Motorola Moto E (1st Gen)

Unlocking the device

1. Make sure your computer has working fastboot and adb. (Minimal ADB and Fastboot is sufficient - you will find it on Google)
2. Enable USB debugging on the device.
3. Connect the device to the computer through USB.
4. From a terminal on a computer, type the following to boot the device into fastboot mode:

   $ adb reboot bootloader

5. Once the device is in fastboot mode, verify your PC sees the device by typing fastboot devices
   • If you don't see your device serial number, and instead see "<waiting for device>", fastboot is not configured properly on your machine. See fastboot documentation for more info.
   • If you see "no permissions fastboot", try running fastboot as root.
6. From the same terminal, type the following command to obtain your bootloader unlock code:

   $ fastboot oem get_unlock_data

7. Visit the Motorola Bootloader Unlock website and follow the instructions there to obtain your unlock key.
8. If the device doesn't automatically reboot, reboot it from the menu. It should now be unlocked.
9. Since the device resets completely, you will need to re-enable USB debugging on the device to continue.

Installing recovery using fastboot

See All About Recovery Images for more information about custom recoveries and their capabilities.

1. Make sure your computer has working fastboot and adb. (Minimal ADB and Fastboot is sufficient - you will find it on Google)
2. Download recovery -- visit TeamWin Recovery Project to obtain the latest version of TWRP for your device.
3. Connect the Moto E (1st Gen) to the computer via USB.
4. Make sure the fastboot binary is in your PATH or that you place the recovery image in the same directory as fastboot.
5. Open a terminal on your PC and reboot the device into fastboot mode by typing

   $ adb reboot bootloader

   or by using the hardware key combination for your device while it is powered off (hold volume down, press power button while still holding volume down).

6. Once the device is in fastboot mode, verify your PC sees the device by typing

   $ fastboot devices

   - If you don't see your device serial number, and instead see "<waiting for device>", fastboot is not configured properly on your machine. See fastboot documentation for more info.

   - If you see "no permissions fastboot", make sure your UDEV rules are setup correctly.

7. Flash recovery onto your device by entering the following command:

   $ fastboot flash recovery your_recovery_image.img

   where the latter part is the filename of the recovery image.

Once the flash completes successfully, reboot the device with the bootloader combination (volume down, while pressing power button). Choose recovery option using volume down button, select it with volume up. Verify that the recovery software is installed properly.

Installing Tesla OS from recovery

1. Make sure your computer has working adb. (Minimal ADB and Fastboot is sufficient - you will find it on Google)
2. Download the Tesla OS package for your device that you'd like to install to your computer.

   Optional: Download 3rd party applications packages, like Google Apps which are necessary to download apps from Google Play.

   Note: Before installing GAPPS read the Known Issues page for condor you might choose a different source.

3. Copy the files to your SD Card.
4. Boot to recovery mode, and connect the phone to your computer through USB.

   Hold Volume Down & Power simultaneously. On the next screen use Volume Down to scroll to recovery and then use Volume Up to select.

5. In TeamWinRecoveryProject, you can use the touchscreen to navigate. Some recovery suites use hardware buttons for navigation, in which case you navigate with the volume keys.
6. Optional (Recommended): Select backup and restore to create a backup of your current ROM.
7. Select wipe data/factory reset.
8. You have another option for transferring and installing the installation packages. The push and install method is more commonly used:

   Make sure you know the right paths to access your SD Card / internal Storage

   Open a command prompt (or Terminal on Mac and Linux) and navigate to the directory holding the package(s) you would like to install. On the device, navigate to the mounts and storage menu. If you see /storage/sdcard0 or /sdcard as a mountable volume, go ahead and mount it. If you do not see one of these partitions, then instead mount the /data partition. Take note of which volume you mounted. Now, push the package(s) to your device (also, see tip below):

   - If you mounted /storage/sdcard0, then: adb push update.zip /storage/sdcard0/

   - If you mounted /sdcard or /data, then: adb push update.zip /sdcard/

   where update.zip should be replaced with the package filename.

9. Go back to the main menu and select install zip. Choose to install from the same directory where you pushed/saved the package(s). If you are installing multiple packages, install Tesla OS first and then (after successful installation) install any subsequent packages on top of it.
10. Once installation has finished, return to the main menu and select reboot system now. The device will now boot into Tesla OS.

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