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[Q] Need help rooting.

UPDATE:
So I'm trying the reddit instructions again, and I'm making more progress than before. Here's where I'm at now: Everything works flawlessly until I get to step 19. I get a message saying "can't create /sys/kernel/uevent_helper: Permission denied" and my phone never reboots. I've browsed through the comments there and everyone else who gets hung up there just repeats previous steps and has it work (which I've tried) or can't remember how they got it to work. I thought I'd reach out here and see if anyone has any suggestions now.
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Hey everyone, I've been desperately trying to root my Moto X and I just can't get it to work. I ordered mine about a week ago and I've spent the last two days tinkering away with no success. I've rooted my Droid X and my Droid Razr Maxx in the past, so I would say I have a moderate level of understanding, but I'm stumped by this one.
I tried going the easy route using the Moto X Root Script but it continuously failed for me. I would have posted there, but unfortunately since I'm not the most active user, I haven't even made it to the 10 posts mark so I'm not allowed to... so then I took to the internet and used these instructions I found on Reddit to run through RockMyMoto manually followed by MotoWpNoMoto. I successfully achieved root on 4.2.2 and then accepted the OTA to move to KitKat. However, my phone went into a boot loop and I couldn't get it to respond to anything, so I flashed back to 4.2.2 to try running through the process again. Now, I can't get it to root on 4.2.2 anymore, and I'm not sure what's going wrong.
MotoWpNoMoto does tell me that write protection is already removed, but I'm still not getting anywhere. After flashing back to a clean 4.2.2, I try running the first part of SlapMyMoto, and it says it's all successful, but then when I accept the OTA and try to proceed to the second part of it where you push install.sh, I get an error saying "Install script failed! You received a Permission Denied error while attempting to load the install script into the UEVENT_HELPER. This means that root was not successfully obtained." If I try downloading SuperSU from the marketplace, it tells me no SU binary is installed and the SuperSU can't install it.
Does anyone have any ideas on where to go from here?

pianoman674 said:
Hey everyone, I've been desperatley trying to root my Moto X and I just can't get it to work. I ordered mine about a week ago and I've spent the last two days tinkering away with no success. I've rooted my Droid X and my Droid Razr Maxx in the past, so I would say I have a moderate level of understanding, but I'm stumped by this one.
I tried going the easy route using the Moto X Root Script but it continuously failed for me. I would have posted there, but unfortunately since I'm not the most active user, I haven't even made it to the 10 posts mark so I'm not allowed to... so then I took to the internet and used these instructions I found on Reddit to run through RockMyMoto manually followed by MotoWpNoMoto. I successfully achieved root on 4.2.2 and then accepted the OTA to move to KitKat. However, my phone went into a boot loop and I couldn't get it to respond to anything, so I flashed back to 4.2.2 to try running through the process again. Now, I can't get it to root on 4.2.2 anymore, and I'm not sure what's going wrong.
MotoWpNoMoto does tell me that write protection is already removed, but I'm still not getting anywhere. After flashing back to a clean 4.2.2, I try running the first part of SlapMyMoto, and it says it's all successful, but then when I accept the OTA and try to proceed to the second part of it where you push install.sh, I get an error saying "Install script failed! You received a Permission Denied error while attempting to load the install script into the UEVENT_HELPER. This means that root was not successfully obtained." If I try downloading SuperSU from the marketplace, it tells me no SU binary is installed and the SuperSU can't install it.
Does anyone have any ideas on where to go from here?
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I we to assume you have a consumers version and not the developer edition?
Sent on my Gummy running Lenoto X

flashallthetime said:
I we to assume you have a consumers version and not the developer edition?
Sent on my Gummy running Lenoto X
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That is correct, sorry I forgot to put that in there.
32 GB Consumer on Verizon, Came with KitKat preinstalled.

[Q] Any KitKat ROM I can use in Safestrap on a Moto X from RW?

Per the subject line I have a Moto X I bought from Republic Wireless. Have since left RW, and have rooted the phone and installed SafeStrap. I have a slot ready to load a KitKat ROM, but it isn't clear which (if any) of them will run with this setup. I thought I saw that someone had done this with one of the TMobile ROMs, but can't seem to find the discussion.
Anyone who's done something similar who can point the way?

[Q] [XT1064] Is it possible to convert XT1064 to GPE (Google Play Edition)?

