As soon as the Jelly Bean update hit the Motorola RAZR i, it broke root access on the device and left thousands of its users in the darkness of no root access. But the developers have figured out a way to root the device on Jelly Bean and the method has been confirmed to be working by users. So, in this guide, we’ll go through steps on how you can root your Motorola RAZR i on Jelly Bean to get root-only apps up and running on your device. Here you go:
I. Before You Begin:
1. This will void the warranty of your device. However, you can reinstate the warranty by unrooting the device if there’s any unrooting procedure available.
2. You must have unlocked
bootloader of your device. You can do so from
here.
II. Downloading Required Files:
III. Rooting the Motorola RAZR i:
1. Place all the files you downloaded to your Desktop.
2. Extract files from the Fastboot archive to your Desktop. You should get fastboot.exe along with some other files.
3. Connect your device to your PC using the USB cable.
4. Copy the Root Package file over to the root of your SD card.
5. Once the file’s copied, unplug your device from your PC.
6. Turn ON the USB debugging function on your device by going to Menu>>Settings>>Developer options>>USB debugging.
7. Once enabled, connect your device to your PC via USB cable.
8. Launch a Command Prompt Window on your Desktop. To do so, simply hold down the Shift button on your keyboard and right-click on any empty area on the screen, then select Open command window here.
9. Type in following command into the Command Prompt Window:
adb reboot bootloader
10. Your device will reboot into bootloader mode.
11. Now issue the following command:
fastboot.exe flash recovery recovery-razri-tryAtouch.img
12. It’ll flash the recovery on your device. Once it’s done, issue the following command:
fastboot.exe reboot-bootloader
13. Your device will reboot into bootloader mode.
14. Now select the Recovery option displayed on your screen.
15. From the Recovery menu, select install zip from sdcard followed by choose zip from sdcard.
16. Select the Root Package file you copied earlier to your device for flashing.
17. It’ll flash the file on your device and you can expect it to finish in a minute or two.
18. Once the file’s flashed, reboot your device.
19. And you’re all set!
Brilliant! You’ve successfully rooted your RAZR i and you now have a custom recovery on your device as well. Let the flashing begin!