How to Root the Motorola Moto Maxx
Have you always wanted to root your Motorola Moto Maxx but just didn’t have a simple guide that can help you do that? Well, we have got a guide for you right below. Rooting is fun and it provides you with an opportunity to do many things on your device that aren’t possible on an unrooted device. For example, a rooted device allows you to remove the bloatware whereas an unrooted one will not let you do that.
There’re many more things that can be done with root-access. Some of these include removing bloatware, installing root-only apps, and eventually changing the whole appearance and working of the device by flashing a custom ROM. If this sounds good to you, then go ahead and root that beast:
I. Before You Begin
1. This will void the warranty of your device. We won’t be held responsible for the consequences of doing this procedure. Do it at your own risk.
2. You can unroot your device to reinstate the warranty, though. There must be an unroot procedure for this to work.
3. You must have unlocked the bootloader on your device. If you haven’t done so yet, please head over to the Motorola website and get your bootloader unlocked first.
4. You should have ADB drivers installed on your PC. If you haven’t, please follow the guide given here and it should do the job for you.
5. This should flash TWRP Recovery as well.
II. Downloading Required Files
1. Download Fastboot and save it to your desktop.
2. Download TWRP Recovery and save it to your desktop.
TWRP Recovery (It’s attached in the first post)
3. Download Datroot and save it to your desktop.
Datroot (It’s attached in the first post)
III. Flashing a Custom Recovery on the Motorola Moto Maxx
1. Extract files from Fastboot and TWRP Recovery over to your desktop by right-clicking on each of them and selecting Extract here.
2. Enable USB debugging on your device by heading to Menu > Settings > Developer options > USB debugging.
3. Plug in your device to your PC using the USB cable.
4. Launch a Command Prompt Window on your desktop by holding down Shift and right-clicking on any empty area on your screen and selecting Open command window here.
5. Type in following command into the Command Prompt Window:
adb reboot bootloader
6. Your device should reboot into bootloader mode.
7. Issue the following command replacing recovery.img with the actual name of the recovery image that you have downloaded.
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
8. It should flash the recovery on your device.
9. When it’s done, issue the following command:
fastboot reboot
10. Your device should reboot.
11. You’re done!
Awesome! Your Motorola Moto Maxx now has a custom recovery that allows you to flash various custom ROMs on your device. Let us first gain root-access on the device so you can do more with it:
IV. Rooting the Motorola Moto Maxx
1. Ensure that the USB debugging is enabled on your device by going to Menu > Settings > Developer options > USB debugging.
2. Plug in your device to your PC via USB cable.
3. Copy Datroot .zip from your desktop over to the root of your SD card.
4. Open a Command Prompt Window on your desktop by holding down Shift and right-clicking on any blank area on your screen and selecting Open command window here.
5. Type in following command into the Command Prompt Window:
adb reboot recovery
6. Your device should reboot into recovery mode.
7. Select install.
8. Select Datroot.zip.
9. Wait for it to flash the selected file on your device.
10. When it’s done flashing, reboot your device.
11. You’re all done!
Brilliant! Your Motorola Moto Maxx is now rooted and is equipped with a custom recovery. You can go ahead and load-up your device with your favorite root-only apps!
