yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Motorola Droid Bionic] hecklingfext:
Trying to get the executables..

It's kind of annoying that the only way to get to the actual files that need to be inside the Samba share is to go through your VirtualBox ova. I have Linux 32 bit installed, I have Samba set up, I just need a version of the files that doesn't fail on '/storage/rfso/pwn: not found'. I connect to the share, it starts running it, but those files never show up. You claim to have posted the updated scripts in your original post, but all the links in the original post are to that OVA file, none to the actual tarball of the scripts. Please help me, someone, this Bionic is crawling!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] cvhovey:
Thank you for this root tool. Worked perfect on my wife's old creaky Bionic, allowing me to root it, backup with TiBu, transfer that all over to my unused Razr M, and move on from there ... made life simpler. THANKS!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Stormwing:
Hey, I'm trying to root a friend's Bionic and it all works out until it tells me the phone will reboot. I mash the buttons and nothing happens, I tried mashing the buttons after the "Pushing Exploit" part, and it never automatically reboots. I try manually rebooting and that doesn't make a difference either.

Every time, Superuser is installed but requests binary updates that immediately fail. Root access apps can't actually get access which leads me to believe the exploit didn't even get through. I do also get a message "/system: pwn: not found" or something like that.

Anyone know what the problem is?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] tmadar:
Stock 4.1.2

I have a Verizon Bionic that I just did a factory reset on to wipe it. Can I follow this method to ROOT the phone, or do I need to something else first to bring it to "stock" 4.1.2? Hope this isn't to much of a newb question! :)
[Motorola Droid Bionic] rayrage23:
Bionic Done!

Well, i just rooted two Bionics with this method, honestly took longer downloading files then the root, i do have to say, its best to do with a freshly reseted phone! :laugh:
[Motorola Droid Bionic] davidpam:
network connection error

I keep getting this error on my phone:

There is a problem in your network connection with remote host.

There is a problem in your network connection with remote host. Please repair your network and try again

do you know how to address this? thank you in advance for any assistance
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Maksim_ka:
You can have root without it all, just use chines programm. Connect you phone with debug mode to PC and click "root" button.

http://pan.baidu.com/s/1jGHmeyi
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Rosslyp:
Work on Droid 4?

Will the scripting work on a Droid 4?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] DrJwC:
Very nice tool. Thank you!

Sent from my JB DROID BIONIC using my fingers
[Motorola Droid Bionic] bp_:
I think this worked, but I can't figure out how to install a ROM. I made it through all the stuff in the first post and have Super User installed, but when I boot into recovery I get the image of the droid with the red triangle around the exclamation mark. What am I missing?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] bp_:
Never mind. I installed safe strap and that allowed me to do the rest.

Sent from my Moto X
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Bluebird01:
Easy Root works in VB on a Mac, with one setting change

I read posts here and elsewhere that said this didn't work on Macs, but it worked perfectly for me after making one setting change in Virtual Box. I was running Virtual Box 4.1.23 r80870 on my Macbook Pro, under Mountain Lion 10.8.3. If your'e on a Mac, you might need to change the same setting (it may depend on the Mac.)

First, the OVA file I downloaded had an extra .txt extension at the end. (My file name said "Root_Bionic_JB_20130501-4.ova.txt")

If your file name looks similar, delete the .txt extension so the file ends in .ova When finder asks if you really want to change the extension, confirm that you want it to use ".ova" You'll see the icon change from a text icon to an OVA icon once you've done this.

Launch Virtual Box and import the OVA file (Click "File" then "Import Appliance".)

After you've imported the OVA into VirtualBox, you'll see "Linux Minimal" listed in the sidebar on the left.

Click on that once so it's highlighted/selected.

Click the "Settings" cog at the top

Click "Network"

The button for "Adapter 1" should already be selected

The pulldown menu next to "Attached to:" should say "Bridged Adapter"

Next is the part I had to change:

Next to "Name:" the pulldown menu originally said something about an Nvidia card or port. I changed that on mine to the option that said "en1: Wi-Fi (AirPort)" - Your Mac may have a different option in that pulldown menu. Whatever it is, try that instead. Then click the "Ok" button.