Hello, can someone help me convert my Moto G 2014 XT1064 (US) to the Google Play Edition?
I bought the Moto G on sale at Amazon a few days ago, then remembered why I had put off purchasing it previously, all of the Motorola bloatware!! No Motorola, I don't need an additional backup service, and I don't want your services constantly running and pinging home, and I'd like to get updates in a reasonable amount of time. My device said it was up to date but was still on KitKat, which was very disappointing.
So far I've unlocked my bootloader (via the official Motorola method) and I did successfully upgrade to Lollipop but it was the Motorola version.
These are the packages that I have downloaded:
Blur_Version.21.11.17.titan_retuaws.retuaws.en.US.zip (the motorola 5.0 update?)
Blur_Version.22.11.6.titan_retuaws.retuaws.en.US.zip (small update for motorola android 5)
GPE_XT1032_KOT49H.M004_CFC.xml.zip (stuck at Google screen with unlock icon, waited 30 minutes)
One issue is that it seems like both of the main sites that host the stock images have been down for a few days:
- http://sbf.droid-developers.org/phone.php?device=36 (DOWN as of 12/12)
- http://motofirmware.com/files/category/38-titan/ (DOWN as of 12/12)
I also used the MotoToolAioV3.1 with the GPE_XT1032_KOT49H ROM which resulted in a bootloop, I'm guessing this is for the 1st gen Moto G?
Right now I'm back on Motorola KitKat version 21.11.17.titan_retuaws.retuaws.en.US.
Is there a way to make my Moto G XT1064 stock GPE or should I look for a custom ROM that or should I try CyanogenMod 11?
One thing to note is that I was running on less that 50% battery when trying to flash GPE_XT1032_KOT49H with MotoToolAIO, could this have been an issue or is this only to prevent the battery from dying?
Thanks for the help guys!
P.S. It was not worth it saving $70 to get the on-sale version at Amazon rather than the Google Play Edition. I've not even been able to find out for sure if you can get the 2014 version with GPE, which makes this even more frustrating.
Also, which versions are compatible with each other or are none of them compatible unless stated? Will the 1st gen ROMs work on the 2nd gen phone?

there is no GPE edition for Moto G 2ND GEN.......... and 1st gen ROMS wont work in our phones.. flashing dem results results in a BOOTLOOP

ak88900 said:
there is no GPE edition for Moto G 2ND GEN.......... and 1st gen ROMS wont work in our phones.. flashing dem results results in a BOOTLOOP
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Thanks, it's really disappointing that I can't have stock Android on a Moto G 2014 and have it somewhat easy to update. When is that going to change Google, come on, it's been the same ROM -> Bootloop -> flash -> brick -> hours of ADB and mfastboot for 5 or 6 years. Having 20 Motorola services phoning home and alerting me to signin to Motorola constantly is inexcusable, and makes this otherwise great phone a LEMON.
Is there a tool or method to strip out all of the Motorola junkware?

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derekm_ said:
Thanks, it's really disappointing that I can't have stock Android on a Moto G 2014 and have it somewhat easy to update. When is that going to change Google, come on, it's been the same ROM -> Bootloop -> flash -> brick -> hours of ADB and mfastboot for 5 or 6 years. Having 20 Motorola services phoning home and alerting me to signin to Motorola constantly is inexcusable, and makes this otherwise great phone a LEMON.
Is there a tool or method to strip out all of the Motorola junkware?
Edit: I don't understand, we have root, we have an unlocked bootloader, why can't this phone be 100% converted to a GPE phone? What's the technical limitation that's preventing this?
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yeah all u gotta do is Root->install Titanium Backup->uninstall all unwanted bloatware
GPE---- well the gpe edition dosnt exist--

ak88900 said:
yeah all u gotta do is Root->install Titanium Backup->uninstall all unwanted bloatware
GPE---- well the gpe edition dosnt exist--
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Oh, sweet, thank you so much!
It probably seems like a "duh" but this tip should be a sticky!
I never once have read somewhere that the Moto G 2014 doesn't have a Google Play Edition. Eventually I suspected that it didn't but only after an hour of flashing and bootloops.
So this is not the 2014 version? https://play.google.com/store/devices/details/Moto_G_Google_Play_edition_8GB?id=moto_g_8gb&hl=en Is the model number of the GPE phone I just linked to XT1032?

