I tried using easyroot on my new Droid 2 and couldn't get it to work. App says it rooted successfully and need to reboot. After a reboot, it tries to root all over. Also, I noticed it says "prepping to root moto droid x". I'm assuming this mistake is related. Perhaps easyroot doesn't support droid 2?
Anyone have an easy way for a noob to root? Clear instructions on doing it manually would be much appreciated. Thanks!
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currently there is no gui way to root the D2
I thought the current way was easy. Its all just copy and paste.....
There is a one click solution right in these forums under android development for droid 2..
I am too new of a user or I would supply link.. real easy to find though
called Easy 1-2-3 Root, first post in that forum at time of this posting
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Sorry if this type of post has been answered before but I can't find anything on it. I updated my phone the day the new software came out and it crippled my phone for a day. After that my camera and music player are always crashing or just not working. Soooooo I wanted to know if there was a click root for my DX that's on the new 2.2 Froyo (not leaked version). If you can point me in the right direction I would greatly appreciate it. Oh, I don't understand all the acronyms and abbreviations so if you could dumb it down for me that would help too. Thanks!!!
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Like you I have not rooteda device before and really don't want mine toasted either. Not sure what you looked for when you did the search but when I typed in "Droid X One Click Root" I found a lot of links and I think this one does what you want http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=782556.
Here you go:
Droid X 1-click root, now updated for 2.2
make sure the moto drivers install correctly first. Double check this in device mangler. I had to locate and install v4.7.1 before they loaded correctly on W7.
One click root worked great for me.
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Cool. I will be rooting on via my Mac instead of Win7.
my link was for windows only.
Has anyone tried to root using the z4 root app? Will it work?
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Yea, I used a method listed here @ XDA to get S-Off and rooted when I had the Nov. Update before unrevoke's revisions. It used zroot to enable the process.
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My friend (idiot couldnt wait for me to do it correctly) rooted his Droid X using Z4. Shortly after he discovered his Droid X wouldn't boot. Soft bricked Droid. Said friend orders another Droid X (warrenty) and still couldn't wait (till AFTER SCHOOL A MATTER OF HOURS!) to root and Z4'ed again. Another soft brick. He's on his 3rd Droid X, unrooted. I've refused to do so for him.
z4root by itself will not permanently root an incredible, it will give you temporary root till the next time you reboot. this information is available in the z4root thread. you might want to try posting this in the droid x forum if you want to know about z4root and a droid x .
Its the Inc that I'm concerned with, my wife's phone to be exact. I have the fascinate & I've rooted, de-binged & de- bloated and want to root her phone for wifi tethering. I used a 1-click root app on my Eris that worked well & was just wondering if something similar would work on this one.
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Its the Inc that I'm concerned with, my wife's phone to be exact. I have the fascinate & I've rooted, de-binged & de- bloated and want to root her phone for wifi tethering. I used a 1-click root app on my Eris that worked well & was just wondering if something similar would work on this one.
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The best way to get root on the Inc is to use Unrevoked 3.22. There is no one-click method like the Eris to gain permanent root. You will need to get adb (android-sdk) setup on your pc as well as get the correct usb drivers setup for this to work. The instructions are on Unrevoked's website.
While z4root is technically a one-click method it will only give you a temporary root that is lost every time the phone reboots and you have to re-root it. It can be useful if all you want to do is remove some of the crapware and thats it. I did use it to do just that with Titanium Backup Pro but had to re-root my phone about 16 times, re-install busy box each time and it became rather tedious and took a couple hours. Also I wouldn't recommend using it if your going to install a custom ROM or want to do other modding to the phone.
Edit: z4root does not put a custom recovery on the phone and you wouldn't be able to use it anyways if you did as root would be lost as soon as you tried to reboot into recovery. So you couldn't even install a custom ROM with it if you wanted to.
Revoked works. Instructions here. http://jonsuh.com/2010/11/root-your-droid-incredible-how-to/ if using windows, have fun downloading ext2 drivers, if using Linux/MAC, its very easy
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z4root by itself will not permanently root an incredible, it will give you temporary root till the next time you reboot. this information is available in the z4root thread. you might want to try posting this in the droid x forum if you want to know about z4root and a droid x .
