I bought the T-Mobile version (on AT&T) and received it yesterday, based on the numerous threads that seemed to be the best option for me. I've been unlocking, rooting, and flashing the previous 3 Android phones and have yet to brick or "damage" any of them (knock on wood). Not too worried about voiding warranty since unfortunately they sold out of DE early on.
Originally, all I wanted to do was root. Though, I should have read more carefully before accepting the 4.4 OTA, chalk it up to "new phone" excitement. Seems like you needed to remain on 4.2.2. to root and THEN updating to 4.4. Decided to go ahead and unlock the bootloader and rooting the "traditional" method. Worked fine. Unlocked bootloader, flashed TWRP, and installed SuperSU. Profit. Thanks to the all the helpful people here.
I plan to stay on stock with the Moto X...for the first time ever with an Android device. Will I be able to accept future OTA updates? From what I've interpreted, I can't because I no longer have stock recovery, is that correct? If that is the case, what would I have to do to "keep up" with future official OTA updates?
Despite unlocking, rooting, and flashing previous phones - I've realized that this is far more complicated than I thought for a layman like myself.
It is still possible, and should remain so, that you can flash OTAs using CWM or TWRP recovery while rooted if you have not made any changes to system apps. I just updated my rooted, stock rom & kernel N7 with TWRP recovery to Kitkat 4.2.2. After updating successfully, I just restored TWRP with a fastboot flash of the twrp recovery image and used TWRP to flash SuperSU 1.8. to restore root. It all worked perfectly, but I had to unfreeze a couple of apps and uninstall the AOSP root browser app. After updating, I reinstalled the AOSP browser and all is well.
Groid said:
It is still possible, and should remain so, that you can flash OTAs using CWM or TWRP recovery while rooted if you have not made any changes to system apps. I just updated my rooted, stock rom & kernel N7 with TWRP recovery to Kitkat 4.2.2. After updating successfully, I just restored TWRP with a fastboot flash of the twrp recovery image and used TWRP to flash SuperSU 1.8. to restore root. It all worked perfectly, but I had to unfreeze a couple of apps and uninstall the AOSP root browser app. After updating, I reinstalled the AOSP browser and all is well.
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someone will have to provide the OTA zip file for us to flash throu twrp right? we wont be able to install the OTA right on the phone like normally.
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someone will have to provide the OTA zip file for us to flash throu twrp right? we wont be able to install the OTA right on the phone like normally.
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You can't flash the ota with twrp recovery, it will bootloop, other have tried it and always goes south, unlike the previous person who had a nexus 7 , the moto x is a different beast. We do have access to the firmware which you can flash with rsdlite but it wipes the phone, wipes recovery and puts the phone back to original specs
Sent on my Moto X
Hello,
I searched for the answer and didn't find it so... I need to upgrade OS on my phone to the latest OTA.
I have a VZW Dev. ed. MotoX, unlocked, rooted, running TWRP. It is stock, aside from the tethering hack.
Given that I managed to unlock, root and install TWRP, I'm sure I could manage it again, if I have to install a stock recovery again (yuck), but I;m hoping there may be an easier way, perhaps one that involves simply clicking a link on my phone or some such similar. I recall with the GNex, these usually popped up shortly after the OTA became available. Is something similar for the MotoX likely to show up, or is our community just too small?
Is there a 1 click upgrade yet? Is there likely to be one, or do I need to roll up my sleeves with this device and revert to stock, apply OTA, then re-install TWRP and root? What a PITA. What's the easiest way?
Thanks!
vespadaddy said:
Hello,
I searched for the answer and didn't find it so... I need to upgrade OS on my phone to the latest OTA.
I have a VZW Dev. ed. MotoX, unlocked, rooted, running TWRP. It is stock, aside from the tethering hack.
Given that I managed to unlock, root and install TWRP, I'm sure I could manage it again, if I have to install a stock recovery again (yuck), but I;m hoping there may be an easier way, perhaps one that involves simply clicking a link on my phone or some such similar. I recall with the GNex, these usually popped up shortly after the OTA became available. Is something similar for the MotoX likely to show up, or is our community just too small?
Is there a 1 click upgrade yet? Is there likely to be one, or do I need to roll up my sleeves with this device and revert to stock, apply OTA, then re-install TWRP and root? What a PITA. What's the easiest way?
