The Motorola Droid 4 which was just released a couple of days ago hasn’t had the chance to properly stew in the shelves and a root exploit method is already available for the latest slide-out QWERTY-packing handset from Motorola. The root exploit for the Motorola Droid 4 is courtesy of the hard work of Dan Rosenberg, a security researcher, and who happened to have made the headlines a couple of days back when he was able to crack the tough nut of the Kindle Fire and gain root access to the Amazon 7-incher.
With regard to rooting the Motorola Droid 4, the whole process is relatively plain and simple. In fact, it is very easy wherein the root exploit needs to be downloaded and a script ran and before you know it, you already have root access to your brand-spanking new Motorola Droid 4. Of course, you need to put your handset in USB debugging mode before running the exploit file and your handset will get rooted in no time at all.
Buy the Motorola Droid 4 starting at $99.
Of course, it goes without saying that tinkering with your Motorola Droid 4 runs the risk of voiding your warranty, or worse, turning your device to a useless and expensive paper weight. Howeverif you follow the instructions in the root process for the handset to the letter, you should come out fine and unscathed. While waiting for the root process for the Motorola Droid 4 to complete, which by the way takes a couple of minutes and several reboots, you can go through the specs sheet of the handset to help pass the time.
We first heard about the Motorola Droid 4 as early as late last year but it only reached official status when it was announced at CES 2012. It finally hit the shelves last February 10 and it has measurements of 127 x 67.3 x 12.7 mm and weighs in at a rather hefty 178.9 grams.
The Motorola Droid 4 packs the same internals as that of the Motorola Droid Razr Maxx and both handsets share the same Texas Instruments OMAP4430 chipset. This SoC brings to the fold a dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor that gets the handset supplied with 1.2 GHz of computing goodness. Additionally, the Motorola Droid 4 packs a full gigabyte of RAM which brings improved multitasking capabilities to the handset. The device comes with an internal memory pegged at 16GB and should it run low, memory expansion is always an option using the handset’s dedicated microSD card slot.
The Motorola Droid 4 sports a TFT capacitive multitouch display with a diagonal of 4.0 inches and a resolution pegged at 540 x 960 pixels. The qHD display of the handset gives way to brilliant optics and vibrant colors while the rear-facing 8MP autofocus shooter of the Motorola Droid 4 lets you leave the trusty point-and-shoot at home. Its front-facing 1.3MP camera on the other hand lets you enjoy on the go video calls.
That being said, we can only conclude that the Motorola Droid 4 is one capable device and getting the root access to the device, thanks to Dan Rosenberg, only makes it even more powerful, not to mention attractive at the same time. Buy the Motorola Droid 4 starting at $99.
