Hi, i've updated my HTC One , international version, to Android 4.3 last week, via OTA Update. Now i want to unlock the bootloader and root it. Since all the tutorials on the internet are for versions lower that 4.3, i don't know if the process is working using the same software and drivers. So far i couldn't find an tutorial explaining how to do this on the officially released android 4.3 version. Do you know what are the diferences, and if possible, which software i have to use ? Thanks !
BR4TO92 said:
Hi, i've updated my HTC One , international version, to Android 4.3 last week, via OTA Update. Now i want to unlock the bootloader and root it. Since all the tutorials on the internet are for versions lower that 4.3, i don't know if the process is working using the same software and drivers. So far i couldn't find an tutorial explaining how to do this on the officially released android 4.3 version. Do you know what are the diferences, and if possible, which software i have to use ? Thanks !
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Unlock bootloader, flash TWRP recovery and when you reboot it from recovery it installs root for you.
I asked what are THE DIFFERENCES in rooting Android 4.3 than the lower versions, i didn't asked for the steps which are the same.
Hello Fellow of Xda members,
I have very amazing At&t 4.4 Kit Kat Moto X like everyone else.
Rooting Moto X is kinding overwhelming to me from I read some thread for few hours. I know some basic sdk. I don't know where to start since I'm new to Moto X yesterday as 12/27. I had previous phone S4 and Nexus 5.
I have tried to flashed 4.2.2 camera update but it failed on RSD Lite since it has no root permission (stupid me), I flashed back 4.4 instead and working, looking for rooting solution for it. Not calling out for help, taking time here.
Thanks!
LeonKnight12 said:
Hello Fellow of Xda members,
I have very amazing At&t 4.4 Kit Kat Moto X like everyone else.
Rooting Moto X is kinding overwhelming to me from I read some thread for few hours. I know some basic sdk. I don't know where to start since I'm new to Moto X yesterday as 12/27. I had previous phone S4 and Nexus 5.
I have tried to flashed 4.2.2 camera update but it failed on RSD Lite since it has no root permission (stupid me), I flashed back 4.4 instead and working, looking for rooting solution for it. Not calling out for help, taking time here.
Thanks!
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From what I've seen it looks like you have to revert back to 4.2.2, and then unlock the bootloader, install a custom recovery (my favorite is CWM but some people use TWRP or something), and then flash your device. Here are a couple more comprehensive answers:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2538896
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2509590
I think the first one is better, but I think I'm going to give it a shot later today. I'll get back to you if either one of them works.
Kupua said:
From what I've seen it looks like you have to revert back to 4.2.2, and then unlock the bootloader, install a custom recovery (my favorite is CWM but some people use TWRP or something), and then flash your device. Here are a couple more comprehensive answers:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2538896
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2509590
I think the first one is better, but I think I'm going to give it a shot later today. I'll get back to you if either one of them works.
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I went through all process and pain in the ass. I rooted and disabled write protection and flashed back to 4.2.2 camera update and redo root process again and as I go through it, seem I can't obtained root access. Is this lost root? Tried to use supersu from playstore and says "there is no SU binary installed and SuperSu cannot install it. This is a problem"
looks like do I have to wait for next update?
Please help.
LeonKnight12 said:
Hello Fellow of Xda members,
I have very amazing At&t 4.4 Kit Kat Moto X like everyone else.
Rooting Moto X is kinding overwhelming to me from I read some thread for few hours. I know some basic sdk. I don't know where to start since I'm new to Moto X yesterday as 12/27. I had previous phone S4 and Nexus 5.
I have tried to flashed 4.2.2 camera update but it failed on RSD Lite since it has no root permission (stupid me), I flashed back 4.4 instead and working, looking for rooting solution for it. Not calling out for help, taking time here.
Thanks!
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If you have the ATT variant of the phone (retail or Moto Maker), and want to be rooted on KitKat (Android 4.4) you need to follow SlapMyMoto -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2538896 .
RSDLite should not fail due to no root permissions. RSDLite doesn't care about root.
If you are following SlapMyMoto or RockMyMoto, when you are on KitKat (4.4) and need to revert to a 4.2.2 rom it says you have to flash to the "camera update" 4.2.2 rom. This is because you can't flash back to the initial 4.2.2 rom the phone shipped with. If you had problems with RSDlite, I would question if you are trying to flash the initial shipping 4.2.2 rom, not the camera update one.
If you are having problems with either process, I'd go into the appropriate thread and post a detailed account of what you've done (including exact file names for roms you flashed), and what the outcome was, asking for help. That is going to be the best way to find a solution.
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Kupua said:
From what I've seen it looks like you have to revert back to 4.2.2, and then unlock the bootloader, install a custom recovery (my favorite is CWM but some people use TWRP or something), and then flash your device. Here are a couple more comprehensive answers:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2538896
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2509590
I think the first one is better, but I think I'm going to give it a shot later today. I'll get back to you if either one of them works.