Once I changed that setting, I was able to start up "Linux Minimal" using the green "Start" arrow, and everything ran perfectly, - I was amazed! Just follow the instructions on the screen, and remember to click the hardware button at the right time.

Thanks to the OP for a fast and easy root!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] chrisp6825:
[MENTION=5625096]hecklingfext[/MENTION] [MENTION=1524931]rokkywoof[/MENTION]

Why on earth would you ever assume you'd ever need to run a linux VM in a linux machine to run this exploit? o_O

(make sure you have 32bit libs installed)

install and setup samba with the share, add the user, start the samba service,

wget http://vulnfactory.org/public/motoshare2.tgz

extract, change permissions, connect from bionic, run the script from pc.

The VM was only put together to make this easy for non-linux users, or for a quick pre-built go at it.

Don't make things harder for yourself ;)
[Motorola Droid Bionic] rokkywoof:
Precisely because I did NOT "assume" (or accept, to be more accurate) that I would need to run a linux VM under is why I figured out how to do it natively. My issue, along with hecklingfext, was in not seeing what was done inside the VM set-up offered in the first post (which is the central driver of this whole thread), and having to work through it all "the hard way" with various clues scattered over several sites and threads, and some trial and error.

I suppose if I had persisted in backtracking from all the google hits to the originator ("Dan the Man" as you mentioned on that other forum?), it might have been a bit easier, but I got tired of chasing down lots of wild googles when I found something that seemed to have enough clues to go with.

I hope I helped others coming from a Linux background with my posting to cut to the chase - is that a thread hijack?

Well, I guess I will go through all this again shortly when my eBay-won Droid Razr HD arrives soon, and I want to root it - whole different process I found in another thread of course :fingers-crossed:

Peace!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] chrisp6825:
I couldn't judge if it was a thread jack, but maybe posting your findings in a new thread actually could be pretty helpful to other users like you. I did find it strange that the only methods floating around are these easy VM methods, but then I realize that not everyone is as comfortable in a *nix environment like me.

That's pretty cool that you managed to reverse the instruction out of this method. But it's also sad to see, when it was all out there but forgotten. ;P

-edit

I'm a dumb-dumb.. Didn't even bother searching the original title on XDA til now.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2246751 - the native linux instructions.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] daredream2:
not seeing the phone???

Cool looks like it rooted.

Had to do it twice .... at the end when it reboots and instructions say to "hit enter when fully rebooted"

Wait for the wifi to reconnect!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] daredream2:
root & froze some apps ... all I get is dial pad

I rooted my Bionic JB and froze some apps.... the only one I think my be an issue is backup assist. It was working fine last night but today only the dial pad comes up... can't get to anything else. What did I do? How do I fix it? Clean phone so no biggie but no backup either.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] raskolnikov773:
Worked like a charm, even for a non technical dumass like me.

Didn't work at first on 64-bit Windows machine, but was easy as pie on 32 bit.

Thanks so much for this!

Now I just have to figure out how to flash ROMs and all that fun stuff...
[Motorola Droid Bionic] TechnoMonkey76:
Thanks for making this, Marty! The instructions are dead-simple to follow and I'm happily running CM11. I'd only suggest you warn users that they'll have to press one of the buttons ahead of time. It caught me off-guard at first.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] rokkywoof:
All's well that ends well

Not really "forgotten", but hard to find. As I wrote, "I got tired of chasing down lots of wild googles when I found something that seemed to have enough clues to go with." I doubt even the millionth hit from my googling would have included a title like " [ROOT] Motoshare 2: Old Bug, New Exploit". Compare that title to the one for the AndroidCentral posting that clued me in: "Rooting the Droid Bionic running Jelly Bean 4.1.2 " - that was google-able (along with this particular thread's title). If you are acquainted with Pzyduck, maybe you could persuade him to change that title to something more "obvious" for searches?

Then again, anyone landing here now can find it from your posting - not quite so obscured now :fingers-crossed:
[Motorola Droid Bionic] chrisp6825:
Or here [FAQ] Jan 2014 Bionic handbook now.

