[Recovery][TWRP][Root] TWRP and Root for Moto E5 Play (James)

[bubba1601]

man i no i have to be getting on ur nerves and i sincerely apologize...but i have the correct firmware DL but nothing will flash it...and no on my dev manager is comes up as a moto 4 for some reason...if u can point me one last time, if i dnt get it this time ill put it in a drawer..srry

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an i no i have to be getting on ur nerves and i sincerely apologize...but i have the correct firmware DL but nothing will flash it...and no on my dev manager is comes up as a moto 4 for some reason...if u can point me one last time, if i dnt get it this time ill put it in a drawer..srry

I cannot and will not help you any further, as I explained in my last comment, because I don't have the James device.
I have the Pettyl device.

I don't go searching for device firmwares and reading flashing instructions for a different devices to one I have.
The XT1920-15 (Pettyl) that I have has android 8.1 Go edition and its own set of flashing instructions that are mostly different to your James XT1921-2 that has android 8.0.

I'm going to skip offering you anymore advice or assistance, because I have no experience of using the James device - it would be very foolish and very wrong of me to try and help you and possibly cause you even more problems.
That is why I said in my last comment I cannot help you any further - not to be mean to you - because I don't know what to do to get your device working, especially of you say it's showing Moto E4......

Xda is full of people who claim they are "experts" and know everything - the problem with that is if you was to follow one of these self proclaimed "experts" advice, I'm sure your James would end up a useless paperweight - and I don't want that just as much as you don't want that.

I'm not about to jump on that bandwagon and try, I'm afraid.

All I can suggest you do is goto the E5 firmware thread

https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-e5/how-to/firmware-moto-e5-xt1944-4-dual-sim-t3820901

Read all the comments from James users or search James using the XDA search function, as I'm sure you will find what you need there, not here.

Sorry.

 

[Amphetmine Gene]

I cannot and will not help you any further, as I explained in my last comment, because I don't have the James device.
I have the Pettyl device.

I don't go searching for device firmwares and reading flashing instructions for a different devices to one I have.
The XT1920-15 (Pettyl) that I have has android 8.1 Go edition and its own set of flashing instructions that are mostly different to your James XT1921-2 that has android 8.0.

I'm going to skip offering you anymore advice or assistance, because I have no experience of using the James device - it would be very foolish and very wrong of me to try and help you and possibly cause you even more problems.
That is why I said in my last comment I cannot help you any further - not to be mean to you - because I don't know what to do to get your device working, especially of you say it's showing Moto E4......

Xda is full of people who claim they are "experts" and know everything - the problem with that is if you was to follow one of these self proclaimed "experts" advice, I'm sure your James would end up a useless paperweight - and I don't want that just as much as you don't want that.

I'm not about to jump on that bandwagon and try, I'm afraid.

All I can suggest you do is goto the E5 firmware thread

https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-e5/how-to/firmware-moto-e5-xt1944-4-dual-sim-t3820901

Read all the comments from James users or search James using the XDA search function, as I'm sure you will find what you need there, not here.

Sorry.

no need to be sorry guy, u def put in alot work along with me...i appreciate the time u did take to help tho man...

 

[José San]

Cómo rpteo mi androy intento de una manera y de otra y no puedo

 

[GOOGLE_USER]

.... it's showing Moto E4......

Yeah, YIKES!
I am taking a few minutes to appreciate your forthright acknowledgement of your limitations and contrasting observations of what other members all to often offer. @ them.
Ah, refreshing honesty.

Cómo rpteo mi androy intento de una manera y de otra y no puedo

ALL posts on XDA must be in English please.
Search for methods of translation.

 

[Starkiller2]

Yeah, YIKES!
I am taking a few minutes to appreciate your forthright acknowledgement of your limitations and contrasting observations of what other members all to often offer. @ them.
Ah, refreshing honesty.




ALL posts on XDA must be in English please.
Search for methods of translation.

It says Moto e4 because it was a repack of a twrp from an e4 since at the time there were no twrps for the device

 

[DeltaXzombies]

Any luck of rooting the Cricket variant (E5 Cruise)?

 

[whodat711]

Hm, why not use the TWRP that me and karthick made for james , that has decryption functional??

 

[AeonFlux1603]

Any luck of rooting the Cricket variant (E5 Cruise)?

The Moto E5 Cruise by Cricket has a perma-locked bootloader. Unless by the billion-to-one chance an exploit or hack is discovered to circumvent the bootloader encryption, there is no chance of the device ever being rooted. The same goes for the Verizon variants of the Moto E5, E5 Play & E5 Plus. Verizon & Cricket have long been notorious for opting out of Motorola's bootloader unlocking support protocol.