Thanks!
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use fastboot to flash stock recovery on your phone, undo the tethering hack, and take the OTA.
Since you have a Dev Edition with unlocked bootloader, Root and Write Protection Disable survive. You can leave stock recovery on there, unless you really need the features of TWRP like backup, etc. Then you just have to do any NEW hacks for tethering (for 4.4.2 its different than 4.4). Or you can use wifi tether for root app instead of hacks.
There was talk about repackaging the OTA to be installed via TWRP or CWM, but I don't recall the thread containing an actual zip, and think they were mostly talking about what needs to be done. Since its easy enough with the Dev Edition to update, its likely not worth the work repacking it, since it wont work for those with LOCKED bootloaders.
vespadaddy said:
Hello,
I searched for the answer and didn't find it so... I need to upgrade OS on my phone to the latest OTA.
I have a VZW Dev. ed. MotoX, unlocked, rooted, running TWRP. It is stock, aside from the tethering hack.
Given that I managed to unlock, root and install TWRP, I'm sure I could manage it again, if I have to install a stock recovery again (yuck), but I;m hoping there may be an easier way, perhaps one that involves simply clicking a link on my phone or some such similar. I recall with the GNex, these usually popped up shortly after the OTA became available. Is something similar for the MotoX likely to show up, or is our community just too small?
Is there a 1 click upgrade yet? Is there likely to be one, or do I need to roll up my sleeves with this device and revert to stock, apply OTA, then re-install TWRP and root? What a PITA. What's the easiest way?
Thanks!
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I pretty much did what was described below and maintained TWRP and root. Note: you must enter TWRP and exit after the update to reinstall SU.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=50639372&postcount=25
except I chose not to flash the following...
fastboot flash logo logo.bin
fastboot erase customize
fastboot erase clogo
Whether it makes sense or not my goal is to not "upgrade" my bootloader or GPT until absolutely necessary as they can't be downgraded. The risks associated with doing this are hotly debated so understand what you are getting into if you choose to do this to your phone.
Reverted thether hack.
Recovery tool worked for me on moto x dev. flashed stock recovery. Took ota 442. Flashed twrp. kept root and stuff. no need for a computer.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2334554
Hi all, I was wondering if it would be less of a hassle to keep my BL unlocked Moto X stock until Lollipop OTA comes out OR if it might actually be harder to install recovery, root, etc when 5.0 is on the phone? IIRC KK made some changes that caused hassles on rooting, recovery install for some phones. I have Dev Edition, thanks
Although lollipop is making it difficult to root, you would still be able to unlock your BL on lollipop. Since it appears you don't have a need to root right now, I would just wait until lollipop. The reason to wait is if you install a recovery or freeze apps, you won't be able to install OTA until you restore stock recovery etc.
As long as you have an unlocked / unlockable BL, you will always be able to install a custom recovery / root.
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Hi all, I was wondering if it would be less of a hassle to keep my BL unlocked Moto X stock until Lollipop OTA comes out OR if it might actually be harder to install recovery, root, etc when 5.0 is on the phone? IIRC KK made some changes that caused hassles on rooting, recovery install for some phones. I have Dev Edition, thanks
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it depends.
With an unlocked bootloader we should continue to be able to flash a custom recovery, and custom rom.
However, there are several unknowns right now, including when will we see Lollipop for the X? Which variant of the 2013 X (Dev vs ATT vs VZW vs Sprint, etc) will get it first? When will soak tests start? When will the carriers finally push it, etc?
Then we don't know how hard or easy it will be to root. At first a custom kernel was needed to root Lollipop, but now it seems Chainfire has found away around that http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/1...w-to-root-lollipop-without-a-modified-kernel/ Until we see L on a 2013 X, we wont know for sure.
In any case, its always less hassle to keep your phone STOCK if you want to take an OTA. The OTA's need stock recovery on the phone in order to install. Also, diverting from stock can mean changes which will cause the OTA's pre-flash validation checks to fail, and the OTA to not install.
US Cellular is STILL on 4.4.2 lol 5.0 seems a hundred miles away still. Glad I'm unlocked, rooted and stock (Xposed Gravitybox) best combo IMHO.
I've searched and found variations on these questions in other posts, but I didn't come across any pertaining quite to my situation, so I wanted advice before I do something wrong and brick my phone.
