DROID RAZR Gets its Early Root On

November 5, 2011

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By now you are definitely familiar with the Motorola DROID RAZR, one of the hot 4G LTE devices headed for Verizon. The RAZR will have some fierce competition with the likes of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus and the HTC Rezound. One positive aspect of the RAZR, like that of the Galaxy Nexus, it has recently been rooted, ready for your tinkering as soon as you get it home on November 11th.

The popular 1-click root tool that has been used on various Moto devices also works on the RAZR. As you can see in the photo below, the device has a # symbol after the owner typed in “su” in terminal emulator. This is great news, yes? But don't forget, Motorola has unfortunately locked the bootloader for Verizon-bound devices.

How many of you have plans for this device to be your next?

[via DroidLife]

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Stacy Bruce was born and raised in Spokane Washington. He attended the University of Washington to study pre-med only to change his course study a year later to forensic science. Although currently not a doctor or a scientist, some believe he posseses the knowledge of both. He was a resident of San Diego California for ten years, lived beachside and sometimes wonders why the hell he moved back to Spokane. A multi-talented man, Stacy is a fabricator, an artist, a gear head, a tech junkie and at most, the disciple of Casanova. Growing up, he was always enthralled with electronics, gadgets and gizmos. Throughout his life he has had one, if not two, of every cool and new electronic device available. He began his smartphone experience with the original iPhone. After realizing it was more like theirPhone, he decided he wanted the ability to customize, so Stacy moved to the OG Droid and has been a loyal Android fanatic ever since. Moving through all of the top tier Verizon phones, he recently retired his Droid Charge in favor of the Galaxy Nexus, only to wonder what great device Samsung will come out with next. Stacy is a busy new homeowner in where he lives with his beautiful girlfriend and two dogs.