How to Root Moto E Android Version (4.4.4)

Rooting aka gaining administrative rights on a device can open up a whole world of possibilites for this little handset. From loading custom ROMs like Cyanogen to flashing mods to increase battery life, there’s a ton you can do.
Motorola recently released an OTA update to the Moto E to bring it up to Android 4.4.4 that sort of threw a wrench in the way we were rooting it before that so coming up with this method wasn’t terribly easy (involved a lot of researching through forums etc.). Regardless though, it was managed to get rooted and even to have a custom recovery as well.

Please Note Before Starting to Root Your Moto E :

• You Must Have Windows Installed On Your PC.

Step 1 :

1 - Download and install the Motorola Drivers from Motorola’s site: Motorola USB Drivers

2 - Head to our tutorial on How to Setup ADB, complete it, then return here to continue.

Step 2 :

Unlock The Bootloader of Moto E, Below Are The Steps To Unlock Bootloader !

1. Turn off the device.

2. Turn the device back on by holding down volume down and power at the same time for 6 seconds and let go.

3. Plug the device in via USB.

4. On the computer, navigate to C: > android-sdk > platform-tools (if you follow my tutorial on installing the SDK that is where it should be, if you didn’t follow it then just find the platform tools folder inside the SDK).

5. Hold shift on the keyboard and right click in any blank space inside that folder and click Open Command Window Here.

6. In the command prompt, type the following with hitting enter at the end of the line:

fastboot oem get_unlock_data

7. Highlight and copy the info that comes back and paste it into a notepad and remove the spaces and “(bootloader)”‘s so you have one long string of characters (see video for details).

8. Head to Motorola’s Unlock the Bootloader site (sign in if asked).

 Unlock Bootloader Site 

9. Copy and paste the long string of characters into the text field in step 6 on the Motorola page and click Can my device be unlocked.

10. If it can, the Request Unlock Key button will appear below it. Check I agree and click Request Unlock Key. The unlock key will then be send via email to the email you logged in with to the Motorola site.

11. When you receive the unlock key, go back to command prompt and type the following with hitting enter at the end of the line:

fastboot oem unlock [YOURKEY]      (replace [YOURKEY] with the key you received by email).

Step 3 :

Flash A Custom Recovery And Root Moto E

1. Download the SuperSU zip and save it to your desktop:

SuperSU Flashable Zip

2. Copy the SuperSU zip file to the internal storage of the device.

3. Turn the phone off.

4. Turn the device back on by holding down volume down and power at the same time for 6 seconds then let go.

5. Download the Moto E recovery and save it inside C: > android-sdk > platform-tools.

Moto E CWM Recovery

6. In the command prompt that should still be open, type the following with hitting enter at the end of the line:

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

7. Tap volume down to highlight recovery on the device and tap volume up to select it.

8. In recovery, choose Install from sdcard using the volume buttons to navigate and power to select.

9. Select Install zip from sdcard  then select 0

10. Select the SuperSU zip file and flash it.

11. Select advanced > reboot to bootloader.

12. Select No if asked to Fix the SuperSU issue.

13. In the command prompt that should still be open, type the following with hitting enter at the end of the line (yes this is the same as before, now that we have root though, it’ll stick):

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

14. Select reboot on the device.

Step 4 :

Confirm That You Have A Root by following the below given steps !

1. Open the Play Store.

2. Search for and install Root Checker.

3. Open Root Checker.

4. Tap Agree.

5. Tap Okay.

6. Tap Verify Root.

7. Tap Grant.

8. If it says Congrats, then you are rooted.

Step 5 :

Confirm That You Have A Custom Recovery Image Installed by following the below given steps !

1. Open the Play Store.

2. Search for and install Root Checker.

3. Open Root Checker.

4. Tap Agree.

5. Tap Okay.

6. Tap Verify Root.

7. Tap Grant.

8. If it says Congrats, then you are rooted.

Congratulations ! Now You Have A Rooted Moto E Android Phone !

Now You Can Flash Custom ROM On Your Moto E, 

We Are Providing you with the Best ROM's for Moto E .

1 - ShockGensMOD v01 ROM

2 - CarbonRom ROM

3 - Deodexed Motorola Stock ROM

4 - BeanStalk ROM

5 - SlimKat ROM

6 - Unofficial CyanogenMod 11 ROM