Root TWRP 2.8.7.0 for Moto E 2015 LTE

[SuperR]

DISCLAIMER: By using this recovery, you agree that you are the only one responsible for anything good or bad that may occur. Use at your own risk.


Install img:

1. Unlock bootloader
2. Download surnia_twrp_2870.img to PC
3. Reboot to bootloader
4. Plug phone into PC
5. Open terminal in directory where the img is located
6. Issue the following command to flash:

   fastboot flash recovery surnia_twrp_2870.img

   Or this command to test before flashing:

   fastboot boot surnia_twrp_2870.img

7. Enjoy!

Note: I only have the Boost Mobile XT1526 so that is the only device this has been tested on. It should work on the other variants as well. Please post feedback

Other Downloads:
surnia_twrp_2870.zip - Flashable zip

 

[SuperR]

reserved

 

[Odin89]

Hey SuperR! Very glad to see you here, just picked up this model, unlocked and rooted. May I ask how well the recovery has been tested?

 

[SuperR]

Hey SuperR! Very glad to see you here, just picked up this model, unlocked and rooted. May I ask how well the recovery has been tested?

Only I have tested it to my knowledge. Everything I tried worked. Backup/restore, wipe, rom flash, etc.

 

[Odin89]

Very very nice recovery. Backup and restore both work perfect to and from both internal and external sds. Wipes are all accurate. Need to get back to my otg cable to test USB. Love the orangish color, got so tired of blue. The time seems off, 10pm here reading 1pm in twrp, that and the backups are from 1940 lol . Tyvm SuperR!!

Edit: the twrp autoroot method did not work but read successful.

 

[SuperR]

Very very nice recovery. Backup and restore both work perfect to and from both internal and external sds. Wipes are all accurate. Need to get back to my otg cable to test USB. Love the orangish color, got so tired of blue. The time seems off, 10pm here reading 1pm in twrp, that and the backups are from 1940 lol . Tyvm SuperR!!

Edit: the twrp autoroot method did not work but read successful.

I have noticed the time issue. I will look into it but I am not sure if I can fix it.

The autoroot may just need a new SuperSU.apk. Did you try the autoroot and then install SuperSu from the playstore?

 

[Odin89]

Yes just did fresh wipe/install and autoroot. SuperSU nor superuser apks worked. SuperSU did say that if I had recently upgraded to 5.0 then I mite have to root manually

 

[SuperR]

Yes just did fresh wipe and autoroot. SuperSU nor superuser apks worked. SuperSU did say that if I had recently upgraded to 5.0 then I mite have to root manually

That may be the reason. Not really sure.

 

[Odin89]

Used titanium backup to remove the google now apk, totally screwed things up, almost a completely inactive ui. Your recovery let me restore. Ty once again. The time issue is nothing compared to what works XD

 

[SuperR]

Used titanium backup to remove the google now apk, totally screwed things up, almost a completely inactive ui. Your recovery let me restore. Ty once again. The time issue is nothing compared to what works XD

I am working on a time fix (no promises lol). This problem is not exclusive to this recovery. Most of them don't have the correct time. Trying to see if I can get a workaround set up.

 

[SuperR]

v2 posted in the OP

Date/Time should be fixed

 

[SuperR]

The time worked on v2, but after reboot to recovery i got an error that did not cause any problems. I did not like it so v2-1 has been posted in the OP.

Date/Time working, no errors. Let me know how it goes

 

[Odin89]

On top of it soon as I get off! Ty

 

[Odin89]

Time and date both spot on, in recovery and the backups. But after backing up it gave error could not unmount /system after it made the backup. Tried to restore the backup and got same error before it restored. went to mounts and could not unmount /system

 

[SuperR]

Time and date both spot on, in recovery and the backups. But after backing up it gave error could not unmount /system after it made the backup. Tried to restore the backup and got same error before it restored. went to mounts and could not unmount /system

Please try this one. I am not able to test it right now. Hopefully it will fix the mounting issue

edit: link removed, still didn't work correctly.

 

[SuperR]

Posted v2-3 in the OP. I think this one will work. Let me know how it goes

 

[Odin89]

Time and date fixed, without mounting errors. Very nice! Thank you very much SuperR

 

[SuperR]

v2-4 posted in the OP.

It checks whether /data/time exists before trying to use it for date/time correction. I had some errors after wiping data then rebooting recovery without this fix. If /data/time does not exist the time will be incorrect. Still trying to sort out another way to resolve this but as for now, the date/time will be correct most of the time.

 

[rfrayer]

When I flash it, all I get is the droid guy and an exclimation mark when going to recovery. I'm using Boost Mobile XT1526. Booting from the image itself without flashing works fine for me though.

 

[SuperR]

When I flash it, all I get is the droid guy and an exclimation mark when going to recovery. I'm using Boost Mobile XT1526. Booting from the image itself without flashing works fine for me though.

It sounds like it is not flashing. You describe what stock recovery looks like. I will post a flashable zip in a little while so you can flash it from the booted recovery.

 

[SuperR]

When I flash it, all I get is the droid guy and an exclimation mark when going to recovery. I'm using Boost Mobile XT1526. Booting from the image itself without flashing works fine for me though.

It sounds like it is not flashing. You describe what stock recovery looks like. I will post a flashable zip in a little while so you can flash it from the booted recovery.

Flashable zip posted in the OP. Boot into the recovery and flash the zip

 

[rfrayer]

Flashable zip posted in the OP. Boot into the recovery and flash the zip

Thanks flashing it now

 

[rfrayer]

Its still doing it. Says it flashes find but when i use adb reboot recovery I still just get a droid symbol on its back with a red exclamation mark.

 

[SuperR]

Its still doing it. Says it flashes find but when i use adb reboot recovery I still just get a droid symbol on its back with a red exclamation mark.

That is really strange. I have the same device and it does not do that. Did you unlock your bootloader?

 

[rfrayer]

yes bootloader is unlocked. After i install root explorer i will try and rename "/system/boot-from-recovery.p" to .bak and see if that fixes it.

Edit: seems it is already renamed. Wow oddly it started working on its own after a few reboots