Okay, this is pretty much going to be a sum of other guides and my own findings. So.....
- First, fully charge your phone! (or at least above half, but be careful!)
- Double check your USB Motorola drivers. (or you could just reinstall any way, it won't harm anything...)
- Download the root exploit HERE (must run on computer, not phone. You can download it onto your phone then plug your phone into your computer and transfer the zip to your computer. Make sure that your phone is on USB mass storage mode.)
- Once its on your computer, Unzip it so you see a folder called motofail (only difference should be the folder icon not having the zipper image on it). The folder should contain adb, run.exe, and some other files.
- Find the run.exe and excute it (if windows requires administrator access, allow it.You should see a screen saying that the publisher coudn't be verified. Click "Run". It will bring up a black screen with white lettering and the top might say something about CMD. CMD is command prompt, it is like terminal for android or MACos)
- Now Go to settings on your phone. Go to applications. Go to development. Then check the "USB debugging" box (it's the top one).
- Plug your phone into your computer via stock usb cord (the reason i say stock is because some aftermarket USB cords screw up things, i have no idea why...)
- Drag down your notification bar and select "USB Connection". Select USB Mass Storage.
- Click anywhere on the black screen with white text (to control it) and hit enter on your keyboard. Should take awhile. Don't unplug your bionic untill it says exploit complete. Rebooting phone. Wait till your phone is completely booted and the sd card (if you have one) is mounted before you unplug your device. Look through your app drawer for Superuser. If you have it, continue down. If not, Reboot and retry this process.
Now your rooted!!! You may be wondering about all the cool stuffs that you can do now do. Here's a small list:
- Titanium Backup : backs up ALL apps and any saved data. Works on games tool. Needed for flashing roms! (REQUIRED) GOOGLE PLAY
- Safestrap Recovery : Better option for noobs than Bionic Bootstrapper because of the safe mode. Needed for flashing roms! (REQUIRED) DOWNLOAD
These aren't needed, but i recommend them to make things easier in the future.
- Wifi tether : for free hotspot service DOWNLOAD
- Rom Toolbox : (JRummy16 is my idol, created liberty ROM) Has a root browser (reads memory from within the phone like the system files and whatnot. This is where the boot animation and ringtones sit.) Also has boot anim. changer, Very handy GOOGLE PLAY
- SQLite Editor :Changes system settings that the SQL reads (i have no idea what that means...) GOOGLE PLAY
- Game cih2 :Hacks your games easily, our very own Holocaust kid's forum for that HERE
Now, as OTA (over the air) updates roll out from verizon, your acheivment of root will be lost if you take the update UNLESS you use 43V3R (forever) root. Here's how to perform this mod:
- This is copied from DroidmodderX's Website, I don't take credit for any of this, NO ONE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT YOU MODIFY ON YOUR PHONE BUT YOU, NO MATTER HOW SAFE OR EASY IT IS!!! (i have to say it, forum rules....)
- This is strictly from P3Droid
- Doing the following will allow your device to maintain root through any upgrade (unless motorola changes things)
- This works on all moto devices. It has been said that you should start from a stock (if on Bionic 5.5.886) then root via Pete’s RootTools (actually, you can do it on 5.5.902 and root through motofail also)
- To get to stock check here To Root your Bionic
- I use root explorer, but you can also use adb pull and push.
- RootExplorer Method
- go to /system/bin/
- open in text editor – mount_ext3.sh
- add the following lines to the very bottom
chmod 4755 /system/bin/su
chmod 4755 /system/xbin/su
chmod 4755 /system/app/Superuser.apk
Now, You should keep your root through the OTA's, (not very helpful unless if your on 5.5.905 because most likely the next update will be ICS and Motorola/Verizon might break this method by then, but who knows?)
Now if your into flashing roms, you will want the safestrap app. Not to unadvertise the Bionic Bootstrap app (
GOOGLE PLAY), but the safestrap app is safe
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. If Your not into Flashing roms, then this is as far as you need to go!
Cheescake stuffs **********AS OF 6/14/12, I CANNOT LOCATE THE CHEESECAKE APP!!!! I have no idea why...
I will post some accessory info here.... The Droid Bionic has the capacity to accept Class 10 SD Cards (for those that had older droids, you will know what this means!)
And other things my forgetful mind forgets...
