How to Root Motorola Atrix 4G

Toting around an Atrix is like having a computer in your pocket (it can even power a laptop), but to really take unlock the potential of this device, you need to root it. Here’s how to do just that. By the way, this method also works on Motorola phones running Android OS 2.3.4 or earlier

Requirements:

Motorola Atrix (Android OS 2.3.4 or earlier)
USB Data Cable
Computer (Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008)
PetesMotorolaRootTools_v1.07.zip

Here’s how to root your Motorola Atrix:

Make sure your phone is in USB Debugging. Tap on Menu> Settings> Application> Development, then make sure USB Debugging is checked.
Connect your phone to the computer via USB data cable
If your phone is connected into your computer but isn’t getting recognized, you might need to install these files. Pick the one that works with your computer (either 32-bit or 64-bit).
Windows universal 32-bit Motorola drivers version 5.2.0
Windows universal 64-bit Motorola drivers version 5.2.0
Next download this file: PetesMotorolaRootTools_v1.07.zip.
Extract PetesMotorolaRootTools v1.07.zip using Winrar/Winzip to a new folder.
From the new folder, double-click on Pete’s Motorola Root Tools to open the program.
Lastly follow the steps shown in there to finish rooting your phone. Don’t worry, it will tell you everything you need to do.
If you want to root using other OSes, like Windows XP or Mac, click on the link below to learn more.

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Comments

Lusk Kyle

Will this work for the Bell Motorola Atrix? (Canada)
- Lusk Kyle
  
  nvm….works perfectly
Hockster2

Do I need to unroot my phone to apply the Android 2.3.6 update?
Asdf

I already have the “Alien” ROM on mine… Will this method still root it? (Though the ROM is supposed to be rooted, this is not the case after multiple flashes, reinstalls, etc.)
Xxfriendlykidxx2

i already rooted my motorola atrix, trying to download the wifi tether app from market. but it still said my it’s not available for my carrier. How do i install it? i’m using ATT
derekmski

Does this have an unroot option in case I decide to do so?
Pixiepaws000

This WILL root my Atrix2 even though it doesn’t say that? I really don’t want to break my phone…
Chrstfer

yes it has the unroot option.
works flawlessly on my atrix 4g
kmp

I have a unlocked AT&T Motorola atrix 4g. Will this procedure again lock my phone.
N8

just rooted my ATT Moto Atrix2. This failed to push su in step 3. It appeared to be caused by the desktop moto link app that popped up when the phone starts. I changed the settings to prevent the startup and the root worked fine the 2nd time.
- Dkskinn
  
  N8
  what settings did you change? I have a Droid X2 that is giving me the same exact problems. It seems to try to start the 3rd step before the phone completely reboots though.
atrix

rooted it in less than 3 minutes. great. thanks. (motorola atrix 4g)
reee

doesnt work when it gets to step 3. i have motorola atrix…what do i do?
ps

failed on my unlocked bell atrix 4g, with 2.3.6 installed

here’s the error I received:

ERROR: adb could not be granted root access via local.prop method

Try again from the start, but if the problem continues, check your version
of Gingerbread — hopefully you don’t have a version where this exploit
was fixed.

I tried running the root a second time and received the same error. Looks like I need to look elsewhere to root… otherwise this is a great simple to use app!
- Henry
  
  I was getting the same error, turns out I had to unlock my phone manually after third step otherwise I would get this error everytime.
  - Jason
    
    How did you unlock manually?
    
    I’m getting the same error as above.
    
    Please email link –> b_eb_g4ever@hotmail.com
    - Copperhead
      
      yeah HOW DI U DO THAT?!
      - Oded_k99
        
        Got the same ERROR: adb could not be granted root access via local.prop method
        
        Try again from the start, but if the problem continues, check your version
        of Gingerbread — hopefully you don’t have a version where this exploit
        was fixed.
        
        Can someone email the instructions to oded_k99@yahoo.com?
  - Jim
    
    Please email me the same instructions. Please see post above (Jim). I can be reached at beau602@yahoo.com. I want to use the hotspot feature (why I bought the phone) but was told it has to be rooted prior to doing so.
  - Timothee_ray
    
    this post seems to be explodeing lol… please email me instructions on how to do this 3rd step… timothee_ray@yahoo.com
Moto Atrix

rooted in less than 5 minutes in Motorola Atrix, Adroid 2.2 gingerbread. Great! 5 Stars.
Michael

Ran process on 1/26/12 with my ATandT Motorolla Atrix, Android Version 2.3.4. It ran through the 3 load/reboot processes and worked rooted like it should. I will be removing the tethering manager and then doing the same process on my wife’s phone.
Phil4g

what exactly is Restore My used for ?
http://twitter.com/ductourer John T.

Atrix 4g on AT&T with 2.3.4 rooted successfully. Thanks!
- Tankdwilliams1
  
  Did it really work im trying to do my phone
Javad Ayaz

will this method work with an atrix 4g from the uk? also i have 2.3.? how can i find out which version i have? it only says 2.3 in system?
Javad Ayaz

i see all phone BUT the atrix….what option are you clicking on?
Eenvy40

omg thank you sooo much it works onm onmg i love you guys
Tschlicht

The new Atrix update (not ICS) broke this awesome root utility. :(
Ppp

but don’t work on atrix 2.3.6
Adil Naseer20

this is not workink on android 2.3.6
Laburnum

Thanks a lot!! I was wasting on superoneclick over an hour without success. Now, with just one click (for all 3 reboots), my AT&T Atrix 2.3.4 is unrooted successfully. Great work!!
- Artur G
  
  how and what did u use to root it
Lalosvtek

any help on the atrix 2.3.6? help? anybody please
Gusadcock

when it wonts you to extract files from your computer does it delete them or what does it do?
Cyri

Marche parfaitement sur motorola atrix d’origine : ) merci
Jim

I have tried many programs and have not been successful in rooting my Atrix 4g. Came out of the box with Gingerbread 2.3.6 and Build 4.5.141….any help would be greatly appreciated because the phone still works but fails at rooting and I cannot get the mobile hotspot to work at all. Vista 32 bit. All drivers installed and every program has failed stating it has no access or permissions, etc., etc. Help anyone?
- Timothee_ray
  
  i have same exact version… and have tried and tried… still no success to root my phone!! please help…
Timothee_ray

anyone come up with a fix for the 2.3.6 ??? i am new to this but have read and researched and attempted… :) still no success with anything i seem to have superuser on my atrix but it has a su binary problem, tried their update fixer… yep no workie workie. the only thing i have succeded in doing is changeing how my phone looks with some gingerbread app i downloaded thinking i needed it… sigh this is so frustrateing… all i wanted to do is play a Voltron episode from youtube for my 4year old son yesterday and now i am on this mission of stubborness. please help… my son needs to watch Voltron on the big screen. :D

timothee_ray@yahoo.com
Falisis

I have Motorola Atrix 4G from Bell Canada, it has 2.3.6. I’ve looked everywhere on the net and I can’t find how to root this properly anywhere. Please, somebody help.
http://www.facebook.com/udithakw Uditha Kumara Wijesinghe

great it worked… thanks a lot..
Daisy D

The link is broken for
PetesMotorolaRootTools_v1.07.zip or the item has been removed. :( Time to go find a different tool.
Ye Chan Hong

if you are using atrix 2.3.6 use SuperOneClick
Chandler

What’s wrong with “Pete’sMotorolaRootTools_v1.07.zip”? Many tries on different machines gets, “Error 404-Can’t find . . . “

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