ok so my son has a boost mobile unlimited account and was given a droid 2. he was told he could flash it over to boost but i have no idea if thats even possible? if it is possible, i have searched on the forum, how would i go about doing this? i am able to root and do other things. i dont want to brick his phone. any help would be greatly appreciated. sorry if this in the wrong section. i placed it here because i found threads on flashing to cricket
im in the same boat :/ i know it can be done but not sure how. i know how to flash an evo to boost but not sure how on the droid
SheWolf88pr said:
im in the same boat :/ i know it can be done but not sure how. i know how to flash an evo to boost but not sure how on the droid
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Did you use the tutorial from this site? I just saw that but still have some questions. Like what does a donor phone have to do with it? And how does google help with those files?
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I HAD MY PHONE ROOTED AND I WAS ABLE TO DO THE GOLDCARD ASWELL BECAUSE MY PHONE WAS LOCK IN SOME WAY. SO NOW THAT I HAVE THE PHONE ROOTED IT WONT LET ME INSTALL ANY ROMS.
NOW I HAVE THE ROM INSTALL INTO MY MEMORY CARD BUT THE WHEN I GO TO RECOVERY MODE IN ORDER TO INSTALL THE ROM, I JUST GET A TRIANGLE WITH A EXCALMATION POINT AND A PHONE PIC....... I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO FROM THERE....IM SO LOST!!!!!!! PLEASE ANY SUGGESTIONS????? BESIDES KICKING THE CRAP OUT OF MY PHONE?
When the pop up with the exclamation point press home and power again then you will see options.
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FIRST WARNING.
thanks i will do it now...see if it works....I TELL YOU I HAVE BEING TRYING TO FIND THE SOLUTION TO IT AND NOBODY HAS HELPED OUT. SO IM TO MY LAST STRAW NOW.I FRIED TWO PHONES ALREADY AND THIS IS MY LAST ONE. BUT I UNDERSTAND WERE YOU ARE COMMING FROM. THANKS DUDE.
Let me know if I was right thanks
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Yes..it worked :d now i got to install all the apps i had before and do some minor checks before i can install this rom again...i hope it work...thank you ..
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I HAD MY PHONE ROOTED AND I WAS ABLE TO DO THE GOLDCARD ASWELL BECAUSE MY PHONE WAS LOCK IN SOME WAY. SO NOW THAT I HAVE THE PHONE ROOTED IT WONT LET ME INSTALL ANY ROMS.
NOW I HAVE THE ROM INSTALL INTO MY MEMORY CARD BUT THE WHEN I GO TO RECOVERY MODE IN ORDER TO INSTALL THE ROM, I JUST GET A TRIANGLE WITH A EXCALMATION POINT AND A PHONE PIC....... I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO FROM THERE....IM SO LOST!!!!!!! PLEASE ANY SUGGESTIONS????? BESIDES KICKING THE CRAP OUT OF MY PHONE?
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You don't need to use CAPS. Without any information we cannot help you.
We need DETAILS.
Phone 32A or 32B?
SPL version?
Radio version?
Recovery?
Rooted or not?
Goldcard made?
Tutorial followed?
If so then which one?
etc etc.
Just saying HELP HELP HELP without telling us where you are at and then getting mad at us MODS isn't going to get anywhere.
mad82109 said:
When the pop up with the exclamation point press home and power again then you will see options. Wish I could have root on my mytouch but these so called mods don't wanna help.
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You do know that MODS is short for MODERATORS, right? Being me?
If I don't know (or anyone else for that matter) how else to help you then we just don't know. There are over a dozen different types of MyTouch devices. If you find someone that has them all rooted with knowledge on all of them then let me know. A technique for one doesn't always work for all of them. When YOU figure it out then post a HOW-TO for others to follow. Until then don't blame the MODERATORS for not knowing how to root YOUR phone.
