Droid X Has Root!

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Written by TayPotts | 22 July 2010

I woke up this morning to a nice suprise that has spread like wildfire! The Motorola Droid X has been rooted! This was done thanks to Birdman! This will give you full read/write, SU, superuser, and adb shell access. There is no bootloader yet, but maybe we will get that treat later. Here's how you do it:

 

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

  1. Download the attached archive and expand it to a folder you can find (eg. c:\DroidXRoot_v2)
  2. Set up ADB (Step-by-step guide for Windows Vista/7 HERE.  <-- USE THAT THREAD FOR ADB SUPPORT PLEASE.)
  3. On the phone: Home, Menu Button, Settings, Applications, Development: Make sure the "USB debugging" option is enabled/checked.
  4. Status bar, USB connection: Make sure "PC Mode" is selected.
  5. Open a command prompt (Windows: Start, Run, "cmd", OK; Linux: Terminal)
  6. 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.
  7. Run "CD c:\DroidXRoot" (or where ever you expanded the archive)
  8. Run "adb push Superuser.apk /sdcard/Superuser.apk"
  9. Run "adb push su /sdcard/su"
  10. Run "adb push busybox /sdcard/busybox"
  11. Run "adb push exploid /sqlite_stmt_journals/exploid"
  12. Run "adb shell"
  13. Run "cd sqlite_stmt_journals"
  14. Run "chmod 755 exploid"
  15. On your phone, navigate to a screen where you can switch wifi/bluetooth on/off easily (settings, or a home screen with a widget)
  16. IMMEDIATELY after executing the next step, toggle wifi or bluetooth off and back on
  17. Run "./exploid" and follow directions on screen. Once this completes you'll be back at a shell prompt.
  18. Run "rootshell". You'll be prompted for a password.
  19. Type in password "secretlol" and press Enter then you are root! (You'll know because your prompt will now be a "#" instead of "$")
  20. Run "cp /sdcard/Superuser.apk /system/app/Superuser.apk"
  21. Run "cp /sdcard/su /system/bin/su"
  22. Run "cp /sdcard/busybox /system/bin/busybox"
  23. Run "chmod 4755 /system/bin/su"
  24. Run "chmod 4755 /system/bin/busybox"
  25. Run "rm /system/bin/rootshell"
  26. Run "exit" to drop from root to a non-root user shell (on phone still)
  27. Run "exit" to drop back to your machine command prompt (instead of phone)
To Confirm root is established:
  1. Run "adb shell"
  2. Run "su" (now you should see the # sign which indicates you are root)
  3. Watch your screen so you can allow Superuser root access.


You're done! feel free to kill the bloat apps snd such.

NOTE: It might be a smart idea to do "rm /system/bin/rootshell" after you have su and superuser in place as ANY program will have access to your root if you leave it (cause everyone will know the password)


Credits

 

Download the file HERE!