[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
That is what I want to know, Decon, about rooting this device because I do not want an expensive smartphone that I cannot root. Many Motorola Droid phones are difficult to root due to the locked bootloader and the only way to root them is to look for an error on the part of the original software developer. Somewhere a folder is not secured down with the right permissions to allow "an exploit" to access the /system/xbin folder and slip those su and busybox binaries in and give them permission. That is why Droid phone roots are called "exploits". The root developer like Dan Rosenberg, looks hard for a chink in the armor and then exploits this to get the su binaries in place. Motorola/Verizon are not dummies anymore and they are not leaving exploits in the system. There are plenty of phones that are "root friendly" and I found the list of them for you. Motorola/VZW is NOT one of them. We got lucky, Matt's Utility uses the exploit to root our phones, discovered by who else? Dan Rosenberg. Mr. Rosenberg is given credit by Matt Grolf for finding the exploit. I know that the Motorola/Verizon phones I had all used exploits to gain root access. I had my Droid X rooted and was told NOT to take any OTA updates anymore. And when it happened, the rom I now had did NOT have an exploit that could be rooted. ...sigh.

Oh, the URL below about the rooting post advises when buying this Turbo to Buy A Developer Edition because these can be rooted and he explains it well.

Point Being, You may never get a root for this Turbo phone!

I am gathering some important links for you guys wanting new phones and Turbo owners/wannabe owners. Follow along.

I have been trolling in the Turbo forums and one guy got this issue nailed and can explain it much better than me. For all of you Turbo owners and Turbo wannabes, you had better go read this post and subscribe to this thread, like yesterday, man. This guy is a newer member but he explains it better than I can. Read this.

Forum: Motorola Droid Turbo General

Root Post: Someone root and unlock dis bish

Oh man, this is just depressing. :(

The phone has great specs, it costs almost $700, people want it, and VZW has it locked down, HARD. Some phones are "root friendly", some are NOT. You are going to pay a LOT of money for this phone over the years you have it so it makes sense to get it right the first time. Check this "Master List". I found it on several forums including XDA.

Root-Friendly Android Devices

The Turbo has such great specs and reported battery life that almost anybody wants it. But this is one phone we are not likely to root and that is how Verizon wants it. :(

Not "Down on the Turbo", just getting an education, fast, because I was all but set to find that money somehow and grab one of these fantastic phones. The Turbo is in the top ten list at XDA already.

The Turbo does not have an external sdcard slot. :(

Several comments on the Turbo page mention a poor speaker. The entire front of this beast appears to be "all screen" and that is nice. But I use speakerphone a lot and to have a bad speaker is not good. Would love for someone with a Turbo phone to confirm this or report on it please.

That's it, very late, time for "Kitty Nite Nite" in the bed with Sonia Kitty for me. Hope this helps getting people on track to do your homework before plopping down to buy something that costs $600 and up, that you will have for years, if it does not have or ever will have what you want and what you need. There are better choices for everything. Not necessarily talking about the Turbo, but expensive smartphones in general.

'night guys! :rolleyes: