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How To Root The Motorola Moto X
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This guide will show you how to root the Motorola Moto X Android phone.

Disclaimer: FlexiSPY is not responsible for rooting the Android device in any way, before performing any of these steps make sure you back up your Android device completely. Rooting is done entirely by you at your own risk.

What is needed to root the Motorola Moto X?

To root the Motorola Moto X you will need the following
- The Motorola Moto X you want to root in your hand
- A PC.
Step 1 – Download the PC USB drivers for the Motorola Moto X

Before we begin you need to download the USB drivers for the phone to your PC so that when you connect the Motorola Moto X to your PC to perform later steps the PC will recognize the phone.

You can download the USB drivers from here

Save it to your computer in a safe place such as your desktop and extract the contents to a new folder which you will need later

Step 2 – Enable USB debugging mode on the Motorola Moto X

Now that you have installed the USB drivers for the Motorola Moto X on to your PC you need to enable USB debugging mode on the phone itself so that it is recognised by your PC when you plug the Motorola Moto X to perform later steps.

You can enable USB debugging mode on the Motorola Moto X using the steps below.
1. On the Motorola Moto X tap the Settings option.
2. Tap the About option.
3. On this menu tap ‘Build Number’ seven times continuously.
4. Once you have done that go back to the Settings option.
5. Tap the new Developer Option menu that has appeared.
6. Make sure the USB Debugging option is checked.
7. Tap OK to confirm.
Now that you have enabled USB debugging on the Motorola Moto X it is time to move on to the next step.
Step 3 – Unlock the Motorola Moto X bootloader

In order to be able to root the Motorola Moto X you need to unlock the bootloader. Once the bootloader is unlocked it allows you to then connect the Motorola Moto X to your PC and perform the rooting process.

You can start the bootloader unlock process here.

How it works is that you have to connect the Motorola Moto X to your PC, run a command to get a unique token and then you put that in to the Motorola bootloader website and get a response back which you enter on the PC and then the Motorola Moto X will do its magic and unlock the bootloader ready for the next step.

Step 4 – Download the Motorola Moto X root file and save it your PC

With the USB drivers installed, the Motorola Moto X with USB debugging enabled and the bootloader unlocked it is time to download the root file that will be used to root the phone.

You can download the root file from here.

Save it in an easy location such as the desktop and then extract it to its own folder.

Connect the Motorola Moto X to your PC and transfer the root zip file to the phone in an easy location such as the Downloads folder.

Step 5 – Download the Clockwork Mod recovery file.

In order to use the root file from the previous step you must flash the clockwork mod recovery image to the phone.

You can download the clockworkmod image file from here.

Save it in an easy location such as the desktop and then extract it to its own folder.

Step 6 – Flash the Clockword Mod recovery file

You need to flash the clockwork mod recovery file to the Motorola Moto X and this can be done using the following steps.
1. Make sure the Motorola Moto X is powered on.
2. Make sure USB debugging is enabled (see step 2).
3. Connect the Motorola Moto X to your PC.
4. Open up command prompt.
5. Type ‘adb reboot bootloader’ (without quotes) and press Enter. If done properly the Motorola Moto X will reboot and be in FASTBOOT mode.
6. Type ‘fastboot.exe flash recovery recovery-razri-tryAtouch.img’ (without the quotes) and press Enter. If done properly the recovery file will be flashed to the phone.
Step 7 – Use Clockwork mod to install SuperSU and root the Motorola Moto X

Please make sure you have followed all previous directions in the last step.

With ClockworkMod having been flashed to the phone successfully perform the following steps.
1. Type ‘fastboot.exe reboot-bootloader’ (without quotes) and press Enter. If done properly the Motorola Moto X will boot in to the Bootloader menu.
2. Using the Volume up and down buttons to choose and the Power button to select make sure the RECOVERY option is selected. If done properly the phone will reboot in to recovery mode and ClockWork mod that was flashed in the previous step will load.
3. Choose the ‘Install zip from SDcard’ option.
4. Browse to the folder on the phone you saved the root file to from step 4 earlier.
5. Select the root zip file and confirm you wish to flash it.
6. Once the file has been flashed reboot the Motorola Moto X.
Once the phone reboots you can verify the phone has been successfully rooted by looking for the SuperSU application which appears after having successfully rooted the Motorola Moto X.
July 24, 2014
How To Root The HTC One
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The HTC One is one of HTC’s most popular flagship Android models, in the following guide you’ll learn how to Root it.

