How to Root Moto G and Moto X on KitKat?

Motorola had a great past year. Thanks to its Moto G and Moto X. Both of these smartphones performed pretty well especially Moto G. Moto G is basically a mid range smartphone available at an affordable price. If you look at its specifications you will realise that it offers more than what it is priced at. It has a 720p 4.5 inch IPS LCD display. A quad-core processor with 1GB RAM but unfortunately it comes with 2 internal memory option of 8GB and 16GB and that too with no microSD card support. All in all it is a beautiful device with great features to offer.

Well, Moto X is the flagship device from Motorola and it is rumoured that now Motorola is working on the successor of Moto X and it will be launched on 25th September. Moto X comes with Dual Core Krait processor, 2GB RAM, 10MP primary shooter and with 8/16/64GB memory options but with no microSD card support.

Both of these devices runs the latest Android KitKat version. Thanks to our Android community and a bunch highly talented Android developers we have now the root method for both Moto G and Moto X running on Android KitKat. Unfortunately the method listed below is not the permanent root method and you will have to run this root method every time you boot your device. However, it hardly takes a minute and grants you root access until the next system boot.

Things you Need to Root Moto G and Moto X on KitKat:

Root Moto G and Moto X on KitKat:

In order to Root Moto G and Moto X on KitKat please follow our step by step guide.

1. Connect your Motorola smartphone with your computer using a data cable.
2.  Now open the folder where you extracted the root exploit files. In an empty space within that folder, press shift key and right click. It will show a pop up message. From that message select Open command window.
3. A new command window will open. It’s the time to run the root exploit. Type the following code and press enter
   

   adb push pie.jar /data/local/atvc
   
   adb push root.sh /data/local/atvc

4.  Now you should execute adb shell by typing the following code
   

   adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/atvc/root.sh
   
   adb shell /data/local/atvc/root.sh
   
   

5.  When the above codes have executed you will get the following output
   

   Retina:package jcase$ adb push pie.jar /data/local/atvc
   5288 KB/s (1538203 bytes in 0.284s)
   Retina:package jcase$ adb push root.sh /data/local/atvc
   81 KB/s (137 bytes in 0.001s)
   Retina:package jcase$ adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/atvc/root.sh
   Retina:package jcase$ adb shell /data/local/atvc/root.sh
   pie by jcase
   want to buy me pie? paypal-> jcase@cunninglogic.com
   Retina:package jcase$ adb shell
   shell@ghost:/ $ su
   root@ghost:/ # id
   uid=0(root) gid=0(root) context=u:r:kernel:s0

With this you have gained the root access on your Moto G and Moto X. This method is indeed simple and anyone can do this within a minute. We expect that you will find our guide helpful. Do not forget to leave your feedback.

Important Note:

It is just an exploit to Root Moto G and Moto X on KitKat. It does not grant you permanent root access.  So, every time you boot your device you will have to perform this method to gain the root access.