 

[debownbey90]

Help

I did not understand what you mean in step 2 and 3 I've been trying everything I can think of to root and nothing. I get na when i boot and get stuck at blue moto screen

 

[Apologia2u]

Hey... I'm a novice and I've been have/controlled since 4/16/18 (time of the Russian home wife warning). I have no control over and device, public or supposed secure WiFi... Apps, device ownership etc. Devices are impacted at the moment if purchase. UNREAL... Tracked, etc. Including various options on my 2015 Lexus GX460... After 15-20 phones (Android and iPhone... Contact and prepaid. . Nothing works.

 

[LinuxPusher]

ok well i ended up getting it to boot twrp in fastboot but it wouldnt flash twrp...says its coruppted...but then it said i had no OS i installed...so u used the moto assistant to try and flash stick firmware and it took away the logo i had flashed to replsce the bad key when it boots...but now it just stays at the moto logo and wont go past that.. any ideas as to what i can do to fix this?

" it just stays at the moto logo and wont go past that "
I had this happen on my Moto G4 Plus, the fix that worked for me was to force shut down then boot to Fastboot scroll through all the options then pick start.
I don't know if this will work for you, TRY AT YOUR OWN RISK.

 

[Vlad Gogo]

Hello. I have pushed and booted to twrp_james.img from adb, but it freezes at the enter decrypt screen and doesn't accept any touch input (though there is a mouse cursor on the screen). I'm on an XT1920-19 and am guessing that this twrp isn't entirely compatible. Or the installed security patch (Nov. 1, 2018) or build number (opg28.54-53) is interfering.

Edit. And it updated itself to Android 8.1.0 when I wasn't looking. Will I need to roll that back?

 

[jeffhutch.412]

I've looked and can't find exactly what to do here, I have a twrp that has the password thing (twrp works, but I'm trying to have the most updated and get rid of that annoying PW screen), but fast boot won't flash twrp over twrp I think? I tried --force and thought it worked but no dice.
Is there a zip? I have James (metro)
Thanks

*edit*
I'm not sure if running the adb decrypt commands + adding an external SD is what worked exactly bit regardless I seem to have normal working twrp now.

BUTTTTTTT

I'm going nuts with magisk hide and Google verification.
Can't sign in, what's the proper procedure??

And my WiFi tether broke. Just says error ?
Could use some thoughts here!

 

[jeffhutch.412]

anybody?
i flashed back to bone stock via fastboot, and started over to just try rooted stock (NEED my hotspot atm)
after flashing twrp, no v, and adb commands i flash magisk and end in bootloop.
i flashed back to stock TWICE and boot loop twice.
actually, i think thats the reason i flashed lineage to begin with was i bootlooped the first time

any idears???

 

[Starkiller2]

anybody?
i flashed back to bone stock via fastboot, and started over to just try rooted stock (NEED my hotspot atm)
after flashing twrp, no v, and adb commands i flash magisk and end in bootloop.
i flashed back to stock TWICE and boot loop twice.
actually, i think thats the reason i flashed lineage to begin with was i bootlooped the first time

any idears???

If you try decrypting with the disabler, it might help. It will definitely get rid of the PW screen in twrp. Flash stock
Flash twrp with fastboot.
Go to twrp, format data, reboot directly to twrp
Flash disabler then magisk, reboot. See if that combo works

https://redirect.viglink.com/?key=&...rypt-t3817389/amp/&ref=https://www.google.com

 

[jeffhutch.412]

If you try decrypting with the disabler, it might help. It will definitely get rid of the PW screen in twrp. Flash stock
Flash twrp with fastboot.
Go to twrp, format data, reboot directly to twrp
Flash disabler then magisk, reboot. See if that combo works

https://redirect.viglink.com/?key=&...rypt-t3817389/amp/&ref=https://www.google.com

Thanks I'll give it a try right now ?

*Edit
That link is a 404 but I'll look it up. I haven't seen anything about a disabler yet

 

[Starkiller2]

Thanks I'll give it a try right now

*Edit
That link is a 404 but I'll look it up. I haven't seen anything about a disabler yet

Sorry about that

 

[jeffhutch.412]

Sorry about that

No prob. I ended up deleting all my twrps, fstabs, and everything, and dl'ing from the "e5 root recover explained" thread, and I'm finally stock, rooted, twrps, just trying to figure out if Xposed is safe now hahaha

 

[Starkiller2]

No prob. I ended up deleting all my twrps, fstabs, and everything, and dl'ing from the "e5 root recover explained" thread, and I'm finally stock, rooted, twrps, just trying to figure out if Xposed is safe now hahaha

Exposed caused me to hard brick my e5 play. It snowballed. Terrified to try again lol

 

[jeffhutch.412]

Exposed caused me to hard brick my e5 play. It snowballed. Terrified to try again lol

I have exposed installed but haven't switched any modules on yet... I thought I was good but you got me scared now! ???