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

Arijit.Ray81 · Sep 21, 2011

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 –

Rooted Motorola Fire XT530
MicroSD Card *Higher the Class of the Card, better it would be.
MiniTool Partition
Link2SD

Steps –

Download and Install Link2SD on your phone
Backup the existing data on the SD Card
Install MiniTool Partition and open it
Delete the existing Partition on the SD Card
Right Click on the “Unallocated” SD Card once again and select “Create”
Create a “Primary Partition”, File System as ”Fat32” and specify the “Partition Size”
Click OK
Right Click on the remaining “Unallocated” space
Create a “Primary Partition”, File System as “Ext2”
Click OK
Start Link2SD and select Ext2
Restart your phone
Start Link2Sd again
The SD Card should now be mounted and you can click “Create Link” on the apps you want to send to the SD Card
The App now will be completely moved to the SD Card

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

Increase SD Card Speed up to 200%

Required -

Run SD Tools and test the speed of your SD Card
Open SD Speed Increase and move the slider to 1024
Save the Setting
Now Run SD Tools again and test if the speed has increased
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

Ice Cream Jelly

JellySandwich TWO

BUGIS

Here is how you can flash CWM

jeremija10 · Mar 25, 2012

Roqu3 said:
A factory reset just wipe user data, not reinstall system apps, try to install another launcher via adb

I don't know what that means, can you give me step by step instructions for that process?

Arijit.Ray81 · Mar 26, 2012

saishibu38380 said:
just hold the power button and volume keys together . hold it till the moto logo appears. it will enter to recovery mode. from here you can select "restore to factory settings"

note: use volume keys for up/down and power button to select. touch will not work

---------- Post added at 07:46 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:24 PM ----------

succesfully rooted this phone.. great thanks to Arjith(jeet.9890427233)

note to rooters. the SUTLR 1.8.2 will work on Windows Vista or XP 32 bit.
If the application says "phone not connected" try installing the driver MotoHelper and try to get it done by Superoneclick.

some root application i'm using now:
LINK2SD- for solving the storage memory issue
BusyBox- dono what it is used for
LCD Resolution- Sets custom Resolution to our display
PowerAmp- Cracked full version- Best MP3 player for Android
SD Speed increase- Increase Transfer rate. (13mb/s for down and 4mb/s for up)
SetCPU- Optimize CPU clocks based on our battery health/ Program requirements

I feel like my Moto FIREXT got a freedom.

What resolution are you using? It is already at 160.

saishibu38380 · Mar 26, 2012

Re: about rooting of motorola fire xt(530xt)

im now using 130.
120 looked very small. actually what these mean?? should i go for higher value or least one?
the battery icon is now upright, network bars are green

---------- Post added at 10:54 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:44 PM ----------

I tried that, motorola sign shows up and in upper left corner it says enter recovery mode, but then only green android little men is shown with big white triangle abowe him with Exclamation mark insade triange. I try pressing volume buttons but nothig happens.

i too have the same problem after updating to 2.3.5. i guess there is some problem with moto update

Arijit.Ray81 · Mar 26, 2012

saishibu38380 said:
im now using 130.
120 looked very small. actually what these mean?? should i go for higher value or least one?
the battery icon is now upright, network bars are green

Higher value would mean less screen real estate.. so icons will look bigger and you will have less space on your screen.

I'm curious though.. how did you manage to change the dpi? coz I cant seem to be able to restart the phone to apply the effect.

Arijit.Ray81 · Mar 26, 2012

Bricked XT530

Bricked my phone trying to change the DPI

.. going in to boot loop.. any suggestions?

pwel · Mar 26, 2012

jeremija10 said:
I try that but it says that There is no software update currently available for your mobile device. I try to take my phone to service (not an official Motorola service in my country) and they try to fix my phone but failed I don't think I delete MotoSwitch, I delete some news and weather app and some app for e-mails. I gues I'll take my phone to the official service and have them charge me 100 euros to fix my phone

See my post #28 in modmymobile.com/forums/402-general-motorola-android/561090-how-create-update-zip-2.html

There is this guy daywalker who helped me out. Just pm him.

Sent from my XT532 using XDA

Arijit.Ray81 · Mar 27, 2012

7amdoun said:
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

Have you created a custom recovery for XT530 yet? I bricked my phone and could really use some help. I dont think the damage is much though.. I was changing the LCD Density and then when I restarted the phone, it went in to a boot loop. I believe that replacing the modified file with the original ones could solve the issue. However, I'm not sure which files to replace, where they are located, how to get the original ones and how to push them in. Can you help?

Arijit.Ray81 · Mar 27, 2012

jeremija10 said:
I don't know what that means, can you give me step by step instructions for that process?

Did you manage to fix it? If not, I can give you instructions to at least get your phone up and running for use.

Tushar13 · Mar 27, 2012

Overclocking

Hi guys..
I have rooted my phone successfully. (thanks to jeet.9890427233)

now i want to overclock my phone to maximise the use of chainfire 3d.
I m using set cpu to overclock but its not able to do that although its able to underclock.
I have created that setcpu txt file(in my sd card) with custom values i.e 1ghz bt its now working.
plz help me if u can..

Arijit.Ray81 · Mar 27, 2012

jeet.9890427233 said:
Bricked my phone trying to change the DPI .. going in to boot loop.. any suggestions?

Got it up and running on a XT531 ROM.. but it's Chinese and no Google Apps support..

Jiggerica · Mar 27, 2012

jeet.9890427233 said:
Got it up and running on a XT531 ROM.. but it's Chinese and no Google Apps support..