:P
[Motorola Droid Bionic] rokkywoof:
Cool - that's better still!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Ismokel:
good stuff.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] ShadyDreamer:
The fact that the script sets the setuid and setgid bits on the permissions for the pwn binary on the share is surely key to how it works and why it won't work on Windows. If there's a way for it to pick those up from a share on Windows (unlikely), it could then work on Windows.

By the way, I'm not sure if it has been mentioned before; I've tried this root method on a Droid Razr XT912 and it works. I haven't tried the other root method on it, but I tried this one because it looks less invasive on the phone's filesystem and looks less complicated for the process. (I read through the scripts for each)

So far I've rooted 2 Bionics and a Razr with this.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] sjy426:
Sweet

Really nice..... thanks!!!!!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Tomsgt:
Here is a new super easy root for the droid bionic on jelly bean

http://youtu.be/Eunw58NwFrQ

sent from my Galaxy Note 3 running HyperDrive.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Keeper2077:
There is much easyer way to get root.

Here's Chineese tool for 1click root

http://pan.baidu.com/s/1jGHmeyi﻿

1. install

2. connect

3. push "ROOT"

Have fun!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] MyNightTerror:
Anybody have the files I can get? Step 2 is when you download the OvA file but it does not work for me... help please !
[Motorola Droid Bionic] mrcamp:
Saw the video, however I do not see where I can download the files. Thx
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Tomsgt:
Link to the tool is in the video description of the video. Should link you to rootjunkysdl.com
[Motorola Droid Bionic] mrcamp:
Got it. Thanks!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] markwebb:
The root method fails for me. I think because I was rooted took the jelly bean update and installed safestrap. The bionic has been sitting in a drawer for a year. Will have to figure it out. I can't remember what I did last year.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SyCoREAPER:
By far the easiest method around, none of that Linux VM crap. This works on the Bionic http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2565758
[Motorola Droid Bionic] markwebb:
That was the method which failed for me.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SyCoREAPER:
I am going to ask the obvious, did you for sure follow it step by step?

Did you plug it into a USB 2.0 port (no USB 3.0) in the back of the computer?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] azshorty2003:
Thanks for that link! That method worked, Finally!! I've tried and tried and couldn't get the 'Easy Root' method of this thread to work. Follow the link in the description for the files. Worked on the first go.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] markwebb:
Yes. I have been flashing for over 5 years. I have a nexus 5 and motox unlocked and rooted with multiple roms.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] SyCoREAPER:
I guess the only thing we can conclude is that there are in fact (previously speculated) multiple revisions of the Bionic.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] nll083t:
Unroot

How do I unroot after using this process? We've rooted both of our phones this way and it's been great so we have tether and backup, but, I'm working on something and need to be able to unroot for awhile.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] ElmoRapz:
Okay, so I used to root, now I am completely locked out of the phone. It's a loop of "Encryption Unsuccessful" Then tells me that something didn't go well and to reset the phone. Catch is that when I reset the phone it brings me back to that Encryption Unsuccessful page.. Not sure what I was doing wrong when I applied ALL the steps correctly
[Motorola Droid Bionic] btstarcher:
I've tried this method and all the other methods I could find over and over, and I still am unable to obtain root. So I'm wondering, did I miss something? Do I need to install Safestrap first? What do I need to do before rooting? I have 2 Bionics; mine has been rooted for quite some time, using this method. So I was successful once LOL. I just think I'm missing something.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] ShadyDreamer:
Safestrap is something to use only after rooting; it cannot help you get root. You need to follow the directions for the root method you are trying to use. The most common prerequisite is that you need the drivers for your phone installed on your computer because you need your computer to communicate with the phone. The virtual machine setup that this thread is about is an exception, since the virtual machine uses its own drivers, which are already included in it.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] btstarcher:
Yeah, drivers are installed; using the same computer I used to root my other Bionic. Still didn't work.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] exedesign2:
how to root Bionic build number 9.8.20-72_vzw-22 android version 4.1.2 on Mac OS?