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unlocking the bootloader, installing custom recovery and installing/flashing SuperSU only works for those with an unlocked bootloader. And it can be done on any rom version. If you can unlock your bootloader, it is the quickest and easiest way to root. NOTE: Unless your phone is the developer edition, unlocking your boot loader voids your warranty.
ATT variant of the phone can't unlock the bootloader, so SlapMyMoto is needed if you want to be running Kit Kat (android 4.4). And RockMyMoto is used if you want to be on Jelly Bean (4.2.2), but only works on the "Camera update" OTA rom. Not the initial rom the X shipped with which is also 4.2.2
KidJoe said:
If you have the ATT variant of the phone (retail or Moto Maker), and want to be rooted on KitKat (Android 4.4) you need to follow SlapMyMoto -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2538896 .
RSDLite should not fail due to no root permissions. RSDLite doesn't care about root.
If you are following SlapMyMoto or RockMyMoto, when you are on KitKat (4.4) and need to revert to a 4.2.2 rom it says you have to flash to the "camera update" 4.2.2 rom. This is because you can't flash back to the initial 4.2.2 rom the phone shipped with. If you had problems with RSDlite, I would question if you are trying to flash the initial shipping 4.2.2 rom, not the camera update one.
If you are having problems with either process, I'd go into the appropriate thread and post a detailed account of what you've done (including exact file names for roms you flashed), and what the outcome was, asking for help. That is going to be the best way to find a solution.
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unlocking the bootloader, installing custom recovery and installing/flashing SuperSU only works for those with an unlocked bootloader. And it can be done on any rom version. If you can unlock your bootloader, it is the quickest and easiest way to root. NOTE: Unless your phone is the developer edition, unlocking your boot loader voids your warranty.
ATT variant of the phone can't unlock the bootloader, so SlapMyMoto is needed if you want to be running Kit Kat (android 4.4). And RockMyMoto is used if you want to be on Jelly Bean (4.2.2), but only works on the "Camera update" OTA rom. Not the initial rom the X shipped with which is also 4.2.2
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I get it, I was flashing initial 4.2.2 and failed to flash and I did flash camera update and went through fine and rooted and write protection off. After this I flashed back to 4.2.2 and tried rockmymoto again and It all I can get system warning "system is not write protected executing step 3" reroot has been lost.
What does "bricked kernel" mean? I have a HTC one, rooted.
It is a european model which I believe is called M7?
When I google to get the kitkat 4.4, I get too many different solutions Need some advice on what to download since I have no idea which one of them that is good.
It's been some time since I used the phone, but back then I rooted it and did a "s-off or on"-thing.
Downloaded and installed some "pacman"-theme ROM that was ok.
But I want to delete this now and update to 4.4 kitkat, but want to keep the phone rooted.
Anyone that can link to a "step-by-step" guide on how to do this?
I downloaded a rom called Smasher X 5.1
Is this rom "based" on the kitkat 4.4?
Just got my new Moto x verizon dev after loosing my other one. Its on 4.2.2 & im thinking of staying there till 4.4.4 comes out.
Will it update directly to 4.4.4 from 4.2.2?.
I assume ill be able to root it when it recieves 4.4.4
Thanks
Mickoou said:
Just got my new Moto x verizon dev after loosing my other one. Its on 4.2.2 & im thinking of staying there till 4.4.4 comes out.
Will it update directly to 4.4.4 from 4.2.2?.
I assume ill be able to root it when it recieves 4.4.4
Thanks
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No, it will not update directly. All OTAs are "incremental updates"..... e.g. you must be on 4.2.2 to accept the "camera update", you must have the "camera update" to take the OTA to 4.4, and you must be on 4.4 to take the OTA to 4.4.2, etc.
If you want to go straight to 4.4.4, it is possible, but only when the ENTIRE stock SBF is made available. When it is available, you will find it here:
http://sbf.droid-developers.org/phone.php?device=0
You will follow the instructions in the "Return to Stock" thread to flash an entire stock SBF file.
As long as your bootloader is unlocked, you should have no issues rooting once on 4.4.4 (whenever it gets released).
Good Luck
Also note that unlike OTAs, SBFing will erase ALL of your data (equivalent of a factory reset).
Howdy folks,
It might possibly be the noobiest question ever, but here we go... I have an XT1058 (AT&T model), and I would like to I manually upgrade from 4.2.2 (rooted with locked bootloader) to KitKat 4.4. The rationale for this is that 4.4 can still be rooted and it would offer some advantages over 4.2.2 (Google Wallet for one). The problem is that all OTA updates are way past 4.4 at this point in time, so I can't use that. Is there a factory 4.4 ROM that I can manually flash with ADB?
Thanks