Guest PaulOBrien Posted November 27, 2013 Report Posted November 27, 2013 What is this?Superboot is a boot.img that when booted, will root your device the first time you boot (installing su and the superuser APK). No need to flash any partitions, no messing with the contents of your data partition, no overwriting the shipped ROM on your device, just boot the boot image using the instructions below and you're done!What are the pre-requisites?YOU NEED YOUR BOOTLOADER UNLOCKED TO CARRY OUT THIS PROCESS. It's easy using fastboot, which is included in the download below. The instructions on the Motorola site are very straightforward - visit this page to get started. Unlocking the bootloader will wipe your device.Any caveats?Aside from the bootloader unlock wiping your device and invalidating your warranty, you should note that while rooting may affect your ability to receive future OTAs, reverting back to stock is easy enough. We'll cross that bridge when we come to it. ;)DownloadAPPLY THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK!Superboot r2 - DOWNLOAD (ROMraid) - MD5: a4ca11f526f57f643a0a552ec234ad6fHow to use Superboot - Windows, Linux and OSXDownload the Superboot zip file above and extract to a directoryPut your device in bootloader mode - Turn off the phone then turn on with the 'volume down' button pressed to enter the bootloader.WINDOWS - run 'superboot-windows.bat' as AdministratorMAC - Open a terminal window to the directory containing the files, and type 'chmod +x superboot-mac.sh' followed by 'sudo ./superboot-mac.sh'LINUX - Open a terminal window to the directory containing the files, and type 'chmod +x superboot-linux.sh' followed by 'sudo ./superboot-linux.sh'Enjoy! :)PPS If you find this useful, please consider supporting MoDaCo by signing up for a MoDaCo subscription! Visit the store for further details!
Guest Simon O Posted November 27, 2013 Report Posted November 27, 2013 So much nicer than flashing a custom recovery :D
Guest spike68 Posted November 27, 2013 Report Posted November 27, 2013 Paul. I have said this before on xda but.... What a guy! Many thanks your eminence. *Gets back in box.
Guest Joshua74 Posted November 27, 2013 Report Posted November 27, 2013 (edited) Hi there, I'm having trouble : fastboot-windows.exe boot boot.superboot.img downloading 'boot.img'... OKAY [ 0.281s] booting... OKAY [ 0.250s] finished. total time: 0.531s something's going wrong, seems like "boot.img" isn't sent... but shouldn't be "boot.superboot.img" instead of "boot.img" ? boot.img is 7 734ko on my folder. Thanks for any help ! Edited November 27, 2013 by Joshua74
Guest PaulOBrien Posted November 27, 2013 Report Posted November 27, 2013 Hi there, I'm having trouble : something's going wrong, seems like boot.img isn't sent... My bootloader is unlocked. boot.img is 7 734ko on my folder. Thanks for any help !That looks like it's worked OK to me...?The device should then boot. It'll appear to boot normally, but it'll be rooted when it comes up.P
Guest TescoHudl Posted November 27, 2013 Report Posted November 27, 2013 Paul, you are an absolute superstar! Thank you so much!!! :D
Guest Joshua74 Posted November 27, 2013 Report Posted November 27, 2013 It boots normally, but no su apk, when i try root checker it says it's not root, and if y a try to install superSU it says binaries are missing. downloading 'boot.img'... OKAY [ 0.281s] It's not too short for an almost 7 Mo file ? why 'boot.img' and not 'boot.superboot.img' ? Thanks
Guest PaulOBrien Posted November 27, 2013 Report Posted November 27, 2013 I think it's normal for it to say boot.img...P
Guest TescoHudl Posted November 27, 2013 Report Posted November 27, 2013 Bit of a dumb question but, how do i copy the code from command prompt, into the Motorola website. Copy and paste doesn't work in command prompt, so i don't get how this is possible? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Guest Nuno Ferreira Posted November 27, 2013 Report Posted November 27, 2013 Right click the top of the bar and then choose mark ScreenShot032.bmp
Guest TescoHudl Posted November 27, 2013 Report Posted November 27, 2013 Right click the top of the bar and then choose mark Thank you, i didn't realise you could do that! :) ------------------------------------------------ What the heck is this? I typed my code into the box, without spaces or 'Bootloader' text like it says, and it comes up that my phone does not qualify for bootloader unlocking!! Why not?!