I have a Sprint Moto X, unlocked & rooted, running 4.2.2 (I think pre-camera update). I'd like to upgrade to stock Sprint Lollipop (when it comes out) & stay unlocked & rooted.
My understanding of the steps that need to be taken:
1. Unroot my device
2. Re-lock my device
3. Flash TWRP and boot to recovery
4. Flash stock Sprint Lollipop
5. Unlock, then re-root device
Is any of this extraneous, or am I leaving anything out? Do I need to upgrade to KitKat before going to Lollipop?
I also have Xposed installed and I have tweaked the PRL on my device ... this shouldn't complicate the upgrade, right?
Relocking is useless, and unless you know what you're doing, flashing stock updates in custom recovery shouldn't be done. You don't necessarily need to unroot either, just make sure all stock system files are still in place.
Sent from my Moto X
imnuts said:
Relocking is useless, and unless you know what you're doing, flashing stock updates in custom recovery shouldn't be done. You don't necessarily need to unroot either, just make sure all stock system files are still in place.
Sent from my Moto X
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i have a sprint X and if i am going to update this is how i have allways done it with no issues at all.
you can leave your bootloader unlocked that is no a issue. but i always take OTA's and you cant take a OTA with a modded system. so i allways just flash my stock firmware package. that way it removes my custom recovery. Root, and all Xposed changes. Then i take the OTA and just reinstall TWRP, then SuperSU then what ever else you want.
this is the safest way i have found to update, the nice thing about Unlocked Sprint phones is we can easily Root are phones via TWRP and SuperSu.
just my .02 you can do it how ever you like but this is how i am going to do it when the OTA finally comes out if it ever does.
I have a Republic Wireless Moto x (XT1049) with an unlocked bootloader, and knowing how rare it is (literally 0 support on any thread/site/country), I'm still going to ask a few questions, maybe start a band of RWers with unlocked Moto Xs that will only survive by sticking together/cuddling for warmth.
Before anyone starts to disbelieve me, I do have an xt1049 (not confusing it) with an unlocked bootloader (not confusing it with simply being rooted). I achieved this by purchasing a $25 license for SunShine by the jcase crew, and it worked wonderfully for whoever is out there, looking to unlock you xt1049. Why did I want to fork out 25 bucks for this? I started to hate the grind with towelpieroot+xposed every time I turned my device on, plus things like Viper4Android (among others) don't work well with temp roots, plus no write protection off, which has its purposes.
So on to my questions, (1) are there any custom ROMs designed for XT1049? (Probably no, so before you tell me no, (1a) are there any that work with my model?)
(2) If no one knows 1 or 1a, theoretically, what would happen if I flashed a ROM, say, CM 11/12, onto my phone? Please, to avoid a clutter of responses that consist of "idk probs no," have some level of confidence before answering.
For the theorists, Republic has a bunch of republic things going on in the background for the plural wifis to work correctly, how would these services (wifi calling/stuff) be affected, but also how would more universal things (moto x line specifically, but universal across carriers)? I don't know a whole lot about carriers because I have a serious phobia of letter combinations like CDMA and LTE, but to help understanding the "universal things" I mentioned, looking at the CM11 download page, one ZIP file can be used to flash the XT1053, XT1056, XT1058, XT1060, XT1055, you get the point. OK you got me, to refine it down,(3) I'm just trying to get a complete understanding of what would happen without trying it. I might/probably/would try it some other day, I have a load of college on my plate so if I have to undo anything (another question: (4) would I be able to revert to republic stuff if I have the correct zip, or what would have to go wrong so that I wouldn't be able to get to my bootloader/recovery?) I don't pay my phone bill, and my pops would be pissed if he read this so that's why I might not want to test it, but if there is a way to return I will be ballsy anyway.
(5) A question that I've had for a while but I never needed it answered, bootloaders remain unlocked after an update, right? My old phone (RIP HTC design 4g ) lost support at 4.2 and I never updated it the entire time it was rooted/unlocked. My moto on the other hand has 4.4.4 coming out soon and yeah I don't know the answer to it. I think it's implied it stays unlocked, but no one ever says it directly...
Well, thanks if you made it this far! And I would link whatever I could but I am a new user to this site and I'm restricted, you can just look up Sunshine jcase if interested.
