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Got the Offical GB OTA for my Droid X, How do we root??

So I got the official GingerBread OTA (Build 596) last night but I can't root it using gingerbreak and I use my phone to tether wirelessly on my tablet all day.
So my question is Has anyone rooted these build of GB and how?
Thanks

Does it cost mony to tether with the dx?
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synplex said:
So I got the official GingerBread OTA (Build 596) last night but I can't root it using gingerbreak and I use my phone to tether wirelessly on my tablet all day.
So my question is Has anyone rooted these build of GB and how?
Thanks
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I'm in the same boat as you. (got a replacement phone today and the wife updated it before I got home) I assumed there would be a simple way to root after the OTA but it looks like for now that isn't the case. I'm just going to wait a few days and see what happens.

Luckily .596 uses the same boot loader as froyo .340 so you can simply sbf the phone back to .340 then reroot and update to the prerooted .596 that p3droid posted on mdw.

SBF and root. Then you can flash the rooted version. Pm me if you need instructions on how to SBF.
Tethering using the official app costs money but there are other tethering apps

Oh ok, so like where can i find the other apps, n are they free? Also my phone was rooted n i was runnin the stock rom but i just sbf'd the fone and updated to 2.3 ota, can i still root my fone with the z4root? Or do i have to wait for something else?
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Sbf the phone then follow instructions here (video tutorial included)
http://droidmodderx.wordpress.com/l...4-5-596-upgrade-from-froyo-or-gb-588-591-595/
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Is the pre-rooted .596 exactly the same as the OTA .596?

Rocko yes except its not signed
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No one ever reads the first sticky?
I wonder if people are put of by the word "Noob" in the sticky, maybe it should be renamed Everything you need to know about the DROID X.
Everything is explained in there up to Froyo and SBF

firefly2004 said:
I wonder if people are put of by the word "Noob" in the sticky, maybe it should be renamed Everything you need to know about the DROID X.
Everything is explained in there up to Froyo and SBF
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I sir was not put off by the word NOOB in the thread
That thread has saved my arse dozens of times so far and Im not to proud to say ive it bookmarked and reference it a lot. Thanks a million for that thread

The GB OTA is not rootable.......yet. If you want 596 and root SBF back to 340 and install the pre-rooted 596,or wait for the devs to get it.
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[Q] sbf un rooted droid

I have a droid x I want to root ( never rooted before), unfortunately I have updated ota .596 and gb 2.3.3. From what I have found I need to sbf back to .340, but all the guides I have found require you to use an app requiring a rooted device.... what can I do to sbf and/or root my phone, or am I stuck waiting till a direct root for 596 comes out.?

Look in the stickies in this forum. There are a couple guides on how to sbf. Even video tutorials.
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http://droidmodderx.wordpress.com/how-to-sbf-your-droid-x-full-2-3-340/
check out this tutorial.. Files included
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thanks I actually ended up using this last night SHADO_X6_2.3.34_SYSTEM-ONLY.sbf. which stuck my phone at the red m screen. Near panic attack I managed to get it back working with VRZ_MB810_4.5.596_1FF_01.sbf. Im checking out ur link now owen thanks

How to get to root from newest OTA

so I just got a replacement handset with the newest OTA... is there ANY way I can get to root from here? (Ultimately, I want to be running MIUI.. help getting from here to that install would be awesome!)
Thanks!

http://sites.google.com/site/1kdsdroidx/

I can just sbf from it?! >_<;
Also, to get to 2.3.340 should i sbf the system only file or will that mess stuff up?

The new Droid 3 root method worked on my Droid X stock OTA .602

DawidD said:
so I just got a replacement handset with the newest OTA... is there ANY way I can get to root from here? (Ultimately, I want to be running MIUI.. help getting from here to that install would be awesome!)
Thanks!
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+1 on the Droid3 root method. Took the OTA for 602 on my son's stock DroidX and then ran the update right after. No problems.
I used this.
www*droid-life*com/2011/08/25/droid3-1-click-easy-root-already-released/

I also used the droid 3 method....worked perfect...thx
djrbliss – finding the exploit
framework43 – writing the one click
psouza4 – fixing and refining the one click
krazykrivda – gathering developers and making stuff happen
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sriehl said:
The new Droid 3 root method worked on my Droid X stock OTA .602
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You can root via the instructions above but to get on MIUI you must first SBF to 2.3.34 (Google for more instructions), then root via Z4root, install Droid 2 Bootstrapper, then flash the MIUI rom via ClockworkMod Recovery.
Good luck! =D
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i have droid-x and i have flashed so many roms (offiical and pre-root) and CM7 amd MIUI etc...
right now i am currently on 4.5.602 pre-root (the zip files that are part 1 and part 2)
i have my phone setup pretty much how i want...uninstalled a ton of crap with root uninstaller....already made my nand backup.
just wondering what i do from here to get OTA .602 installed and rooted and then what about all my data/apps that i have setup?
thanks

New fascinate owner

So I'm now own a fascinate after owning a Droid 1, epic, ascend 2, Droid x, and now this... I was wondering if anyone could help me with finding cm7, which recovery, how to properly install it. I so far have the Samsung drivers and Odin 3 but my first attempt cm7 it worked fine minus no 3g and gapps wouldn't flash/install, so than I tried going back to stock and it bricked on me " thanks to mobilecomm man" I now have my phone back but I think I'm running 2.1 is their anything newer like 2.3 ? It would be great if someone could help me out
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Get cm7 rom from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1190668
use this guide to install it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1212239

So I did it fallowed what was posted and it worked but I had no 3g so when I tried to go back to stock I bricked my fascinate, I found a Odin3 back to stock I think its a DL09 2.1 something like that ant
Yhow it works fine but is their any stock or stock rooted 2.3 anything to fringe my device up to date
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Did you repartition when you were installing cm7?