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derekm_ said:
Oh, sweet, thank you so much!
It probably seems like a "duh" but this tip should be a sticky!
I never once have read somewhere that the Moto G 2014 doesn't have a Google Play Edition. Eventually I suspected that it didn't but only after an hour of flashing and bootloops.
So this is not the 2014 version? https://play.google.com/store/devices/details/Moto_G_Google_Play_edition_8GB?id=moto_g_8gb&hl=en What's the model number of the GPE phone I just linked to?
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A varient of XT1032

Man you must be dumb if you think you can flash the moto g 2013 gpe rom to the 2nd generation moto g. It's like me trying to flash a GS5 or Note 4 ROM on my GS4. It will never work and results in a softbrick or worse. Also quit being so dramatic. This motorola rom is as close to stock android as you are gonna get from an OEM. If you want to get rid of the unintrusive motorola services just root and remove the unwanted apps with titanium backup.

ImperiousRex89 said:
Man you must be dumb if you think you can flash the moto g 2013 gpe rom to the 2nd generation moto g. It's like me trying to flash a GS5 or Note 4 ROM on my GS4. It will never work and results in a softbrick or worse. Also quit being so dramatic. This motorola rom is as close to stock android as you are gonna get from an OEM. If you want to get rid of the unintrusive motorola services just root and remove the unwanted apps with titanium backup.
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It's certainly not obvious at first glance that there is not a GPE version of the 2014 version of the Moto G.
What's the technical reason that I can't flash the rom on a different device? Hardware driver support? Config files?
Is it really that difficult for Android to support having multiple drivers available for different hardware? Windows does it just fine. Linux does it.
I can't seem to root the XT1064, most people seem to end up in bootloops when trying to and so did I, so no Titanium Backup at the moment.
This is as close to stock as many manufacturers offer?? That's very disappointing.

derekm_ said:
It's certainly not obvious at first glance that there is not a GPE version of the 2014 version of the Moto G.
What's the technical reason that I can't flash the rom on a different device? Hardware driver support? Config files?
Is it really that difficult for Android to support having multiple drivers available for different hardware? Windows does it just fine. Linux does it.
I can't seem to root the XT1064, most people seem to end up in bootloops when trying to and so did I, so no Titanium Backup at the moment.
This is as close to stock as many manufacturers offer?? That's very disappointing.
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dude try the root kernel(thanks to @savoca) and BETA-SUPERSU-v2.38.zip(http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g-2014/general/twrp-twrp-backup-t2964330) worked for me/
it takes about 10 minutes to boot...........

ak88900 said:
dude try the root kernel(thanks to @savoca) and BETA-SUPERSU-v2.38.zip(http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g-2014/general/twrp-twrp-backup-t2964330) worked for me/
it takes about 10 minutes to boot...........
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Thanks, I'll try that today.
I tried the xt1064_lollipop_boot.img version yesterday with the 2.16, 2.35, 2.38, 2.39 but I might not have waited long enough on some of them (did wait 15+ minutes with 2.16 with no luck).
What screen was it on while booting? Was it ever a completely black screen (with backlight on) for an extended period of time?
What ROM / OS version were you on when you rooted it?

derekm_ said:
Thanks, I'll try that today.
I tried the xt1064_lollipop_boot.img version yesterday with the 2.16, 2.35, 2.38, 2.39 but I might not have waited long enough on some of them (did wait 15+ minutes with 2.16 with no luck).
What screen was it on while booting? Was it ever a completely black screen (with backlight on) for an extended period of time?
What ROM / OS version were you on when you rooted it?
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i got the bootlogo for over 15mins.. and finally booted up...
i am using XT1068 Dual sim stock lollipop 22.11.16(XT1064 firmware):silly:

ak88900 said:
i got the bootlogo for over 15mins.. and finally booted up...
i am using XT1068 Dual sim stock lollipop 22.11.16(XT1064 firmware):silly:
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Are you using the stock Lollipop recovery or TWRP?
How do you get into recovery from Lollipop? I've tried all different combinations of power/volume buttons but cannot get past the Broken Android screen.
By "flash SuperSU" does everyone mean using "adb sideload superSU.zip" from recovery?

derekm_ said:
Are you using the stock Lollipop recovery or TWRP?
How do you get into recovery from Lollipop? I've tried all different combinations of power/volume buttons but cannot get past the Broken Android screen.
By "flash SuperSU" does everyone mean using "adb sideload superSU.zip" from recovery?
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The rom seems to replace the flashed Recovery with the stock..... I flash the recovery every time I want..... :-/
Place the SuperSU.zip(v2.38 beta worked for me). In your INTERNAL memory and boot into recovery(TWRP) flash it..

