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[Q] XT1053 Need help with Root

I have the dev edition of the moto x 2013. I've unlocked the bootloader successfully. I flashed the Recovery img with this command
Code:
mfastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.8.3.0-ghost.img
and flashed the SuperSU.zip (UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.40) through the Recovery successfully. But when I checked to see if it was rooted with Root Checker Basic, it said the Device wasn't.
I'm sure that I've done all the steps right in this guide Guide on "Rooting Unlocked Bootloader". Please Help
PS: I'm new to all this rooting and stuff. Sorry if there is a post out there that covers this. I couldn't find any posts that say this guide didn't work.

Did you download SuperSU from the play store? ?
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Here is a video guide also... To see if you missed anything,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2487635

Thanks for the video guide! I'll check into it later, as it is kind of late here...
No I did not install SuperSU from the play store. I got it from the link the guide provided me. and sorry I can't post a url since i'm new to this forum

You still at need to install SuperSU. You've flashed the binaries in recovery, but need the app if it isn't in your app drawer.
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If it is in your app drawer already, open it... See what it says.

Okay. I installed it, updated the binaries, and it flashed for me... It works now. I see why the app is needed. Thank you!!!!
Eh, Quick question, does it matter what android version i need to do a nandroid backup and is it easy?

Android version is irrelevant to make a backup. Yes it's easy... Just go to backup in your recovery, click.... Done. ?

ASUS Z00TD update WW_user_1.17.40.1531_20160427 ota is out.

got the ota today on my phone. is it Marshmellow?

Got it earlier this week.
No, it is not Marshmallow. Marshmallow should be version 6.

Was this question rhetorical? The details are listed in the release notes.

There's some radio related firmware in there for anyone interested. Sometimes that's helpful for people with radio issues.
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It'd be nice if there was a method to upgrade modem firmware without needing the entire update.zip. That was certainly always a pro with Samsung devices. Odin was nice but Chainfire's Mobile Odin was noice.

Hello, looking for help.
My daughters Ze551kl had an ota update error resulting in a true cyclic bootloop from asus bootup screen to op system which reboots in about 1 second after flashing the op system background.
I cant unlock the bootlock. No operating system access.
I tried to restore with adb sideload and i get response on a pc and the phone that it installs ok, but the bootloop remains. I put 1531 on via adb and i did get the correct files from asus. I have done this several times. No change.
I can't flash because the bootloader is locked and i cant find an adb bootloader level unlock. Does this exist?
What do you folks recommend?
I cannot install twrp or do flashing of recovery. I can get to fastboot and the recovery options. I have cleared the cashes.
Thanks for any advice.
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Hello, almost forgot, do i need to unlock the bootloader?
If the abd transfer has worked and installed the new version, but the bootloop remains, what else can be done? Is this a partition or hardware problem that showed itself during the update process?

You may have bricked it. Personally, I'd send it to Asus, if it's still in warranty, and let them fixit.

Root ZE550KL with no pc.

Hey guys! I have an Asus Zenfone 2 laser ZE550KL, and I'd like to root it. I tried to root it following this guide:
https://devs-lab.com/root-asus-zenfone-2-laserze550kl.html , because I didn't want to wipe all my data. Unfortunately it didn't work (at least my phone is still alive), and I honestly got angry because I unlocked my bootloader, losing my warranty, and I can't even root my phone without deleting all my data. Can you please, guys, try to do something to make rooting this phone, way more easier and faster? Thank you and have a good day.

Why dont you transfer all of your data to an sd card? And I don't know if rooting the phone without pc is a thing yet..? You could also try doing a backup of your settings and stuff on a sd card, do the root, fetch the backup from the card and execute it. It sould work with some apps from the playstore that don't need root, atleast I think.

jocamucko said:
Why dont you transfer all of your data to an sd card? And I don't know if rooting the phone without pc is a thing yet..? You could also try doing a backup of your settings and stuff on a sd card, do the root, fetch the backup from the card and execute it. It sould work with some apps from the playstore that don't need root, atleast I think.
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Some people use framaroot, kingroot or One Click Root and trust me... It's totally easier and faster than the adb thing...

