Thursday, December 24, 2009

How to Root/Unroot Motorola CLIQ

Prerequisites:

Motorola 4.2.0 Driver for 32-bit Windows
Motorola 4.2.0 Driver for 64-bit Windows
RSD Lite 4.5.7

Root Motorola CLIQ:
- Install Motorola Driver and RSD Lite 4.5.7
- Download SHX File and unzip it
- Start RSD Lite, browse unzipped SHX file and select phone, it will reboot
- Run following command

adb remount
adb shell chmod 4755 /system/bin/su

Unroot Motorola CLIQ:
- Download 1.1.31 Firmware and unzip
- Run RSD Lite 4.5.7, browse unzipped SHX file and select phone
- It will reboot phone to bootloader and flash unrooted firmware

Note: It will erase all stored data including apps, works with T-Mobile CLIQ firmware 1.1.4

11 comments:

  1. I had to use this to reflash the software on my device. I've been having trouble logging into MotoBLUR and reflashing with that image file has fixed EVERYTHING! Thanks SO MUCH!

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  2. When I go to Unroot my Cliq, RSD Lite 4.5.7 detects the phone, but when I load up the extracted .shx file, the "start" button is still disabled.
    Any help?

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  3. yeah so i did this and it rebooted into a black screen that only reads Bootloader USB Init on the bottom and nothing else.

    lots of help please.

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  4. im stuck in bootloader init.. what to do ?? HELP

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  5. I've tried this and many other ways. It gets through the first portion to install the image then fails to flash. My phone will not allow me to install a mod rom or roll back so I'm dead in the water. Now I have a phone where none of the keys are mapped to the correct letters. DO NOT TRY TO ROOT OR MOD YOUR PHONE UNLESS YOU CAN BUY A NEW ONE!!!

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  6. i also need help, when i get ready to do this in rsd lite, it cannot detect the phone!? need help please - bschoolchris@sbcglobal.net

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  7. ok my phone is stuck in time dec 31 1969 at 7:00
    and it dont let me sign in to my motoblur wat do i do??? and it dont let reboot with the firmware up there

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  8. yeah i had the same thing happen to me that means ur phone is done...thanks a lot buddy

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  9. It dosent let me see my phone on the rsd lite does anyone know

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  10. ivancito, it's not done... just get another ROM... i already had that same problem... i think it has something to do with the radio version...

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  11. fagmango, are all the keys messed up? or Just A/Z and Q/W?

    Maybe you just had a ROM with azerty instead of qwerty keymapping...

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