How to Unroot the Motorola Moto G (2014)

The most common reason why people unroot their device is they want to send in their device for warranty reasons. If you are in the same boat, here’s how you can unroot your 2014 variant of the Motorola Moto G and get it back to stock:

Unrooting is the process of removing root access, a custom recovery (if you have one), and just trying to get the device back to as close to stock as possible.

Some of the reasons for unrooting your Motorola Moto G (2014) are:

• Sending in the device for warranty (most, but not all unrooting procedures reinstate the manufacturer warranty if you had one before rooting).
• Starting over (simply undoing everything you did while rooted so you can have a clean slate to start over).
• Fix any issues (Maybe rooting messed something up? No problem, unrooting will take care of it for you).

Ready to get started? Here’s how to unroot the Motorola Moto G (2014):

I. Before You Begin

1. You should’ve rooted your device using the procedure given here.

2. This should work for XT1063 and XT1068 variants of the device.

3. You need to have a Windows based PC to do this procedure.

4. Download and install Motorola USB drivers on your PC, if you haven’t already done so.

II. Downloading Required Files

1. Download RSD Lite and save it to your desktop.

RSD Lite (It’s attached in the first post)

2. Download the appropriate SBF Stock Firmware for your specific variant of the device and save it to your desktop.

Stock Firmware

III. Unrooting the Motorola Moto G (2014)

1. Extract files from both RSD Lite and Stock Firmware to your desktop by right-clicking on each of them and selecting Extract here.

2. Double-click on RSD Lite executable and follow the installation wizard to get it installed on your PC.

3. Turn OFF your device.

4. Turn it back on by holding down Volume DOWN and Power buttons together.

5. Your device will reboot into bootloader mode.

6. Plug in your device to your PC using the USB cable.

7. Launch RSD Lite by double-clicking on its shortcut available on your desktop.

8. Click on “…” in the tool and select the Stock Firmware file available on your desktop.

9. Hit Start in RSD Lite and it should begin flashing the selected stock firmware on your device.

10. When the firmware’s flashed, reboot your device.

11. You’re all set!

Brilliant! Your Motorola Moto G (2014) is now unrooted and is running the official Motorola firmware.

You can click here to find all of the Motorola Moto G (2014) How To’s.

You can also find all of the Motorola Moto G (2014) ROMs we have here.