Hi, this is my first time posting on xda, so I apologize ahead of time if I don't do it correctly. I'm also very interested in what can be done with a Republic Wireless Moto X (2013) in order to update to 4.4.4 and still be able to use TowelPieRoot and Xposed. I also looked at the SunShine unlocker but have not tried it yet. I'm currently on 4.4.2 and I just go the update notification today for 4.4.4 (much later than my wife's phone, which does not have TowelPieRoot or Xposed). Just wondering if you had any success with updating and still remaining unlocked and able to use TowelPieRoot and Xposed. Thanks for any feedback!
Unlocked boot loader...
Today I unlocked the boot loader on my Republic Wireless XT1049, since they were trying to force me to upgrade to android 4.4.4 from 4.4.2, and I realized that running Sunshine on 4.4.2 would be my last opportunity for unlocking the boot loader, before upgrading. I haven't yet rooted or updated to 4.4.4. Have either of you upgraded to 4.4.4 android with an uplocked boot loader, and re-rooted? Is there anything different about root in 4.4.4 vs 4.4.2, if you have an unlocked boot loader? Would the "Rooting Unlocked Bootloader" instructions in this guide work in android 4.4.2 and/or 4.4.4? Or, would Sunshine SUInstaller make that unnecessary? (Hopefully SUInstaller would work in 4.4.4...)
I'm on 4.4.2 with an unlocked bootloader from when the china man was giving out unlock codes. Having my code guarantees that I can unlock my bootloader even after locking it again for an update. I'm not sure how Sunshine works but be careful before taking the 4.4.4. update and do lots of research before doing anything to your device.
To answer some questions:
CM11 and CM12 will flash fine. The problem you'll have is a loss of phone functionality. With Republic, their app is baked into their custom ROM. But you can use it like a tablet and get a feel for what lollipop will look like on our phone. Make sure you have a nandroid backup or you'll lose everything. CM11 requires a wipe before it will install and CM12 requires you have CM11 (at least it did the last I checked) so you'll want to make sure you have a backup so you can get your working RW ROM back. Otherwise you'll have to flash the Stock RW ROM and start from scratch.
I've done lots of digging and have been able to get the Republic app working on CM11 and CM12 but the functionality is still missing. My tweaks allow texts on CM11 but it's from the "hidden number" not the RW number and the formatting is messed up upon receiving a message. Calls don't work at all on either ROM.
I posted a thread in General with my instructions to get the app working. I'm hoping someone with more ROM knowledge than myself can take a look at the RW Stock ROM and see what else needs to be moved into a CM ROM to give us functionality. I tried moving everything over and skipping duplicates and now I've seriously messed my phone up and will likely have to relock, unlock, flash TWRP and hope I can restore from my TWRP backup.
I've only tried CM11 and CM12, I have no idea how another ROM will affect our phone. Chances are you'll end up in an endless boot after flashing. You could brick the phone though, or end up in a situation like I'm currently in.
bstevens23 said:
I'm on 4.4.2 with an unlocked bootloader from when the china man was giving out unlock codes. Having my code guarantees that I can unlock my bootloader even after locking it again for an update. I'm not sure how Sunshine works but be careful before taking the 4.4.4. update and do lots of research before doing anything to your device.
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Thanks for the warning about upgrading. I still haven't decided to allow my phone to upgrade to 4.4.4 android, but the most immediate issue I face with not upgrading is that my phone automatically downloaded the update, and now it is incessantly prompting me to install it. I have found any way to stop the annoying prompting. I would rather wait before updating, because there are always details you don't know about such upgrades, and I have no pressing need for the upgrade, except that ultimately I would like to be able to root my phone, also allow for writing to the system partition, so that recording calls would be possible.
You raise a good point in mentioning your capability to lock and unlock the boot loader. As far as I know Sunshine only unlocks the boot loader. I haven't seen that it provides any code or other means for re-locking it. It is also my understanding that technically there are 3 possible locking states of the boot loader. The factory state not only being locked but also indicating that it was never unlocked. It's my understanding that once a boot loader is unlocked, it can be re-locked, but never restored to the factory locked state that indicates it was never unlocked. That said, I don't know whether it matters if the boot loader is unlocked when running the Republic Wireless upgrade. In other threads I had read claims that once a boot loader is unlocked, that it should remain unlocked after OS upgrades, and as such, in a state that would allow for rooting. But, I am far from an expert on that.
bstevens23 said:
To answer some questions:
CM11 and CM12 will flash fine. The problem you'll have is a loss of phone functionality. With Republic, their app is baked into their custom ROM. But you can use it like a tablet and get a feel for what lollipop will look like on our phone. Make sure you have a nandroid backup or you'll lose everything. CM11 requires a wipe before it will install and CM12 requires you have CM11 (at least it did the last I checked) so you'll want to make sure you have a backup so you can get your working RW ROM back. Otherwise you'll have to flash the Stock RW ROM and start from scratch.
