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
Hello! What if I restore my device to factory reset and try this method again? Thanks!!!
Hi Ander,
Did you see my reply above? Flashing the stock firmware worked for. It puts your phone back to MPJ24.139-48 without adds.
This thread explains it in detail
http://www.stechguide.com/download-stock-firmware-of-moto-g4-and-g4-plus/
Bricked moto g4 amazon prime XT1625
I have a serious problem with my phone when trying to flash a rom on a free phone amazon prime. The rom you put the phone in these condiones is: ATHENE_MPJ24.139-64_cid50_subsidy-DEFAULT_regulatory-DEFAULT_CFC.xml.zip
I have tried putting on the rom that had previously it would: ATHENE_AMZ_MPJ24.139-64_65_cid50_amz.tgz
But the error persists no longer find to do to bring it to life again.
Please help me.
Does this work with Moto G4 Play Xt1607 models ?
thanks for the post. I was able to follow the post and successfully remove the amazon stuff from the phone. once this was done, there was a system update and i updated it. After this i am getting to see the amazon adds again. I tired to follow the same procedure, but did not help. now the version shows athene_13 or something instead of athene. is there a way to undo the update and stay on athene so that i stay away from the amazon adds ?
Soft-Bricked moto g4 Prime Exclusive XT1625
WE HAVE DETECTED AN ATTEMPT TO FLASH UNAUTHORIZED SW ON YOUR DEVICE.
Help! Please
He was installing the ROM ATHENE_MPJ24.139-64_cid50_subsidy-DEFAULT_regulatory-DEFAULT_CFC.xml.zip
I had the same issue, but I was able to restore the stock firmware which takes you back to build MPJ24.139-48.
http://s59.filefactory.com/get/f/3t2nbrx5enj7/19d45cb51ae3968c/XT1625-XT1644_ATHENE-RETUS_MPJ24.139-48_cid50_subsidy-DEFAULT_CFC.xml.zip
While in fastboot run all of these commands in the right order, or put them in a bash file (or .bat for windows).
fastboot oem fb_mode_set
fastboot flash partition gpt.bin
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader.img
fastboot flash logo logo.bin
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash dsp adspso.bin
fastboot flash oem oem.img
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.0
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.1
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.2
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.3
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.4
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.5
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.6
fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.7
fastboot flash modem NON-HLOS.bin
fastboot erase modemst1
fastboot erase modemst2
fastboot flash fsg fsg.mbn
fastboot erase cache
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot erase customize
fastboot erase clogo
fastboot oem fb_mode_clear
fastboot reboot
Hi RZ
Any idea why my command prompt keeps saying “” ?
Hi RZ
Any idea why my command prompt keeps saying “waiting for any device”?
Hi Dora,
I guess fasboot is not finding your device. You can test it with “fasboot devices”. I used the Darwin version of fasboot on a Mac. Otherwise try downloading “mfasboot” for windows.
I would also try the link from Ander. If it has the XML file for RSD Lite, it makes it much easier to flash.
*”fastboot” and “mfastboot” 🙂
friend run this tool can bring to life my motorola g4 amazon
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g4/development/unbrick-hard-bricked-moto-g4-amazon-t3486578
Hi Dora, I also updated with the OTA upgrade yesterday and can no longer flash. I think we will need to unlock the bootloader first. I will try that soon and report back!
Hi RootJunky,
First of all, thank you very much for detailed videos on how to remove Amazon bloatware and stuff and since unlocking bootloader is not possible anymore for Amazon versions, I did try with locked bootloader itself. I am now seeing that there is a new OTA update with MPJ24.139-64 available but I’m not able to update it because of the same reason you mentioned earlier I believe. Are you planning to add the latest version of firmware to your list so that we can flash that?
the latest firmware is available at moto firmware team on android file host
I have the same problem as Dora, I accidentally updated the OTA upgrade.
I tried a data factory reset but still with the same results.
Hi,
I’m in the same situation, after the update…I can’t remove the ads again…
Thank you in advance !