Motorola Fire XT / XT-530 / XT-531 ROOTING / SBFs / Custom ROMs / CWM

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Disclaimer:
I am not responsible for anything that happens to your phone, your computer or anything else while following these instructions. Proceed at your own risk.


NEW ONE CLICK ROOT​

Special Thanks to rootdefyxt320

BAT version
EXE version

SUTLR method​

Downloads:
Here are the apps/files needed for Rooting -
1. SuperOneClick 2.3.3.0
2. SUT LR 1.8.2 (Doesn't seem to be working on 64-bit systems)
3. FXX_PR3_NV.xml and NvDefinition.xml [ATTACHED]

Before Rooting:
Prepare your phone by doing the following:
- Go to Settings > Applications > CHECK "Unknown Sources"
- Go to Settings > Applications > Developer > CHECK "USB Debugging" and "Stay Awake"
- Connect your phone via USB, when prompted DO NOT select USB Mass Storage.
- Extract FXX_PR3_NV.xml and NvDefinition.xml from the attached zip file in to a folder

- Now, install SUT LR, run the app
- Select the FXX_PR3_NV.xml [ensure NvDefinition.xml is also in the same folder as FXX_PR3_NV.xml]
- Your phone will restart.

It does NOT erase anything on the phone, since it only patches the ROM.

Rooting:
After the phone restarts, open SuperOneClick and select root. It will take less than a minute to finish.

Credits & Special Thanks to 7amdoun for the New Instructions.


For Folks for whom the above instructions DO NOT work; please follow instructions at THIS LINK

UPDATE your Phone to the latest FIRMWARE HERE

* YOU CAN UPDATE UNROOTED PHONES ONLY!


Could someone take the initiative to MOD this phone? Create some custom ROMs and Themes? I believe Motorola is not providing an ICS update for this phone but some skilled developers can surely help us get the ICS feel on it. I would appreciate if someone could take their time out and get to work on this. I would extend any help I can give.



Increasing Internal Phone Memory​

Credits to Pianorcar for this.

You need –



Steps –

  1. Download and Install Link2SD on your phone
  2. Backup the existing data on the SD Card
  3. Install MiniTool Partition and open it
  4. Delete the existing Partition on the SD Card
  5. Right Click on the “Unallocated” SD Card once again and select “Create”
  6. Create a “Primary Partition”, File System as ”Fat32” and specify the “Partition Size”
  7. Click OK
  8. Right Click on the remaining “Unallocated” space
  9. Create a “Primary Partition”, File System as “Ext2”
  10. Click OK
  11. Start Link2SD and select Ext2
  12. Restart your phone
  13. Start Link2Sd again
  14. The SD Card should now be mounted and you can click “Create Link” on the apps you want to send to the SD Card
  15. The App now will be completely moved to the SD Card

1.jpg 2.jpg


Which apps to safe to move to SD? Look HERE
Thanks to Kammii


Increase SD Card Speed up to 200%​

Required -



  1. Run SD Tools and test the speed of your SD Card
  2. Open SD Speed Increase and move the slider to 1024
  3. Save the Setting
  4. Now Run SD Tools again and test if the speed has increased
  5. Try different settings with SD Speed Increase and save the best setting to start at boot.
* 2048 worked best for me.




SBFs for Motorola Fire XT 530/531​
NOT Custom ROMs​


You would need RSD Lite 5.6 to flash the SBFs.

*NOTE: Chinese ROM does NOT have Google apps, Market. European ROM has everything

European 2.3.5: DMP-4480-0-4017-A01_RFM


Latin American SBFs:
Claro
Entel

Chinese 2.3.5: DMP-4480-0-7009-A02_RFM

Another ROM - DMP-454A-0-2010-A03_RFM(RETAIL) - Suggested by cmndst. Claims are that the ROM is excellent. I have not tried it personally so I leave it up to you folks to try and comment about it.

Credits & Special Thanks to 7amdoun for the SBFs.




