How to root Motorola Atrix 4G

Motorola launched a high-end Android-based smart phone named Motorola Atrix 4G in January 2011. The device is also known as the Motorola Atrix MB860/ME860 in the Asian markets. The device was made available from the first quarter of 2011. The smart phone was launched along with three products, including Motorola Droid Bionic, Motorola Xoom, and Motorola Cliq 2. The smart phone uses NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual core processor. And is the first phone to use the PenTile qHD display technology with 24 bit graphics.

The Motorola Atrix 4G was initially launched with AT&T Wireless in the US, Orange in the UK, Bell Canada in Canada and Telstra in Australia. The device won the CNET Best at CES 2011 in the Smartphone category. It also won nine awards at CES 2011.

Before we start, DISCLAIMER: Rooting may void the device’s warranty and the below mentioned method may be a bit risky and we are not responsible if the device is damaged or you lose data, therefore it is advisable to please proceed at your own risk.

Make sure that the battery is fully charged, if the battery drains totally during the rooting process, bricking may happen. Also make sure to create a backup of the device data such as SMS, internet settings, contacts and other media files in order to get data back in case of problems.

Step 1: Make sure to install Motorola drivers for Windows. If you have not installed them please download them from the link here and install them on the PC. 

Step 2: Also make sure that you have a fully charged smart phone.

Step 3: Please enable USB Debugging by navigating from the following path: Settings > Applications > Development and then check USB Debugging.

Step 4: Please download the files from here and paste them on the PC.

Step 5: After downloading the zip files extract its contents to the following location c:atrix-4g-root on the PC. If you don’t have the path, please create using the command prompt.

Step 6: Now switch off the phone completely.

Step 7: After switching off connect the smart phone to y\the computer using the USB data cable.

Step 8: Now reboot the smart phone in Fastboot mode by holding the “Volume Down” button while also holding the Power button till the Fastboot screen comes.

Step 9: after you see the screen, press the “Volume Up” key. You will now see the “Starting Fastboot protocol support” screen.

Step 10: Now open the command prompt on the PC and enter the following commands:

cd c:atrix-4g-root

moto-fastboot.exe flash preinstall preinstall.img

moto-fastboot.exe reboot

adb shell

/preinstall/dosu  (NOTE: If this command doesn’t work, try /preinstall/su instead.)

/bin/mount-0 remount,rw /system

cp /preinstall/su /system/bin/

chmod 6755 /system/bin/su

PATH=/system/bin:$PATH pm install /preinstall/Superuser.apk

Step 11: Now reboot the phone. Post reboot, you will have permanent rooted Motorola Atrix mobile.

Note: Please enter the commands exactly in the same way and in the same order.

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