Your contradicting yourself you said in the other thread that if I followed directions I would have no problem now your saying that there is no solution. yes I do know mods its short for people like yourself who like to go on power trips cause your a internet moderator. No wonder kingxkxlick left.
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Phone 32A or 32B?
SPL version?
Radio version?
Recovery?
Rooted or not?
Goldcard made?
Tutorial followed?
If so then which one?
mad82109 said:
Your contradicting yourself you said in the other thread that if I followed directions I would have no problem now your saying that there is no solution. yes I do know mods its short for people like yourself who like to go on power trips cause your a internet moderator. No wonder kingxkxlick left.
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You have no idea what you are talking about if you want to take this to private message I will more than happy to discuss it with you but not in the open.
And for your information he was breaking forum rules and was asked to leave.
And in regards to meet contradicting myself if you use the resources that have been provided to you by other contributing members in you will not have a problem. Do not blame moderators like myself or other members for not being able or willing to spoon feed you. Remember that XDA Developers is not the only resource on the internet for rooting your phone. If you want to continue being counter productive with your negative comments and rudeness then i suggest you take it to another forum.
Were you able to read my email?
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losspeed24 said:
Were you able to read my email?
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Sort of. Just to confirm, you DO have root right?
Hey guys I was wondering if there was a way to unroot the droid 2 yet? I think I may wanna turn my phone in seeing how moto is going to try to block people who put custom roms on the phone from getting updates and I only have a few days left in my 30 trial.
Thanks everyone
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Hey guys I was wondering if there was a way to unroot the droid 2 yet? I think I may wanna turn my phone in seeing how moto is going to try to block people who put custom roms on the phone from getting updates and I only have a few days left in my 30 trial.
Thanks everyone
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I just flashed my phone back to stock using the .sbf file put up by rootzwiki. I think I'll be writing a tutorial in a bit. May be this morning!
Silex73 said:
Hey guys I was wondering if there was a way to unroot the droid 2 yet? I think I may wanna turn my phone in seeing how moto is going to try to block people who put custom roms on the phone from getting updates and I only have a few days left in my 30 trial.
Thanks everyone
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Here you go!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7930621#post7930621
Somone obviously doesn't know how to read stickies...
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n0yd said:
Somone obviously doesn't know how to read stickies...
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What do you mean? The recovery thread is helpful for finding some files, but beyond that, there aren't any sets of instructions or procedures that actually outline what to do to unroot a phone.
Thanks for the Tutorial darkonion... I tried to do it but for some reason it kept failing on me (tried 3 times) so i decided to just try to return it to my local verizon and the rep didn't even take the phone outta the box haha. Oh and that tutorial you posted on page 17 of the how to root droid 2 thread was perfect I really don't know much about command prompt or adb but I followed your advice without a hiccup. Thanks for all the help. Its greatly appreciated.
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Thanks for the Tutorial darkonion... I tried to do it but for some reason it kept failing on me (tried 3 times) so i decided to just try to return it to my local verizon and the rep didn't even take the phone outta the box haha. Oh and that tutorial you posted on page 17 of the how to root droid 2 thread was perfect I really don't know much about command prompt or adb but I followed your advice without a hiccup. Thanks for all the help. Its greatly appreciated.
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Thanks. Could you PM me where it went wrong? That way, I can start updating the thread to be more accurate.
How can I do this on a Mac? The download is an exe file.... And macs cannot use exe files. (correct me if I am wrong)
I unrooted via the package that I downloaded here in the forums and everything seems to have worked. However it still goes to the green screen @ reboot? Need to return in order to help pay for my new d3 @
Be careful returning rooted devices back to big red. Its a voided warranty issue, and not a wise idea.
