How easy has Motorola made it for customs ROMs? - Moto X Q&A

Hello
Ive seen a couple of leak pictures of a Droid 5 and Im intrested but only if it has a unlocked bootloader and if custom ROMs can be flashed. I wanted to know how is this going in the new Moto X phone now that Google is involved.
Thank you

New boss same as the old boss. Still locked down in the US on AT&T and VZW.

It is not the manufacturer who is the problem with locking down the bootloaders. It is the carriers that are requiring it. Motorola wants to sell the phone, AT&T and VZW say well you have to lockdown the bootloader if you want to use it on our network. So Motorola says alright. Thats why they will offer a Developer Edition, because if you buy the phone outright at full price, AT&T and VZW are unable to control it.
But on the bright side, the T-Mobile version will not be locked down per Motorola as far as we know. So there may be a chance to find a factory restore image for T-Mobile and push it to the AT&T model and resolve this issue.
I currently am using an LGOG from AT&T and while I was able to unlock it, there were alot of kernel issues at first with the phone due to LG. But we were able to flash the Nexus 4 factory restore image via the LG software and basically have an Nexus 4 and be able to use any of their roms. Just wait for it to get popular and get some Devs behind the phone.

http://blog.azimuthsecurity.com/2013/04/unlocking-motorola-bootloader.html
Good article here
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The only way to flash Roms will be if someone introduces exploit similar to the one on S4. the game has changed and old ways of hacking changed.
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One more
http://www.androidcentral.com/android-43-and-beyond-root-going-away-stock-roms
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shannoncole05 said:
http://blog.azimuthsecurity.com/2013/04/unlocking-motorola-bootloader.html
Good article here
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The only way to flash Roms will be if someone introduces exploit similar to the one on S4. the game has changed and old ways of hacking changed.
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http://www.androidcentral.com/android-43-and-beyond-root-going-away-stock-roms
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hopefully someone, somewhere, will get an exploit working ASAP... anyone know if an irc has been started?
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kornklown69 said:
hopefully someone, somewhere, will get an exploit working ASAP... anyone know if an irc has been started?
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Here is a link that I found, I don't think much has been started.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2411080
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matt99017d said:
Here is a link that I found, I don't think much has been started.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2411080
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agreed I was hoping one was started before that one since no one is participating lol
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kornklown69 said:
agreed I was hoping one was started before that one since no one is participating lol
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Letts give it some time for people to get their phones. Maybe that'll get the ball rolling.
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OK, also sorry for making two threads. Didnt remember....

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Taking bets

What you think will be our next upgrade?
a.nothing
b.4.1.2
c.4.2.1
distant last - 5.0 key lime
popfan said:
What you think will be our next upgrade?
a.nothing
b.4.1.2
c.4.2.1
distant last - 5.0 key lime
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4.2
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A. nothing
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isaiahe97 said:
A. nothing
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+ 1,000,000
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Note 2
N2licious
S3
S3licious
AHD
H Delicious
Licious ROMS © 2012-2013
A. I thin after moto pushes out all their phones that they had planned before Google took them over we can kiss all upgrade chances goodbye. I also think that after that happens the new line of moto will be much better. I also doubt we will ever unlock the bootloader
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Nothing. I deeply regret buying this phone, despite how beautiful it is.
I hate this phone grrrrrrrrrr stupid boot loader grrrrrrr stupid at&t grrrrrrr stupid
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318ant said:
I hate this phone grrrrrrrrrr stupid boot loader grrrrrrr stupid at&t grrrrrrr stupid
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i am wondering how will they make photoshere work when none of the Motorola phones have a gyroscope .
so for now only 4.1.2 seems possible .
I love this phone, I got rid of my S2 Skyrocket for it. Beautiful screen and the solid build were the two reasons, but the locked bootloader is so infuriating and feeling like a shameful step-child its just so frustrating...