Guest PaulOBrien Posted November 27, 2013 Report Posted November 27, 2013 That sounds a bit troubling, where is it from?
Guest a1Pha Posted November 27, 2013 Report Posted November 27, 2013 It boots normally, but no su apk, when i try root checker it says it's not root, and if y a try to install superSU it says binaries are missing. downloading 'boot.img'... OKAY [ 0.281s] It's not too short for an almost 7 Mo file ? why 'boot.img' and not 'boot.superboot.img' ? Thanks Hey, I have got the same problem. I am unlocked (status code 3), but your bootimg fails to boot. I also tried it with my version of fastboot (latest from SDK) but it has no effect. I even flashed your image as my primary boot partition, but it refuses to boot, so I had to reflash stock boot.img. Any idea?
Guest TescoHudl Posted November 27, 2013 Report Posted November 27, 2013 That sounds a bit troubling, where is it from? Tesco's, on the Tesco pay as you go network! I bought it this morning as soon as the phone shop opened in my local store. If you take a look at this thread on the Motorola forums, it seems to be a recent issue affecting the Motorala Moto X also: https://forums.motorola.com/posts/2cf3fea770
Guest PaulOBrien Posted November 27, 2013 Report Posted November 27, 2013 a1pha, where is your device from? Which model is it? Euro or US? Please upload your stock boot image. P
Guest a1Pha Posted November 27, 2013 Report Posted November 27, 2013 a1pha, where is your device from? Which model is it? Euro or US? Please upload your stock boot image. P It is the RETAIL_DE from Germany.Stock boot.img as requested. Thanks.
Guest PaulOBrien Posted November 27, 2013 Report Posted November 27, 2013 It is the RETAIL_DE from Germany. Stock boot.img as requested. Thanks. I guess the boot image is slightly different on your device? I'll have a look when I get a spare 10 minutes. Watch this space! P
Guest a1Pha Posted November 27, 2013 Report Posted November 27, 2013 I guess the boot image is slightly different on your device? I'll have a look when I get a spare 10 minutes. Watch this space! P I ran a diff against the contents of the ramdisks on your initrd and the stock one from my boot.img. The only differences are the changes to default.prop and init.rc you made (and the superboot folder). The kernels differ. Updated your bootimg with the zImage from my boot.img (using abootimg) - still refuses to boot.
Guest PaulOBrien Posted November 27, 2013 Report Posted November 27, 2013 It is the RETAIL_DE from Germany.Stock boot.img as requested.Thanks.Please try replacing the boot.superboot.img with the one in this zip - http://nigella.modaco.com/files/boot.superboot.a1Pha.zipP
Guest packers77fr Posted November 27, 2013 Report Posted November 27, 2013 Dear, I got same issue like a1Pha. My moto come with retail_FR, can I test your new boot.img too ?
Guest TeamKilo Posted November 27, 2013 Report Posted November 27, 2013 (edited) Hey guys, Can someone post a step by step "for dummies" guide to flashing the stock unbranded firmware to over right the UK Tesco firmware? I've already downloaded the unbranded UK RETAIL firmware and unlocked my phone to use in other networks, that's as far as I've got. Not looking to root or anything else, just to apply the stock unbranded firmware so that I can get future updates from Motorola and not Tesco. Thanks. edit. will create new topic, sorry! Edited November 27, 2013 by TeamKilo
Guest a1Pha Posted November 27, 2013 Report Posted November 27, 2013 Please try replacing the boot.superboot.img with the one in this zip - http://nigella.modaco.com/files/boot.superboot.a1Pha.zip P Still the same :-/
Guest PaulOBrien Posted November 27, 2013 Report Posted November 27, 2013 TeamKilo, this topic is about root. Please start a new topic. a1Pha, strange, i'll have a think on it... P
Guest seapoint Posted November 27, 2013 Report Posted November 27, 2013 @PaulOBrien If it's any help, I am on Win 8.1 x64 and running your .bat at first didn't work. I just ran an elevated command and manually ran fastboot boot boot.superboot.img Job done, thanks.
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