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Didn't even give temp root on my slcd.
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Didn't even give temp root on my slcd.
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I have an SCLD and it worked for me. But I do believe it actually failed the first time I tried it but after a reboot it worked. I think on the z4root thread it mentions rebooting first before using it.
Okay thanks for the info. My wife's is a slcd I believe so I think I'm going to try it.
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I know I know, there are probably lots of threads on this but I'm having a difficult time finding them.
Basically I just need some guidance in how to go about
1) Rooting the phone
2) installing whatever is needed to flash a ROM
3) how to flash a ROM
Let me know, I have a droid incredible and I'm very familiar with that process- but since the X has a locked bootloader it seems it's different here.
Look for z4root, droidx bootstrap and do lots of reading.
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Already did, here's where I'm dumbly stuck.
I download z4root off of here since it was removed from the market. I have the settings enabled where I should be able to install apk's that are not form the market, however when I try to run the download it'll tell me "can not find program to run this file".
Pretty annoying and frustrating, any suggestions?
FYI it is definitely .apk I didn't rename the extension to anything else.
Did you download it directly to your phone? You need to download it to your computer and then move the file to the sdcard. Don't know why but it worked for me. I was having the same problem.
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Ah ok, yes I did download it to the phone. Weird because my incredible didn't have to do that.
I guess different phones have different ways.
My sister with the droid x is out and about, so I hope to work on it when she gets back and hopefully get a good ROM going on it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEg59w0mIms&feature=youtube_gdata_player
The file here at this link will work no parsing error when downloaded to phone, there are some other vids on the channel that may be of use
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Thanks, finally got it all working (yesterday) but wanted to post to thank you guys for the input and also to say how amazed I am at how much smoother and quicker the phone is without the bloat.
Didn't realize it was tied down so much.
Ah crap.....based on that endorsement I'm DEFINITELY gonna have to root now!
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Ah crap.....based on that endorsement I'm DEFINITELY gonna have to root now!
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I rooted my sisters Droid X, my dad has the same exact droid X phone unrooted.
Comparing the 2 is completely different in how quick they are.
My dad's phone is a headache of lagginess and disappointment in speed.
Quite the opposite on the rooted phone.
I used the Liberity 1.5 ROM and also downloaded Launcher Pro from the market (just suggestions ) I never liked ADW launcher.
Hello XDA
I recently updated my phone through Verizon to
Android Version 2.3.3
System Verion 4.5.596
Before I was interested in rooting. I have been researching and tried everything I could find to root this version
but nothing has worked. (gingerbreak, z4root, easyroot, ect.) I did a factory reset/system wipe.
(still 2.3.3 - 4.5.596 on reset)
Am I doing something wrong? Should this version be rooting with GingerBreak or another root program?
(They all are stuck on loading screens never finish or reboot)
or (from what I have read) do I need to rollback to an earlier version to be able to load the 'prerooted'
gingerbread OS?
I am fairly new to this, and am sorry for my ignorance. If it is out there somewhere a link would safice
but as of now I haven't been able to find anything dealing directly with my situation. Thank you for any
and all help.
-Laskowsky
There's no rooting method through stock 2.3.3 yet
you're gonna have to SBF back to stock .340 and flash p3droid's OTA rooted gingerbread ROM
Ok, I was hoping there was a simplier way but expected that for the most part from what I had read. Thank you.
Rooting my Stock Gingerbread 2.3.3 (4.5.596) Droid X
I don't want to sound redundant to skate 72w but I have searched the forums up and down.. Is there any other one-click way to root my stock GB 4.5.596 droid x? I found this article
I do not see where it talks about the 4.5.596...
If not, can someone please direct me in the right way to get froyo back so I can have my wireless tether back!
Thanks,
-Nick
There is a rooting method or p3droid would not have been able to root. Wish he would share.
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There is a rooting method or p3droid would not have been able to root. Wish he would share.
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p3 tends to 'find' things that other folks don't have. He has a rooted .596 but it's achieved through flashing. He has not announced a way to root the OTA, and I think he would do so if he had one.
Everyone questions p3droids methods.
If you want to root: do some searching here.