I guess I'm old fashioned.. xD

jocamucko said:
I guess I'm old fashioned.. xD
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Lmao

There, you can backup files, contacts, messages, apps and all sorts of things on a sd card or maybe if you have a Google account on the Google Drive, root the phone and restore the backup
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How did you unlocked your bootloader?are you on marshmallow?
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kvrangarao said:
How did you unlocked your bootloader?are you on marshmallow?
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You have a official bootloader unlock on asus's site.

People are saying that it is not working on marshmallow
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I have Lollipop

chris751 said:
I have Lollipop
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You should update your phone to MM and go to the Asus's support page there is a .apk for the bootloader, that application will unlock the bootloader, and you're good to go with rooting and furthermore modifying your phone. But first unlock the bootloader, otherwise you will brick your phone. Trust me official bootloader unloocker works fine.

jocamucko said:
You should update your phone to MM and go to the Asus's support page there is a .apk for the bootloader, that application will unlock the bootloader, and you're good to go with rooting and furthermore modifying your phone. But first unlock the bootloader, otherwise you will brick your phone. Trust me official bootloader unloocker works fine.
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I've already unlocked it with the official tool, I was just looking for a better and easier way to root my phone

Phone based rooting tools are unreliable as they rely on exploits that may or may not work depending on various factors

andrehsu said:
Phone based rooting tools are unreliable as they rely on exploits that may or may not work depending on various factors
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It's just I'm so scared to brick my phone, damn it

You should just get a pc, and you need like 10 minutes to do everything, from bootloader to root..
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And I recommend you to update your phone to the latest firmware, MM, and do that on your phone in System Update app. After that unlock the bootloader, you can find the official apk on Asus support site for z00ed. Just fire up the application and go trough all steps, your phone should reboot. Don't worry, this wont hurt your phone, if you do it the way I wrote it. I'll post the link to the unlock app here later. After that you just go with the adb root method, I'll post the link to that topic here also. Nothing to be afraid of.
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http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/Ze...idM.apk?_ga=1.122580939.1760915413.1466790434
Here, thats the bootloader unlocker app.
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Jhyrachy said:
Compatible models:
Original posts by @miau9202: (Go and leave a thanks to him!)
>ZE500KL
>ZE500KG
Compatible System Version:
>WW_12.8.5.118 (Original relase)
>WW_12.8.5.156 (Tested by me and some user) [There is also the version made by @gavrila with the new kernel version, see above]
>WW_12.8.5.172 (Tested by @aschitaka and @96DANGER96 )
How To:
1 - Install adb and fastboot driver (follow THIS guide)
>Now you can connect the phone to your computer
2 - Reboot in fastboot mode with one of the following method:
a -Volume Up while booting up
b -With adb, after enabling USB debugging in developer settings, using:
3 - When you are in the bootloader, run this command:
IMPORTANT: DON'T FLASH IT OR YOU WILL GET BOOTLOOP!!!
>Now your phone should automatically reboot with root installed and working!
Bug:
>While not everyone had it, there was a case where com.asus.services started crashing every boot after rooting, the only way to fix it was to reflash the OTA and wipe the data partition
>While new version come out, new bug may appear, please let us know!
Note:
NO ONE IN THIS FORUM, NOR THE FORUME ITSELF, IT'S RESPONSABLE OF YOUR ACTION!
THIS GUIDE COULD BRICK YOUR PHONE, FOLLOW IT AT YOUR OWN RISK!
Download:
ZE500KL: Original Post - Mirror
ZE500KG: Original Post - Mirror
Version .156 kernel made by @gavrila: Original Post - Mirror
Tested root apps:
To install Xposed framework go HERE!
To remove root:
1 - Download from the Asus site your firmware version or above
2 - Put it in your external sd card (IMPORTANT. It will NOT work if it's in the internal memory)
3 -Reboot your phone and enter in recovery with one of the following methods:
a -Volume Down while booting up
b -With adb, after enabling USB debugging in developer settings, using:
4 - When in recovery select "Install from zip" and select the zip you downloaded
5 - When done, wipe cache and reboot your phone. Now root is gone and all the system apps are back.
Credits:
@miau9202 - Original developer
@shakalaca - For technical and knowledge support
@Jhyrachy - Tester ZE500KL
@96DANGER96 - Tester ZE500KL
@visioncored - Tester ZE500KG
@gavrila - For updated root and twrp
Resources (for Asus ZE500KL)
> Asus Official Firmware and Kernel Source
> Original boot.img
> Decompressed original boot.img (with unpackbootimg)
> Official recovery (linked by @miau9202, credits to @shakalaca )
> Original dt.img (extracted from official recovery)
> Device Tree
> Rooted boot.img
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jocamucko said:
You should just get a pc, and you need like 10 minutes to do everything, from bootloader to root..
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And I recommend you to update your phone to the latest firmware, MM, and do that on your phone in System Update app. After that unlock the bootloader, you can find the official apk on Asus support site for z00ed. Just fire up the application and go trough all steps, your phone should reboot. Don't worry, this wont hurt your phone, if you do it the way I wrote it. I'll post the link to the unlock app here later. After that you just go with the adb root method, I'll post the link to that topic here also. Nothing to be afraid of.
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http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/Ze...idM.apk?_ga=1.122580939.1760915413.1466790434
Here, thats the bootloader unlocker app.
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When I'll be braver, I'll do it. Thank you very much!