[ROM]4.2.2 Baked black Bean 9 Unofficial Sprint ONE

Get BAKED rom Here- m7spr initial release : baked_m7spr_bb-9.zip - 176.35 MB
Baked gapps in second post
.ok guys i am just going to go ahead and recycle this thread for another rom baked is an awesome rom guys if this is your first time to this thread the first 34 post are a different rom so enjoy guys and let me know what you think...
gappsinverted-jb-20130308-signed.zip - 99.19 MB
team baked inverts
This one to
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awesome to see more roms!
houstonn said:
awesome to see more roms!
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I agree! this phone is getting a lot of attention
Safe to assume what doesn't work in CM won't work here?
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Finally here this was my favorite rom on my nexus s 4g
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I can't flash it. Wouldn't work, I'd love to give it a try tho.
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the.emilio said:
Safe to assume what doesn't work in CM won't work here?
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Correct. I haven't found any other issues so far but to be honest I have only tested the obvious.
The ROM is running really good, very smooth and just plain beautiful
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noahguz said:
I can't flash it. Wouldn't work, I'd love to give it a try tho.
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Where did it get hung up at? At what point would it not flash? Help us out, so we can help you
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What is the 88 byte DL for in the op? Do we flash with the link above just wondering why there are 2 different downloads and one is so small
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That one is the md5 sum
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So can you guys give me a works and don't work list for the op
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Hangouts can't connect to Google.
This is the only app that I've encounters thus far that gives me an issue. On another note I would like to know if there is anyway to change the dpi?
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Look in the first post and follow those links they have all that answered already
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But if you run it at 182 before you know it you will have to run all you're ROMs at 182 its addictive lol
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Ha, I normally don't make that kind mistake, I literally rolled out of bed and replied to the post.. Lol anyway, I used your rom on the galaxy nexus and loved and actually kept the stock dpi but on this phone even with swift key at the maximum height it's still too small for my fingers to be accurate.
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On this phone 182 dpi is unbearable actually. The 1080p screen makes it impossible lol to be used at that dpi.
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mhsbrian said:
Ha, I normally don't make that kind mistake, I literally rolled out of bed and replied to the post.. Lol anyway, I used your rom on the galaxy nexus and loved and actually kept the stock dpi but on this phone even with swift key at the maximum height it's still too small for my fingers to be accurate.
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On this phone 182 dpi is unbearable actually. The 1080p screen makes it impossible lol to be used at that dpi.
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OK well what's the best DPI for your device and I'll see if I can change it in the build
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Well I flashed everything looked sweet playstore worked until I changed the dpi settings to 420 to get a bigger look cause was to small but after I changed dpi the playstore would not work tried going back to 361 actually tried 5 times no good
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ktempleton said:
OK well what's the best DPI for your device and I'll see if I can change it in the build
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I would say 420
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I have mine set to 460, but then I'm old, lol.
On the play store issue I flashed an all DPI inverted play store found in android development thread and works and looks really well
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Looking how to unlock and root link would be helpful

Help
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Help
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If you can't find it yourself, you shouldn't
Really I don't have all day to search forums.I'm married with two children and work sixty hours a week dude I'm just asking for some help lol
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Go to htconeroot.com scroll down to where it says rooting with windows, Mac, Linux. Follow the instructions on the video.
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Lol you can also look one thread below yours.
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Tommymac1039 said:
Really I don't have all day to search forums.I'm married with two children and work sixty hours a week dude I'm just asking for some help lol
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Then you definitely shouldn't do it! If you've not got the time to search, read and understand what you're doing and how to reverse the procedure if needed then walk away now...coupled with the fact that at the top of this very Q&A forum is a sticky thread labelled "[Video Guide] How To Unlock Bootloader & Root - USER FRIENDLY" shows you've not even tried to help yourself. No offence, but just look first as it's all here...