FDro said:
Did you repartition when you were installing cm7?
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He should have... the guide I posted in the 2nd link clearly states to repartition. Usually if you add the pit file, repartition auto checks itself anyways.
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qblk said:
So I did it fallowed what was posted and it worked but I had no 3g so when I tried to go back to stock I bricked my fascinate, I found a Odin3 back to stock I think its a DL09 2.1 something like that ant
Yhow it works fine but is their any stock or stock rooted 2.3 anything to fringe my device up to date
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There is no official 2.3 update yet... but there is a powerwashed gingerbread rom in dev section thats a official mezmerize build. Its basically a stock gb rom thats rooted/debloated/ bing free/ deodexed.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1242747
you need to odin this just like a stock package. use the going back to stock section of this guide below. Just replace the file in step 1 with powerwashed gb.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1238070

I agree PW GB is very good except when I try to play 3d games (Guerrilla Bob) the touch screen freezes and does not allow any movement.

I currently have a rooted vibrant my buddy has a fascinate it has been ota updated to 2.2.1 is there a root method or do I need to Odin his phone back to eclair? Thanks in advance hope I'm posting in the right area. I've got cm7 #85 and the new Neo 17 would like to find something similar for his fascinate.
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Rayn1328 said:
I currently have a rooted vibrant my buddy has a fascinate it has been ota updated to 2.2.1 is there a root method or do I need to Odin his phone back to eclair? Thanks in advance hope I'm posting in the right area. I've got cm7 #85 and the new Neo 17 would like to find something similar for his fascinate.
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Just use the guide I posted in the 2nd link. It will put his phone on powerwashed ed05 2.2.2 froyo. It's basically a stock rom thats already rooted, debinged, debloated, otb fusion 1.6 voodoo kernal...etc. No point in just rooting anymore with these enhanced stock roms that ccompos put together for us.

Thanks will do
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There is no official 2.3 update yet... but there is a powerwashed gingerbread rom in dev section thats a official mezmerize build. Its basically a stock gb rom thats rooted/debloated/ bing free/ deodexed.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1242747
you need to odin this just like a stock package. use the going back to stock section of this guide below. Just replace the file in step 1 with powerwashed gb.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1238070[/QUOTE]
I did this on my Fascinate. I went from Super Clean 2.8 back to stock, OTA updated to Verizon 2.2 and then Odin'd Powerwash Gingerbread 2.0 beta 3. No complaints here, PWGB is great!

Ok well now my phone. Keeps saying E: cant mount/ cache/recovery/command
Logs
System
Data data
And so on......
This sucks i did the back to stock odin file dl09 file but its not working.... im just tryimg to get to an updated rom can someone point me in the right direction
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qblk said:
Ok well now my phone. Keeps saying E: cant mount/ cache/recovery/command
Logs
System
Data data
And so on......
This sucks i did the back to stock odin file dl09 file but its not working.... im just tryimg to get to an updated rom can someone point me in the right direction
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Odin eb01 with the atlas 2.2pit file and repartition checked then boot the phone fully...that will get you a working phone although eb01 is not an official release follow the directions in this link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1124391
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qblk said:
Ok well now my phone. Keeps saying E: cant mount/ cache/recovery/command
Logs
System
Data data
And so on......
This sucks i did the back to stock odin file dl09 file but its not working.... im just tryimg to get to an updated rom can someone point me in the right direction
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thats because the version of cwm you are running supports ext4 only, not rfs that powerwashed gingerbread is built on. Make sure you have cwm 2.5.1.x red recovery. There is no need to go all the way back to eb01. the stock ed05 package is fine.

something weird, no roms would work, need help!

Hi everyone, I been reading on this forum for a quiet some time now but never felt the need to create an account to post any questions. because i always find informative threads that help me solved my problems but not this time.
i been helping my friend to tried to install a custom rom on his D2, i wouldnt say im very experienced, but i have done it to couple other phones including a droid x so im kind of familiar with what to do.
so i rooted it, bootstrapped, using rom manager to install cwm, then bootstrapped to cwm recovery, from there wipe data / cache, then install zip from sd.
i tried with cyanogen mod first, but it didnt work, it would get stuck on the m logo after rom is installed, so i sbfed it and repeat the whole process and installed the liberty this time but same thing happened again, so i repeated the whole process again and i tried liquid smooth just now, and it still didnt work.
is there something im missing?

You need to make sure the phone is on gb. Also wipe data/cache/dalvik once before you flash and twice after.
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so it has to be 2.3 and above? the system say its 2.2 right now, but the sbf file i used its "vbz a955 2.3.20_1ff" so i assumed it was on gb. is there specific version of gb i need to upgrade to?
thanks for the suggestion

To flash cm7 or any gingerbread rom you have to first be on the ota 2.3.3
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ooohh thanks! whats the best way to update to 2.3.3? do you have a link? all the links i see is for 2.3.0
thanks alot hope if works

The best was to update is to sbf to stock 2.2 then accept the ota update. Then once you update you can root, bootstrap then install cm7.
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hmm im using doroot , and i can root it after the update, is it normal?

Just follow this tutorial. http://www.droid-life.com/2011/09/0...roidx2-droidx-and-droid3-running-gingerbread/
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thanks, everythings fixed!