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How to Root the Motorola Droid X smartphone without ADB

Jul 24, 2010 07:42 PM
Mobile phone screen displaying various app icons and system information.

So, a lot of people seem to be having trouble rooting their Motorola Droid X smartphone from Verizon Wireless using ADB (Android Debug Bridge). Well, there is an alternative for those having problems with the ADB version. You will need to have a Wi-Fi or Bluetooth widget handy for this hack. If you follow the instructions in the video, you'll have a completely rooted Motorola Droid X cell phone. Try it out.

If you want to use ADB to root the Droid X, check out the video tutorial.

Files and software needed:

* Droid X Root_v2 (.ZIP file)

* Astro File Manager

* A terminal emulator from the Android Market

Credit for this hack goes to Sebastian Kramer, Birdman, [mbm] for the root instructions.

Original instructions and support thread are at All Droid. Special thanks to Qoncept of Droid Forums for writing the guide.

First set of commands:

cd /sqlite_stmt_journals

cp /sdcard/download/exploid ./exploid

chmod 755 exploid

Next set:

./exploid

Last set:

cp /sdcard/download/Superuser.apk /system/app/Superuser.apk

cp /sdcard/download/su /system/bin/su

cp /sdcard/download/busybox /system/bin/busybox

chmod 4755 /system/bin/su

chmod 4755 /system/bin/busybox

rm /system/bin/rootshell

exit

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