Concepts: "rooting", "sideloading", "jailbreaking", "flashing", "unlocking", "unlocking a bootloader" explained!
More concepts: kinds of memory-- "RAM", "Internal storage", etc. and common Android "partitions"/directories
Glossary of Common Terminology

Wiki [INFO] Exploit (computer security) used in gaining root access

DjrBliss What is Rooting? / Plagiarism in the Android Rooting Scene

RootJunky Android For Dummies

RootJunky Understanding Android

RootJunky [Video] Android device hacking explained

VeriZon Wireless Verizon’s Network Optimization (for users with unlimited data plans)

Moto [List] Motorola Firmware Update List will moto update my phone?

Wiki [INFO] Android version history - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

CW [INFO] CyanogenMod 10.0 Release | CyanogenMod

Droid X Forums Android Dictionary

DroidForum A Dummies Guide To Android Terminology & Lingo

Droid X Forums A Dummies Guide to Android Terminology & Lingo

Droid X Forums Newb's read this.... commonly asked questions

XDA [INFO] Is my device ARMv6 or ARMv7?

cdg [INFO] Acronyms & Definitions CDMA Development Group

xda-developers What does * mean? - GLOSSARY

xda-developers [INFO] "New User Guide Terms Android"

xda-developers Acronyms Glossary

android central What is an Android launcher?

What is a 2nd init rom?

eHOW What Is USB Debugging for an Android?

VZW USB Debugging Mode

Wikipedia List of United States wireless communications service providers

Google Drive Motorola System Info and what it means

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12/31/1969 timestamp error

Date is coming up as Dec 31 1969???

A date of Dec 31 1969 means either the date field is blank, not being read correctly, or is beyond the scope of the current Unix timestamp limits. Since the Unix time in milliseconds starts at Jan 1, 1970, the default for any error will display Dec 31, 1969. Your dates could be older than that, and thus will not display correctly when you convert them from a DATETIME field. I would say the problem lies with the value in the database column not being within the range on the current Unix timestamp limits

Why Does My Gadget Say It's December 31, 1969?

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Activation

DroidForum can not activate phone/ no dial pad on *228/

xda-developers No keypad during activation work around (dial *228+)

Dial *22891 to update the PRL or *22899 to program the phone and update the PRL both

xda-developers reactivating PagePlus with 3G Data written for bionic, but good info see -------------------------------------------------------------------------see STEP 2: PHONE PROGRAMMING

G [App] Android System Info lots of info including MEID in system >Telephony

VZW [] check esn

Skipping Activation

Activation and skipping activation:

if phone reboots to activation screen, touch android to activate or if you do not wish to activate with verizon, use four corners activation skip

xda-developers [How To] Bypass google activation on Android devices pic

Droid X Forums Bypass Android Activation Screen on Motorola Droid

YouTube [Video] How to bypass activation on the Droid 2 -Tomsgt123

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Radio

GSM / GPRS / EDGE/ 3G / HSDPA / HSPA (plus) and LTE

Is your Android phone's bootloader unlocked? Is it SIM unlocked? What's the difference?

HSPA, High Speed Packet Access

Why did phone’s 3g icon changed t o a H with an up and down arrow.?

Originally Posted by Gasai Yuno

H is HSPA, High Speed Packet Access. It's often called 3.5G due to higher speeds compared to UMTS.

…For a CDMA user, HSPA is virtually “4G”.

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ESN/IMEI/MEID

Online MEID Converter - Convert ESN,MEID, and IMEI from HEX

Dial *#06# to find devices MEID HEX (A000002d3443r2) if your label is unreadable

Dial *#*#4636#*#* to find devices MEID HEX, change radio settings & other info

Phone Serial Number Press *#06# (star - pound - zero - six - pound) in your dialer to see the Serial number or this

VZW [] check esn to see if it compatible or Blacklisted by Verizon

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can’t text or sync email download anything from the play store

Moto [GUIDE] will not let me download anything from the play store

can’t text or sync email there is a couple of options that may have changed

menu>system settings>battery & data manager>

data saver should be uncheck, unless you are trying to limit data usage

and

menu>system settings>battery & data manager>data delivery

check 'data enabled'

check 'background data'

note: exact locations may vary

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What is Encrypting File System (EFS)?

BitLocker Vs. Encrypting File System (EFS)

What is the /efs folder? This is a very sensitive system folder that contains Phone-specific information such as the IMEI (encrypted in the nv_data.bin), wireless devices MAC addresses, product code (also in the nv_data.bin), and much more. Often users trying to change product codes or trying to unlock the mobile will end up corrupting data in this location.

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LH [GUIDE] Android uses RAM differently Lifehacker

Increase the read/write speed of the SD card

xda-developers [Tutorial] How To Logcat Logcat or it never happened.