kvrangarao said:
People are saying that it is not working on marshmallow
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Bootboder unlocker works for marshmallow

Has anyone installed Galaxy Note 8 One UI Beta? Link with instructions included.

Has anyone tested the latest beta leaks for the Note 8 One UI N950USQU5DRL5, DRL6, or DRL7. Here is a LINK to Androidsage with instructions. I am tempted to install however I have a Gear S2 watch and Gear VR. If I read correctly DRL6 and 7 work with the gear wearable. Here is another LINK that I found that you should look at before installing the latest beta leaks.

madmangunradio said:
Has anyone tested the latest beta leaks for the Note 8 One UI N950USQU5DRL5, DRL6, or DRL7. Here is a LINK to Androidsage with instructions. I am tempted to install however I have a Gear S2 watch and Gear VR. If I read correctly DRL6 and 7 work with the gear wearable. Here is another LINK that I found that you should look at before installing the latest beta leaks.
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A little search would have helped you out here.. https://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-galaxy-note-8/help/update-to-pie-announced-t3881335

I've installed N950USQU5DRL7 and both my Gear S2 watch and my Gear VR are working without any problems. So far so good. I changed my theme back to default theme to set the night mode for dark ui and it's working. I'll update this thread if I find any problems.

Only thing I see missing on drl7 is super slow-mo
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Will we be able to get ota's if we manually flashed the drl7 update?

gabesir said:
Only thing I see missing on drl7 is super slow-mo
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Will we be able to get ota's if we manually flashed the drl7 update?
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No.. Have to flash back to CRK1.

I wanted DRL7 after having done the DRL5 update...........so had to Odin back to CRK1.......................phone was in a bootloop for several hours before I was able to get into Recovery mode................so not looking forward to doing again to get the official Pie update, but will have to at some point.

anyone have a CRK1 spr file to DL please

.........with very detailed instructions would be helpful, don't want to get into a bootloop.

ycats said:
.........with very detailed instructions would be helpful, don't want to get into a bootloop.
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did you flash CRK1? whats the issue?

ycats said:
I wanted DRL7 after having done the DRL5 update...........so had to Odin back to CRK1.......................phone was in a bootloop for several hours before I was able to get into Recovery mode................so not looking forward to doing again to get the official Pie update, but will have to at some point.
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You just need to make sure you hold the buttons down securely so they don't come up a little bit and it's a lot harder to keep them held down with a case on the phone.. You need to hold all 3 buttons for up to 2 minutes sometimes and if you don't that's why you get stuck in a boot loop..

gabesir said:
did you flash CRK1? whats the issue?
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I did the Odin back to CRK1 and after it "passed" and rebooted, got into a continuous bootloop for several hours.
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MrMike2182 said:
You just need to make sure you hold the buttons down securely so they don't come up a little bit and it's a lot harder to keep them held down with a case on the phone.. You need to hold all 3 buttons for up to 2 minutes sometimes and if you don't that's why you get stuck in a boot loop..
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I had removed the case and held the three buttons for five minutes.