I need help on how to make my Droid Bionic work on T-Mobile GSM. it's not rooted yet. I need guide on how to root the droid bionic on a Mac OS.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] smuryginim:
error with connecting to remote storage

Hello! I have Motorolla XT910( Android 4.1.2.)

I tried to root my phone with bellow instructions, but I have the problem with connecting to remote storage.

I have enabled debug mode, and phone is connecting as Media device + pc and phone are connected to same WiFi

When I tried to start the WM image - at first I have the error:

"Invalide IP Address ... ", then I changed network Adapter Name from my pc adapter to "Motorolla USB networker driver #2". The message with error disappear, but when I trying to connect to remote storage, my phone can't connect to this storage with parameters presented on VM screen.

What did I missed?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] ethangarsia517:
USB never detected?

I seem to get everything right, until this step.

"Waiting for phone to be connected to USB...

Please plug in the phone or troubleshoot your VirtualBox USB connectivity."

and then it starts daemon on port 5037. But it stays there. I really do not know why, I had it working before! This all happened when I upgraded to Windows 8.1.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] chriss_android:
Works on my European XT910 just fine. Had to download the newest Virtualbox though for Windows 10 network compatiblity. Of course you need to select network bridged to your network interface.

Also you need to put the USB device into the virtual box your running (drop-down menue up top under devices once the box is running). Its rooted and Safestrap installed via adb install safestrap-bla-bla-apk. Recovery installed just fine.

Thanks alot.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Arceist Justin:
The OVA file link is nonexistent :(
[Motorola Droid Bionic] equitube:
Thank you, I finally have root

after trying about every method I could find onlne, even this one once or twice, I FINALLY HAVE ROOT. Never has a device given me such fits. From soft brick to flash failures, this one had it all. now to do a custom recovery and some of the many custom roms out there for this.

I only paid $20 for it, attracted by the 8mp cam and wanting to use it as a music player and snapshooter. Now, I have a whole new respect for these

thanks again

SP

Aspiring Android developer and recovering Windows expert
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Arceist Justin:
I am stuck at step 1! it is as if these instructions are false or some kind of spam topic. It tells me to go to 'Remote Storage" under Apps but the Droid Bionic DOESN'T have a "Remote Storage" app. There is NOTHING remote storage ANYWHERE ON THE DEVICE!!!

What do I do now??
[Motorola Droid Bionic] mrtumnus:
Read the instructions again. It tells you to open the "Files" app, and within that look for "Remote Storage".

---------- Post added at 03:22 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:46 PM ----------

Thanks OP, for this painless method for rooting the Driod Bionic. I used it awhile ago, then somehow bricked my device (during an update of TWRP or CM, can't recall). Used it today and I'm back in business!

The only thing that may cause me trouble is that I didn't remember to press a button (power, volume) during the first reboot after the exploit is applied. It appears to be working, but maybe something will break later. We'll see.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] hooberhaggus:
Worked for me on my 4.1.2 moto droid bionic.

Now to figure out how to actually use root and debloat this phone.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] caskieadam:
Attached is a screen of my output so you can see. It tells me "su: not found"

And running the exploit manually gives me "failed to find pid"

I have also attached a shot of it "succeeding",but to no actual success.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] caskieadam:
I take it all back. Did it again and now everything is working correctly. I officially have ROOT access!!

Don't know what changed other than trying again just to keep beating my head against the wall. Turns out persistence isn't futile.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] dravefuss:
network erro virtual box

please connect the phone as instructed above or troubleshot your network connectiviy
[Motorola Droid Bionic] MNEman13:
Pinging from doth directions was successful yet I still cannot connect. At this point I wouldn't blame you if you stopped assisting me. I know XDA is no place for this kind of newb tech support.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] dravefuss:
Damnnnn!!!!!!!! Is succes

Damn is a so ****ing special successful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanxxx broooooo!!!!!!!! Root access!!!!!!!!!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] dravefuss:
=(

Wipe my phone, and losse my root!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] marty45714:
I really think it would have to be one of two things: 1) You're leaving trailing spaces on some of the words... you can't leave any spaces.