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Google Drive How to save/stop update.zip

Google Drive manual apk conversion user to system

LJ [GUIDE] How to Take Droid X Screenshots from Windows Lance’s Journal

VZW [GUIDE] Verizon’s FAQs

Google Drive The Differences Between: The Droid 2, Milestone2, R2D2,and the Droid 2 Global

xda-developers [Project Cheesecake] Need YOUR help!

xda-developers Project Cheesecake App [v1.6][Latest Update: 1/21/2013]

https://github.com/DevZombi/Project-Cheesecake-App

AF [List] Cheesecake servers list( Moto update servers)

xda-developers =V6 SuperCharger= & Die-Hard Battery Calibrator

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Accounts and contacts

VZW [] Backup Assistant℠ Plus: Contacts

Google Drive Contacts.Google.com

Google Drive backing up contacts/ contacts not syncing

2-step verification

Start by visiting accounts.google.com/SmsAuthConfig

How to receive codes

1. Mobile application Google Authenticator app

2. Backup phones, receive a code by automated call or text

3. Printable backup codes

Warning: If your phone is unavailable, these codes will be the only way to sign in to your account. Keep them someplace accessible, like your wallet.

Google Authenticator app generates 2-step verification codes on your phone.

Enable 2-step verification to protect your account from hijacking by adding another layer of security. With 2-step verification signing in will require a code generated by the Google Authenticator app in addition to your account password.

Google How to generate an application-specific password if using 2-step verification...

YouTube Video Watch the video on application-specific passwords

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Battery Info

http://www.dewalt.com/faqs.aspx

Completely discharging a DEWALT battery pack may cause damage to the cells in the battery. Completeley running down a battery may damage it, resulting in decreased run time or early end of life.

every time a Li-ion battery is fully discharged, it loses battery power and life.

mostly about 4,2Vnot 3,7v

Li-ion should never be discharged too low

How to Prolong Lithium-based Batteries - Battery University

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CNET.com 7 Zip file-compression utility .ZIP, ,RAR,.TAR, .GZ, and its own .7z format

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SBF/XML recovery

locked and encrypted bootloader on several popular Motorola phones has been exploited, ...not OMAP powered phones

What does SBF mean?

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Low Battery Options

xda-developers [Howto] Fix "Battery Low - Cannot program” use with care, you can fry your battery and/or phone

A better option

See Motorola Fastboot/Factory Programing Cables

http://goo.gl/1glUry

So you flashed your phone and now it thinks the battery is dead (even though it's not) and it won't let you flash it again to fix it? Or, your battery really is dead and you don't have a way to charge it because your phone is soft-bricked and won't charge the battery. What do you do? With this cable you don't even need a battery in your phone.

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SBF/ XML downloads

xda-developers Motorola USB Drivers, RSD Lite, Firmware...(2015)

http://motofirmware.com/

1KDS [SBF] ezSBF/ RSD lite/ SBFs/ moto drivers by 1KDS alt site

http://web.archive.org/web/20130806073837/http://sbf.droid-developers.org/

SDD [SBF] Droid SBF files http://sbf.droid-developers.org/

http://motofirmware.com/

http://cmw.cmfs.me/ list of sbfs and bootstrap recoverys for older devices

daywalker04 Firmware Downloads: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1370721

Atrix 2 Firmware---ATRIX Froyo Firmware---ATRIX Gingerbread Firmware---Defy Plus MB526 Firmware---Defy MB525 Firmware---Milestone 2 A953 Firmware---MB632 Pro Plus GSM---Verizon Firmware---XOOM 3G---XOOM WiFi---Milestone 3 Firmware---XT910 Firmware

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Google Drive How to save/stop update.zip

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Motorola Drivers

Download and Install Drivers (Motorola_End_User_Driver_Installation...)

Motorola Drivers for Windows

It’s a good idea to reboot pc after installing drivers

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Driver Errors

YouTube Device Drivers Install-by Tomsgt123

CNET.com USBDeview for troubleshooting faulty USB device drivers

Once you get a Device driver could not be installed message from Windows, ...Start Motorola Driver Installer once again, and let it finish. Then ... head to Device Manager, find the Unknown device, and in its properties' Driver tab click Update driver…. It should now install normally.

may need to reboot pc-from http://droid.koumakan.jp/wiki/SBF

if that does not work

download one of these files

drivers win 7 64bit.zip

Moto.Drivers.Vista.32.zip

Moto.Drivers.Win.XP.32.zip

unzip, and copy to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Motorola Shared\Mobile Drivers\Drivers

open Windows Device Manager

Motorola device should look something like this

if you see a yellow triangle like this

drivers are not correct

open *device manager* (start>control panel>Hardware and sound)

find the device, select *uninstall *and check *delete the driver for this device*

disconnect device, then reconnect, then use the *Browse my computer for driver software* option

find the moto driver folder should have placed it in *C:\Program Files\Common Files\Motorola Shared\Mobile Drivers*

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Failed Flashing Process, Unable to retrieve initialization values from INI file (0x7029)

Failed Flashing Process, Unable to retrieve initialization values from INI file (0x7029); phone connected

see http://androidforums.com/droid-all-things-root/74153-if-you-get-failed-flashing-process-0x7100-in-rsd-lite.html#post1274587

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RSD Lite http://goo.gl/23lvnA

