Root Unlock your Bootloader WHILE YOU CAN!

[Lars]

Now's your chance.

Thanks to New Root Method, Bootloaders on RAZR HD and RAZR M can be Unlocked Again | Droid Life

 

[teddyearp]

I'm going to bring this back up and post the direct link:

[ROOT/UNLOCK] 4.4.2 182/183 RAZR HD/M *ONLY* - VZW Droid Razr/Razr Maxx HD Development [XT926] - DroidRzr.com

Just remember, read, read, read, read, read, and read again. It's all there, just carefully follow the instructions.

good luck

p.s. if any one has this cool little Moto device and ever wants to root it and keep root do this because this is probably your last chance.

 

[Thewraith420]

Just another bump. Unlock now while you can guys. there's an ota getting close that will kill close the exploit that allows us to unlock

 

[teddyearp]

Just another bump. Unlock now while you can guys. there's an ota getting close that will kill close the exploit that allows us to unlock

And another bump to say that since the OTA has rolled out now, the thread over at droidrzr.com has been closed.

 

[infinity8x3]

Thank you for the link to that guide teddyearp. Following that guide I was able to root, unlock bootloader, and install a custom recovery. On a used moto razr m I just bought yesterday.

I haven't had a phone this unlocked and open since the original droid.

If you meet all the prerequisites listed in that thread and follow the instructions carefully then It does work I promise you that.

Very excited to try roms again! Thanks every one involved!

Quick update and question. My phone is now nagging me to do the software update. Should I just ignore it? what happens if I take the update now?

 

[teddyearp]

Quick update and question. My phone is now nagging me to do the software update. Should I just ignore it? what happens if I take the update now?

First off, welcome to the site :hello:

Yes, an open phone just like original droid is one that I will always try to own.

For ROM's you probably won't find near as many as we enjoyed in the droid days, but what the heck.

Now for the most important part, your update 'nag'. If I were you, I would just go ahead and find a custom rom of your choosing and install it. Then the 'nag' will go away.

However, if you do go ahead and take the update, you will lose root and your custom recovery; however, once unlocked, your bootloader cannot be re-locked unless you do so manually (why would anyone do that, lol?).

But if you already have a supersu.zip file on your phone's memory, rerooting is simple. Just make sure that your favorite custom recovery is in your adb/fastboot folder and do this:

adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash recovery [yourfavoritecustomrecovery].img
fastboot reboot recovery

Then flash the supersu.zip in recovery to root your phone again. After booting into Android, you may want to run (or download from the play store and run) sterickson's busybox. The only other thing to say if you are stock rooted is to remove/rename the file that will restore custom recovery on each boot. Forgive me as it has been a long, long, long, long long time, but I believe that the command is this:

mv /system/recovery-from-boot.p /system/recovery-from-boot.old

 

[infinity8x3]

Thank you for that info. I tried roms and none are quite baked enough for me for every day use. Nothing like bugless beast used to be. Hopefully cm11 will eventually be ready for this phone.

SO what I did was install titanium backup and froze "MotorollaOTA 1.0" update nag gone and as a bonus no one can accidentally manually update the phone ether. Once you tap check for updates a popup comes up saying sorry the service is down lol all is good.

 

[teddyearp]

Nothing like bugless beast used to be. Hopefully cm11 will eventually be ready for this phone.

Hehe, I was never a big fan of that one, but Pete packed it all in and took his toys and went home. Too bad, because he hosted a lot of good files, but oh well, they're not all lost . . . .