I've done lots of digging and have been able to get the Republic app working on CM11 and CM12 but the functionality is still missing. My tweaks allow texts on CM11 but it's from the "hidden number" not the RW number and the formatting is messed up upon receiving a message. Calls don't work at all on either ROM.
I posted a thread in General with my instructions to get the app working. I'm hoping someone with more ROM knowledge than myself can take a look at the RW Stock ROM and see what else needs to be moved into a CM ROM to give us functionality. I tried moving everything over and skipping duplicates and now I've seriously messed my phone up and will likely have to relock, unlock, flash TWRP and hope I can restore from my TWRP backup.
I've only tried CM11 and CM12, I have no idea how another ROM will affect our phone. Chances are you'll end up in an endless boot after flashing. You could brick the phone though, or end up in a situation like I'm currently in.
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I hope there will be others who are willing to collaborate in your endeavors to reverse engineer the ROM that you are working on. Are you pursuing that because nobody has been able to root a Republic Wireless XT1049 on android 4.4.2 with a ROM? It seems that the original poster found some way to root 4.4.2 with his unlocked boot loader. I would be interest to know how he did that.
gxdaspark said:
Thanks for the warning about upgrading. I still haven't decided to allow my phone to upgrade to 4.4.4 android, but the most immediate issue I face with not upgrading is that my phone automatically downloaded the update, and now it is incessantly prompting me to install it. I have found any way to stop the annoying prompting. I would rather wait before updating, because there are always details you don't know about such upgrades, and I have no pressing need for the upgrade, except that ultimately I would like to be able to root my phone, also allow for writing to the system partition, so that recording calls would be possible.
You raise a good point in mentioning your capability to lock and unlock the boot loader. As far as I know Sunshine only unlocks the boot loader. I haven't seen that it provides any code or other means for re-locking it. It is also my understanding that technically there are 3 possible locking states of the boot loader. The factory state not only being locked but also indicating that it was never unlocked. It's my understanding that once a boot loader is unlocked, it can be re-locked, but never restored to the factory locked state that indicates it was never unlocked. That said, I don't know whether it matters if the boot loader is unlocked when running the Republic Wireless upgrade. In other threads I had read claims that once a boot loader is unlocked, that it should remain unlocked after OS upgrades, and as such, in a state that would allow for rooting. But, I am far from an expert on that.
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I have yet to update to 4.4.4 because I've heard of people having problems with Messenger after the update. I'm waiting to see how my wife's phone functions on it before I make the leap and get the stock recovery back to take the OTA. Until then, I get the obnoxious update warning constantly as well. I could probably freeze the app with Titanium, we'll see if it bothers me enough in the next few days. I'm not sure if the bootloader will need to change for the update as I've only ever had 4.4.2 since I was bootloader unlocked. I know flashing the stock recovery is needed and I feel like that may require a relocked bootloader. As far as I know, from a software/OTA side at least, relocked and locked are equal. Republic/Moto would care about relocked but I don't think the system throws any flags for taking stock software updates because of it.
I hope there will be others who are willing to collaborate in your endeavors to reverse engineer the ROM that you are working on. Are you pursuing that because nobody has been able to root a Republic Wireless XT1049 on android 4.4.2 with a ROM? It seems that the original poster found some way to root 4.4.2 with his unlocked boot loader. I would be interest to know how he did that.
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I'm pursuing this because I want CM12 to test out Lollipop since I have no idea when Republic is going to push it out to us. I haven't heard of Sprint getting soak tests yet and we're typically 2-3 months behind Sprint. Waiting until May when Google I/O takes place will be difficult for me, especially if they break their current trend and announce the next version of Android.
