Have the beautiful Motorola Moto X running on Android 4.4 KitKat? If you had updated to KitKat from Jelly Bean, the previous root methods for Moto X might not work on your device. Read on to get your Moto X on KitKat rooted.

Disclaimer: This guide is intended as a helpful “how to”. dotTech and its writers are not responsible for any gain or loss (including but not limited to bricked devices) incurred as a result of following this guide. Root your device at your own risk. Rooting may void your warranty.

Requirements

This guide will help you to root Motorola Moto X on Android 4.4 KitKat. Proceed at your own risk.

Before We Begin

• Unlock the bootloader of your device. Please not that this will void your warranty.
• Download BETA-SuperSU-v1.72B.zip to your computer. Place this file in the root of your phone.
• Download the latest TWRP recovery (twrp-2.6.3.1-ghost-4.4.img) for KitKat to your computer.
• Download mfastboot.exe to your computer (the normal fastboot file might not work).
• Download and install the USB drivers for your Moto X, if you haven’t already done so.

How To Root Motorola Moto X

• Make sure that your phone is running on the Android 4.4 KitKat OTA.
• Reboot your phone after the update.
• Power off your device again.
• Now, connect the device to your computer while holding the Volume Down and Power buttons to enter the bootloader mode.
• Browse to the folder where you had placed the file mfastboot.exe, which you had downloaded earlier.
• Right-click on a free space in the window while holding the Shift button (Shift + Right-click).
• Select “Open command windows here“.
• Install the TWRP recovery on your device by entering the following command in the command window:

mfastboot flash recovery twrp-2.6.3.1-ghost-4.4.img

• Reboot the device into TWRP recovery (DO NOT boot into the Android OS before this).
• Now, got to install and select the file BETA-SuperSU-v1.72B.zip.
• Reboot your device and boot into the Android OS.
• Install SuperSU by Chainfire from the Play Store.
• Congrats! Your phone is now rooted!

Conclusion

Enjoy your rooted Moto X on KitKat!

[via XDA]