necessary" right now it is always a good thing to have. There's always a chance htc won't allow proper flashing of the boot.img in future hboot updates.
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I'm waiting... Just wow though
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Hey MObile Tech Videos did fix my hard bricked tablet though, so i can't hate them that much lolz

Ok, i see charging someone to take a bricked phone and directly re-flashing it. One would think it would be a better business move for them to share what they did, that way it could possibly cause more bricked device so they could possibly make more money on unbricking. LOL

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Ok, i see charging someone to take a bricked phone and directly re-flashing it. One would think it would be a better business move for them to share what they did, that way it could possibly cause more bricked device so they could possibly make more money on unbricking. LOL
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But they would make more money if they didn't share how to do it
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I don't understand why people are so heated about this, they're independent people who get to make their own choices. Android and open source in general have great traditions of devs doing their work for free, but that hardly means that every dev owes it to the community to work pro bono.
If you haven't donated to a dev on your own, you really shouldn't be offended about this.

YoungDonDraper said:
I don't understand why people are so heated about this, they're independent people who get to make their own choices. Android and open source in general have great traditions of devs doing their work for free, but that hardly means that every dev owes it to the community to work pro bono.
If you haven't donated to a dev on your own, you really shouldn't be offended about this.
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If you want to understand why people are mad, you need to understand the culture a little better. Go read the GPL (and maybe other related open source licences). I'm not saying that it applies to this; just that open source is no where near as open as most people believe it to be.

YoungCorruptionV2.0 said:
But they would make more money if they didn't share how to do it
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Not necessarily, you don't make money if people aren't willing to pay. I can only assume that most people on forums like this are less likely to send there phone out to be s-offed,and just wait until one of these amazing devs posts a tutorial(once accomplished). If you mean they would make more money if they don't, by they are hoping people will brick there devices trying, then yes i agree then they would make a lot of money off of that. I do believe Share is Caring...unless its a completely original idea then charge.

'Merica!

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'Merica!
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sxephil?

waited forever for S-Off on my 3D...no reason not to again with my ONE

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2282223:highfive:

KnoxRaid KK 5.6v

Does anyone have a Mirror for the latest KnoxRaid KK 5.6v? The thread has been closed and the downloads are missing. Thanks for the help

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Thanks, Is this the one I use to upgrade from JB?

The Knox raid thread is back open, you'll need to download the coming from jb file
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sp73smith said:
The Knox raid thread is back open, you'll need to download the coming from jb file
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Annnnnnnnnd closed again. Maybe for good this time. Unfortunate.

Can someone please provide me with the proper files to upgrade to KK

royal1262 said:
Can someone please provide me with the proper files to upgrade to KK
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Actually the download links are still there.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2577273
EDIT: Sorry. Nevermind. Links are there but they don't work.

royal1262 said:
Can someone please provide me with the proper files to upgrade to KK
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Did not expect to see what I saw coming into xda today. does anyone have a copy of 5.6 they can share out?

don't count on it... when there is drama between users and mods the ban hammers come out quick and fast. links get popped quick.
It is really too bad, but this seems to be entirely self-inflicted and we are left high and dry until another Dev steps up.

Was looking for this thread, I take it KnoxRaid is pretty much done and over with now?
I mirrored v5.6 about a week ago here - Took link down, need clarification on rules of sharing the files on forum, PM for link
Im not sure if I would advise using it at this point though

noahk11 said:
Was looking for this thread, I take it KnoxRaid is pretty much done and over with now?
I mirrored v5.6 about a week ago here
Im not sure if I would advise using it at this point though
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I'm running 5.5 and it is fine with 1 or 2 minor issues and 5.6 was a consideration... However, I'm not certain that the dev will be working on this soon, he seems to have been trying to play a donation game.
Likely it was a momentary lapse in judgment, but not something that would be tolerated on XDA and rightly so.
Hopefully another dev can step up and produce as good a product as this, but it seems that KnoxRaid is over. Oh well... I just got a Galaxy Gear and I can play with that for a while.

Radimus said:
I'm running 5.5 and it is fine with 1 or 2 minor issues and 5.6 was a consideration... However, I'm not certain that the dev will be working on this soon, he seems to have been trying to play a donation game.
Likely it was a momentary lapse in judgment, but not something that would be tolerated on XDA and rightly so.
Hopefully another dev can step up and produce as good a product as this, but it seems that KnoxRaid is over. Oh well... I just got a Galaxy Gear and I can play with that for a while.
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Yeah, its to bad. Well FireNote is top notch IMO, its been great so far. We will just have to wait to see what takes center stage I suppose.
It is quite odd that he sold two Note 3s on swappa just awhile ago though.

noahk11 said:
Yeah, its to bad. Well FireNote is top notch IMO, its been great so far. We will just have to wait to see what takes center stage I suppose.
It is quite odd that he sold two Note 3s on swappa just awhile ago though.
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I smelt his dirty games weeks ago when he was having an issue coming up with money for his broken LCD for his note 3.

htsl said:
I smelt his dirty games weeks ago when he was having an issue coming up with money for his broken LCD for his note 3.
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Really? Thats interesting I just got my Note 3 recently so I haven't been around here terribly long but I mean some honesty would be appreciated on his part.

htsl said:
I smelt his dirty games weeks ago when he was having an issue coming up with money for his broken LCD for his note 3.
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Same here!
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It's unfortunate because he certainly seemed like a talented and dedicated dev. Brought a lot of goodness to our Note 3. I also started becoming skeptical of his requests for donations and think he just got caught up in how easy it was for him to raise spare cash, sell a phone and get another. Once he got the M8, I think his attentions turned to that phone and he figured he'd ride the Note 3 wave as long as he could. I don't doubt that he probably would have continued dev'ing for our phone had he been sent a free Note 3...but I'm sure in time "something" would have happened to that phone as well. As I said though, very unfortunate for all of us Note 3 owners as he truly did devote a lot of his time to our phones. He's young and has a lot to learn still...hopefully this is a lesson in honesty and humility that he takes to heart.

datanetresource said:
It's unfortunate because he certainly seemed like a talented and dedicated dev. Brought a lot of goodness to our Note 3. I also started becoming skeptical of his requests for donations and think he just got caught up in how easy it was for him to raise spare cash, sell a phone and get another. Once he got the M8, I think his attentions turned to that phone and he figured he'd ride the Note 3 wave as long as he could. I don't doubt that he probably would have continued dev'ing for our phone had he been sent a free Note 3...but I'm sure in time "something" would have happened to that phone as well. As I said though, very unfortunate for all of us Note 3 owners as he truly did devote a lot of his time to our phones. He's young and has a lot to learn still...hopefully this is a lesson in honesty and humility that he takes to heart.
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Well stated, my thoughts exactly... Just disappointed now...

I have some of his files saved but not sure if it can be shared anymore, will have to look into that. The rom is sweet, but the things that happened behind the scenes was sour to the core.
Stickied with my post-it-note 3

hey
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Would you hind helping me out with a link