This will make a bunch of people happy because now you do not need the $100 HD Dock to root the Photon.
Root Motorola Photon 4G
Prerequisites
Drivers
32-bit http://bandbinnovations.com/xda/photon/32bit.zip
64-bit http://bandbinnovations.com/xda/photon/64bit.zip
ADB package http://gititbit.ch/AFAS
Root file http://proton.cygnusx-1.org/~edgan/photon/photon-torpedo.tar
Installation
Navigate to the Android Market and install the ?Superuser? application from ChainsDD
Alternatively, install a Superuser .apk file from here. Index of /superuser
Extract the ADB package to your C:\ Drive under a new folder titled ?root?
Place the root file in the same folder
Open the command prompt (Start >> run ?cmd? >> enter)
Type the following commands
cd C:/root
adb push photon-torpedo.tar /data/tmp
adb shell
cd /data/tmp
/bin/tar xf /data/tmp/photon-torpedo.tar
/data/tmp/photon-torpedo.sh
/data/tmp/install-su.sh
Congratulations! You are rooted!
/bin/tar xf /data/tmp/root.tar
This is all courtesy of the crazy hackers over at XDA [ROOT] Photon Torpedo, dockless root access - xda-developers
Root Motorola Photon 4G
Prerequisites
Drivers
32-bit http://bandbinnovations.com/xda/photon/32bit.zip
64-bit http://bandbinnovations.com/xda/photon/64bit.zip
ADB package http://gititbit.ch/AFAS
Root file http://proton.cygnusx-1.org/~edgan/photon/photon-torpedo.tar
Installation
Navigate to the Android Market and install the ?Superuser? application from ChainsDD
Alternatively, install a Superuser .apk file from here. Index of /superuser
Extract the ADB package to your C:\ Drive under a new folder titled ?root?
Place the root file in the same folder
Open the command prompt (Start >> run ?cmd? >> enter)
Type the following commands
cd C:/root
adb push photon-torpedo.tar /data/tmp
adb shell
cd /data/tmp
/bin/tar xf /data/tmp/photon-torpedo.tar
/data/tmp/photon-torpedo.sh
/data/tmp/install-su.sh
Congratulations! You are rooted!
/bin/tar xf /data/tmp/root.tar
This is all courtesy of the crazy hackers over at XDA [ROOT] Photon Torpedo, dockless root access - xda-developers