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Root Verizon DROID RAZR M on KitKat and Install CWM Recovery

Rakesh | 27 May 2014 | Motorola/ Root

KitKat, the latest flavor of Android, was released back in late November the last year. According to the latest official stats,ย Android 4.4ย occupies only 8.5 percent of the whole distribution of the operating system, while Jelly Bean tops the chart with about 51 percent share. To a great extent, the disparity between the older and newer versions of Android is due to lack of interest among different manufacturers when it comes to sending the latest software updates to their older devices.

It seldom happens that a well-known old phone like theย Verizon DROID RAZR M XT907ย gets the latest version of Android after about two yearsย of its launch. Thanks to Motorola and Verizon for not forgetting our good old DROID RAZR M. It has been more than two weeks since Verizon started rolling the Android 4.4.2 KitKat update for theย DROID RAZR M. By now, most of the users of the device would already have updated their phones to the latest software version.

Back in January, we did a rooting tutorial for the Motorola Droid Razr series running Android 4.1.2 using the Saferoot exploit. Since the new KitKat update for theย Verizon DROID RAZR M patches the old exploit that allowed rooting, we have come with another working rooting method for the your RAZR M. If you have received the latest OTA and now wish to root your phone, here’s how you canย root Verizon DROID RAZR M on KitKat firmware.

UPDATE

Toย root your Verizon DROID RAZR M XT907 on Android 4.4.2 KitKat firmware without unlocking the bootloader, use Geohot’s TowelRoot app. Having rooted your phone unlock the bootloader using Motocalypse and using the instructions given here.

Disclaimer!

The rooting method for theย Verizon DROID RAZR M described below has been tested successfully on software versions 182.46.10 andย 183.46.10. However, the rate of success depends on how carefully you proceed with the steps. One little mistake might put your phone in a risky situation.

Prerequisites

  • A Verizon DROID RAZR M XT907 running Android 4.4.2 (Ver.ย 182.46.10ย orย 183.46.10) with unlocked bootloader.
  • Install Motorola USB Drivers on your computer. Skip this step if you already have them installed on your system.
  • Make sure you have aย working ADB and Fastboot on your computer. If not, set it up using this guide.
  • Enable USB Debugging on yourย Verizon DROID RAZR M. The option is found under Settings> Developer options. To enable Developer options on your phone, read these instructions.
  • Download dhacker29’s CWM recovery:ย xt926-KK-CWM-6048.img
  • Also download Chainfire’s latest SuperSU flashable zip:ย UPDATE-SuperSU-vx.xx.zip

Root Verizon DROID RAZR M on KitKat

  1. Copy the SuperSU zip file to your phone.
  2. Copyย xt926-KK-CWM-6048.img file to the platform-tools folder in the Android SDK. The location of the .img file should be the same as the ADB and Fastboot files.
  3. Connect your phone to computer and reboot it into the Bootloader mode. To do so, open a cmd window from within theย platform-toolsย folder.
  4. When the command window is launched, type this command and hit the Enter key:

    adb reboot bootloader

  5. Your phone will reboot into the AP Fastboot mode.
  6. Now type the following command to install CWM recovery and press Enter:

    fastboot flash recovery xt926-KK-CWM-6048.img

  7. When CWM is flashed on your phone, reboot it into Recovery mode using theย command given below and just as you hit the Enter key after typing the command, press and hold the volume up key on your phone.

    fastboot reboot

  8. When you enter CWM Recovery, scroll to install zip from sdcard option, navigate to UPDATE-SuperSU-vx.xx.zipย and select it.
  9. Confirm the installation and wait till SupeSu is flashed to your device.
  10. Finally, return to CWM main menu and reboot your phone.

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Wait till yourย Verizon DROID RAZR M boots up. Then open the app drawer and launch SuperUser app. To verify proper root access, you can install Root Checker app from the Play store. Having rooted your phone, you can try some great root apps to enhance your phone’s performance.

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Discussion

  1. Dec 15, 2014 at 2:27 PM
    Arribaath Brimantyawan says:
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    can i unlock bootloader on jellybean 4.1.2? how?

  2. Aug 19, 2014 at 11:50 PM
    Doug Renze says:
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    The error I get is that when I try to do the backup or factory reset, it can’t mount `/data`. Help?

