How to Root Motorola Backflip 1.5 with the rageagainstthecage method

In this tutorial we will learn how to root the Motorola Backflip 1.5 cupcake with the rageagainstthecage method.

First of all make sure you have the following installed and setup.

1. Download Motorola Backflip USB drivers for 32bit/x86 or 64bit/x64 and install.
2. Download the android sdk and extract it in your c drive and check if adb.exe is present in “c:\android-sdk_r07-windows\android-sdk-windows\tools”
3. Download the rageagainstthecage file and unzip and extract to c drive and make sure two files and two folders are present in “c:\Moto_MSM_Root”
4. Download this backflip-1.5.bat batch file and save it on your desktop or other place you like.
5. Download and install “Terminal Emulator” from market on your Motorola Backflip.

Steps to root your Motorola Backflip 1.5 (Credit: Skrilax_CZ)

1. Plug in your Backflip to the computer, and Turn Off the USB Drive on phone.
2. Make sure its connected in USB Debugging mode. [Settings->Applications->Development->Check USB Debugging]
3. Run the batch file you downloaded in Req. No. 4 by double clicking on it. If a screen shows up and stops at a “$” prompt for you then its ok. If the black screen closes instantly make sure you have extracted the files correctly as mentioned in the requirements.

   

4. Open the “Terminal Emulator” on your Backflip, that you installed from market and type:
   cd /data/local/tmp
./rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
   Wait until you see this message – don’t press anything:

   [+] Forked xxxx childs.

5. Then press enter and type “exit” to close the terminal (or close it via the menu)
6. Open the Terminal Emulator on the phone (if you get the message that terminal died, dismiss it and run it again)
7. If you end up with “#” prompt, do the following. Otherwise reboot the phone and try opening the “Terminal Emulator” again. If even that doesn’t give “#” prompt, then go back to step 4.
8. Type the following into the Terminal Emulator on your Motorola Backflip:

    . /data/local/tmp/install-root.sh
   (if the script prints nothing, then it was successful)
   exit
   exit

9. Now your Motorola Backflip 1.5 is successfully rooted.

Code in backflip-1.5.bat

cd c:\android-sdk_r07-windows\android-sdk-windows\tools
adb start-server
adb push c:\Moto_MSM_Root\1.5\Superuser.apk /sdcard/Superuser.apk
adb push c:\Moto_MSM_Root\1.5\su /sdcard/su
adb push c:\Moto_MSM_Root\rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin /data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
adb push c:\Moto_MSM_Root\install-root.sh /data/local/tmp/install-root.sh
adb shell chmod 0755 /data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
adb shell chmod 0755 /data/local/tmp/install-root.sh
adb shell

Code in install-root.sh

mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mtdblock1 /system
cat /sdcard/su > /system/xbin/su
chown root.root /system/xbin/su
chmod 6755 /system/xbin/su
cat /sdcard/Superuser.apk > /system/app/Superuser.apk
chown root.root /system/app/Superuser.apk
chmod 644 /system/app/Superuser.apk
mount -o ro,remount /dev/block/mtdblock1 /system

Tagged as: 1.5, Android, cupcake, MB300, Motorola Backflip, Motus, Rageagainstthecage, Root