hey guys, i'm currently on 4.2.2 with root (SuperSU + boot to recovery disables write protection). after rooting it, i stopped keeping up with everything, so i never did any of the updates. however, i'm at a point now where i wish to update to the latest, and i'm hoping someone can help me with the steps i need to take to do that. i think i need to unroot and then update, but not sure how. thanks.
Here's a thread to help start you out. A little looking around and you'll find tonnes more about this. An extremely posted about topic.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2603358
Sent from my N5, N7, Moto X, G Tab 3 or S2.....
hmm OK is there a way to un-root without losing everything?
I have a Verizon Moto X Dev Edition that I have never turned on. Had it a while. Build date Jan 2014. Currently using a Sprint Moto X bootloader unlocked, rooted, running 4.4.2 flashed to Page Plus. Like the way I have it set up and want to set up the new phone the same way. Page Plus now has 4g, throttled. Will get it set up before switching phones. Worried that if I connect to wifi it will update past 4.4.2 Would it even if it is not activated? Not sure that it is even on 4.4.2. If it"s not I would update it myself. Thanks for any help and suggestions.
Just curious, why don't you want anything past 4.4.2? What features on your olde phone can't you have with 4.4.4 or 5?
Anyways even if it updates itself you can always follow guides on here to get to pretty much any ROM you want.
1. Why not update?
2. It's easy to block the OTA. Google has the answer.
Hi,
I just got a new Moto G, but it's the XT1064 version. I'd like to root, but it seems there's no XT1064 option for CF-Auto-Root from Chainfire. Should I use the XT1063 one?
http://autoroot.chainfire.eu/
motorola XT1063 titan_retuglb titan_umts MSM8226 msm8226 KXB21.85-17 4.4.4 11 720 230 Download a71b95caf989138032a5c4f0dad83519 2 387
Thanks
Sakura90 said:
Hi,
I just got a new Moto G, but it's the XT1064 version. I'd like to root, but it seems there's no XT1064 option for CF-Auto-Root from Chainfire. Should I use the XT1063 one?
http://autoroot.chainfire.eu/
motorola XT1063 titan_retuglb titan_umts MSM8226 msm8226 KXB21.85-17 4.4.4 11 720 230 Download a71b95caf989138032a5c4f0dad83519 2 387
Thanks
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I have had a huge amount of frustration attempting to root the XT1064 over the past couple of days. If you're not afraid of reflashing your phone then you can try it but I highly doubt you'll be able to get it to work.
You can easily upgrade it to Lollipop with "official" firmware, but rooting has given me bootloop after bootloop.
After purchasing the Moto G XT1064 and spending 8+ hours trying to update and root the phone and remove all of the Motorola crapware, I eventually gave up. Right now I have version 22.11.6 installed, which is named "Blur_Version.21.11.17.titan_retuaws.retuaws.en.US.zip", it makes sense to include the old version number, but they should at least call it "Blur_Version_from.21.11.17.titan...".
I really wish Google would REQUIRE manufacturers to release a stock android rom and an easy way to flash it with every consumer Android phone sold. Then developers could focus on improving the phone instead of millions of programmer-hours wasted on trying to remove the crapware and get it updated.
If you're a developer who wants a clean phone and don't want to waste dozens of hours screwing with flashing roms, just get a GPE or Nexus device, it's not worth saving $200. It's a great phone, but if you were looking for a phone that is easy to develop with, this doesn't seem like the right one. After my Droid X I swore off non-nexus devices, but the Amazon sale got me.
A couple of people claim to be able to get UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.16.zip working, (yes, SuperSU v2.39 exists now, it probably won't work though), but many more people (including myself) were not able to get it working.
Good luck! Please report back if you find a good solution, I'm guessing that many people are tired of the hoops we have to jump through to get a non-crapware stock Andorid device.
The seller kindly told me he can exchange my XT1064 for an XT1063, as rooting is my first concern (need to get Japanese fonts on it). So I hope to easily root with CF-Auto-Root now. I'll get my new phone in two days. I'm already crossing my fingers . Rooting should be a readily available option by the manufacturer, just like Motorola offers you to unlock the bootloader. Otherwise you're extremely limited. For example, to change a font. Samsungs let you do it in the original firmware, something as basic as this should already be in stock Android. And at least ext2 support, it's a Linux FS from 1993. We are stuck with crappy FAT32.
