Root Motorola Droid X [How To]

Yes, Droid X has been rooted, w00t!! This has come from none else than Alldroid. As mentioned on their site, the root has specifically come from Birdman (that’s Stephen Bird, I guess). Full root is capable here with a read/write ‘System’ mount and everything else that normally comes with a fully rooted Android device (super user, full access through the shell, etc).

We ‘re bringing the method to root Motorola Droid X directly from Alldroid

(Run means type the command in quotes [but not the quotes] then press the Enter key)

Download the archive and expand it to a folder you can find (eg. c:\DroidXRoot_v2)

Set up ADB (Step-by-step guide for Windows Vista/7 here

On the phone: Home, Menu Button, Settings, Applications, Development: Make sure the “USB debugging” option is enabled/checked.

Status bar, USB connection: Make sure “PC Mode” is selected.

Open a command prompt (Windows: Start, Run, “cmd”, OK; Linux: Terminal)

Run “adb devices”. If you don’t see your device listed under “List of devices attached”, return to step 2 and follow the link to setup ADB (use that topic for support) and return here when “adb devices” lists your X.

Run “CD c:\DroidXRoot” (or where ever you expanded the archive)

Run “adb shell mkdir /sdcard/DroidXRoot”

Run “adb push Superuser.apk /sdcard/DroidXRoot/Superuser.apk”

Run “adb push su /sdcard/DroidXRoot/su”

Run “adb push busybox /sdcard/DroidXRoot/busybox”

Run “adb push exploid /sqlite_stmt_journals/exploid”

Run “adb shell”

Run “cd sqlite_stmt_journals”

Run “chmod 755 exploid”

On your phone, navigate to a screen where you can switch wifi/bluetooth on/off easily (settings, or a home screen with a widget)

IMMEDIATELY after executing the next step, toggle wifi or bluetooth off and back on

Run “./exploid” and follow directions on screen. Once this completes you’ll be back at a shell prompt.

Run “rootshell”. You’ll be prompted for a password.

Type in password “secretlol” and press Enter then you are root! (You’ll know because your prompt will now be a “#” instead of “$”)

Run “cp /sdcard/DroidXRoot/Superuser.apk /system/app/Superuser.apk”

Run “cp /sdcard/DroidXRoot/su /system/bin/su”

Run “cp /sdcard/DroidXRoot/busybox /system/bin/busybox”

Run “chmod 4755 /system/bin/su”

Run “chmod 4755 /system/bin/busybox”

Run “rm /system/bin/rootshell”

Run “exit” to drop from root to a non-root user shell (on phone still)

Run “exit” to drop back to your machine command prompt (instead of phone)

To Confirm root is established:

Run “adb shell”

Run “su” (now you should see the # sign which indicates you are root)

Watch your screen so you can allow Superuser root access.