[Root][Moto E][Guide HowTo]How to root Moto E [Condor][Noob Friendly]

#include <std_disclaimer.h>
/*
* Your warranty is now void.
*
* I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards,
* thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because the alarm app failed. Please
* do some research! YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if
* you point the finger at me for messing up your device, I will laugh at you.
*
*/

1. Download mfastboot-v2 extract its content and use that for unlocking Bootloader
2. Unlock your bootloader From Here
   TIPs:
   1. Unlocking bootloader will wipe your device, Backup your photos, music, contacts using applications in play store or whichvere method you prefer
   2. The motorola site tells us to download the android SDK, You can skip that big download and use the fastboot in step 1
   3. Follow the further steps given on motorola's site, After clicking on Request an Unlock Key, You will get an email which will consist guideline to proceed further!
   4. Clicking on Request an Unlock Key is the point where you lose your warranty
3. Download The TWRP recovery from here(thread) or here(Goo.im) rename it recovery-twrp.img and move it in the same folder as of step 1
4. Download The SuperSU from here(thread) or here(chainfire.eu)() and copy it into the root of your internal memory!
5. Connect your phone to PC and Reboot to bootloader by pressing VolumeDown+Power button for about 6-7 seconds.
6. Go to the directory in step 1, Do Shift+RightClick in empty space in the folder without selecting anything, Select Open a command window here.
7. Run following command
   Code:

   fastboot boot recovery-twrp.img

   If facing errors refer to TIP No. 2 and 3
   [*]Now touch doesn't work in recovery straight away, so wait 60 seconds without touching the phone, The phone screen will go blank.
   [*]Press power button and do swipe to unlock to get your touch working again!
   As Motorola released source code for the kernel, @cybojenix has fixed the touch issue, you can skip to step 10 directly!
8. Select Install, scroll down and find the SuperSU Zip downloaded in step 4.
9. Swipe to confirm, wait untill the flash is complete and then select reboot, to boot into your phone which is rooted now
10. Check your app drawer, There should be SuperSU installed. Congratulations you are rooted!

1. Downloading things from the thread link is a better option as the hotlinks may get outdated, Thread links will not!
2. If you want to install twrp rather then just booting into it for once, you can use following command to flash it permanently
   
   Code:

   fastboot flash recovery recovery-twrp.img

3. If stuck on Boot Logo of Motorola (blue M), @JerryGoyal has provided a Thread Here to solve the problem using CWM instead of TWRP.
   
   
   

   1. According to the method you can download CWM and Rename it to recovery-cwm.img in place of TWRP in step 3. Execute other steps the same
   2. And in step 7 Replace the given code with
      Code:

      fastboot flash recovery recovery-cwm.img

   3. In CWM Touch doesn't Work to scroll Use Volume Buttons and Use Power Button to select the choice
   4. in Step 10 you would select Install from sdcard
4. If you do something wrong and stuck somewhere, The stock firmwares are available for restoring.
   [Condor][Stock Firmware] Restore your Moto E to Stock[Lock Bootloader][Noob Friendly]

kpdopp said:

having same issue with trying to download the TWRP onto the device.

Minimal ADB and Fastboot opens cmd.exe is good
downloading the moto_e_twrp2.7.0.0_v1.2.img onto downloads in firefox is good
Phone going into fastboot on phone and using fastboot devices showes my device number.
when i try to flash the phone with fastboot flash recovery recovery-twrp.img i get the error

target reported max download size of 299892736 bytes
error: cannot load 'recovery-twrp.img': No error

only thing that does not look correct is when i transfer the moto_e_twrp2.7.0.0_v1.2.img from the firefox download
to my computer or to the minimal ADB and fastboot file,
it looses its .img at the end of the file name? so i rename it to recovery-twrp.img

i dont know if that is the problem?

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