Sprint Google Play Edition Rom

Anyone have any insight as to when we will be able to get access to this? I know it's available on gsm variants but not cdma at the moment. I want some aosp flavor lol
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I don't have an answer but I'm not so patiently waiting as well.
Patiently waiting as well. I dont like the stock HTC Sense with all that extra bloatware.
There is one over in the Verizon thread. If you just changed the partition numbers in the updater script there is a fairly decent chance it would boot on a Sprint variant.
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xhaui said:
There is one over in the Verizon thread. If you just changed the partition numbers in the updater script there is a fairly decent chance it would boot on a Sprint variant.
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do you know the different partition sizes? im gonna work on a port right now and that would be useful to know lol
relytsdk55 said:
do you know the different partition sizes? im gonna work on a port right now and that would be useful to know lol
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I believe both simonsickle and CaptainThrowback have that information in their respective threads in the general section.
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Waiting for either GPE or CM
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Just made the necessary partition edits in updater-script and it was a success... The phone boots fine and everything but sprint data seems to be working (calls and texts are fine). I'm going to try to make some more edits to get this working, but if anyone could point me in the right direction that'd be great. :laugh:
EDIT: Data is now working decently after swapping a few network related files.
EDIT 2: Still working on data since it only connects every few reboots... Trying to figure this verizon to sprint cdma conversion stuff out, so if anyone has experience feel free to chime in.
That's sweet. I would love to give it a test when you are ready.
metalfan78 said:
That's sweet. I would love to give it a test when you are ready.
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Still working on data as its incredibly finicky right now, but I'll be sure to PM you when I get it fixed.
sicily123 said:
Still working on data as its incredibly finicky right now, but I'll be sure to PM you when I get it fixed.
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I would love to get my hands on this as well if you want more testers
tylerj55 said:
I would love to get my hands on this as well if you want more testers
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Sign me up too
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I'll take a quick gander as well for the files to see if I might be able to throw in anything at all towards it
Let me know too man
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Still no luck with getting data working... Not home right now, but I'll post what I have when I get home.
Cm arrived
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pbedard said:
Cm arrived
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CM arrived? What do you mean?
FlowingAway said:
CM arrived? What do you mean?
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We have cm beta builds
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pbedard said:
We have cm beta builds
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=52434901
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Moved to Q&A

What international Note roms are people using?

Just curious what ROMs people are using from the Note 3 international forum? There are just so many ROMs to choose from so it would be good to hear which ones are the most popular?
Unfortunately we can't flash international roms on our phones due to the locked bootloader and kernel. But there are ways around it like you can flash the rom you want using safestrap then flashing the nc2 bootloader, kernel and the partition file (don't remember what's it called) via odin. Then you have the wake lock issue's on any rom above ne6.
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The international note and the AT&T note are 2 entirely different phones. Even if the bootloader was unlocked you can't flash those roms on this phone.
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Agoattamer said:
The international note and the AT&T note are 2 entirely different phones. Even if the bootloader was unlocked you can't flash those roms on this phone.
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I've done it before when I was on jellybean and the rom ran fine except the wifi, nfc didn't work.
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@Agoattamer I remember you from the samsung solstice days. Wow that was like 10 years ago. Wow time flies huh?
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It has been awhile. I still have my Samsung Impression. I keep it for a backup. Original battery and everything.
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I still have 3 Impressions. Haha! Wasn't a terrible phone... Well... That SMS bug was really annoying.
Lmao I still have every att phone I ever owned. Solstice, lg vu, Motorola v3, captivate, g2, note, note 2 and note 3. stashed away in mint condition in its original box in the closet. I guess we're diehard techies. Lol great to see you here.
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graydiggy said:
I still have 3 Impressions. Haha! Wasn't a terrible phone... Well... That SMS bug was really annoying.
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I was the lucky one. I never had that bug. Mine was flawless and still is.
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It on happened when the SIM was filled with SMS data. If you regularly cleared SMS, it never happened. Lol

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