[GUIDE] Step by Step ROOT via SuperOneClick for Milestone XT720

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[CAUTION!] Make sure you know what your doing before you ROOT your phone. It is your own fault if you kill your phone.

By following this Guide you Agree with all of the above and consequences that follow

Here are some preparation before we start:

Get Motorola phone drivers for Windows from http://www.motorola.com/consumers/v/...008806b00aRCRD
Get SuperOneclick from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682

• Install the Motorola drivers
• in the phone go to Settings > Applications > Development
• select USB Debugging
• connect USB cable
• set USB mode to "Portal & Tools" a.k.a. "PC mode"
• run SuperOneClick
• click Root
• Done!

This is a sample log from SuperOneClick

Killing ADB Server...

OK

Starting ADB Server...
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *

OK

Waiting for device...

OK

Pushing rageagainstthecage...
585 KB/s (5392 bytes in 0.009s)

OK

chmod rageagainstthecage...

OK

Running rageagainstthecage...
OK

***IF IT KEEPS LOOPING, TRY DISABLING USB DEBUGGING NOW***

Killing ADB Server...

OK

Starting ADB Server...
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *

OK

Waiting for device...

OK

Running rageagainstthecage...
ROOTED

Getting mount path...
/dev/block/mtdblock7
OK

Remounting system with read-write access...

OK

Pushing su...
512 KB/s (26264 bytes in 0.050s)

OK

chmod su...

OK

Pushing Superuser.apk...
571 KB/s (196521 bytes in 0.336s)

OK

Remounting system with read-only access...

OK

Running a SU test...

It's that easy!

Does this work on the regular milestone?

Universal Androot is better. You don't need PC. just install the APK and tab the "Root" button. after 10 seconds, the phone is rooted.

and also have unroot function in case if you need to run System Update.

but universal not support the 2.2.1

Thank you. This works great.

A fair question. Do you get a broken lock icon after, 'yes or no' after the procedure when you reboot the phone?

Originally Posted by agovinoveritas

A fair question. Do you get a broken lock icon after, 'yes or no' after the procedure when you reboot the phone?

no, this is not the stock rooting method for the clean AOS

you'll only see that on ROMs like Nexus 1 and Nexus S, or any other phone that runs the stock AOS

it dosent work and it says " Reading OS Version properties... " and nothing happen
plz help me

did you install the Motorola drivers?


make sure you PC sees your phone connected


make sure your phone is in Portal Mode


also make sure the screen is ON, it wont find it if it's in sleep mode

yes i installed the drivers .. and iam sure the my PC sees my phone and its in Portal Mode and i made the screen timeout is never timeout ... but still the same problem :(

SuperOneClick v1.6.3.0
Killing ADB Server...

OK

Starting ADB Server...
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *

OK

Waiting for device...

OK

Pushing psneuter...
1235 KB/s (585731 bytes in 0.463s)

OK

chmod psneuter...

OK

Running psneuter...
ROOTED

Pushing busybox...
412 KB/s (1062992 bytes in 2.516s)

OK

chmod busybox...

OK

Getting mount path...
/dev/block/mtdblock7
OK

Reading OS Version properties...