ak88900 said:
The rom seems to replace the flashed Recovery with the stock one...... I flash the recovery every time I want..... :-/
Place the SuperSU.zip(v2.38 beta worked for me). In your INTERNAL memory and boot into recovery(TWRP) flash it..
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I pushed SuperSU 2.38 to /data/local/tmp/ because that's the only place that I could write to as far as I know.
I booted into recovery and installed SuperSU then rebooted (I didn't clear any cache manually).
The phone is on the Warning Bootloader Ulocked screen and rebooting. I'll let it sit for about 20 minutes and see if anything good happens. Thanks for the assistance.
Edit: is mine on the wrong screen? You said yours stayed on the "bootlogo", is that the Motorola splash screen or the "Warning Bootloader Unlocked" screen?
Edit: IT WORKED! Thank you!!
Edit: Looks like it's bootlooping after reboot.

derekm_ said:
I pushed SuperSU 2.38 to /data/local/tmp/ because that's the only place that I could write to as far as I know.
I booted into recovery and installed SuperSU then rebooted (I didn't clear any cache manually).
The phone is on the Warning Bootloader Ulocked screen and rebooting. I'll let it sit for about 20 minutes and see if anything good happens. Thanks for the assistance.
Edit: is mine on the wrong screen? You said yours stayed on the "bootlogo", is that the Motorola splash screen or the "Warning Bootloader Unlocked" screen?
Edit: IT WORKED! Thank you!!
Edit: Looks like it's bootlooping after reboot.
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Yeah it bootloops at every reboot..... But eventually it'll boot up..... Hope someone comesup with a more stable rooting method

[Q] Moto X 2014 in China

Sincere apologies if this has been asked and answered already, please pop a link to the relevant thread and I'll bother ye no longer!
So here I am in China, with my GNex bravely soldiering on and they are about to release the Moto X 2014 into China.
Trouble is, no gapps and no Google account (standard on Chinese Androids)
My question is, do you think I'll be able to root the phone using existing techniques for the US/International Moto X?
The radio fw may well be different, so I don't think I can just flash a complete ROM - all I want to do is root and install gapps (and maybe have the option to un-root for updates later down the line.....)
What do you guys think? Difficult to answer without the phone in the wild, I know. Just looking for some guidance and hopefully encouragement before putting down cash on a phone that I potentially cannot bend to my will.
Many thanks in advance for any help/advice you can impart!

Received my Moto X today. Came here looking for something helpful. I think we have to wait for a while.
misteral1970 said:
Sincere apologies if this has been asked and answered already, please pop a link to the relevant thread and I'll bother ye no longer!
So here I am in China, with my GNex bravely soldiering on and they are about to release the Moto X 2014 into China.
Trouble is, no gapps and no Google account (standard on Chinese Androids)
My question is, do you think I'll be able to root the phone using existing techniques for the US/International Moto X?
The radio fw may well be different, so I don't think I can just flash a complete ROM - all I want to do is root and install gapps (and maybe have the option to un-root for updates later down the line.....)
What do you guys think? Difficult to answer without the phone in the wild, I know. Just looking for some guidance and hopefully encouragement before putting down cash on a phone that I potentially cannot bend to my will.
Many thanks in advance for any help/advice you can impart!
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Solutions found on the net. Two options:
Unlock boot loader and flash Gapps as a recovery. (Google "国行Moto X（XT1085）解锁BL刷谷歌服务教程")
Unlock boot loader and flash a root recovery. (Google "Moto x root")
(Sorry for no url. Forbidden)
I tried them a week ago and both worked for me.
(Moto X XT1085)

Fanbinyan said:
Solutions found on the net. Two options:
Unlock boot loader and flash Gapps as a recovery. (Google "国行Moto X（XT1085）解锁BL刷谷歌服务教程")
Unlock boot loader and flash a root recovery. (Google "Moto x root")
(Sorry for no url. Forbidden)
I tried them a week ago and both worked for me.
(Moto X XT1085)
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Fantastic news, thanks so much for the advice, confirmation and search hints!!!

Just purchased a Verizon droid 4

I just purchased a droid 4 from Verizon, have wiped it a few times, but my front facing camera, keyboard, soft key lights are not working. I have searched online for fixes, Motorola said i could pay 150.00 in order to get it replaced. I figured i would come here first to see if anyone had a suggestion or a link to where i could wipe it before it took the 4.4 patch to where it seems to have totally messed it up according to other online sources .