2) Are you typing MYGROUP in all caps?

If you have the "ping" connectivity between the two devices, it HAS to be a typo in what you're putting into the information to connect to the SMB share. It just can't be anything else.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] marty45714:
Don't matter. If you wiped it and lost root, you can run the who process over again and get root back again!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] dravefuss:
Yes! Is root again :)

root again :) ok :)

how can work in tmobile???
[Motorola Droid Bionic] marty45714:
UPDATE 5/1/2013 - New and improved .ova file. Contains improved logic in the exploit script to help with some of the problems that have been encountered by users.

If you've had trouble rooting, please download the new version and try again!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] dravefuss:
question

es normal que pierda el root despues de un wipe?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] marty45714:
No habla espanol.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] dravefuss:
sorry! sorry sorry!

is normal to lose root after a wipe?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] marty45714:
Okay, I just used Google Translate. Yes, it is probably normal to loose 'root' after a wipe. However, just re-run this exploit again and you'll get it back.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] dravefuss:
thanx bro!

thank you is excelent!!!!!!!!: Bueno:
[Motorola Droid Bionic] superbalde:
Thanks marty45714,

That was incredibly easy and incredibly fast! You are amazing!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] jumphour:
Well, after a couple of days, a couple of hours each, I finally have root. Yay! I messed up when I did the JB update before the OTA, like lots of people, and I apparently didn't do Voodoo Root Keeper correctly! I have a dual-boot Win7/Ubuntu on my netbook, but I don't really know how to use Ubuntu. So I thought I'd try your method.

I couldn't get VirtualBox to install on my 64-bit Win8 machine, so I loaded it on my 32-bit Win7 netbook. It took me an embarrassingly long time to figure out how to connect the phone to the VM, but I finally did that tonight. But it kept failing after installing SU. I wish I wrote down what it said, but I forgot...something about not finding ****.sh (something with sh at the end). I tried different USB cables, different USB ports, uninstalled the anti-virus app....no go. It installed SU, but phone didn't have root, and the phone kept telling me it wanted to update SU, but that would fail.

Finally, I decided to pull the LAST .ova file you posted before you put up the new one in the OP, out of my recycle bin, and used that, and it worked fine. After over 3 hours of trying all that other stuff. I'm so happy now that I can get all my root apps back and freeze stuff! And Quick Boot, my fave root program. I missed that!
[Motorola Droid Bionic] marty45714:
There were a couple of things that I added to the script in the latest version. One or both of them may have helped your situation:

1) I added some logic to re-install Superuser.apk if the command that does the initial install of Superuser fails.

2) The original exploit by Dan Rosenberg tries to run the exploit from /storage/rfs0. Based on feedback from several users, the Samba share is not always mounted to that location on the phone, which will cause the exploit to fail when the script attempts to run it. I added logic that will find the 'pwn' executable, and execute it from the proper path.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] MNEman13:
So I brought my laptop onto a different network, and it finally worked! I really have no idea what was causing the connection problem, but it was smooth sailing on a different network. I'm fully rooted now thanks to your amazing tool and frequent tips. Thank you very much.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] cindylike24:
Thank you very much!

I downloaded and ran this program following your instructions to a tee and it worked beautifully. Like most of the people on here, I had problems with my BIONIC saying that my su file was out of date and then wouldn't let me download the updated su file. This solved my problem instantly and when I checked to see if I had root through Root Checker Pro, everything was green (SUCCESS!). I'm a happy camper again.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] jumphour:
No, the one that I actually got to work was the version before the latest one....the one with MYGROUP all in caps in the instructions. I really have no idea why the newest one didn't work. I wish I wrote down the line where the newest one failed. Seeing as it took me hours, it most certainly could be a user error. LOL But I saved that 2nd to last version, just in case.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] marty45714:
Link to new version of file added to original post. I added some lines to the script to stress the importance of pressing one of the three hardware buttons on the phone (Volume up, Volume Down, or Power) once the exploit has been executed. After discussing this with the author of the exploit, this is an important step to obtaining root.