and tried motofail-GB which sent my antivirus crazy saying it was a trojan ( incidentally my wife's email was hacked at the same time as I was trying to use this ...coincidence?)
I also tried Razrs and got nothing. but this
[*]
[*] Motorola Razr ICS Root Exploit (Windows version)
[*] by Dan Rosenberg (@djrbliss)
[*]
[*] Before continuing, ensure USB debugging is enabled, that you
[*] have the latest Motorola drivers installed, and that your phone
[*] is connected via USB.
[*]
[*] Press enter to root your phone...
Press any key to continue . . .
[*]
[*] Waiting for device...
[*] Device found.
[*] Rebooting device...
[*] Waiting for device to reboot...
rm failed for /data/local.prop, Permission denied
cannot create /data/local.prop: permission denied
[*] Rebooting device again...
[*] Waiting for device to reboot...
[*] Attemping persistence...
remount failed: Operation not permitted
failed to copy 'su' to '/system/bin/su': Read-only file system
Unable to chmod /system/bin/su: No such file or directory
failed to copy 'busybox' to '/system/xbin/busybox': Read-only file system
Unable to chmod /system/xbin/busybox: No such file or directory
/system/xbin/busybox: not found
failed to copy 'Superuser.apk' to '/system/app/Superuser.apk': Read-only file sy
stem
[*] Cleaning up...
rm failed for /data/local.prop, Permission denied
Unable to chmod /data: Operation not permitted
Unable to chmod /data: Operation not permitted
[*] Rebooting...
so what else can I do ? I tried to DL the whole zip file but had to DL them separately I then put them into the same file folder.
could that be the problem? is there another place to DL the zip file as a whole?
really want to get root back! I hate all the damn bloatware!
thanks in advance,
Scott