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Hey Guys.. I Just Got The Droid 2 Yesterday Im Loving It. I used to have a htc touch pro from sprint and i know how to flash roms and stuff. So now i was looking through the forums on the droid2 rooting stuff but couldnt find the 2.3 update so i didn't want to brick my phone with the wrong files or worse.. anyways could someone help me step by step if possible here or if you got msn messenger Thanks.
lol961 said:
Hey Guys.. I Just Got The Droid 2 Yesterday Im Loving It. I used to have a htc touch pro from sprint and i know how to flash roms and stuff. So now i was looking through the forums on the droid2 rooting stuff but couldnt find the 2.3 update so i didn't want to brick my phone with the wrong files or worse.. anyways could someone help me step by step if possible here or if you got msn messenger Thanks.
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Rooting any droid2 is the same no matter if they have the newest update or not.
Here is a link to the post for rooting. Also try and use a forum search or Google search with "XDA developers:" before what you want to know. This will help us keep double post's to a minimum.
Are there any custom roms that are 2.3?
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Are there any custom roms that are 2.3?
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The newest two builds of Fission and Fused should be 2.3.20 but I'm not sure of any others. I think there is a 2.3.20 version of the squidly ROMs but I think that's it. I'm not familiar with ROMs on the other forums.
I've rooted my Desire HD using Goldcard & Visionary+, but now I'm selling it & need to get it back to stock.
What do I do?
I'm not technically inclined at all rather than I just followed instructions to get it rooted, so minimal technical talk please!
Sorry man i cant help you but i just want to ask why are you selling it? Are you getting somthing different? Or did you just have problems with it?
I'm getting an Inspire.
daandman said:
I've rooted my Desire HD using Goldcard & Visionary+, but now I'm selling it & need to get it back to stock.
What do I do?
I'm not technically inclined at all rather than I just followed instructions to get it rooted, so minimal technical talk please!
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maybe it helps if you open more threads... </sarkasm>
do a search in the dev forum thread titles for "stock", there is at least two. or get yourself a matching RUU and use that. or ask the future owner if he'd like to have it rooted, might save him some hassle.
<sarkasm> or you open some more threads and hope that that magically unroots your phone.
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I just got a developer edition Razr M off eBay and I wanted to know if it comes rooted already or just unlocked?
I have searched but can't find rooting instructions for a Razr M.
Would someone be willing to point me in the right direction, please?
I'm also wondering, with the new software update, on the dev ed it should still remain unlocked even if the update is accepted, no?
Any help appreciated - thanks!
reyxlp said:
I just got a developer edition Razr M off eBay and I wanted to know if it comes rooted already or just unlocked?
I have searched but can't find rooting instructions for a Razr M.
Would someone be willing to point me in the right direction, please?
I'm also wondering, with the new software update, on the dev ed it should still remain unlocked even if the update is accepted, no?
Any help appreciated - thanks!
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Which update are you on?
Head over to Motorola's website, or better yet Google 'How to unlock RAZR m dev edition'. You will need ADB tools on a PC and some knowledge regarding rooting. Anyway, the Motorola website will provide a code to unlock your boot loader. Which you have to input via ADB. Than you can follow the rooting instructions on this forum. Be aware if you do it via Motorola's website you need to make an account with them.
I did this myself and it worked
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ShadowRAZR said:
Which update are you on?
Head over to Motorola's website, or better yet Google 'How to unlock RAZR m dev edition'. You will need ADB tools on a PC and some knowledge regarding rooting. Anyway, the Motorola website will provide a code to unlock your boot loader. Which you have to input via ADB. Than you can follow the rooting instructions on this forum. Be aware if you do it via Motorola's website you need to make an account with them.
I did this myself and it worked
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Hey man thanks for the info - could you please help me just a litte more?
The instructions for rooting that I'm able to find here all seem to involve using the "exploit" but isn't that for non-Dev Ed/locked bootloader phones?
I already unlocked my Dev Ed using the Motorola website so how do I root from this point?
Is it the same thing?
Any help appreciated - thanks!
reyxlp said:
Hey man thanks for the info - could you please help me just a litte more?