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Everyone questions p3droids methods.
If you want to root: do some searching [URL=" http://tinyurl.com/5wjfnt"URL]here.[/URL]
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Your link doesn't seem to work.
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Your link doesn't seem to work.
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Fail troll is fail
GB OTA is not rootable.........yet. If you want Froyo back you need to SBF back to it.
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Everyone questions p3droids methods.
If you want to root: do some searching here.
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LOL
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LOL
That is awesome....I should share with my staff when they ask me where and how I found an answer...
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@jmoney... that quite literally made me lmfao on the public bus
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Has anyone posted a root for the OTA version yet?
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Has anyone posted a root for the OTA version yet?
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Is the sticky still there?
I would consider myself to be a noob when it comes to rooting, all i want it for is the wireless tethering. I have done an sbf once but dont feel very good about doing it again, and am just looking for another one click method to rooting like z4root. I am running on gingerbread 4.5.596 from verizon.
OTA Root
I love my Droid X - hate the VZ CRAPWARE.
I now have the 4.5.596 (2.3.3) OTA update.
The only update method to obtain root is to SBF to Froyo - Root - and install the TBH/P3 Droid pre-rooted update.
At this point, I have too many apps installed and too many settings to reconfigure to take the route.
My main goal is to obtain root (such as a Z4 root style one click) so that I can maintain all my apps and configurations. Once I root, then I can freeze all the VZ Crap (every Google Maps update requires me to choose between GM and VZ Navigator the first time 1 click an address, and having to choose the contacts database EVERY TIME to Google is a PITA - Backup Assistant should be something I can DISABLE).
Sorry for the rant - to the point - does anyone know if ongoing efforts are being made to create a one-click Root for the Droid X? (Or a multi step that preserves data / apps / and settings)
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Everyone questions p3droids methods.
If you want to root: do some searching here.
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Lmao winning
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I also am fairly new to the rooting process as well as the DROID software myself..I had an iphone that I jailbroke and was very familiar with it and how it worked..I updated to 2.3 before I considered rooting..now I want to root..I have read alot on sbfing and returning to froyo ..what does this consist of and how do I do it ? Any help would be great..thanks
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go to the DX wiki and look for FULL sbf it gives u all the details u need and links to the files... helped me out alot when I bootlooped my dx
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guess what sucks about rooting leaks is that it gives the vendors the holes to repair.. if we didnt root the latest.. the ota probably would probably be rootable.
I'm currently running the System Version 4.5.602 on my DX. Never rooted before!!
My question is, where can I go to find out how to root my phone? Any links for the version I'm running? Or will I have to downgrade my version first? If so, where can I find out how to do that.
Much Thanks!!
a little help.
Look under pete's motorola root tools thread on this forum. everything u need is in there.....hope it helps.
Droidmodderx is a good one too
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Google searching does wonders. Unless its something specific to this forum that I'm looking for, I usually google all my problems. Just add "droid x" to the end of your search so you know its for your phone.
As said before, Pete's Motorola tools is a good one.
On a side note...if you ever mess something up on your phone and need to SBF, MAKE SURE you have the .602 sbf file. I used to have 602 on my droidX and i ran an SBF for another version and none of my backup/restores prior to the SBF would work.
z4root also works.
You can also download it from the market (or from a google search)
edit... z4root may not work with a fresh .602 sbf (previously I sbf'ed to the previous release.. rooted then updated and that kept root)
Looks like pete's motorolla root tools is the best option right now
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I'm currently running the System Version 4.5.602 on my DX. Never rooted before!!
My question is, where can I go to find out how to root my phone? Any links for the version I'm running? Or will I have to downgrade my version first? If so, where can I find out how to do that.
Much Thanks!!
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Everything you need can be found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1258599
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Thanks for the help! I got the message that I should now be rooted!! I also have superuser on my DX. Any advice for me now?? any recommendations??
Thanks!!
SBF w/ newest .605 SBF, then root w/ the D3 1 click root method. Done.
Titanium backup
Droid x bootstrapper
Rom manager
Root explorer
Busybox
Should at least have those.
Also there are custom roms too. Find one you like follow directions. You'll be fine
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