Google Drive How to use RSD Lite

RSD Lite 5.6

RSD Lite 5.7 RSDLite5.7.rar

RSD Lite 6.1.4 6.1.4 -Dev_Host

RSDLite 6.1.5.zip 6.1.5-DevHost

RSDLite 6.1.6.msi

RSD Lite 6.1.5 and mtk_patch28 md5:6b0e4c70afa07ed2af3af9926e7b941a

rsdlite_mtk_patch28.zip

DevHost MediaFire 4Shared

RDS Lite older versions

[SBF] flash with linux or mac with sbf_flash opticaldelusion.org

xda-developers How to: sbf on linux (and now OSX! written for X2

LH [GUIDE] How to burn an .iso on mac

MY [GUIDE] Boot your Mac from CD, DVD, external drive, or USB flash drive

Oracle VM VirtualBox run ezSBF, or Ubuntu/ sbf_flash from windows

and-developers Milestone partitions

droid-developers CDT_DroidX

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RadioComm

RadioComm v.11.12.2

RadioComm 11.11.10

Cdma Workshop 2.7 - Phone Flashing Software

RadioComm User Manual.pdf

Guide How to Read MSL/SPC code

Portable_Sbf_Tool

http://www.4shared.com/zip/RfhRcZM5/Portable_Sbf_Tool.html

SBF Codec by lucrece (SBF repacker)

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what does SBF mean?

An SBF, or system boot file, is an image which restores the phone to its default, “straight from the factory” state (software-wise).-http://droid.koumakan.jp/wiki/SBF

Quote:

Originally Posted by ovelayer

sbf means set back to factory

xml is one of the files used by rsdlite to do this

Quote:

Originally Posted by king..kranium

Dude, that's not true. Sbf stands for system binary file.

Quote:

Originally Posted by cellzealot 30th March 2013,

SBF is a file type and stands for Single Binary File that is the older format of Motorola flash files for use with RSD lite or other flash tools.

They include all of the code groups, header files and checksums for all of the device partition images in a single file and flashed from the legacy boot loader enumerated as a flash device.

The new format for all dual core Motorola devices is zip archive of fastboot images and an XML file that can be used with RSD lite to flash in a single operation or flashed as individual images using the fastboot binary and DLLs in the Android SDK from the fastboot boot loader and enumerated as an ADB device.

These are entirely different modes of access and operation and SBF is both wrong and a misnomer for the firmware files for current devices.

The fast boot interface provides far more flexibility and safety for flashing than the old flash interface and avoids all kinds of problems that would arise from managing and updating he firmware on newer chipset devices.

It is an extremely important distinction to make and understanding to have about how these phones work.

Please stop using SBF when referring to XML.zip files.

The current acronym for Motorola firmware files is FXZ and means Full XML ZIP file.”

Root Tools

DjrBliss What is Rooting? / Plagiarism in the Android Rooting Scene

Moto [TOOL] MOTOROLA DEVICE (Drivers) MANAGER

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#Superuser-by CLOCKWORKMOD (koush)

Superuser by CHAINSDD pro version Superuser Elite

SuperSU by CHAINFIRE pro version SuperSU Pro

Depending on the Device, android version, and apps, one superuser may work better than another

for most users the pro version is not necessary

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[Video] Universal UnRoot App for any device

[ROOT] Framaroot, a one-click .APK to root

[Video] “Super Easy Droid X, Droid 2 Rooting app”

I have verified it works with these Motorola devices running android 2.3.4

Droid 2 (a955), Droid 2 Global (a956), R2D2 (a957), & Droid X (MB810)

have fun with your rooted phone that motorola/verizon worked so hard to keep you from rooting and consider donating to dan rosenburg the creator of many motorola root tools

DjrBliss Motochopper (for 4.1.2 build for Razr HD) by Dan Rosenberg mirror

DjrBliss razrs_edge root by DjrBliss (Dan Rosenberg) (ICS) direct link

DjrBliss Razr Blade utility (JELLYBEAN) by Dan Rosenberg Dev-Host mirror

Site.Google Magic MD5 Root 2.3.4 for D2, R2D2, D2G, DX and 2.3.5 for DX2

Google Drive Using Oracle VM VirtualBox, and Magic MD5 root iso

DjrBliss MOTOFAIL “Droid 4” by Dan Rosenberg make sure you right-click on the motofail_windows.zip file, extract the files to a folder on your PC, and click the ‘run.bat’ file from that folder Root using a Mac and Motofail

DjrBliss “Droid 3” root by Dan Rosenberg (manual ADB method)

RW [ROOT] Droid 3 root Linux version droid_easy_root_v7d.zip Instructions

Google Drive Pete’s Root Tools

xda-developers Superoneclick Instructions/ Downloads

xda-developers zergRUSH (may remove google maps causing ota updates install to fail)

MediaFire z4root.apk (froyo)

PD [GUIDE] UNROOT Manually

DF [ROOT] How to maintain root through any upgrade (Manual root keeper)

G [ROOT] Voodoo OTA Root Keeper Note: do not have ‘su’ backed up when flashing a rom, it can cause install to fail

G [APP] Root Check Basic (are you rooted?)

d Superuser info

DF [ROOT] Busybox - Manual Install How To Guide