The instructions for rooting that I'm able to find here all seem to involve using the "exploit" but isn't that for non-Dev Ed/locked bootloader phones?
I already unlocked my Dev Ed using the Motorola website so how do I root from this point?
Is it the same thing?
Any help appreciated - thanks!
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Bare with me, I am on mobile, will help you when I'm on desktop I have all the files
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reyxlp said:
Hey man thanks for the info - could you please help me just a litte more?
The instructions for rooting that I'm able to find here all seem to involve using the "exploit" but isn't that for non-Dev Ed/locked bootloader phones?
I already unlocked my Dev Ed using the Motorola website so how do I root from this point?
Is it the same thing?
Any help appreciated - thanks!
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Okay well the link that I had to instruct me on how to root my dev phone originally has disappeared :/ My best advice would be to try the exploit method, as the method that I did was what I consider a 'manual' way to root the phone as you must flash each package one after the other. Next best thing you could do is ask someone else on the forum. Sorry friend I will still upload the files that I used if you want to have a crack at it.
Flash the recovery image followed by the superuser one via ADB/Fastboot. Worked for me, best of luck.
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Okay well the link that I had to instruct me on how to root my dev phone originally has disappeared :/ My best advice would be to try the exploit method, as the method that I did was what I consider a 'manual' way to root the phone as you must flash each package one after the other. Next best thing you could do is ask someone else on the forum. Sorry friend I will still upload the files that I used if you want to have a crack at it.
Flash the recovery image followed by the superuser one via ADB/Fastboot. Worked for me, best of luck.
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Thank you so much -- you rock!!
reyxlp said:
Thank you so much -- you rock!!
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Make sure you do a nan-droid of stock!
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Make sure you do a nan-droid of stock!
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Oops - too late, lol...
I couldn't get CWRM to work for some reason so I ended up using TWRP instead.
Did a "Backup" prior to rooting, does that count?
Not planning on flashing any custom ROMs or anything..
reyxlp said:
Oops - too late, lol...
I couldn't get CWRM to work for some reason so I ended up using TWRP instead.
Did a "Backup" prior to rooting, does that count?
Not planning on flashing any custom ROMs or anything..
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So your still running stock? If so just go into your recovery and run a back up to internal or external storage. If internal than get it onto another storage location straight away. That way if you do in the future plan to flash a ROM you can go back to pure stock if you brick it.
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So your still running stock? If so just go into your recovery and run a back up to internal or external storage. If internal than get it onto another storage location straight away. That way if you do in the future plan to flash a ROM you can go back to pure stock if you brick it.
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Yeah, stock for now. I used to mess around with custom ROMs when I first got my Thunderbolt but I'm so much busier at work and trying to keep a girl in my life these days, lol... I'm not good enough at this stuff like you guys to do it quickly, takes me forever to read every post and trudge my way through the How-To's.
If I find the time, I'd love to run a stripped down, battery optimized, de-bloated ROM, something like that...
I did do a backup onto the SD card, I try to keep everything on the SD card. Bummed they make it so hard or not possible to run apps from it. Makes no sense to me but oh well..
Thanks again!
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Yeah, stock for now. I used to mess around with custom ROMs when I first got my Thunderbolt but I'm so much busier at work and trying to keep a girl in my life these days, lol... I'm not good enough at this stuff like you guys to do it quickly, takes me forever to read every post and trudge my way through the How-To's.
If I find the time, I'd love to run a stripped down, battery optimized, de-bloated ROM, something like that...
I did do a backup onto the SD card, I try to keep everything on the SD card. Bummed they make it so hard or not possible to run apps from it. Makes no sense to me but oh well..
Thanks again!
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No problem mate If you need a hand just ask. Also AOKP is quite good. It is probably the second best for battery that I've tried with CM10.1 being the highest, not including stock of course. I run it with themes and the such. Its quite smooth and clean to with not so many features which is good if you just want things simplistic. Let me know if you run into issues
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