How to Root the Electrify

The Electrify is theUSCellularversion of the Photon 4G, but sadly it gets much less attention than its popular Sprint cousin. Still, there are some developers who seem to want to take things up a level for the Electrify and now, we have a root solution which is only the beginning in a journey wherecustomROMsand other goodies could be encountered. We’ll show you in this post how to root the Electrify and take that ever-important first step. This How-To is based on the solution for Photon 4G, so do not panic if you see filenames that are related to that device.By EditAndroidI. Before You Begin1. As always, back up your data before you proceed.2. Download thephoton-torpedo.tarroot file.3. Make sure you have ADB setup on your PC. If you don’t know what this is, rd through the Section I of ourSetting up ADB Tutorial.4. Enable USBDebuggingon your device. To do this, go toSettings -> Appliions -> Developmentand check theUSB Debuggingbox, when your device is connected.5. InstalltheUSB drivers (32-bit or 64-bit) before you start with the rooting procedure.II. Rooting the Electrify1. Download and install the Superuser app from Google Play (previously the Android Market), either on your device or using the web-based versionhere.2. Copy the photon-torpedo.tar file toC:\Android-sdk\platform-toolson yourharddrive. If you have followed our ADB How-To correctly, this is the folder where the adb.exefileshould be.3. Connect your device and check that USB Debugging is enabled.4. Open a command prompt window. To do this (on a7PC), click on Start, type in cmd in the srchbox and then hit enter, which should bring up a MS-DOS Window. OnXP, click onStart > Runand then type in cmd, to get the same window.5. Type in the commands exactly as you see below with the exact spacing. Use the screenshot below to guide you if you run into any problems. C:\Android-sdk\platform-toolsadb push photon-torpedo.tar /data/tmpadb shell /data/tmp/bin/tar xf /data/tmp/photon-torpedo.tar/data/tmp/photon-torpedo.sh/data/tmp/install-su.shIf you followed the procedure above correctly, your Electrify should now be rooted!! If not, make sure that USB Debugging is enabled and retry.