Root your Atrix

Whoever is familiar with Linux Operating System will know the meaning of root user.

For those who are not, root access is like a Super Administrator user, who has control of entire Operating System installed. He can customize and change the OS as per his requirements. 

For Root access, I used the below link

http://androidadvices.com/root-motorola-atrix-4g-45141-gingerbread-236-firmware/2/ 

Procedure to Root Motorola Atrix 4G on 4.5.141 Firmware:

• First up you need to Download Fast boot Files for Motorola Atrix 4G smartphone from here to your computer. Double click on “adb” and then on “moto-fastboot” icon so as to open the same in your computer as this willinstall all the essential tools in your computer.

• Now, you need to turn Off your device to enter the device in the fastboot mode which you can do by pressing the Volume Down button and Powering ON the device.
• After this, you need to connect your phone to the computer with the help of original USB Cable.
• In your computer, open the Command Prompt and enter the below mentioned commands one after another after giving the gap of a minute or till the command gets processed,

C:/moto-fastboot-win32

moto-fastboot.exe flash preinstall preinstall.img

• Now, press the “Volume Up” key to start the fastboot protocol after which you need to type in the command as “moto-fastboot.exe reboot” and hit on Enter.
• After this, your phone will be rebooted. Wait for the phone to get rebooted and then you need to type in the command as “adb shell” and press enter and wait till the shell gets restarted.
• Now, type in “/preinstall/dosu” and press enter to process the command. If the command refuses to process, enter the below mentioned commands one after another,

“/bin/mount -o remount,rw /system”
“cp /preinstall/su /system/bin/”
“chmod 6755 /system/bin/su”
“PATH=/system/bin:$PATH pm install /preinstall/Superuser.apk”

• After all the commands which are mentioned above, it’s now time that the phone should be rebooted by selecting the appropriate option in your device by using the Volume and Power button.

Tip: Just in case if the device is not rooted successfully or say if the process gets stuck at any point of time then you need to re follow the whole procedure from the start so as to root the device.

So, congratulations you have now successfully rooted your device by following the simple instructions mentioned above. Do share with us in the comments section just in case if there are any issues as we will try our level best to sort out the same.