How to Root Telus Motorola Milestone on Android Platform

Motorola Milestone on Telus has been rooted successfully. Rooting Motorola Milestone Android phone provides full access to its system files allowing you to modify the phone’s firmware and install third party apps, themes and custom ROMs.

The exploit provides a /system/bin/su from AOSP (that is, you can only use it from adb shell). Once Milestone on Telus is rooted, you can even tether your phone to your computer to gain internet access. In order to root Motorola Milestone on Android 2.0, you may follow or guide posted here. To root or jailbreak Motorola Milestone on Telus follow step by step guide below.

The process of rooting Milestone on android platform is not simple. It uses RSD Lite, flashing the Brazilian 2.0.1 file onto your phone and installation of the root file.

Prerequisite downloads:

• Brazilian 2.01 SBF file
• RSD Lite 4.5.5
• Motorola USB Drivers 32 bit | Motorola USB Drivers 64bit [select the right one for your OS]
• Milestone_Root.zip

Steps for Flashing Brazilian 2.0.1 SBF

Step 1: Install RSDLite and the drivers.
Step 2: Unzip the Brazilian SBF.
Step 3: Run RSD. To do so just right click on the file and click “Run as Admin”.
Step 4: Shutdown your phone, connect it to the USB and boot holding the volume up and the camera buttons+power  together for 5 seconds. if it boots up regular, just pull the battery and try again
Step 5: In RDSlite Click on the “…” next to the file name and browse to the sbf file, select the SBF.
Step 6: Hit START then wait, your phone will reboot during this process don’t worry if it shuts off.
Step 7: After its done phone should boot up and look like normal no file/data loss.

Steps to Root Motorola Milestone Android Phone on Telus

Step 1: Rename Milestone_root.zip to Update.zip and copy it to the root of your SDcard.
Step 2: Turn off the phone
Step 3: With camera and power button pressed and hold, boot the phone. you will see a /\, at this point slide the phone open and press CAMERA+Volume Up till you get a menu.
Step 4: With DPad select apply sdcard:update.zip
Step 5: Reboot phone and you will have SuperUser Whitelist amung other root goodies

Voilla!!  You now have ROOT on your telus milestone.

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