Update: TWRP 3.0 is now available for the original Moto E (1st Gen, 2014 edition) and we have shared the download link right below. Because TWRP 3.0 is new and packs great deal of improvements and new features addition over v2.x, there could be some issues here and there, although very, very unlikely.
But we have kept the older, tested and confirmed wokring version 2.8.x too below, so that you can install older version in case TWRP 3.0 doesn’t work, or you face any issues with it. For some time now, the development of TWRP recovery for the original, 1st Gen, released back in 2014, was stopped. But thanks to user, the development has kicked off again and now you have the pleasure of using the TWRP v2.8.6.0 on your Moto E 2014 edition. Please note this is original Moto E 1st gen model, and not the recently released Moto E 2nd Gen, for which you can find the TWRP recovery over. There are two ways to install the given TWRP recovery, v2.8.6.0, on your Moto E 1st gen.
First, if your Moto E is rooted, in which case you can simply download an app to install the.img file of TWRP recovery. You can use flashify app, or the TWRP manager app itself. Just provide the app root access when you open it for the first time, and then choose recovery option. Then select the.img file of TWRP recovery (download link is below, transfer it to your phone first) and the app will do the job for you. The second method of installing the TWRP recovery does not require root access. Further, you can then use the TWRp recovery itself to root your Moto E.
This method uses fastboot and is 100% working way to install recovery via its.img file. The guide below will help you installing the TWRP recovery on Moto E using the fastboot method. Get ADB working properly on your PC first. Check out our for this. Just install ADB and then come back to this guide.
How to root and mod your Motorola Moto E. How to root and mod your Motorola Moto E. Skip to content. I try to install a recovery it says the files to big i dont understand if i made a mistake or if i can fix it i need a recovery file that i can fastboot flash please get back to me. Motorola Moto 360; Motorola Moto E; Motorola Moto G. To reboot, select it and then tap the power key, now Moto E is rebooting. So you can see that it is very easy to wipe data, factory reset the Moto E. The boot menu and system recovery can be access by power up with couple of key combinations. This completed the video, on how to enter in recovery mode.
Unlock bootloader of your Moto E if you haven’t already. For help, check out this for help. Reboot to fastboot mode:. Power off your Moto E first. Wait for 5-6 seconds after screen goes off.
Press and hold Power+Volume Down together for few seconds until you reach fastboot screen. Connect your device to PC now. Open the folder on your PC where you have the TWRP recovery’s file. Be sure to rename the TWRP file to moto-e-twrp (full name with extension will be moto-e-twrp.img). Open the command window at the location where you have the TWRP recovery:. Left click on any empty white space inside the folder and then press shift+right click to get a pop-up as shown below. Select the option: Open command window here.
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Copy the command below, and paste it in command window. Then hit enter to begin flashing the recovery. (Replace flash recovery with boot in the command below if you want to test it first.) fastboot flash recovery moto-e-twrp.img. Once done, type the below and hit enter key to restart your device.
Fastboot reboot. Optional: Take a backup now. With TWRP 3.0 installed, the first thing you should do is take backup. It’s highly recommended! Boot into recovery mode and take a backup.
To reboot into fastboot mode, boot into fastboot mode as stated in step 3, and then press volume down button repeatedly till you see recovery appearing on screen, and then press power button to select and boot into recovery mode. Happy flashing!
Like all adventures in fixing something that has a variant of Linux on it, this too took about 2 days of searching over and over again on Google with no one tutorial giving me all information needed to fix a bricked Moto E (1st gen). Every tutorial was half assed requiring me to look up some more. So I am writing this to save someone else the frustration if they are in a similar situation.
This is an example of a dead as fuck Moto E: This means that it won't power on no matter how much you charge it. Let's see how to unbrick this baby. You should:. Specifically have a bricked Moto E (1st gen) XT1022 model. This is a dual sim phone with a memory card slot. It retails in India/Asia region. It was released in 2014.
A USB data cable. Have access to a computer running either Windows, GNU/Linux or Mac OS X. Know how to work the terminal and simple stuff like unzipping files. Know how to bring the phone into fastboot mode (hold volume down + power down for a few seconds and let go till you see a black screen with some menu styled options). In this tutorial I am using a Mac OS X running 10.x.
Step 1: So your phone screen should look like this: Step 2: Connect it to your PC. Step 3: Get fastboot binaries on your mac.
Step 4: Check if you have fastboot on your system with which fastboot Step 5: Unlock the bootloader from. Unlocking your bootloader is required in order to flash any stock/custom image on to the phone but note this also voids warranty. Follow instructions on screen, it will ask you to run fastboot oem getunlockdata and collate the output obtained into a long string, that you must paste into the webpage to get an unlock code.
You will receive an unlock code on the email you used to sign in into Motorola website. Use the code to unlock your bootloader. For example mine looked like this fastboot oem unlock VNMV4YSFKP2GY2C24FEJ. I didn't mind the warranty void because well I know my around the terminal. Once the bootloader is unlocked, it will say so on the fastboot screen.
Step 5: Figure out which firmware works for your Moto E with fastboot getvar all. Thanks a ton! This worked flawlessly, I wish I could buy you a cup of coffee and have a little chat with you for the amazing person you are. Finding this page was worth the trouble all along. Very precise guide and thank's for taking the time to bury those half-assed guides out there. To be honest, I have the exact same condor device you have except for the serial no.
( fastboot getvar all agrees pretty much). I've done everything you said verbatim. I've never felt so happy after seeing the dead Motorola logo for ages. Finally, my device is revived, thanks to you. Regards, TheWorldIndeedIsASmallPlace.
All the steps worked. At the end 'fastboot reboot' rebooted the device but it is now stuck on WARNING BOOTLOADER LOCKED SCREEN. Its not turning on after waiting for a while. Below are some errors which i can see (bootloader) has-slot:motoboot: not found Sending 'motoboot' (1663 KB) OKAY 0.117s Writing 'motoboot' (bootloader) Motoboot: Preflash validation for tz (bootloader) Preflash validation failed FAILED (remote failure) fastboot flash system system.imgsparsechunk.1 (bootloader) has-slot:system: not found.