Amazon Ads & Bloat Removed from the Motorola Moto G 4th gen
Hey Guys as soon as i heard that Amazon was offering a device with ads for a lower price to amazon prime member i was pumped and ready to remove those ads as soon as i got the device in hand.
well Amazon has made it really easy for us in many ways.
You can just flash one file that i have put together to remove the ads and all of the amazon apps in one shot.
Requirements
Moto G 4th gen tested on the XT1625 may work on other models i dont know.
Motorola Drivers installed
Motorola program RSDlite 6.2.4
The Files and remove-amazon-bloat.xml file i created HERE
Steps
1. Boot device into bootloader / fastboot mode by powering down then holding volume down and power until it boots
2. Open RSDlite 6.2.4 and select the remove-amazon-bloat.xml
3. press START and wait for device to reboot thats it once rebooted your amazon apps and lock screen ads are gone.
NOTE If you are having problems with RSDlite and windows 10 use this XT1625-Amazon-Bloat-Ads-Remover-Without-RSDLITE
Rootjunky out
NOTE The Bootloader can be unlocked through the Motorola bootloader unlock site which is awesome. BOOTLOADER UNLOCK VIDEO HERE
NOTE I put together a script that will install twrp and systemless too in one click if anyone wants it after they unlock there bootloader
If you want Amazon Underground apps back check HERE
Any way of it back to factory settings with ads and everything.
I tried your method and it seemed to work on my moto g4, but when i turn on battery saver mode the ads show up so i turned it off and they are off again. Have i done something wrong or is this the way its supposed to work? My bootloader is locked.
Hey there! Awesome videos and information. I’ve done this twice already and the ads are still there. Everything works and progresses exactly as in the video but after the re-boot the ads are still present. Any thoughts? Thanks!
wipe data factory reset the device to finish removing the ads
Hi tried your method and worked but now my phone is so sluggish and display problem. How do i restore to amazon ad. i downloaded your file but it doesnot have xml file
Hey rootjuncky I watched you video on YouTube. I have pictures and videos and contacts in the Moto g4th gen can it effect all that I just listed is my concern . Thanks
Hi tried your method and worked great! thanks a lot!
if in the future want updates from the official channel, how do I re enable them?
again thanks
yeah i will have some videos on that soon i hope
I followed you Mac/Linux video, did everything the video stated, and I keep getting errors after pressing ‘return’ to begin the process, various lines have segmentation faults, any idea what might be causing this?
just checked the script it looks good i would try downloading it again
Wow… Thanks so much brother your articles have been amazing… I went ahead and used the remove the ads without RSDLite because I was experience the Windows 10 issues and it worked like a charm… It also occured to me that I am not gettting OTA because I am on Cricket anyway so using your files is the only way I am going to get the updates anyhow… again thank you for all your hardwork… it is much appreciated. I am so glad I found you on XDA and was directed here!
glad i could help out
Will this work for the BLU R1 HD?
nope but i did just buy that device and i will look into a method for it soon
I have the Amazon XT1625 and Motorola’s website tells me I am not elligable to have my bootloader unlocked… I am fairly new to this but I used FB to get my string and there data scrub tool to format it correctly but still nothing… Do you know if they stopped allowing amazon phones from unlocking the bootloader??? I read your thread on XDA and seems the only for me to keep OTA updates is to have unlocked bootloader if I understand correctly that is… Thanks in advance for help or advice offered… Love your site!!!
yeah it looks that way amazon finally got there shit together and locked those devices back down. but you can flash the stock firmware with rsdlite and remove the ads read this. If you left your bootloader locked and flashed XT1625-Amazon-Bloat-Ads-Remover or XT1625-Amazon-Bloat-Ads-Remover-Without-RSDLITE to your device it may no receive OTA updates from amazon any more and or they may fail to install. If this is the case you can always flash the stock firmware that i will be updating from [URL=”http://rootjunkysdl.com/files/?dir=Moto%20G%204th%20Gen%20XT1625/Firmware”]HERE[/URL]. If you use the servicefile.xml it will be just like you took the ota update and none of your data will get wipe, you will keep all your apps and data safe. also the ads should stay removed
So does this mean we can still remove ads and stay updated with a locked bootloader? As long as you keep providing the updates of course.
yes that is correct
I tried to remove Amazon bloat without unlocking the bootloader (I know nothing about these things, just following directions). Everything appeared to work as in the video, but nothing was removed. I assume the bootloader does need to be unlocked, a place where I am not going…. I don’t have the knowledge/confidence to do it.
However, as you suggested, it now fails to install updates. So I have the worst of all worlds, I still have the ads, and the phone won’t update. Please help this neophyte get back on track… Thx.