I found this rom for androd2.3.5xt531.sbf on other forum, 147mb is big. I dont have tried him, but if jou want...... 4pda.ru/forum

Dr. Hurt · Mar 27, 2012

jeet.9890427233 said:
Have you created a custom recovery for XT530 yet? I bricked my phone and could really use some help. I dont think the damage is much though.. I was changing the LCD Density and then when I restarted the phone, it went in to a boot loop. I believe that replacing the modified file with the original ones could solve the issue. However, I'm not sure which files to replace, where they are located, how to get the original ones and how to push them in. Can you help?

I did, but ended up bricking my phone. Sent to repairs and got it fixed. I think we need expert help from someone who has more experience working on newer Motorola phones.

I'm not sure whether the problem is related to this particular phone or my lack of skills, or all new Motorola phones.

I gave up work for the foreseeable future as I don't have time, and don't wanna brick it again as I use for school work.

For the mean time, there is a Chilean ROM available here:
http://www.chileandroid.com/t7169-firmware-spice-xt531-claro-chile-gingerbread#65682

This should contain all G apps. I'm not sure if it's carrier specific though.

Arijit.Ray81 · Mar 27, 2012

Jiggerica said:
I found this rom for androd2.3.5xt531.sbf on other forum, 147mb is big. I dont have tried him, but if jou want...... 4pda.ru/forum

That's exactly what I tried. It worked.. however, when I booted up the ROM there was no Google Apps or even a way to configure a Google Account on the phone. I looked around and downloaded a gapps flashable zip.. and when I flashed it... my phone bricked..

Now, I can't even get the "M" logo when I start up the phone. When I start it.. the phone vibrates.. but that's about what it does.. nothing on the screen after that and nothing works..

I think I need to take it to the service station soon.. Unfortunately, it is my Mom's phone and I'm feeling kinda guilty to have bricked it and she is without a phone now. Additinally, all the warranty papers are back at my home 3000kms from where I am (I work here and my mom's visiting me). I'm not sure if Moto guys are even gonna look at it without papers..

So here is what I'm thinking - If Moto guys don’t fix it and make a fuss about it.. I'm gonna get a new phone for her.. and wait till she gets back home and sends me the paperwork and then I'll get it fixed...

Till then..

Arijit.Ray81 · Mar 27, 2012

7amdoun said:
I did, but ended up bricking my phone. Sent to repairs and got it fixed. I think we need expert help from someone who has more experience working on newer Motorola phones.

I'm not sure whether the problem is related to this particular phone or my lack of skills, or all new Motorola phones.

I gave up work for the foreseeable future as I don't have time, and don't wanna brick it again as I use for school work.

For the mean time, there is a Chilean ROM available here:
http://www.chileandroid.com/t7169-firmware-spice-xt531-claro-chile-gingerbread#65682

This should contain all G apps. I'm not sure if it's carrier specific though.

I appreciate your help bro.. Unfortunately.. I think I have bricked it pretty bad.. I am not even getting the "M" logo when I start the phone. The phone just vibrates and then nothing.. any ideas how we can go about fixed it with any "home-made" recipe? Or do I have to take it to the Motorola Service Station? Unfortunately, we don’t have one that is close to me in my city and thus it is a major issue for me. I really do not have the time to run about for it.. but let me see what I can do. Any help and ideas you can give would help.

Arijit.Ray81 · Mar 27, 2012

Spoke with a couple of Devs to help the users in this forum with mods, themes etc. However, no one seems to be interested. I got a common response - "Motorola is too tightly locked up and we don't want to spend 90% of our time trying to unlock it in the 1st place".

I also, spoke with Motorola customer care to send me a copy of their ROM but they simply said - CAN'T DO!

Could the users of this phone, spread the word that we need developers in this forum and folks to help us mod this phone, etc. Let's also connect on FaceBook and discuss.

I appreciate all your help.

Dr. Hurt · Mar 27, 2012

jeet.9890427233 said:
I appreciate your help bro.. Unfortunately.. I think I have bricked it pretty bad.. I am not even getting the "M" logo when I start the phone. The phone just vibrates and then nothing.. any ideas how we can go about fixed it with any "home-made" recipe? Or do I have to take it to the Motorola Service Station? Unfortunately, we don’t have one that is close to me in my city and thus it is a major issue for me. I really do not have the time to run about for it.. but let me see what I can do. Any help and ideas you can give would help.

Sorry, but I don't think there is a way to fix it at home.

Try this anyway:

Press camera, volume down, and power button together. This should boot into flash mode.

Install Motorola developer drivers: (http://developer.motorola.com/tools/usb_drivers/)

Connect phone.

Launch RSD and try flashing an SBF.

TheOldMonk · Mar 28, 2012

7amdoun said:
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

Please do so

I am waiting to get a smartphone; on hold for now..waiting for "any good" custom ROMs to release. Thanks for supporting & god luck for your development.

Dr. Hurt · Mar 29, 2012

sky770 said:
Please do so I am waiting to get a smartphone; on hold for now..waiting for "any good" custom ROMs to release. Thanks for supporting & god luck for your development.

I quit working on the phone for the mean time. Read my post above.

Motorola is very stubborn when it comes to co-operating with 3rd party developers.

I tried everything, even bypassing signatures using skrilax_cz's work for the Cliq XT but ended up bricking the phone

saishibu38380 · Mar 30, 2012

Re: about rooting of motorola fire xt(530xt)

so how many bricked there motorola fire xt are here?

i too bricked when i took a back up of the ROM using the ROM Manager.
no Moto Service in my place. will be sending my phone to the nearby service centre(700+ km) on monday

Arijit.Ray81 · Mar 31, 2012

saishibu38380 said:
so how many bricked there motorola fire xt are here?

i too bricked when i took a back up of the ROM using the ROM Manager.
no Moto Service in my place. will be sending my phone to the nearby service centre(700+ km) on monday

Sorry about it bro...

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