My goal is much more ambitious than just CM12 though. I got the Republic app to recognize CM11 as native, meaning if someone can figure out which radio portions I'm missing and get the phone functioning as if it were the Republic ROM, we would not be restricted to just the stock ROM/software anymore. I've been an Android user for a few years now and I've always had the ability to flash whatever I wanted if it was available for my device. Since joining RW, I'm extremely restricted. I have 1 ROM option, which is only helpful because it allows Xposed. But I no longer have the ability to test the newest version of Android whenever I please, or to give a custom ROM a spin if I feel like it. If we can figure out what makes the RW ROM function properly, that wouldn't be a restriction anymore. That's my goal.
Unfortunately, I have no idea what I'm doing. The best I can do is compare files and try pulling random things. I'm hoping someone with more ROM knowledge will be able to take a look at the RW ROM and see which pieces I'm missing. I feel like CM12 is going to be a bit more complicated though, and might not be possible at this time. We'll see though. I know something is getting screwed up with the MEID because the Republic app doesn't recognize an MEID at all. How to go about fixing that? Beyond me.
step-by-step, 4.4.4 root
I think the steps would be: first Sunshine, then 4.4.4 OTA, then root, then Xposed. Is that correct? After I unlock with Sunshine, will my phone still prompt me to update to 4.4.4? Or do I need to need to download 4.4.4 and then flash it? After Sunshine, do I FIRST need to flash 4.4.2 custom recovery? If so, where can I get that? I should probably get a copy of that anyway, even if I don't need it now.
It seems pretty easy overall, but I think I need to refer to a step-by-step guide to make sure I do all of this correctly. If I start the guide below, can you please be so kind as to make corrections for me? Add, remove, or change steps? Thanks!!! Here it goes, this is my best guess at the steps I need to take:
1. Go to theroot.ninja and complete the unlock process.
2. Download and install Android SDK on PC (installer_r24.1.2-windows.exe).
3. Download and install Motorola Device Manager on PC.
4. Get mfastboot.exe and place it in the same directory as fastboot (fastboot is in the \sdk\platform-tools subdirectory of the Android SDK).
***Do I just drag this .exe to the said folder on my PC?***
5. Get the TWRP for Moto X 4.4 custom recovery for kit kat and place it in the same directory as fastboot.
6. Enable USB debugging and download SuperSU
7. Double check to make sure USB debugging has been enabled. Put your unlocked Moto X into bootloader mode by pressing the Volume Down button and then the Power button. Hold for about 3 seconds and release and you should be in bootloader mode. Connect your Moto X to your PC via a USB cable.
8. Open a command prompt on your PC and change directory to the folder where mfastboot.exe is.
9. At the command prompt type: mfastboot flash recovery twrp-2.6.3.1-ghost-4.4.img to flash the custom recovery to your Moto X.
***Is this the version of TWRP I need to root 4.4.2? What about 4.4.4? Or do I just flash the 4.4.4 OTA on top of 4.4.2?***
10. After the custom recovery has been flashed to your Moto X, at the command prompt type: fastboot reboot-bootloader to reboot into the bootloader.
11. Unplug your device from your PC. Then get into recovery mode by pressing the Volume Down button to highlight recovery mode and pressing the Volume Up button to select the recovery mode.
12. You should now have booted into the Team Win Recovery Project custom recovery. Click on Install to install SuperSu. Scroll down to find the sdcard and select it. Then scroll down to download and select it. Select the SuperSU zip file and swipe to install.
*** I also saw this:
"For new users who have only unlocked their bootloaders, flashed TWRP and rooted, then only make use of apps like RootExplorer, QuickBoot(reboot), Adfree, Wifi Tether for Root, etc.. that do NOT modify /System, the easiest way to take the OTA is to...
download the SBF/FXZ for your carrier and the Software Version currently on your phone. Do NOT use a lower Software Version, or the SBF/FXZ for another carrier or you will risk bricking your phone!!!
unzip it.
boot the phone into fastbootAP/bootloader mode
use mfastboot to flash the recovery.img to your phone - mfastboot flash recovery recovery.img
immediately reboot into fastbootAP/bootloader - mfastboot reboot-bootloader
select recovery.
once you've entered stock recovery, you can reboot back into normal system.
take the OTA when it gets to your phone.
you will likely remain rooted, and its optional to flash your custom recovery back on there via mFastboot
However, if you are running Xposed, did a wifi tethering hack, edited build.prop, DELETED bloat from your phone, your phone will fail the OTA Update's validation checks and it will fail. In that case, you can boot back into fasbootAP/Bootloader mode, use mfastboot to flash system.img (mfastboot flash system.img ) from the SBF/FXZ you already downloaded and unzipped. then reboot ( mfastboot reboot ), and try the OTA again. You will need to re-root by flashing custom recovery (like twrp), and re-install SuperSU."
