How to Root the Motorola Devour
Have you been looking for an easy way to root your Motorola Devour but unfortunately couldn’t find one that you can do? No worries, here we have compiled an easy to follow guide for our readers who want to root their Motorola Devour smartphone. It only takes a couple of minutes to gain root on your device. Here’s how:
Rooting is the process of gaining administrative rights on your Android device. Once we root our Android device, we can then make changes to it to customize it well beyond what it normally can do.
Once you have root access on your Motorola Devour, you’ll be able to:
- Remove apps that were preinstalled by your carrier/manufacturer from your device.
- Free up storage space (because of the above benefit).
- Increase battery life (apps that might have been running constantly can be removed).
- Increase performance (after removing apps that are always running, the device will be less bogged down and run smoother).
- Update to a new version of Android (by flashing a custom recovery/ROM, see the end of this procedure for more info on that).
- Tons of other customizations when you use your new found administrative rights to flash a custom ROM (again, see the end of this procedure for more info on that).
Interested? Here’s how to root your Motorola Devour:
I. Before You Begin
1. This’ll void the warranty of your device. We won’t be held responsible if you end-up bricking or damaging your device. Do it at your own risk.
II. Downloading Required Files
1. Download Universal Androot APK and save it to your desktop.
III. Rooting the Motorola Devour
1. Connect your device to your PC using the USB cable.
2. Copy Androot APK from your desktop over to the root of your SD card.
3. When it’s copied, disconnect your device from your PC.
4. Enable Unknown sources on your device by heading to Menu > Settings > Applications > Unknown sources.
5. Open File Manager on your device and tap on Androot APK and it’ll install.
6. Launch the newly installed Androot app from your App Drawer.
7. Select Superuser for Android 1.5/1.6 from the dropdown menu.
8. Uncheck the Soft Root option if it’s already checked.
9. Checkmark the box that says Generate log in /sdcard.
10. Hit Go Root in the app and it’ll begin rooting your device.
11. When it’s done, reboot your device.
12. You’re all done!
Congrats! Your Motorola Devour is now rooted and is equipped with the Superuser app. The app will let you handle root-permissions for various root-requiring apps on your device.
You can click here to find all of the Motorola Devour How To’s.
You can also find all of the Motorola Devour ROMs we have here.
