Rooting - Motorola Moto G

The Motorola G has just been launched in India exclusive on Flipkart. Despite just being launched, it is already possible to root the phone, thanks to some swift and advanced developers. Users can now tweak and customize their phone as per their likes.

Warning

Please make sure that you know what you're doing. This procedure, if not done as per the prescribed steps, could brick your phone.

Pre-requisites

1) Your phone should have atleast 80% of battery. Please ensure this as low battery charge could cause the device to turn off during the procedure causing permanent damage.

2) Your phone's bootloader must be unlocked. Click here to unlock your Moto G's bootloader.

Tutorial

1. Download the Root file by clicking here and extract the directory.
2. Reboot your device in bootloader mode. (Turn off your phone and then press Volume Down button)
3. WINDOWS - run 'superboot-windows.bat' as Administrator 
4. MAC - Open a terminal window to the directory containing the files, and type 'chmod +x superboot-mac.sh' followed by 'sudo ./superboot-mac.sh' 
5. LINUX - Open a terminal window to the directory containing the files, and type 'chmod +x superboot-linux.sh' followed by 'sudo ./superboot-linux.sh'
6. You've now successfully rooted your Motorola Moto G.

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HyperX Rom - Samsung Galaxy S Duos GT-S7562

Charles, an XDA developer has built a beautiful custom rom that performs brilliantly on the Samsung Galaxy S Duos GT-S7562. It is to be noted that this custom rom will work only on the international version and not on any carrier-specific versions. You can have a look at some screenshots from this rom.

   

Warning
Please make sure that you know what you're doing. This process could possibly add a yellow triangle to appear on your boot screen. This procedure, if not done as per the prescribed steps, could brick your phone.

Tutorial

1. Download the ROM by clicking here.
2. Transfer the downloaded ZIP to the external SD Card.
3. Power off your phone.
4. Boot into Clock Work Recovery Mode (Volume Up + Volume Down + Home Button + Power Button). Click here to know how to installed ClockWork Recovery Mode on Galaxy S Duos GT-S7562.
5. Wipe data, cache and dalvik cache.
6. Next, select Install ZIP from SD Card.
7. Navigate to the ZIP file (HyperX Rom.zip) and select yes to proceed.
8. When installation is completed, reboot your device.
9. The first time, reboot may take time.
10. You now have HyperX Rom installed on your device.

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