[Q] about root

sayash5 · Mar 30, 2014

are the modaco's rooting method still viable ? I'm seeing people saying it not work.
and can we root without having to flash other recovery, just using the default one (fastboot).

small-mallet · Mar 30, 2014

Nope, no rooting methods without unlocking bootloader yet. Most reliable method is to use custom recovery to root, and also some other fastboot (which will need unlocked bootloader)

sayash5 · Mar 30, 2014

hemanthmahesh said:
Nope, no rooting methods without unlocking bootloader yet. Most reliable method is to use custom recovery to root, and also some other fastboot (which will need unlocked bootloader)

root with unlocking bootloader is fine, my question is can we root without flashing other recovery (eg. cwm) ?

padhu1989 · Mar 30, 2014

Recovery is not working in Moto g sometimes.. It's a known issue.. So better flash cwm to avoid bricking

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sayash5 · Mar 30, 2014

padhu1989 said:
Recovery is not working in Moto g sometimes.. It's a known issue.. So better flash cwm to avoid bricking

Sent from my XT1033 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

oh thank you for the info, then I root with cwm :good:

small-mallet · Mar 30, 2014

Stock recovery is pretty useless now, I hardly have any idea what it can even be used for other than those ota updates. Do you not want to move away from stock recovery cause you might not install firmware updates? You can install alternate recovery just for rooting and revert back to stock if you really want to.

sayash5 · Mar 30, 2014

hemanthmahesh said:
Stock recovery is pretty useless now, I hardly have any idea what it can even be used for other than those ota updates. Do you not want to move away from stock recovery cause you might not install firmware updates? You can install alternate recovery just for rooting and revert back to stock if you really want to.

I just being careful if not how to send warranty

small-mallet · Mar 30, 2014

Well, if you are unlocking the bootloader, you won't be able to claim warranty anyway.

sayash5 · Mar 30, 2014

hemanthmahesh said:
Well, if you are unlocking the bootloader, you won't be able to claim warranty anyway.

oh yeah forgot about that, but what if after root, I lock back the bootloader ?
is the root still there ?

small-mallet · Mar 30, 2014

To lock bootloader you have flash your stock firmware, which in a way would be a complete reset, so no root left. Also, whatever you do after with the phone, once you request the unlock code from the moto website, they will consider your phone unlocked, hence no warranty. You can relock to try your luck and they just might not care if you are lucky.

Be very careful with locking bootloader though, locking your bootloader in a wrong way (wrong firmware, not flashing all files, downgrading) will create a big mess. In my opinion, stay away from locking bootloader!

sayash5 · Mar 31, 2014

hemanthmahesh said:
To lock bootloader you have flash your stock firmware, which in a way would be a complete reset, so no root left. Also, whatever you do after with the phone, once you request the unlock code from the moto website, they will consider your phone unlocked, hence no warranty. You can relock to try your luck and they just might not care if you are lucky.

Be very careful with locking bootloader though, locking your bootloader in a wrong way (wrong firmware, not flashing all files, downgrading) will create a big mess. In my opinion, stay away from locking bootloader!

thank you man, btw can you help me with rooting by flashing cwm ?

small-mallet · Mar 31, 2014

You need working adb and fastboot drivers.
Download here:
http://www.mymotocast.com/download/MDM?platform=windows (drivers)
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1S0LCuXCnnmSWh6NGJmSE1BUWc (minimal adb and fastboot files)
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2563599 (cwm download)

Guide:
1. http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=47705438&postcount=6 (For unlocking bootloader)
2. After unlocking (which will be equal to a complete reset, no files left in your "sd card"), boot into fastboot mode again and use this command:
fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-6.0.4.7-falcon.img (or whatever is the name of recovery image file)

or use this tool:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2635706

You can also use that too to push supersu to sd card or manually place it. Reboot to recovery (adb reboot recovery) and flash that zip file.

sayash5 · Apr 3, 2014

hemanthmahesh said:
You need working adb and fastboot drivers.
Download here:
http://www.mymotocast.com/download/MDM?platform=windows (drivers)
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1S0LCuXCnnmSWh6NGJmSE1BUWc (minimal adb and fastboot files)
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2563599 (cwm download)

Guide:
1. http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=47705438&postcount=6 (For unlocking bootloader)
2. After unlocking (which will be equal to a complete reset, no files left in your "sd card"), boot into fastboot mode again and use this command:
fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-6.0.4.7-falcon.img (or whatever is the name of recovery image file)

or use this tool:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2635706

You can also use that too to push supersu to sd card or manually place it. Reboot to recovery (adb reboot recovery) and flash that zip file.

thanks man, seriously million of thanks

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