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I just purchased a droid 4 from Verizon, have wiped it a few times, but my front facing camera, keyboard, soft key lights are not working. I have searched online for fixes, Motorola said i could pay 150.00 in order to get it replaced. I figured i would come here first to see if anyone had a suggestion or a link to where i could wipe it before it took the 4.4 patch to where it seems to have totally messed it up according to other online sources .
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Are you running with the stock rom?
Have you tried a custom rom?
I mean do you know if it't software issue or hardware issue?
Sent from my XT894 using Tapatalk

dom2319 said:
Are you running with the stock rom?
Have you tried a custom rom?
I mean do you know if it't software issue or hardware issue?
Sent from my XT894 using Tapatalk
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I am running the latest version of android for that series of phone, believe its 4.4 from verizon, i have not rooted it yet, i am trying to figure out how to get it back to the original state before the updates. As it seems since the update many consumers have had these same issues with out being able to fix them, i have tried fixes that i obtained from the Motorola forums and the lighting situation did not work. Am not sure its hardware due to the keyboard being functional. I appreciate any and all help.

ok found a video on how to bypass the non sim set up panel and here are the versions of android i am running.
98.72.188.xt984.Verizon.en.US
Android version 4.1.2 sorry i messed up the version earlier.

timothy_pierce said:
ok found a video on how to bypass the non sim set up panel and here are the versions of android i am running.
98.72.188.xt984.Verizon.en.US
Android version 4.1.2 sorry i messed up the version earlier.
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Hi Timothy,
OK you're running Android JellyBean, AFAIK Verizon never released a Kit-Kat (Android 4.4) update for the device.
Personally, given that AFAIK it's not possible to roll back to a previous version of Android (you can only reinstall the previous version), I would suggest you root it, install SafeStrap and do a quick install of something like Cyanogen (not the best ROM for Droid 4 IMHO but will quickly do the job). At least those can be rolled back.
Rooting and installing SafeStrap is SO utterly easy on this device that it should be made harder
For a start, everything you'll need, if you want, can be grabbed from my Google Drive
h t t p s://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B3MTT4jOK738fmdLLURMQVBGWkVpTDBMTmg1UGFUd3JWNDNlcUVzQWZFQXBpT3dCMFJhdTg&usp=drive_web&tid=0B0EWnwDplBc0fnBGbDg3ZmdZNC1ET1JZeVRWdE8tZ2p1Um41OThLeTZ2WWtRNE9TUXJpS2M
If you don't have any file manager yet (as you'll need one), ES File Explorer is a great one, as you'll most certainly need it.
Rooting:
Get Towel root from:
h t t p s://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B0EWnwDplBc0fi1KMVVIRmQteDhFYWcwSGFselpXWmpfV29LWlZlZVVHdlU0b0FBQnYtNkk&usp=drive_web&tid=0B0EWnwDplBc0fnBGbDg3ZmdZNC1ET1JZeVRWdE8tZ2p1Um41OThLeTZ2WWtRNE9TUXJpS2M#list
install it and root your Droid4
Installing SafeStrap:
Check out this page for info about SafeStrap
h t t p://blog.hash-of-codes.com/how-to-safestrap/
Once your device is rooted, you can install SafeStrap
Again you can grab a copy from my Google drive:
h t t p s://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B0EWnwDplBc0fk5aeUhFSjlQMzZ2TXNYM0lsWVRDWklLOU1nYkUybzU1emJDV1IwS0tkazg&usp=drive_web&tid=0B0EWnwDplBc0fnBGbDg3ZmdZNC1ET1JZeVRWdE8tZ2p1Um41OThLeTZ2WWtRNE9TUXJpS2M
Installing a custom rom:
Once you have installed SafeStrap
You can download CM11 which I've tested from:
h t t p s://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B0EWnwDplBc0fnJJd0s1ZV85aEE1YkF0TjNzM28tcmxfOVkzZVJ0OUVhLThrR29sb19vVW8&usp=drive_web&tid=0B0EWnwDplBc0fnBGbDg3ZmdZNC1ET1JZeVRWdE8tZ2p1Um41OThLeTZ2WWtRNE9TUXJpS2M
- Copy the file to your SDcard0 (usually named MOT)
- Boot into SafeStrap, create a small partition (1000 MB for data is enough) in Slot1
- install CM 11 and see if the problem is fixed in CM11 and report back to me
Take care
Dominique

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