CUSTOM ROM HERE​









Here is how you can flash CWM​
 

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lagoniko said:
hello there i am from greek and i have xt530 and i cant put it in recovery mode even boot mode.i dont know why.the only thing it is doing it is a black screen when i push down volume and power.i want to downgrade it into froyo because it is not working good.now it has 2.3.3 inside.please somebody help before i toss it to the rubish!
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Try to Press volume up and down and then power thats what gets me into recovery .
 
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Root Motorola XT 531

News, News my friends.

Root you Motorola xt 531, link: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1218506&page=2

100% working

Aos amigos brasileiros: esse link redireciona para o root no xt 316 porém o root foi feito com sucesso no xt 531, feliz da vida agora heheheh, irei testar o update para o 2.3.5 com root.
 

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member neil said:
hey can someone post a video on how to do d cmd part of d rooting process gt stuck der plz help me out :(
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Sorry you faced some issues. It is very simple actually. One of the zip files has ABD on it (I dont remember which one actually, I apologize). Open CMD and then navigate to that folder and just type " adb shell " [without the spaces and "].

Hope this helps.

Just another info. Both during the 2nd and 3rd reboots I had to take out the USB cable from the phone.
 
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jeet.9890427233 said:
Sorry you faced some issues. It is very simple actually. One of the zip files has ABD on it (I dont remember which one actually, I apologize). Open CMD and then navigate to that folder and just type " adb shell " [without the spaces and "].

Hope this helps.

Just another info. Both during the 2nd and 3rd reboots I had to take out the USB cable from the phone.
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RootD3 has ABD in it.
 
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brunofpm

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Deleted wrong apps! Help!

Hey, guys!
Im really desperate!

I rooted my Moto Fire XT531 yesterday and it was ok.
But then I've deleted some wrong apps (but I made a backup with Titanium Backup). MotoSwitch and Estrutura dos Serviços do Google 2.3.4 (Google Structure Services 2.3.4... something like that in english).
After that, my phone couldnt go to home screen anymore. Only the notifications bar is working. I can receive calls but the launcher doesnt open.

I tried everything! I tried to restore the data with Titanium Backup, tried to go to recovery mode. Nothing works!

How can I restore the original phone data?
What can I do?
 
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use google translate: provavelmente você apagou o motoswith, se tiver uma cópia mande um email com a copia do arquivo apagado e anexe nesse email, envie para a conta configurada no seu aparelho, se a barra de notificação está funcionando dará certo! Detalhe: recoloque o arquivo na pasta system/app de onde você apagou para voltar ao normal e não ficar como uma simples instalação!
 
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Ajuda!

PT-BR: Thiago, tem como eu falar com vc? Gtalk, Gmail...sei lá.
Essa sua soluçao não deve funcionar pq eu teria que atualizar o gmail. O meu nao tá configurado pra atualizar automatico.

---------- Post added at 10:40 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:06 PM ----------

I entered the Titanium Backup with the notification bar and restored the MotoSwitch app. Thanks thiagomalcher!
 
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sid5291

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So i've finally got my XT530 rooted !!!

But what is the best way to free up internal space ? Any suggestions i tried Link2SD either im not doing something right but it hardly helped ...!

Can some one please help ... What did you do to free up internal memory now that we are rooted ?

Thanks
 
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sid5291

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member neil said:
thanx fr replin.. but still nt happin can you tell me wer to extract ROOT D3 and how to navigate in cmd???? thanx in advance..
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Just extract RootD3 in C:
open cmd
if it is C:\Users\name> (for example)
then type cd .. and enter till you get
C:\>
then type cd RootD3
you should get C:\RootD3>
and then type adb shell

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hamada99 said:
how to confirm that your XT 530 is rooted?
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Just download android terminal from the market
then open it and type su
it should ask you for Super user permission and then a # will be displayed that means your rooted
 
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    Disclaimer:
    I am not responsible for anything that happens to your phone, your computer or anything else while following these instructions. Proceed at your own risk.


