AT1988

I downloaded Gingerbread today, and its illmatic, OTA. Anyone know how to root it? I want my ad-free Android already

VoidedSaint

i dont blame you that was one of the best things about froyo that i loved, ad free however, and unfortunately, isnt currently up to date with GB its a shame but thats just how it is right now, hopefully the dev will get to work on it

mikemp71

If you're rooted, you'll lose root with the update. Go to the link below, post #69 and follow the instructions to root again. Worked for me!

[HOWTO] Root any Atrix after .sbf flash - Page 7 - xda-developers

evilbastard

Does Gingerbreak still work with the latest update?

james27007

No. You have to flash a hacked SBF file with a renamed su file in it. Then use some adb magic to make root work. The issue, it also unlocks the bootloader, so if you do not want to do that, at this time you cannot root gingerbread. Ok time to add a new note to the main sticky

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evilbastard

Thanks, I have the SDK loaded, and have used adb before so maybe I will give it a try.

james27007

Best of luck, please let us know how it turns out. My idea is that flashing the GB sbf may be the safest but it does unlock the bootloader, so that part sucks. Unless you can find a clean GB sbf

Milenko2121

How To: Motorola Atrix 4G Root - BriefMobile

i didn't have to unlock to root mine.

tnedator

I just did this on my OTA 2.3.4 GB. Very quick, no problems. Instructions are actually in post 68, not 69.

james27007

So your bootloader is not unlocked?

tnedator

I used the preinstall on XDA instead of the brief mobile, but I believe they both use basically the same method of achiving root.

In my case, I have never unlocked my bootloader. All of my updates have been OTA (or downloading the update from Motorola an copying to SD card, which accomplishes the same as downloading it OTA).

I previously had root with the aRoot script (running the beforeupdate and afterupdate scripts to keep Root/SU after updates). That stopped working with .91, so I used the preinstall method on XDA, and it worked fine. I have root again.

james27007

Just tried the file and instructions in post 68 in that link and it rooted without unlocking the bootloader. Perfect; now to see if there is a webtop mod for GB...