  3. Jul 27, 2014 at 9:17 PM
    Jason Kehres says:
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    cwm cant install from zip it says cant mount sdcard

    • Jul 27, 2014 at 9:42 PM
      Rakesh says:
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      Have you unlocked the bootloader?

      • Jul 27, 2014 at 10:25 PM
        Jason Kehres says:
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        Yes bootloader is unlocked it well let me install zip from internal SD but not external sdcard it says e: can’t mount sdcard says the same thing when I try to do a backup of my current rom

        • Jul 27, 2014 at 7:33 AM
          Rakesh says:
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          Hmm, this sounds like your SD card has been partitioned as a logical drive instead of primary.Try this:

          Use a PC and partition mini tools, redo the SD card and make it primary drive instead of logical drive.

        • Jul 27, 2014 at 7:39 AM
          Rakesh says:
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          You can also use TowelRoot for rooting the device: https://www.droidviews.com/root-att-and-verizon-galaxy-s5-without-voiding-knox-warranty/

  4. Jun 22, 2014 at 7:18 PM
    shahzaib says:
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    I used this method… ( http://www.droidrzr….at-towel-root/๏ฟฝ

    after RSD lite to a 4.4.2 official VZW release and everything has
    worked perfectly. The only thing wrong is that i cannot make any
    recovery app (CWM or TWRP) to load up in recovery. When i scroll to
    recovery on the bootloader screen. The (Warning, Bootloader Unlocked)
    screen shows up and will not continue on. If i let it sit it reboots and
    does a normal boot so the phone is not bricked. Any advice on how to
    fix this so i can flash CM 11. I am in fact using the Droid Razr M
    (xt907). also i RSD’d with my friends pc. I have a Mac and Android SDK
    developer tools installed. I used platform tools in terminal to flash
    CWM and TWRP. For everything else, i downloaded the .apk files to my
    phone directly. I also have ROM manager from the play store downloaded
    which shows that CMW and TWRP are both flashed onto my phone.and when i
    use fastboot flash recoverybootloader variable not supported plz help

    • Jun 22, 2014 at 4:24 PM
      Rakesh says:
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      Have you unlocked your bootloader? After rooting the device unlock the bootloader using Motocalypse: http://vulnfactory.org/blog/2013/04/08/motorola-bootloader-unlocking/

      You’ll then be able to install a custom recovery.

      • Jun 22, 2014 at 6:12 PM
        shahzaib says:
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        yep my phone is unlocked bootloader the problem is why i flash 4.1.2 jellbean i can easily flash cwm and twrp but when i try to flash 4.4.2 kitkat rom and then i flash cwm and twrp fastboot error variable not supported and when i use rom apps like Rom manager,flashify cwm flash done but when i try to enter cwm recovery i m stuck boot screen…plz help

        • Jun 23, 2014 at 7:24 PM
          Rakesh says:
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          The first thing you should do is to restore your device to stick firmware.

          • Jun 23, 2014 at 11:01 AM
            shahzaib says:

            how to restore my device?

          • Jun 24, 2014 at 6:43 PM
            Rakesh says:

            You can find the guide to restore firmware using RSD Lite here: https://www.droidviews.com/tag/motorola-droid-razr/

          • Jun 24, 2014 at 9:56 PM
            shahzaib says:

            i flash lots of time kitkat firmware all the time same problem

  5. Jun 15, 2014 at 7:48 PM
    abner says:
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    followed all instructions and failed to flash on fastboot mode. Then I realized the bootloader is locked. How do I unlock the bootloader? Help my phone is bricked!

    • Jun 15, 2014 at 9:15 PM
      Rakesh says:
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      Use RSD Lite and flash the stock firmware. Download the correct firmware: http://sbf.droid-developers.org/

      and use this guide: https://www.droidviews.com/how-to-unroot-install-stock-firmware-on-motorola-droid-maxx-xt1080/

      • Jun 15, 2014 at 4:28 PM
        abner says:
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        I have android 4.4.2 installed on my phone. would I be able to downgrade using this method?

        • Jun 15, 2014 at 6:28 PM
          Rakesh says:
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          No, since you phone has locked bootloader, you’ll get security version update gpt_main version failed error.

