Motorola Droid : Got New Android / Should I Root Now?
Jul 11, 2010
Hey guys I'm brand new to the Android experience with my Moto Droid and so far I'm lovin it! I've done some reading on this forum about news and rooting. I like the idea of rooting for cool ROMs and to over clock my CPU. Can the 2.2 release screw up the ability to root the Droid? And if it can, should I do it now if the July 13th rumor is true?
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Aug 11, 2010
Here is the scenario:
Motorola Droid - Original
1. Rooted 2.1, then
2. OTA Stock Update to 2.2, then
3. Seem to have lost root, However - I still have the Superuser Permissions Icon.
I use Barnacle for WiFi Tether - I get a "Permission Denied" error when I try to start the application. I also went into the terminal emulator and tried an "su" which also gave a permission denied response. I tried "sudo" and also got permission denied response. Others have told me this is common with this progression of events. However, How do I now ROOT 2.2 in this scenario?
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Aug 5, 2010
I just rooted my stock froyo with it! If this has already been discussed.
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Apr 3, 2010
I used DroidMod to root when I had 2.01. When 2.1 became available, I "un-rooted" then forced update to 2.1. Well to be honest, it is really slow and laggy. I now want to go back to DroidMod, but nothing I have tried seems to work.
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Aug 2, 2010
If i root my new X and then 2.2 comes down? does it not upgrade? de root? what?
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May 10, 2010
I'm trying to gain root and having some problems...
I had my droid rooted for some time, running droid mod 1.0. All was well until recently the battery life turned to shit (followed all guides to resolve recent OTA update issues, but still shitty.) Because of this, I decided I would go back to stock, since I couldn't justify the rom's features if the battery would kick out after 16 hours. So I returned to stock no problem and received the OTA to upgrade to 2.1.
After getting the upgrade to 2.1, I wanted to at least have root access to run a few programs. I followed this guide:
http://androidforums.com/all-things-root-droid/63010-how-install-sprecovery-unrooted-2-1-ota.html
to get SPRecovery back on my phone. Everything went well, it all checked out. After that I used SPRecovery to install the root update.zip. This worked fine, the root access app is in my tray and everything seems to be fine... HOWEVER when opening programs that require root access (setcpu and adfree are the ones I've tried) they say I don't have root access. I have tried reinstalling the update.zip file to no luck. USB debugging is ON. Is there a special update.zip to gain root on 2.1 (I saw no posts about that)? Is there some setting I missed this time around that I didn't the first time I rooted?
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Feb 10, 2010
I have the Droid should I wait for 2.1 and then root or root now?
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Aug 7, 2010
I just got my X a bit ago and was wondering if anyone had seen or tried this method. How To Root/Unroot Motorola Droid-X In One Simple Click?
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Oct 11, 2010
Current as of 10/12/2010
For all phones except:
Sprint EVO 4G (HTC Supersonic)
Droid Incredible (HTC Incredible)
HTC Desire GSM
HTC Desire CDMA (HTC BravoC)
HTC Aria
Droid Eris (HTC DesireC)
HTC Wildfire (HTC Buzz)
How To: Root Your Android Phone (SuperOneClick Method) | TheUnlockr
Here is a video guide showing how to install custom ROMs after rooting your device.
http://theunlockr.com/2010/10/12/how-to-load-a-custom-rom-on-your-android-phone-after-any-one-click-root-methods/
Credit to TheUnlockr
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Sep 25, 2010
I used this to try to root. How to Root DROID X Running Official Android 2.2 - Droid Life: A Droid Community Blog and well when I hook up my phone to my computer its telling me that it can install the driver. (Its never done this before when I had 2.1) the SDK program wont even do screen shots for me so thats the main reason I am trying to root. I know thats a dumb reason but still. I know this isn't much info but its all I got for you. I did run the root program and it said my phone is now rooted and no errors occurred. I know its not rooted cause the screen shot applications are not working on my phone.
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Oct 12, 2010
Current as of 10/12/2010
For all phones except:
Sprint EVO 4G (HTC Supersonic)
Droid Incredible (HTC Incredible)
HTC Desire GSM
HTC Desire CDMA (HTC BravoC)
HTC Aria
Droid Eris (HTC DesireC)
HTC Wildfire (HTC Buzz)
How To: Root Your Android Phone (SuperOneClick Method) | TheUnlockr
Here is a video guide showing how to install custom ROMs after rooting your device.
http://theunlockr.com/2010/10/12/how-to-load-a-custom-rom-on-your-android-phone-after-any-one-click-root-methods/
Credit to TheUnlockr
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Apr 4, 2010
How To Root Your 2.1 Droid | Android Community. Anyone read this? Look accurate, before I dive in to this?
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Sep 22, 2010
Currently have 2.1 Rooted... How can I get the 2.2 OTA and retain root? Is there some way to root from the 2.2 OTA, so in other words, can I flash back to stock 2.1 sbf, update to 2.2, then root?
