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

[AllGamer]

[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/index.jsp?vgnextoid=bda09ec8009a0210VgnVCM1000008806b00aRCRD
Get SuperOneclick from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=803682
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• 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!

 

[drleospaceman]

Does this work on the regular milestone?

 

[spiderx_mm]

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.

 

[dateno1]

but universal not support the 2.2.1

 

[Spaceman-Spiff]

Thank you. This works great.

 

[agovinoveritas]

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

 

[AllGamer]

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

 

[emsquall2]

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

 

[AllGamer]

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

 

[emsquall2]

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...

 

[spooksville]

me2 same thing

anyone has solution?

 

[AllGamer]

did you set USB Debugging Enabled?

 

[pk2]

Motoroola tellus-att 2.1.1

Read all & Still trying..

-Motoroola tellus Milestone-att 2.1.1

-hangs at "waiting for device"

-Debug an 3rd party software checked

-Must have Moto milestone drivers because it shows up in explorer+older "one-Click worked on a euro/att milestone

-tried in portal mode and recovery, same-thing

Thought?, Thanks, PK

 

[hpnokia]

My Xt720 hangs on Running psneuter...

 

[Woody]

Earlier in the thread someone said to use Universal Androot and then someone else said that it wouldn't work on 2.2. I use it all the time and I am on Khal's Epicbluesteel 2.2 ROM. It is very convenient when say you have to take your phone into the carrier. I have unrooted with it, deleted the Superuser.apk, taken my phone in and once done, I re-rooted in the parking lot. I used it on 2.1 the first day I got my phone. In fact I have never used Superoneclick.

 

[Mioze7Ae]

Earlier in the thread someone said to use Universal Androot and then someone else said that it wouldn't work on 2.2. I use it all the time and I am on Khal's Epicbluesteel 2.2 ROM. It is very convenient when say you have to take your phone into the carrier. I have unrooted with it, deleted the Superuser.apk, taken my phone in and once done, I re-rooted in the parking lot. I used it on 2.1 the first day I got my phone. In fact I have never used Superoneclick.

All of the custom ROMs are already rooted? UniversalAndroot shouldn't work if you start from a stock 2.2.1 (the only stock one we have is the Motoroi 2.2.1). Anyway, I've never tried unrooting a 2.2.1 ROM and then using UniversalAndroot, have you tried that? After flashing the Korean sbf I've always used the same exploit used in SuperOneClick (manually though), because UniversalAndroot wasn't supposed to work on 2.2.1, but now that I'm thinking about it, if it's a kernel exploit it possibly does still work there because Motorola shipped Motoroi's 2.2.1 with eclair's kernel...

 

[Woody]

All of the custom ROMs are already rooted? UniversalAndroot shouldn't work if you start from a stock 2.2.1 (the only stock one we have is the Motoroi 2.2.1). Anyway, I've never tried unrooting a 2.2.1 ROM and then using UniversalAndroot, have you tried that? After flashing the Korean sbf I've always used the same exploit used in SuperOneClick (manually though), because UniversalAndroot wasn't supposed to work on 2.2.1, but now that I'm thinking about it, if it's a kernel exploit it possibly does still work there because Motorola shipped Motoroi's 2.2.1 with eclair's kernel...

Yep, worked for me. Had to do it once or twice while on Kahl's personared and then on Epicbluesteel. Was able to unroot, fix the problem (ie CBW issues) and then reroot with it. Maybe my phone is an anomoly and I should try cm7.

 

[tan720]

up

up up up up up

 

[pakpaker]

The latest Super One Click has included Motorola ADB drivers (as of version 2.3.3)

 

[rec0va]

2.1 : Universal Androot.apk
2.2 : Gingerbreak.apk

Is da best