    NEW ONE CLICK ROOT​

    Special Thanks to rootdefyxt320

    BAT version
    EXE version

    SUTLR method​

    Downloads:
    Here are the apps/files needed for Rooting -
    1. SuperOneClick 2.3.3.0
    2. SUT LR 1.8.2 (Doesn't seem to be working on 64-bit systems)
    3. FXX_PR3_NV.xml and NvDefinition.xml [ATTACHED]

    Before Rooting:
    Prepare your phone by doing the following:
    - Go to Settings > Applications > CHECK "Unknown Sources"
    - Go to Settings > Applications > Developer > CHECK "USB Debugging" and "Stay Awake"
    - Connect your phone via USB, when prompted DO NOT select USB Mass Storage.
    - Extract FXX_PR3_NV.xml and NvDefinition.xml from the attached zip file in to a folder

    - Now, install SUT LR, run the app
    - Select the FXX_PR3_NV.xml [ensure NvDefinition.xml is also in the same folder as FXX_PR3_NV.xml]
    - Your phone will restart.

    It does NOT erase anything on the phone, since it only patches the ROM.

    Rooting:
    After the phone restarts, open SuperOneClick and select root. It will take less than a minute to finish.

    Credits & Special Thanks to 7amdoun for the New Instructions.


    For Folks for whom the above instructions DO NOT work; please follow instructions at THIS LINK

    UPDATE your Phone to the latest FIRMWARE HERE

    * YOU CAN UPDATE UNROOTED PHONES ONLY!


    Could someone take the initiative to MOD this phone? Create some custom ROMs and Themes? I believe Motorola is not providing an ICS update for this phone but some skilled developers can surely help us get the ICS feel on it. I would appreciate if someone could take their time out and get to work on this. I would extend any help I can give.



    Increasing Internal Phone Memory​

    Credits to Pianorcar for this.

    You need –



    Steps –

    1. Download and Install Link2SD on your phone
    2. Backup the existing data on the SD Card
    3. Install MiniTool Partition and open it
    4. Delete the existing Partition on the SD Card
    5. Right Click on the “Unallocated” SD Card once again and select “Create”
    6. Create a “Primary Partition”, File System as ”Fat32” and specify the “Partition Size”
    7. Click OK
    8. Right Click on the remaining “Unallocated” space
    9. Create a “Primary Partition”, File System as “Ext2”
    10. Click OK
    11. Start Link2SD and select Ext2
    12. Restart your phone
    13. Start Link2Sd again
    14. The SD Card should now be mounted and you can click “Create Link” on the apps you want to send to the SD Card
    15. The App now will be completely moved to the SD Card

    1.jpg 2.jpg


    Which apps to safe to move to SD? Look HERE
    Thanks to Kammii


    Increase SD Card Speed up to 200%​

    Required -



    1. Run SD Tools and test the speed of your SD Card
    2. Open SD Speed Increase and move the slider to 1024
    3. Save the Setting
    4. Now Run SD Tools again and test if the speed has increased
    5. Try different settings with SD Speed Increase and save the best setting to start at boot.
    * 2048 worked best for me.




    SBFs for Motorola Fire XT 530/531​
    NOT Custom ROMs​


    You would need RSD Lite 5.6 to flash the SBFs.

    *NOTE: Chinese ROM does NOT have Google apps, Market. European ROM has everything

    European 2.3.5: DMP-4480-0-4017-A01_RFM


    Latin American SBFs:
    Claro
    Entel

    Chinese 2.3.5: DMP-4480-0-7009-A02_RFM

    Another ROM - DMP-454A-0-2010-A03_RFM(RETAIL) - Suggested by cmndst. Claims are that the ROM is excellent. I have not tried it personally so I leave it up to you folks to try and comment about it.

    Credits & Special Thanks to 7amdoun for the SBFs.




    CUSTOM ROM HERE​









    Here is how you can flash CWM​
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    Kammii
    Kammii
    Jiggerica said:
    What system apps you convert to sd card? (what is etc.....?) Any problems with your phone?