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Oct 14, 2010
I know there is tons of these, but this is my first root. i'm on the official OTA 2.2 version. How do i root this, preferably the easiest way.
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Aug 6, 2010
I am new rooted Motorola Droid 2.2 user where might I find info on how to use root?
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Jan 21, 2010
I hope someone can direct me to a noob guide of how to unroot so when 2.1 comes out or a problem occurs.Also if this should be in a subfolder then a mod can you please move it.
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Jul 2, 2010
Is it possible to root the Droid prior to activating it (you know, doing the *228 thing to be able to actually make calls and use data)? My wife's new Droid just arrived and I'm planning to put JRummy's Pink Froyo on for her. Thought it might be nice to have it done prior to her getting home from work. I'll obviously still be signing in with her google account and I have wifi at home should I need to access any data. But she needs her current phone right now and activating this new one would in turn deactivate the one she has with her.
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Sep 12, 2010
So I just rooted my x with the help of d13. I don't know much about what I can do or how to do it. What apps do you have and which are worth paying for? Any good rom's you've installed? Currently I'm running 2.2 with flyx
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Jul 3, 2010
So I had Pete's virgin 2.2 release on my phone, ran fine, full root access.
Sapphire 7.0 was released, so what the heck, I formatted system/cache, and installed.
But...lost root somehow. No SU app, no access.
Applied su.zip in Recovery to regain access. Didn't work...
Applied it a few more times, rebooted...nada.
Wiped system/cache and installed CM6 Alpha 3...no root. Applied su.zip, still no su app, no root.
Nandroided back to my backup of Pete's virgin 2.2 release. Root.
Wiped system/cache, installed CM6 Alpha 3, no root.
W-T-F?
Never seen this before...always wipe system/cache before a new ROM, never lost root before.
Really appreciate any suggestions...I have access to CW recovery.
Don't understand how flashing a rooted ROM could leave me w/out root access, or why installing an su zip doesn't add SU back in.
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Aug 19, 2010
Is it possible to ROOT your Droid after the 2.2 Verizon update? If so, is there a link for it? Is it the same process as before?
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Mar 31, 2010
Is there a way to root after the OTA 2.1 update yet?
Sorry, I had my noob goggles on this morning and accidentally applied the OTA update after I did the baseband update so now I've lost root. I know, I know... that update file should never have been on my sd card to start with.
I did a backup with ROMmanager prior to these updates, but can't do anything with it now. Just need to root again so life can continue.
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Apr 24, 2010
Im new to this. I just got my droid yesterday, but Im no idiot when it comes to computers. I even did some adb commands for the first time ever late last night.(they mostly failed )I followed instructions in another thread on how to install sprecovery on a 2.1 OTA phone without rolling it back to 2.0.1 So Right now I have 2.1 OTA phone with SPRecovery. My question is what do I do next ? Install a custom Rom? I understand there is no way yet to root the 2.1 OTA. ( I found a couple posts on how do so but the update.zips did nothing for me)IF installing a custom ROM is the answer then can someone help me with that? will it install on my phone that has 2.1 OTA with SPRecover? what is a good ROM? I dont want something thats gonna lessen my GPS as I have read some roms do. Most of all Idont want to Brick my phone.btw I love this droid and Im excited to be on the android forums
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Oct 29, 2010
My home computer is down, so is it possible to root a droid x completely through the phone itself.
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Oct 3, 2010
I have, to me at least, a very stable 2.3.9 from when the original leak was pushed out. What a joy over 2.1!
I've been reading about deodexing, ROMs, Themes etc. Alot of this is for the OTA 2.2 which I find in my searches. All this requires root, which I am now prepared to do.
Is this the best way/most current way to root the 2.3.9?
How to root the Droid 2 - xda-developers
Or will this work on the leaked 2.2?
Easier 1-2-3 Droid 2 Root for Windows / Linux / Mac - xda-developers
I really don't want to go the route of downgrading to 2.1, then back again, nor do I want the OTA 2.2.
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Oct 22, 2010
I have a droid X on the ota froyo. I have a apple comp. What's the easiest way to root?
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Jul 25, 2010
I'm all new to this android stuff and i was wondering what the big deal of root is? like what can you do with root that you cant do before? Please don't comment if you have something bad to say as you were too once as new as me.
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Aug 12, 2010
Now that I have rooted, how do I keep it with the OTA being pushed out. Will/can Verizon do a force install?
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Aug 15, 2010
Is it going to be possible to root the droid 2? this is the main thing that is making me reluctant from getting the droid 2. also if it is possible to root will it take forever to root like it did with the droid eris?
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Jul 20, 2010
Ive been looking up videos and info. and it looks pretty cool. But what are the main pros and cons?? And what happens when 2.2 official is released...can the phone be UN-rooted?? Can this hurt the phone? Sorry im new to all this rooting stuff and forum so anything i need to know please feel free to share.
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Mar 2, 2010
I really want to, am computer savvy, just not with Linux, and I don't trust myself....Anyone wanna help? PM me if you want.
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