[ROOT] How to root the Droid 4

[Phil Nickinson]

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

1. Put your phone in USB debugging mode.
2. Connect your Droid 4 to the computer via USB
3. Make sure you have the latest drivers and what-not (get them here if you don't)
4. Download Dan Rosenberg's exploit
5. Extract to a folder, and double-click run.bat.

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

 

[cmonson91]

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]

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

 

[k1ick]

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]

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

 

[motorcycle_monkey]

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]

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]

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]

I think this unroots?

goto Goo.im Downloads - Browsing mattlgroff
and download "Droid4Utility0.3.zip"

 

[cdbeiser]

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]

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]

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]

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

 

[joyceface2]

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

 

[IC3D]

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]

Did not work, getting same message as everyone else.

 

[wiill]

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

 

[Jimgantic]

[TOOL][ROOT/UnROOT][Razr] EternityProject EasyRootICS v1.5 [Win/Linux] - xda-developers


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

 

[joyceface]

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

 

[Nick Monreal]

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.