[ROOT] How to root the Droid 4

**Phil Nickinson** · 02-11-2012, 12:15 PM

Windows only for now, but it's quick and painless.

Put your phone in USB debugging mode.
Connect your Droid 4 to the computer via USB
Make sure you have the latest drivers and what-not ()
Extract to a folder, and double-click run.bat.

That's it. Easy as pie. And (cough) free.

**cmonson91** · 02-18-2012, 12:17 PM

I have tried to root my phone but it will not root. I followed all the directions and ran and administrator when i run it it says it failed to do every thing

**Blackhawk33** · 02-21-2012, 10:34 AM

I have tried it like cmonson91 but is getting the same message. Anyone has an answers?

**k1ick** · 02-22-2012, 04:06 PM

All right im not a complete noob at this but i need some help: I would like to get the Mac version of this but for some reason when i download it from the website it does not include the adb.osx file which im assuming is the mac version of adb.exe and when i execute "./run.sh" it goes crazy trying to find the file. Im not sure why it is not included or if i have to some how convert the adb.exe file to .osx which im pretty sure is impossible.
Thanks.

**atminside** · 03-03-2012, 08:03 PM

Great writeup, this is what I used on my Droid 4.

**motorcycle_monkey** · 03-15-2012, 08:11 AM

How about unrooting if you need to return your phone? I would love to try this, but want to be sure it is reversible. I suppose a master reset would do it, no? Cheers

**gaudenti** · 03-23-2012, 02:57 AM

I have the same question. From what I've read, you do a Nandroid backup?

But to do a Nandroid backup, you have to first root the phone? So won't the backup be also rooted?

**hyrulejedi86** · 03-29-2012, 07:00 PM

How do you unroot now that it's rooted? I've rooted so that I can move all my files back from the old droid and want to unroot now.

**gaudenti** · 03-30-2012, 12:24 AM

I think this unroots?

goto
and download "Droid4Utility0.3.zip"

**cdbeiser** · 05-23-2012, 12:03 PM

I'm new to the whole smart phone droid world... What does root do? why should I root the phone and will it help me with mobile hotspot?
TIA
chris

**4jws** · 06-16-2012, 05:58 PM

I have tried a bunch of different ways to root my droid 4 on my mac but still get the "No such file or directory" Are there any other ways to root it? Can I root it any other way?

**MERCDROID** · 06-24-2012, 03:21 AM

Originally Posted by 4jws

I have tried a bunch of different ways to root my droid 4 on my mac but still get the "No such file or directory" Are there any other ways to root it? Can I root it any other way?

I used my friend's mac to root my Droid 4. It does work but it's a little tricky. Just download the files from Dan Rosenberg's website, and then open terminal on a mac and invoke ./run.sh from a shell. It took me all of 15min. Good luck

**biboon1** · 06-29-2012, 11:03 AM

Rooting app is not moving past *daemon started successfully*. Any suggestions? (I'm in debugging, charge only mode, and connected via USB)

**joyceface2** · 09-21-2012, 11:01 AM

after success in rooting do you uncheck the usb debugging option?

**IC3D** · 11-18-2012, 11:09 PM

After successfully extracting the Dan Rosenberg's exploit.zip , and running the run.bat and adb.exe, it went thru the processes and said complete, rebooted my phone and all, but I see nothing different, no SuperUser installed, nothing. Tried to download an app for only rooted users and no luck, said phone didn't have root access. I'm no rookie @ this either.. I hack/mod Droid X, X2, iPhone's and was the first person to turn a Sprint iPhone4S into an AT&T iPhone4S, fully functional [which on plenty of forums tell you that is impossible.. it's not! (will post how I did it some day here shortly.. Just became a member... BUT....So I know what I'm doing here, yet having no luck. Any advice?

**kingben8** · 12-08-2012, 05:44 PM

Did not work, getting same message as everyone else.

**wiill** · 12-14-2012, 02:46 PM

what do we do after we click the link to get the drivers

**Jimgantic** · 02-08-2013, 12:19 AM

I had the same problems this worked GREAT!!! May have to finger and play around like me.....but I got it!!!!! Good Luck!

**joyceface** · 06-28-2013, 02:00 PM

can't get the link to the exploit to work?

**Nick Monreal** · 09-24-2013, 12:15 PM

I got the exact same response when trying to root my Droid 4. Not understanding the problem.

I have the latest drivers installed and USB debugging enabled. So frustrating.

**cantide1** · 11-16-2013, 10:07 PM

i keep trying to root my droid 4
i did all the stuff and it said on the first it said failed to put motofail in data/local/motofail by not allowed to do so this is my first root am i doing something worng