How To Root Moto G

Motorola's Moto G is one of the best mid-range smartphones. Rooting your device get you rid of all the permissions that the company or operator have applied. You can customize your phone to a greater degree and you can speed up it in various ways. Rooting can be very helpful if you run rooted apps on your device.

Disclaimer:
Rooting your device may void your warranty. Rooting is a crucial process and if anything goes wrong, you may brick your device. I will not be responsible for any kind of damage to your device.

Pre-requisites:

• Keep your phone charged, at least upto 70%. Your device must not power off during the process.
• You will need a USB cable.
• Take backup of all the important data.

Procedure:

1. Now, you need to unlock the bootloader on your Moto G. It will wipe all the data on your device. So, it is recommended to take a backup. Unlocking bootaloader is very easy and will take 5 minutes. Visit this site to unlock bootloader.
2. Download Superboot (from here), a tool which roots the Moto G. Extract it.
3. Enable USB debugging  on your device. Go to Settings > Applications > Development > USB Debugging.
4. Now, enter your device into a bootloader mode. For this, power off the device and press and hold Power + Volume down button simultaneously.
5. Conned phone to PC via USB cable.
6. Do the following steps according to your OS.

• Windows- Double click 'superboot-windows.bat'
• MAC- Open a terminal window to the directory containing the files and type ' chmod +x superboot-mac.sh' followed by './superboot.mac.sh'
• Linux- Open a terminal window to the directory containing the files and type ' chmod +x superboot-linux.sh' followed by './superboot.linux.sh'

       7. When you are done, go to app drawer and check whether SuperSU is installed or not. If yes,  then you are done with rooting.

If your device is successfully rooted with this guide, please comment below.