          • Jun 16, 2014 at 8:20 PM
            abner says:

            So whay should I don now? All I want to do is transfer music and movies to my SD card and be able to dsiplay it on the phone. any suggestions?

          • Jun 16, 2014 at 8:27 PM
            Rakesh says:

            You are not able to do that on KK firmware?

          • Jun 16, 2014 at 8:40 PM
            abner says:

            No I can’t acces to my music and movies. So I just have a freaking useless 16GB SD card. nicely done Google.

          • Jun 16, 2014 at 8:49 PM
            Rakesh says:

            Did you try a data factory reset after the KK update?

          • Jun 16, 2014 at 8:56 PM
            abner says:

            I update via OTA so there was no need to factory reset. any suggestions on how can I solve this? KK is giving me such a hard time these few days.

          • Jun 16, 2014 at 9:02 PM
            Rakesh says:

            Well KK breaks external SD read/write ability on certain phone. It’s a known issue. Either wait for an official fix, or try formatting your card to ExFAT.

          • Jun 16, 2014 at 9:14 PM
            abner says:

            I will try that.

          • Jun 16, 2014 at 2:26 PM
            Rakesh says:

            Hey, just found new method to root RAZR M on KitKat. Try Towelroot: https://www.droidviews.com/root-att-and-verizon-galaxy-s5-without-voiding-knox-warranty/

          • Jun 28, 2014 at 2:29 AM
            Abner Hernandez says:

            Thank u very much Rakesh for sharing this method, I finally rooted my phone!

          • Jun 28, 2014 at 4:47 AM
            Rakesh says:

            Glad to know, Abner!

          • Jun 16, 2014 at 9:04 PM
            Rakesh says:

            You can also try a memory card to copy files to the sd card.

          • Jun 16, 2014 at 9:08 PM
            abner says:

            Already did but then again I cant access to the files located on the SD card. I read Google began implementing this restriction since 4.4. My biggest mistake was to update to 4.4 with a non-rooted phone.

  6. May 29, 2014 at 11:30 AM
    Steve Vett says:
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    Okay, thanks! Got a link to directions to unlock the bootloader? Also, I followed your detailed directions on Android SDK package install but I do not see the icon on my desktop screen?

    • May 29, 2014 at 11:54 AM
      Rakesh says:
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      The SDK does not show any icon as it is not an app. Just navigate to the path where you have installed/extracted it. The folder name should have “Android” in its name. If you use Windows, open C/: drive/Program files/Android on Win 8, look in Program files (x86).

      • Jun 22, 2014 at 7:18 PM
        Guest says:
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        SAME PROBLEM WITH ME I CAN:T SOLVE THIS PROBLEM

        I used this method… ( http://www.droidrzr….at-towel-root/๏ฟฝ

        after RSD lite to a 4.4.2 official VZW release and everything has
        worked perfectly. The only thing wrong is that i cannot make any
        recovery app (CWM or TWRP) to load up in recovery. When i scroll to
        recovery on the bootloader screen. The (Warning, Bootloader Unlocked)
        screen shows up and will not continue on. If i let it sit it reboots and
        does a normal boot so the phone is not bricked. Any advice on how to
        fix this so i can flash CM 11. I am in fact using the Droid Razr M
        (xt907). also i RSD’d with my friends pc. I have a Mac and Android SDK
        developer tools installed. I used platform tools in terminal to flash
        CWM and TWRP. For everything else, i downloaded the .apk files to my
        phone directly. I also have ROM manager from the play store downloaded
        which shows that CMW and TWRP are both flashed onto my phone.and when i
        use fastboot flash recovery i have this error plz help

  7. May 28, 2014 at 11:16 AM
    Kris Alberga says:
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    Does this require a unlocked bootloader to work?

    • May 28, 2014 at 12:32 PM
      Rakesh says:
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      Since you have to install a custom recovery, yes.

      • Jun 3, 2014 at 7:01 PM
        ApK says:
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        …And since there is no known way to unlock the boot loader if you have the most recent OTA updates, if you hadn’t already unlocked it before those updates, there’s no path to a rooted KK now. ๐Ÿ™

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