    Thanks a lot!
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    Edit: Just realised that you may not know what the abbreviation "etc" means. If that's the case, it is an abbreviation for the term et cetera, which means "and other things" or "and so forth".

    No problems with my phone so far. I just avoid tampering with system apps that may cause irreversible problems (such as Android System, Settings, and MotoSwitch). Some system apps are no longer functional, but they can easily be made functional again by using Link2SD to "remove link" and convert them back to system apps.

    I now have 105MB of free internal storage (with 52MB used).

    Also, note that you want to use the "Create link" function in Link2SD not "Move to SD card". "Move to SD card" uses the system's native apps2sd method which is not as effective as that of Link2SD's.

    To give you an idea of things, here's a list of what system apps I've converted to user apps and have linked to the SD card and how they've been affected:
    • Browser – No longer functional. Opens but does not load webpages. That's easily reversed via Link2SD and then becomes fully functional again.
    • Email – No longer works. At start-up, I get a message that it has crashed. Easily reversed.
    • FM Radio – Works as normal.
    • FQC program – I believe this is an app used for quality checking at the factory, so I've never used it.
    • Gmail – Works as normal.
    • Google Play Store – Appears to work as normal.
    • Maps – Works as normal.
    • Moto [Chinese characters] (com.motorola.inputmethod.gpinyin) – Never used it, so don't know.
    • Moto Smart Handwriting – Never used it, so don't know.
    • News & Weather – No longer functional. Opens but does not work.
    • People Centric – No longer functional. When trying to add the widget, it places a message as the widget stating "Problem loading widget".
    • Qik Video – Never used it, but it fails to open. So it's no longer functional.
    • RSS Reader – No longer functional.
    • Street View – Never used it.
    • Swype – Can still be used. Just need to go into Language & Keyboard settings and tick it.
    • Talk – Appears to work as normal.
    • Voice Search – Works as normal.
    • Weather – Fully functional. Widget can still be added to home screen and used without problem.
    • YouTube – No longer functional.
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    Dr. Hurt
    I just can't believe this!!!

    I just found out that the GPU on our phone is disabled by default :( :( :(

    Force enabling it gave me "unbelievably" smooth graphics. Text no longer fades and blurs while scrolling. Also, the occasional lag I get while playing some games seems to have gone.

    However, the graphics drivers are very old and buggy which causes major graphics artefacts. Thats probably the reason Motorola has disabled the GPU.

    Motorola, in their ultimate wisdom, decided to disable the GPU altogether instead of updating the kernel, and adreno200 libs

    To try this, change the following in build.prop:

    debug.composition.type=mdp
    to
    debug.composition.type=gpu
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    Click to collapse

    NB: screen will keep turning white while navigating thru system menus. Taping the screen will bring it back to life.

    And before someone asks, no we can't update the libs either as they require the Gingerbread kernel (.35) while we have the Froyo kernel (.32)
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    Dr. Hurt
    Some SBFs

    NB:
    To flash those, use RSD Lite 5.6
    Chinese ROM does NOT have Google apps, Market. European ROM has everything

    European 2.3.5:
    DMP-4480-0-4017-A01_RFM
    http://www.mediafire.com/?h73a80xuhs0ii8j

    Chinese 2.3.5:
    DMP-4480-0-7009-A02_RFM
    http://www.mediafire.com/?20qf909peofbodn

    Latin American SBFs:
    [Claro] http://www.grupoandroid.com/topic/41195-firmware-spice-xt531-claro-chile-gingerbread/

    [Entel] http://www.grupoandroid.com/topic/40427-firmware-spice-xt531-entel-chile-gingerbread/
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    Dr. Hurt
    Cyanogen 9 has finally been ported to the Galaxy Ace.
    Since our Fire XT and the Ace use the same hardware (Chipset, CPU, and Graphics), porting this ROM to our phone will be very easy.

    Once Cyanogen 9 is officially released and cyanogen 9 for Ace is updated and stabilized, I might (if I have time) start creating a Custom Recovery for our phone. Hopefully the ROM itself won't need too much work to make it fully functional.


    http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1490867
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