Rooting the Droid Bionic with 32-bit versions of Windows Desktop or Windows 2003 server
- If your Bionic is plugged into your PC unplug it now.
- Press the menu capacitive button then select settings > applications > development > check USB debugging > then click Ok.
- Download & extract the contents of the attached 32bitBionicRoot.zip to your desktop.
- Double click Motorola_End_User_Driver_Installation_5.2.0_32bit.msi to install the Motorola phone drivers.
- Once installed plug your Bionic into your computer.
- Select the option to Charge Only.
- Double click MotorolaOneClickRoot.exe to launch the root app.
- Follow the steps in the command window to root.
Rooting the Droid Bionic with 64-bit versions of Windows Desktop or Windows 2003 server
- If your Bionic is plugged into your PC unplug it now.
- Press the menu capacitive button then select settings > applications > development > check USB debugging > then click Ok.
- Download & extract the contents of the attached 64bitBionicRoot.zip to your desktop.
- Double click Motorola_End_User_Driver_Installation_5.2.0_64bit.msi to install the Motorola phone drivers.
- Once installed plug your Bionic into your computer.
- Select the option to Charge Only.
- Double click MotorolaOneClickRoot.exe to launch the root app.
- Follow the steps in the command window to root.
MotorolaOneClickRoot.exe can also be used to unroot the Bionic.
Credits:
- Pete aka psouza4 at XDA for writing the One Click program used in this procedure. The attached zip includes version 1.06 fo this program.
- Dan Rosenburg aka djrbliss at XDA for his discovery of the vulnerability and for sharing the exploit process used in the One Click Root the Pete developed. You can learn more about his work here.