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[ACDBill]

Hello everyone. Long time reader. But reading doesn't appear to be clearing up some confusion I have. So first I will lay the groundwork then ask my questions.

 

The phone:

Droid Razr Maxx HD

9.30.1.XT926Verizon.en.US

Android 4.1.2

Rooted

SafeStrap

 

I am on 4.1.2 because the KitKat update bricked two of my phones. When I got the second replacement I immediately rooted (thanks to advise I found here) and froze the updater.

 

I would now like to update to KitKat and unlock the phone via methods found here:

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If I understand the process, it's basically:

• flash the phone to a supported KitKat (4.4.2?) with RSD Lite or House of Moto
• root it with TowelRoot
• then unlock with Motopocalypse.

So, questions one if I may;

• Do I have the process right?
• Do I need to uninstall SafeStrap first?
• Will the KitKat update brck my phone because it's rooted like the OTA update did?
• How do I tell if I have the 183.46.14 update (cannot find anything similar in about phone)?

 

Sorry for the meandering post. I'm just trying to get all my ducks in a row before going forward.

 

Thanks in advance.

Bill

[livinginkaos]

For Safestrap, using the save data as shown in the thread, yes you should, go into the app and disable it, then uninstall.   Then follow the update/root/unlock instructions.

[ACDBill]

 Then follow the update/root/unlock instructions.

 

Thanks for the reply. I'm still concerned that the KitKat update may brick my phone, but a bit less so now.

[livinginkaos]

The actual OTA process for updating had a few things with it that could easily cause issues during the update.  Here you are flashing the FXZ, full firmware, so chances are slim as long as you follow the directions.

[ACDBill]

I am now happily updated, rooted and unlocked. Thank you so much for your help!

 

It's funny. All I ever really wanted was root on an up to date system. Now I have it all. 

[toology]

I am now happily updated, rooted and unlocked. Thank you so much for your help!

 

It's funny. All I ever really wanted was root on an up to date system. Now I have it all

 

I'm in the same boat as you, the ota downloaded 183.46.10  and it asks me every 12 hours if I want to install the update and I'm like hell no, so now I'm going to try this.  Anything I should know?

 

Thanks

[livinginkaos]

I'm in the same boat as you, the ota downloaded 183.46.10 and it asks me every 12 hours if I want to install the update and I'm like hell no, so now I'm going to try this. Anything I should know?

Thanks

Updating to 183.46.10 gives you the ability to unlock the bootloader once again if you hadn't previously. It's you update to 183.46.14 you will lose the ability forever.


sent from my G3

[ACDBill]

I think my problem with the OTA was that I was rooted. At least on the first phone. Don't know why it bricked the second one.

 

As for anything you should know, there was one hitch I ran into. I was using windows 8 and no matter how many times I tried, the jar never started RSD. I had to manually start it and them open the keepdata.xml. It could be that the jar was supposed to be moved to where RSD was, but I thought that was why you had to tell it where it was in the first place. Who knows. Its simply to manually open the XML file so no big deal.

[SamuriHL]

Windows 8 has been problematic for some people.  I develop on it so I have no idea what causes the problem.  I'm guessing it's a permissions thing but I really don't know.  Works for some people not for others.