Btw, I just found this tweet by Chainfire: https://twitter.com/chainfirexda/status/533298320647925760
@ChainfireXDA are you going to be doing a CF-Auto-Root for the moto g xt1064? or will the one for the 1063 work? @Bobboman_2000 1063 version should work
Can you try it on the XT1064? I don't know the risk, but if you say you can reflash the firmware, maybe you can go back?
Sakura90 said:
The seller kindly told me he can exchange my XT1064 for an XT1063, as rooting is my first concern (need to get Japanese fonts on it). So I hope to easily root with CF-Auto-Root now. I'll get my new phone in two days. I'm already crossing my fingers . Rooting should be a readily available option by the manufacturer, just like Motorola offers you to unlock the bootloader. Otherwise you're extremely limited. For example, to change a font. Samsungs let you do it in the original firmware, something as basic as this should already be in stock Android. And at least ext2 support, it's a Linux FS from 1993. We are stuck with crappy FAT32.
Btw, I just found this tweet by Chainfire: https://twitter.com/chainfirexda/status/533298320647925760
@ChainfireXDA are you going to be doing a CF-Auto-Root for the moto g xt1064? or will the one for the 1063 work? @Bobboman_2000 1063 version should work
Can you try it on the XT1064? I don't know the risk, but if you say you can reflash the firmware, maybe you can go back?
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I'll probably try it tonight. Will let you know the result.
You can change the file systems using: TWRP2.7.1.1-titan-motog-2014.img as your recovery.
I agree about the manufacturers. I thought it was growing pains in the early days of Android but we millions of us have to waste several hours trying to get decent security, privacy, and performance out of our phones. All anybody wants is stock Android.
Great if you try, I've seen no feedback of someone using it on XT1064. Won't changing the recovery affect future OTA updates? I was thinking of trying Stickmount with NTFS-3G. It only needs rooted device.
Sakura90 said:
Great if you try, I've seen no feedback of someone using it on XT1064. Won't changing the recovery affect future OTA updates? I was thinking of trying Stickmount with NTFS-3G. It only needs rooted device.
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I was able to get 5.0 rooted. Not with CF Auto Root though.
I used TWRP2.7.1.1-titan-motog-2014.img and BETA-SuperSU-v2.38.zip but SuperSU had to be put on my internal storage.
Can you go back to stock recovery after installing SuperSU? As to have future OTA updates. I'm mean, only use TWRP for rooting.
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I was able to get 5.0 rooted. Not with CF Auto Root though.
I used TWRP2.7.1.1-titan-motog-2014.img and BETA-SuperSU-v2.38.zip but SuperSU had to be put on my internal storage.
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You put SuperSU on internal storage because that's the only way TWRP can flash it or because that's the only way you could get root (I.e., flashing from external storage didn't work)?
I have tried both CFAutoRoot and flashing SuperSU from external storage. SuperSU resulted in bootloop. AutuRoot worked but I couldn't power off my phone without the next power up throwing things into a bootloop. I chose not to leave my phone on all the time, so flashed a non-root backup.
I haven't tried flashing SuperSU from internal storage. So maybe that's something to try.
I got my Moto X XT1095 and was impatient and sideloaded a version of 5.0.
I now have the most inconsistent battery life every. Some days it's great and some days it just drains so damn fast. It's annoying.
I go a link to the stock images from the Moto X website but was warned that flashing backwards may cause unwanted outcomes such as poor performance that I'm already experiencing.
Has anyone flashed their device back to stock?
I'd rather do this and just get normal [safe] updates from Moto.
Thoughts?
If you have your boot loader unlocked you can. Motorola had the instructions on their forum.
It is here some where too.
Sent from my XT1095 using Tapatalk
I flashed back to 4.4.4, but it was only to get the proper 5.0. I haven't had any problems since.
So recently I have been trying to use shark for android and some other apps on my moto g 2nd gen (XT1072) with lolipop 5.0 however I keep encountering an error ("error, only PIE position independent excecutables are supported"). I did some research so I know what this is roughly and I also came across this thread, I had upgraded to 5.1 at the time and I tried the fix shown in the thread. This ended up putting my phone in a sort of boot loop where it would try boot up, turn off and then boot into recovery.
I also fount out that this PIE restriction was only implemented in lolipop and not in earlier roms, kitkat etc.
Long story short, I need some way of either downgrading my moto g (XT1072) lolipop 5.0 or bypassing the PIE restriction.
Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks