If you are an owner for Motorola Moto X device and you have installed the latest Android 4.4.2 KitKat OS, you probably looking for a root method in order to have some more features on your device.
This step by step guide will show you an easy method to gain root rights on your Moto X device that has the latest Android 4.4.2 KitKat OS installed on it. The guide will use the Pie Root solution developed by an xda-developers member.
Here is the guideline below for Motorola Moto X device:
- Using the Pie Root package, you can easily obtain the root access but only for limited time or conditions. You will have the root access as long as you don’t make a full reboot for your Moto X device.
- So, each time you will restart the Moto X device the root access will be revoked and you’ll have to re-apply the same step by step guide in order to regain the root access once more.
- The root procedure will only take a few minutes The root access is required especially if the user wants to apply different custom or complex operations on their Moto X device.
- It will be necessary when you want to install a custom recovery image.
- When you want to install applications that are required root access, to flash different custom ROMs, make Nandroid backups and more custom operations.
This root rights should be the first step when you want to obtain different customization for your Motorola Moto X Device.
- If you want to perform these kinds of operations, this step by step guide will be perfect for you. You can easily root the Moto X device within to reboot the device.
- So, the big advantage is that you can experience the root rights, and if you want to relock the device then you simply can reboot the device.
- Note that obtaining the root access on your device represents unofficial operations that has nothing to do with the Google or Motorola. So, your device will lose the warranty after you successfully do this. Now, before starting the step by step root guide, you need to take a backup your data.
- Take the back up your contact list, call logs, text messages, internet settings, market applications and others.
- During the rooting process, you need to use a computer, device and the USB cable.
- From the “menu-settings-developer options” enable the USB debugging option.
- Deactivate the security protection from your PC such as antivirus, antimalware, and firewall. This kind of software might interfere with the root process and to interrupt the same.
- Another important thing is this you should charge the Moto X device’s battery at least 65 % power should be left. This step by step guide is fully compatible only with Motorola Moto X device that is running on official Android 4.4.2 KitKat Operating System.
- Apply the root process only if you have a mentioned Android based Moto X device.
How to Root Moto X device on Android 4.4.2 KitKat by using Pie Root
- On the PC, you need to use the Android SDK and Fastboot tool installed. (how to install Android SDK on Windows or set up ADB application on MAC OS X / Linux OS.)
- Now, download the root package with Pie Root from here.
- Next, deactivate the downloaded root package to the same folder as Fastboot.
- Now, navigate to the Fastboot folder and from there open a CMD (command prompt window) press and keep holding the shift keyboard keys and in the same time right click on the blank space. From there select “Open command window here”.
- Navigate to the Fastboot folder and from there open a command prompt window: press and hold the shift keyboard key while right clicking on a blank space – just pick “Open command window here”.
- Now, connect the Moto X device with your PC by using the USB cord.
- Next, in the command prompt window, type the next commands and press enter after each line inserted:
- “adb push pie.jar /data/local/atvc”
- “adb push root.sh /data/local/atvc”
- “adb shell chmod 755 data/local/atvc/root.sh”
- “adb shell /data/local/atvc/root.sh”.
- These were all steps; Keep in mind that the root accees will be revoked once the Moto X device is rebooted.
Congratulation, the Moto X device that has an official Android 4.4.2 KitKat firmware installed on it has been rooted.