Root Motorola Defy Mobile Phone [How to]

Every Android smart phone user wants to root their phone in order to increase the usability. Different phones needed to be rooted differently. If you have a Motorola Defy and you want to root it then you need to follow the proper processes for that. If you root the phone then the warranty will not be applicable anymore so be sure that you are ready to accept that. If you make any mistake while rooting the phone then it may stop working properly. So you need to follow the exact steps for rooting Motorola Defy. Let me now tell you two different methods for rooting your phone.First method

• Once you root the phone, all data from the phone memory will be lost. It’s very important that you take back up of all the important data of your phone.
• Download the ADB in your PC. It’s the most important thing for rooting your Motorola Defy.
• You need to set your phone to the USB debugging mode. Go to Settings and then to Applications.  Select Development and then select USB debugging.
• Search and download the rooting package zip file from internet. Extract the files on your PC’s desktop. These files will root your Motorola Defy.
• Use the USB cable to connect your phone to the PC. Run the ADB from your PC and apply the following commands in it:

adb push Superuser.apk /sdcard/Superuser.apk
adb push su /sdcard/su
adb push busybox /sdcard/busybox
adb push exploit.bin /data/local/tmp/exploit.bin

• Enter the command, adb shell, to start the ADB internal shell. Enter the following commands in there:

cd /data/local/tmp
chmod 0755 exploit.bin
./exploit.bin

• Reconnect your Motorola Defy with the PC again and enter, adb shell, to start the ADB internal shell again. Enter the new set of following commands in ADB:

mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
cp /sdcard/Superuser.apk /system/app/Superuser.apk
cp /sdcard/su /system/bin/su
cp /sdcard/busybox /system/bin/busybox
chmod 4755 /system/bin/su
chmod 4755 /system/bin/busybox
mount -o ro,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
exit

Your Motorola Defy is now successfully rooted.

Second method

• First, search z4root.zip from internet and download it to your PC. Extract the file on your desktop so that you can find the file easily.
• Connect the Motorola Defy to your PC using the USB cable. Copy the extracted file to your SD memory card of the phone.
• Go to Android Marketplace from your mobile phone to search and install Linda file manager. This is an app for rooting your phone.
• Run the file manager app and install the file that you have copied to your SD memory card earlier.
• Run the newly installed app. You will find a button named Root. The rooting will be started and completed successfully for your Motorola Defy.
• Now go to the recovery mode of your phone and clear cache of the phone. Restart the phone once and it will start rooted.

Both the above processes can be used to root your Motorola Defy. However, the second process is recommended for new user as the first one requires entering commands. You have to be careful for that.