A new rooting method has been released to unlock the bootloader of Motorola phone such as RAZR HD, RAZR MAXX HD, Atrix HD, Photo Q and RAZR M. This new method allows root access for these devices that received Android 4.1.2 update and lost their Super User privileges.

Dan Rosenberg published both the rooting procedure for two occasions with Moto devices, before the Android 4.1.2 update and after the update itself. Now, owners can unlock the bootloader of their devices which seems to be impossible after the update.

Warning: Rooting your device voids any warranty it may possess and developers are not responsible for any damages or warranty issues on your device. Rooting any device is at the owner's risk.

List of Known Devices Working with this Rooting Procedure:

  • RAZR MAXX HD
  • RAZR HD
  • Atrix HD
  • Photon Q
  • RAZR M
  • Bionic
  • Droid 4
  • Xoom 2

How to Root Your Moto Phone after Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean update

1. Download the Motochopper file to your computer.

2. Extract the contents of the downloaded zip file.

3. Install the latest Motorola USB drivers for your device.

4. Check the USB debugging mode is enabled on your device.

5. Navigate to the extracted directory and find "run.bat." Execute that file.

New Over-the-Air or manual updates can eliminate any root access you have done to your device, so if you want to maintain root privileges, search any root kit compatible to your device before doing the OTA update.