ycats said:
I did the Odin back to CRK1 and after it "passed" and rebooted, got into a continuous bootloop for several hours.
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I had removed the case and held the three buttons for five minutes.
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I read that another user said they had to hold it for over 7 minutes?? That seems excessive but idk I've never had that problem yet.

ycats said:
I did the Odin back to CRK1 and after it "passed" and rebooted, got into a continuous bootloop for several hours.
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I had removed the case and held the three buttons for five minutes.
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I just remembered something.. If it ever does that to you again open a command prompt or terminal and send the reboot recovery through ADB. I know you know how to use adb but to those of you who don't know just type "adb shell reboot recovery" without the quotes obviously and wait for the phone to do it.. It may work and it may not..

Well, might have to see if it does................I know CRK1 was the update for December, isn't there a newer one for Oreo for January?

Im aware that the one ui android pie update will be dropping soon but im interested in trying this method for testing it before the official release. My question is are you all using sprint carrier locked devices or unlocked devices?

Complete coloros 6 rooting guide (no issues at all, everything works)

Guys , The UPDATE Version RMX1921EX_11_A.16 fixed all issues relating to unlocking and rooting.
Fingerprint works, no lock screen pin error, no magisk installation error (fix for core only mode is below) , safetyNEt bypass also works.
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Here is the step by step guide.
1- Update to firmware version RMX1921EX_11_A.16. link available in reame website (fingerprint fix is fixed from updates here after)
2- Unlock bootloader
3- Flash twrp by thesprintster, https://forum.xda-developers.com/realme-xt/development/recovery-unofficial-twrp-realme-5-pro-t3985459
4 -flash magisk
5- Flash magisk Core-only fix (this fix is for 5 pro, however i have tried and it works for xt https://drive.google.com/file/d/108eV7pOuX50wQeO84kxmW-wQbZVdx0DZ/view
6-Reboot
Done.
If magisk shows core-only mode, go to settings and untick coreonly mode, enable magisk hide and reboot.
everything should be working now.
when you boot back to recovery the second time, twrp might be lost. flash it again. it will work perfectly from there after. worked for me at least.
This is how i rooted my phone today. I'm not a expert or anything. I took a leap of faith and moved forward.
For those who are going to it, I won't take responsibility if your phone breaks, so try it on your own risk.
Comment your result below, so others can try it out.

Share magisk link
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Did you install custom rom on top it and verify if fp is working?

akashavel said:
Share magisk link
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Did you install custom rom on top it and verify if fp is working?
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download official magisk.
no i haven't tried custom rom. but it works in stock rom after bt unlock

I have checked firmware version on my device. The last update was RMX1921EX_11_A.14 not RMX1921EX_11_A.16
Can i apply this guide on my phone for rooting it, or this will get me in trouble?
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where i got "Unlock boatloader" option in step 2?
i checked developer option but nothing there

Mustafa_Khattab said:
I have checked firmware version on my device. The last update was RMX1921EX_11_A.14 not RMX1921EX_11_A.16
Can i apply this guide on my phone for rooting it, or this will get me in trouble?
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where i got "Unlock boatloader" option in step 2?
i checked developer option but nothing there
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You can choose to download the update from link
https://www.realme.com/in/support/software-update
Once done , Flash custom recovery/magisk and reboot once..and also you may need to update build prop to have Sdk version updated in file or there is forum to flashable zip ..Once done Magisk works like a charm
happy enjoying systemless root method with V4A ,JDSP and lots of modules working withoutr a hiss
Regards,
Diaz Michael

How to update build prop to have updated sdk version?

diazneoones82 said:
You can choose to download the update from link
https://www.realme.com/in/support/software-update
Once done , Flash custom recovery/magisk and reboot once..and also you may need to update build prop to have Sdk version updated in file or there is forum to flashable zip ..Once done Magisk works like a charm
happy enjoying systemless root method with V4A ,JDSP and lots of modules working withoutr a hiss
Regards,
Diaz Michael
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Thanks, I have downloaded it and had tried to download Fix core-only for Magisk, but gives me message "It's deleted by the owner", Can u help me?
evil_one-droid said:
How to update build prop to have updated sdk version?
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I need a reply to this too, what's build prop that I have to update?