How to Root the Motorola RAZR i
Maybe you’ve seen your friend tweaking his device beyond your imagination? Maybe you want to do it, too? Either way, this guide should help you. Your friend’s probably leveraging the power of root-access that lets him make any changes he wants to make on his device. Root allows you to install root-only apps, play around with custom ROMs and do a lot more fun (and serious) stuff on your device without any restrictions. Here’s how you can root your Motorola RAZR i smartphone:
I. Before You Begin:
1. This will void the warranty of your device. However, you can reinstate the warranty by unrooting your device if there’s any unrooting procedure available.
2. Make sure your device has at least 30% of battery life left.
II. Downloading Required Files:
1. Root Package (It’s attached in the first post)
2. Fastboot
III. Rooting the Motorola RAZR i:
1. Download and place both the archives onto your Desktop.
2. Unzip files from both archives over to your Desktop.
3. Turn ON the USB debugging option on your device by heading to Menu>>Settings>>Developer options>>USB debugging.
4. Once it’s been enabled, plug in your device to your PC via USB cable.
5. Launch a Command Prompt Window on your Desktop. To do so, simply hold down the Shift button and right-click on any blank area on your screen and select Open command window here.
6. Once it opens up, type in following commands:
adb push su /data/local/tmp/
adb push rootme.sh /data/local/tmp/
adb push TwerkMyMoto.jar /data/local/tmp/
adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/rootme.sh
adb shell /data/local/tmp/rootme.sh
adb reboot
adb shell /data/local/tmp/rootme.sh
7. Your device should reboot.
8. You’re now rooted!
Well done! You’ve successfully rooted your Motorola RAZR i using this simple method and we hope you enjoy the plethora of root-only apps available for your device!
IV. Flash a Custom Recovery Image (Optional):
1. If you would like to flash a custom recovery image in order to flash custom ROMs, head to the How To Flash a Custom Recovery Image on the Motorola RAZR i to learn how to do that.
If this procedure helped you please thank/donate to the original developers here.
