I recently came upon a few of the mind blowing DROID
RAZR M xt907 Android smartphones to play with, repair, and maybe even take
apart! I know I love a good tear down, and I’m willing to bet you guys would love to
see the insides as bad as I do. But we will save that fun for last.
Rolling in at a jaw dropping 549.99, these better be some
tiny powerhouses!
Here's the low down
on the specs
What I’ve got to play with today are as follows:
- All Black DROID RAZR M w/ messed up case.
- One of the White DROID RAZR M’s with a cracked screen
- One of the White DROID RAZR M’s with a cracked screen and a boot failure
All of which I plan to do today, as well as my other job.
Talk about hardcore geek! Love it. Here are two of them.
I will be repairing the black phone, perhaps useing black
front and the white back for that custom touch, who knows with me. Update. I did make the black and white RAZR
Here I will l be fixing the boot failure on the White RAZR M
Using a nice tool I picked up, called
DROID RAZR M UTILITY.
Here is is a great and simple method for restoring your RAZR
M Android OS and your files that are needed to boot if you had a brain fart and
thought you bricked your DROID RAZR M xt907 (And lost 550.00 bucks to boot.
*Just a thought I hope most the people that got these awesome phones were smart
and got the extended warranty, IMHO just to much to just drop and break without
some coverage) And the good news is that if you don’t root your
device that warranty will remain valid! So if you paid for extended; don’t
root, unless you can’t help yourself like me.
The tool that I’ve found and used several times on my
Motorola DROID RAZR M with great success at repairing my RAZR. It is called DROID_RAZR_M_Utility1.10.
So before we down to business and collect our software. Heres the tools you
need, most of this is just Motorola DROID drivers but must be downloaded or you
will FAIL.
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DROID_RAZR_M_Utility1.10 As mentioned before, if
you own a DROID RAZR M XT907 this is a must have. Get it here: http://d-h.st/9zc This includes the optional root program,
which won't be needed as I have a better method.
You have to get your device into AP FastBoot Mode in order
for the exploit to work. In order to enter AP Fastboot Mode, simply turn off
your device and then hold the volume up and down buttons and then push the
power and hold it until a boot menu opens up. Use the volume down key and the
volume up to select, Choose AP FastBoot. Hard part is over, No Sweat.
**Make sure you plugged your usb into your computer. Now,
open the folder where you unzipped the DROID RAZR M Utility and run the
windows batch file. You will see a screen just like this.
Make sure your phone has a good
charge and also make sure usb debugging is turned on and your plugged into your
computer. Go ahead and press any key to start the utility.
After you have ran the utility and selected option 1 it will
install/flash the phone with the factory Verizon DROID RAZR M rom. After that
is complete, you will have a fresh factory image that should boot right up and
work like a charm. You will have to re-enter your gmail and personal info to
set-up the phone just like you would from a factory.
But there is a trick
that might just save your data. It’s about hitting CTRL+C when the RAZR
Utility says you can press enter to wipe data; press CTRL+C to end the utility
before it deletes your data. I have heard of boot loops being caused by this
but you can always just reflash with the DROID RAZR M Utility 1.10. But this
has never been an issue for me. While it’s
good to start with a fresh device, sometimes there is just so much data that
you can’t afford to lose it so its always a good idea to backup your
data before you have an issue. That way you can always recover your pictures
and music.
If you are interested in rooting your DROID RAZR M I have a
surprise for you! I've found a utility
that automatically roots several models of smart phones.
This is a screenshot I took
rooting one of my test phones. It really was that easy, I’m impressed! As you can see it
features UnRoot, and ADB Toolbox which contains versus adb commands that could
save your life!
To use this program simply download it from there official
site and install. Make sure you have USB Debugging turned on your phone and
that it is plugged in the USB! For this you need to be in the OS not fastboot!
Now just sit the RAZR down and click Root Device (smartmethod). You will see
whats going on in the text window, once it is done it will give you some
instructions to complete the exploit.
For the DROID RAZR M all I had to do was unlock the screen,
press ok in the root program, then press restore on the phone. Bam. Rooted RAZR
M! Below are the links to get this software.
Here is what you see on your phone immediately after rooting.Click restore to keep all data!
There you have it, stay tuned for more great Android tutorials! As well as hacking and Linux tutorials, and maybe a mix of random geekery! Thanks for reading!
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