***Is there any way to break down the whole thing into simpler steps???*** THANKS!!!
PackerDroid said:
I think the steps would be: first Sunshine, then 4.4.4 OTA, then root, then Xposed. Is that correct? After I unlock with Sunshine, will my phone still prompt me to update to 4.4.4? Or do I need to need to download 4.4.4 and then flash it? After Sunshine, do I FIRST need to flash 4.4.2 custom recovery? If so, where can I get that? I should probably get a copy of that anyway, even if I don't need it now.
It seems pretty easy overall, but I think I need to refer to a step-by-step guide to make sure I do all of this correctly. If I start the guide below, can you please be so kind as to make corrections for me? Add, remove, or change steps? Thanks!!! Here it goes, this is my best guess at the steps I need to take:
1. Go to theroot.ninja and complete the unlock process.
2. Download and install Android SDK on PC (installer_r24.1.2-windows.exe).
3. Download and install Motorola Device Manager on PC.
4. Get mfastboot.exe and place it in the same directory as fastboot (fastboot is in the \sdk\platform-tools subdirectory of the Android SDK).
***Do I just drag this .exe to the said folder on my PC?***
5. Get the TWRP for Moto X 4.4 custom recovery for kit kat and place it in the same directory as fastboot.
6. Enable USB debugging and download SuperSU
7. Double check to make sure USB debugging has been enabled. Put your unlocked Moto X into bootloader mode by pressing the Volume Down button and then the Power button. Hold for about 3 seconds and release and you should be in bootloader mode. Connect your Moto X to your PC via a USB cable.
8. Open a command prompt on your PC and change directory to the folder where mfastboot.exe is.
9. At the command prompt type: mfastboot flash recovery twrp-2.6.3.1-ghost-4.4.img to flash the custom recovery to your Moto X.
***Is this the version of TWRP I need to root 4.4.2? What about 4.4.4? Or do I just flash the 4.4.4 OTA on top of 4.4.2?***
10. After the custom recovery has been flashed to your Moto X, at the command prompt type: fastboot reboot-bootloader to reboot into the bootloader.
11. Unplug your device from your PC. Then get into recovery mode by pressing the Volume Down button to highlight recovery mode and pressing the Volume Up button to select the recovery mode.
12. You should now have booted into the Team Win Recovery Project custom recovery. Click on Install to install SuperSu. Scroll down to find the sdcard and select it. Then scroll down to download and select it. Select the SuperSU zip file and swipe to install.
*** I also saw this:
"For new users who have only unlocked their bootloaders, flashed TWRP and rooted, then only make use of apps like RootExplorer, QuickBoot(reboot), Adfree, Wifi Tether for Root, etc.. that do NOT modify /System, the easiest way to take the OTA is to...
download the SBF/FXZ for your carrier and the Software Version currently on your phone. Do NOT use a lower Software Version, or the SBF/FXZ for another carrier or you will risk bricking your phone!!!
unzip it.
boot the phone into fastbootAP/bootloader mode
use mfastboot to flash the recovery.img to your phone - mfastboot flash recovery recovery.img
immediately reboot into fastbootAP/bootloader - mfastboot reboot-bootloader
select recovery.
once you've entered stock recovery, you can reboot back into normal system.
take the OTA when it gets to your phone.
you will likely remain rooted, and its optional to flash your custom recovery back on there via mFastboot
However, if you are running Xposed, did a wifi tethering hack, edited build.prop, DELETED bloat from your phone, your phone will fail the OTA Update's validation checks and it will fail. In that case, you can boot back into fasbootAP/Bootloader mode, use mfastboot to flash system.img (mfastboot flash system.img ) from the SBF/FXZ you already downloaded and unzipped. then reboot ( mfastboot reboot ), and try the OTA again. You will need to re-root by flashing custom recovery (like twrp), and re-install SuperSU."
***Is there any way to break down the whole thing into simpler steps???*** THANKS!!!
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