How to Root the Motorola Droid
Published: 7 months, 3 weeks ago (Dec 9, 2009) in How To's/ReviewsTags: droid · Print This Post · Leave a Comment
It’s a day that many Droid owners have long awaited – “rooting” the device is now possible. Rooting the device basically allows developers to get around the software blocks imposed by Verizon and enable features like multitouch (which is natively activated on the Droid Eris). Props to the developer(s) for making this possible.
To root the Droid, you’ll need to download this zip file.
- Rename the zip file to “update.zip”
- Connect your Droid via a compatible USB cable to your computer
- On the Droid device, select “Mount” (so that your SD card is now accessible)
- Drag the update.zip to the top level of your SD card
- Completely power off the Droid
- Restart the Droid while holding down the “X” key
- When you see a “/!\”, press both the “camera” key and the “increase volume” key.
- Use the onscreen menu to install the update you dragged to your SD card.
It’s recommended that you root the Droid after the 2.0.1 update is installed (otherwise you’ll root, update to 2.0.1, and then have to root again). Also be sure to check out DroidForums for more info regarding this topic.
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