Disclaimer: FlexiSPY is not responsible for rooting the Android device in any way, before performing any of these steps make sure you back up your Android device completely. Rooting is done entirely by you at your own risk.

What is needed to root the HTC One?

To root the HTC One you will need the following.
- The HTC One you want to root in your hand.
- A PC.
Step 1 – Unlock the HTC One bootloader

To root the HTC One you first need to go to the HTC website and unlock the bootloader of the phone. Until you do that rooting cannot take place.

You can start the bootloader unlock process here.

Essentially what happens is that you have to connect the HTC One to your PC and use Fastboot to execute a command to get a unique ID that you then type in to the HTC website above to generate a bootloader unlock code that, on the PC (with the HTC One still connected) you enter to then unlock the bootloader.

Full details of the entire process are given on the HTC website above.

Step 2 – Install TWRP recovery on to the HTC One

In order to install SuperSU and root the HTC One you must install TWRP recovery on to the device first. This can only be done if you have successfully unlocked the HTC One bootloader in the previous step.

You can download TWRP from here. Make sure to choose the correct HTC One variant from the list.

You need to save the TWRP file on to the HTC One in the same place that you saved the Fastboot and ADB files from step 1 when you unlocked the bootloader.

After you have downloaded the TWRP recovery file rename it so it is called TWRP.img – you will need this file later.

Step 3 – Use Fastboot to flash TWRP to the HTC One

You need to first put the HTC One in Fastboot mode.

To do this follow these steps.
1. Power off the HTC One completely.
2. Hold down the volume down and power button at the same time.
3. If you have done it correctly the phone will turn on looking like this
4. Make sure ‘Fastboot’ is selected and then press the power button to confirm. If done properly HBOOT will turn in to FASTBOOT.
5. Connect the HTC One to your PC using the USB cable.
6. Open up a command prompt in Windows and access the folder on your PC where you saved TWRP and the ADB and Fastboot files from the previous steps.
7. Type ‘fastboot flash recovery twrp.img’ (no quotes) and press Enter. The TWRP file will be flashed to the HTC One
8. Once it has finished restart the HTC One.
Step 4 – Root the HTC One

Now that you have successfully unlocked the HTC One bootloader and flashed the TWRP image file to the phone it is time to root the phone.

To do this you first need to download the SuperSU zip file which is located here.

Save this to your computer in a safe place.

Connect the HTC One to your PC and copy the SuperSU zip file you just downloaded to the HTC One (for example, to the Downloads folder).

Once you have done that turn off the HTC One completely. It is time to flash SuperSU and root the phone which is done using the following steps.
1. Power off the HTC One completely.
2. Put the HTC One in Fastboot mode as given in the previous step.
3. When the HTC One boots up select RECOVERY from the list. The HTC One will restart and the TWRP recovery menu will appear. If done correctly it will look like this
4. Tap Install.
5. Browse to wherever you saved the SuperSU zip file you downloaded and copied to the HTC One.
6. Confirm that you want to flash the selected zip file.
7. Once done choose the Reboot option in TWRP to reboot the HTC One.
Once the HTC One reboots, to verify the phone has been rooted properly, simply look for the SuperSU application icon. Once you see this you have successfully rooted the HTC One.
July 23, 2014

Category: Android Rooting

How To Root The Motorola Moto X

What is needed to root the Motorola Moto X?

Step 1 – Download the PC USB drivers for the Motorola Moto X

Step 2 – Enable USB debugging mode on the Motorola Moto X

Step 3 – Unlock the Motorola Moto X bootloader

Step 4 – Download the Motorola Moto X root file and save it your PC

Step 5 – Download the Clockwork Mod recovery file.

Step 6 – Flash the Clockword Mod recovery file

Step 7 – Use Clockwork mod to install SuperSU and root the Motorola Moto X

How To Root The HTC One

What is needed to root the HTC One?

Step 1 – Unlock the HTC One bootloader

Step 2 – Install TWRP recovery on to the HTC One

Step 3 – Use Fastboot to flash TWRP to the HTC One

Step 4 – Root the HTC One