[Q] Rooting Issues with Moto G

[Uncannytable]

Hi,
I'm trying to root my Moto G. Was able to unlock it but can't flash recovery or boot superboot with fastboot.
On trying to push twrp with: fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
I get the error:
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'recovery' (8090 KB)...
FAILED (data transfer failure (Unknown error))
finished. total time: 5.021s

On trying to boot superboot with: fastboot boot boot.superboot.img
Iget the error:
downloading 'boot.img' ...
FAILED (command write failed (Unknown error))
finished. total time: 5.014s

I can't seem to find a solution online, does someone know how to fix these errors?

 

[martindar]

Hi,
I'm trying to root my Moto G. Was able to unlock it but can't flash recovery or boot superboot with fastboot.
On trying to push twrp with: fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
I get the error:
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'recovery' (8090 KB)...
FAILED (data transfer failure (Unknown error))
finished. total time: 5.021s

On trying to boot superboot with: fastboot boot boot.superboot.img
Iget the error:
downloading 'boot.img' ...
FAILED (command write failed (Unknown error))
finished. total time: 5.014s

I can't seem to find a solution online, does someone know how to fix these errors?

just install flashify from the playstore and flash a recovery from there its very easy and i think a large number of people had the same problem anyhow thats how i fixed it after further reading in xda cheers,martin

 

[bernida]

I am actually a fan of rooting without changing the recovery

just use

fastboot boot YourRecovery.img

and then flash e.g. latest supersu zip http://download.chainfire.eu/supersu you can even do this by adb sideload in CWM (for the recovery i used CWMrecovery)

i like this method because it will leave your recovery untouched and just root :highfive:

 

[MarckozZ]

Why dont you flash just Philz Touch recovery? Then go to recovery option on Fastboot mode, once Philz has booted, touch REBOOT SYSTEM, then the recovery will tell you "Your device is not rooted or SU is missing, do you want to apply SU?" Then scroll to YES option and phone will reboot.. DONE, rooted! Now go to Play Store and grab SuperSU app.. Then you can flash to stock recovery....

 

[Uncannytable]

All I had to do was change the usb port. Now everything is working fine.

 

[madsere]

just install flashify from the playstore and flash a recovery from there its very easy and i think a large number of people had the same problem anyhow thats how i fixed it after further reading in xda cheers,martin

The OP is trying to root his device. AFAIK Flashify requires the device to be rooted to work. What am I missing?