Anybody out there have Bell's version of the Droid 3 rooted? I'm itching to pull the trigger and get one but I haven't read on here about anyone else rooting it yet. I'm sure the same method for Verizon's will work and if not, a method will be available shortly but just thought I'd check and see.
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I read it does work on the XT860
Method works. But make sure you use root carefully! There are no safety nets yet - read that as no SBF. I guess it will take even longer for a XT860 SBF to leak (compared to D3).
Also - rooting may prevent your phone from accepting updates (especially if you change something in /system - you will certainly not be able to receive updates. Considering the fact there are already few known bugs (surprisingly same as in D3) - I suspect Motorola will release fix sooner or later (once they patch the root exploit I guess..).
leobg said:
Method works. But make sure you use root carefully! There are no safety nets yet - read that as no SBF. I guess it will take even longer for a XT860 SBF to leak (compared to D3).
Also - rooting may prevent your phone from accepting updates (especially if you change something in /system - you will certainly not be able to receive updates. Considering the fact there are already few known bugs (surprisingly same as in D3) - I suspect Motorola will release fix sooner or later (once they patch the root exploit I guess..).
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Just to be sure..the one click should work too then..right?
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I had already opened a thread on this last week and confirmed that the one click process works.
Please see : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1234689
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EDIT: This thread answered my question
This is in reference to the unrEVOked Root Friendly Phone list.
The Optimus 2X/TMo G2X is listed as a good choice:
The good choice devices have security, but the security is either weak or has been broken in all versions. Alternatively, they may have writable boot/system partitions, but no fastboot (requiring a temporary root to write that may be fixable in a future system update). There's no guarantee that future versions of the device will be rootable, but as of the most recent update they are rootable. Check with forums to confirm before you purchase a phone on this list!
Any phone that relies on a software root in Linux to flash images and may receive system updates will be in this list, since a future update may make this difficult.
With that being said, what do you Devs think about this phone? I currently own an incredible and the dev support is second to know and has never faced any issues like what is currently seen with Moto devices and the upcoming HTC devices. This will be my first LG and I don't want something like the GB update to make it so that the device will never be rootable again.
Am I just being paranoid?
FWIW I'd be getting the G2x from Tmo
Ok my question is can The One Click Rooting method be used on the Bionic as well as other mods designed for the D3? Ive been bouncing back and forth from Forum to Forum with one thread confirming a successful Root using One Click!! Will have the Bionic in my hands tomorrow and would like to Root ASAP. Any and all help would be appreciated!! Thanks
According to P3Droid's Twitter feed, the Bionic has been successfully rooted using the one-click method that was uncovered last month. However, it's also been discovered (and reported on by P3Droid) that Motorola is patching that particular vulnerability in a future OTA update.
So if you plan on getting one tomorrow, you'll be able to root it. Just be very wary of taking any future updates. Check with the community first to make sure that the update won't take away root access.
I have just received a replacement D3 and it had shipped with the 5.7.906 update. I was wondering if there was a way to root it and if ROMs that use the old BP tools and things like that, that prevent from downgrading. If so, can I install a ROM that uses the 5.7.906 system apps will install correctly and work. Currently I have not found or seen anyone with the fast boot /.XML/RSD lite files to restore it if anything goes wrong. I'm just worried that I won't be able to get back to stock if something goes wrong in the install process. Any help will be appreciated. Thank you in advance.
Intriguing!
Did youo receive your phone as a replacement from Verizon? If it's brand new and it runs on 5.7.906, I surmise that the next official OTA would certainly be 5.7.906. This will absolutely make some folks relaxed since they're worrying that 5.7.906 might not be the right update path. In this case, if anything goes wrong, just head over the thread about OTA Leak and flash it onto your device.
About ROM, unless the developer specifies in their thread, your phone should be ok with any.
Good luck!
You are most likely the luckest droid 3 user youhave the lastest ota update already
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I currently have a D2 and am thinking about upgrading to the D4. Since the latest Android version prevents 3rd party apps from changing the GPS state (I have the Tasker app which I use to do this for certain things), I know that I will have to root the new phone (and install Secure Settings) in order to be able to control the GPS via Tasker. Will the Droid 4 Utility that I found here in the forum work on the latest D4 system version? I've read in other forums that Google removed the root exploits in the later system versions for the D2 and want to make sure that a similiar thing has not been done for the D4 before I spend the money (and time) getting a new phone and trying to root it (don't want a $200 brick).
Thanks for the help.
I rooted using Motofail with 219 (latest OTA). That being said, we have the original software release fastboot files now, so you could always roll back to get root!
podspi said:
I rooted using Motofail with 219 (latest OTA). That being said, we have the original software release fastboot files now, so you could always roll back to get root!
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Thanks for the reply! Are you referring to rooting the D2 or the D4 (I'm not looking to root my D2)? If you are talking about the D4, where can I find these fastboot files and instructions on applying them?
OhioGuy67 said:
Thanks for the reply! Are you referring to rooting the D2 or the D4 (I'm not looking to root my D2)? If you are talking about the D4, where can I find these fastboot files and instructions on applying them?
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Talking about the D4! I went straight from a D1 -> D4. As you can imagine, it was a huge jump...!
I'm not sure why this thread isn't stickied but...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1622256
I was so very happy when those got leaked...Honestly even if you don't need them, I'd download them. Just in case. It is hard(er) to find D1 SBF files nowadays...
Hello!
Recently jumped shipped to AT&T moto x and am absolutely loving it. I was perusing around the forum, and really wanted to ask some questions on a specific thread but due to the fear and anxiety of sounding dumb and wasting everyone else's time, I'm just posting a question here hoping that even stupid questions are answered with lots of love. I'm pretty comfortable with rooting, flashing.....aka I'm really good at following instructions, but would really like to expand my knowledge further and am having difficult time getting the explanations I need. SO, hoping some kind soul on here with AT&T Moto X will answer my questions in one shot.
Since my Moto X automatically updated with the new camera update via OTA when I got it four days ago, I was able to successfully root it using JCase's new RockMyMoto method. So, now I'm rooted - great. Everything is set up perfectly the way I want. Then now I find out that AT&T 4.4 is leaked, meaning it's probably going to be ready for an OTA update in the near future (I'm not planning on using the leaked one). So my questions are as follows...
1. I'm going to keep mine rooted until AT&T has 4.4 available for OTA update. Can I simply just run that update when it's available (which will break the root), then just re-root it when that's also available (which it seems like will be rather soon according to Jcase's tweet...)? Or will running the OTA update on my rooted moto x cause more issues other than simply breaking the root? Should I be going back to stock, get the OTA update, THEN re-root it?
2. My understanding is that AT&T boot loader is still locked down...so to my limited knowledge, this means I'm not able to make a NANDROID back up using CWM...am I wrong here in any way? Is there a way to make a NANDROID-like back up (which I used to back in S3 days) without having my bootloader unlocked?
3. Tethering...I was able to use FoxFi fine on my S3 (I got that good old granfathered unlimited data plan....), but it does not seem to work on my new Moto X. Is there any known work around for this? I have Titanium Backup Pro as well, so thought I could maybe just freeze the tether provision or w/e by AT&T but seems like I'm also somehow misunderstanding that there as no such thing seems to exist.
Thanks,
Yoondroid
I can only respond to your first question. You can not take an ota while rooted. The exploit breaks the stock recovery. In order to take the update, you'll have to fastboot the factory images to revert to an in rooted state and then accept the ota. It's really easy and only takes a few minutes... Assuming you have adb set up and know how to use it, if not, an hour or so if searching and reading will get you up to speed.
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I can only respond to your first question. You can not take an ota while rooted. The exploit breaks the stock recovery. In order to take the update, you'll have to fastboot the factory images to revert to an in rooted state and then accept the ota. It's really easy and only takes a few minutes... Assuming you have adb set up and know how to use it, if not, an hour or so if searching and reading will get you up to speed.
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You can also just flash the recovery.img back and take the OTA update while rooted.
You can install safestrap to make a backup and WiFi tether root works with some minor changes there's a thread somewhere.
Hmm, thanks guys I'll be checking out/learning more about the fastboot option
As for tethering, I've found some good information though for the first option, I haven't figured out a way to patch the at&t apk OP posted in his thread. Seems like quite the ingenious work around though, so hopefully I'll be able to figure it out soon! The second option seems to be a quick work around to get tethering to work, but seems way less secure...and I'll be using tethering to do work which I prefer to be on a much secure network, so we'll see.
First (tricking the phone to think it's not an at&t phone when turning on tethering in native app): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2443562
Second: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2449534&page=3
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You can also just flash the recovery.img back and take the OTA update while rooted.
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just so the OP is led astray, if you only flash the recovery.img and you have made changes to your system apps or anything in the /system then you won't be able to take the ota and it will likely through you into a BL. If you don't know what you have changed, then go ahead and flash the system.img as well as recovery and you will be good to go. If you know what you changed then uninstall all of your root apps and change everything you change in the /system back to how it was and take the ota (after flashing recovery.img of coarse).
here is a great guide to adb stuff for you as well that got me started. still go back to it for reference occasionally. its a little old but it is still good.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=872128