Power button options - Acer Iconia A500

Has anyone seen a power button mod for our tablets? I know the transformer has one. Just so that when I long press power button I can reboot or get into recovery instead of only being able to shut off the device.
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root and install cwm... gives the option of shutdown, reboot, recovery, (and this is possibly just in thor's rom, but) statusbar toggler.

smhism said:
root and install cwm... gives the option of shutdown, reboot, recovery, (and this is possibly just in thor's rom, but) statusbar toggler.
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Yea, check out THOR's ROM. With his ROM, you press and hold the power button and are given the options to shut down, reboot, reboot into recovery, or open his special status bar mod.

Yeah but auto brightness and rotation lock don't work on Thor ROM correct?
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comnam90 said:
Has anyone seen a power button mod for our tablets? I know the transformer has one. Just so that when I long press power button I can reboot or get into recovery instead of only being able to shut off the device.
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There's an app called RomToolbox. It's designed for phones, but, it has the boot options in the app. So far, I've ran several of the options on my 501 and haven't had but 1 fc on the animation viewer.
But the boot menu seems to work.
So it seems to function, HOWEVER, some of the options I wouldn't advise using on your tab, because it's a phone app.

Moscow Desire said:
There's an app called RomToolbox. It's designed for phones, but, it has the boot options in the app. So far, I've ran several of the options on my 501 and haven't had but 1 fc on the animation viewer.
But the boot menu seems to work.
So it seems to function, HOWEVER, some of the options I wouldn't advise using on your tab, because it's a phone app.
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Quick Boot is another app specifically for reboot options. Thor's ROM is the only one I've tried that has reboot options when long pressing the power button.

Bloodflame said:
Quick Boot is another app specifically for reboot options. Thor's ROM is the only one I've tried that has reboot options when long pressing the power button.
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Thors Revolver Rom, was originally ported from an Asus Transformer, which has those boot options. There's one other Transformer port that has it.

Bloodflame said:
Quick Boot is another app specifically for reboot options.
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Quickboot works great. And Free!

Moscow Desire said:
Quickboot works great. And Free!
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Ok thanks Will give quickboot a go

comnam90 said:
Ok thanks Will give quickboot a go
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Just remember, there is no Fastboot with the Iconia.
It will just do a normal reboot.

Moscow Desire said:
Just remember, there is no Fastboot with the Iconia.
It will just do a normal reboot.
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There's also a paid version which allows you to hide the options you don't/can't use But yeah, the free version is good enough

I gave in, flashed thors ROM lol
Now how do I fix it so it doesn't say it's an epad?
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comnam90 said:
Yeah but auto brightness and rotation lock don't work on Thor ROM correct?
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Correct, but there is a rotation lock soft key when you click on the notification tab in the bottom right. You can also manually adjust the screen brightness here too, which is what I always did even with stock ROM.
In terms of changing the model name from EPAD, I'm not sure........ I never saw a need to change that.

hot reboot
Moscow Desire said:
Just remember, there is no Fastboot with the Iconia.
It will just do a normal reboot.
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Widgetsoid seems to have a hot reboot option in which it skips the Acer boot screen and starts immediately with the bootanimation. SAVES A FEW SECONDS. HAVENT NOTICED ANY ILL EFFECTS WHEN IVE TRIED IT.
It has
Power off
Normal reboot
Hot reboot
Recovery
Bootloader

comnam90 said:
I gave in, flashed thors ROM lol
Now how do I fix it so it doesn't say it's an epad?
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check the themes and apps forum for a thread with a modified build.prop for thor's rom.
you could also manually change the build.prop yourself

Rotation lock key? I dont see it?

hardslog said:
Correct, but there is a rotation lock soft key when you click on the notification tab in the bottom right. You can also manually adjust the screen brightness here too, which is what I always did even with stock ROM.
In terms of changing the model name from EPAD, I'm not sure........ I never saw a need to change that.
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I dont see the lock soft key?

Enable Quick Controls in Settings - Thor Rom Parts

bytemehard said:
Widgetsoid seems to have a hot reboot option in which it skips the Acer boot screen and starts immediately with the bootanimation. SAVES A FEW SECONDS. HAVENT NOTICED ANY ILL EFFECTS WHEN IVE TRIED IT.
It has
Power off
Normal reboot
Hot reboot
Recovery
Bootloader
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yeah, I believe what it does is some sort of cache dump and restarts the android system only. as far as I understand. but yeah, it should save a touch of time off a full boot. I think the most used option, or at least that,s important to me, is the boot to recovery option. a real lifesaver!!!!

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[Q] reboot from Android to Android

Sometimes Android gets slower and I want to reboot just Android, without going all the way back to WinMo. At the moment I use LCDDensity (marketplace) for that (apply the current density and it reboots just Android - very fast!). Can anybody tell me if there is another app/widget just to reboot Android back to Android?
Thanks!
Power off and on? Lol
Search market for reboot there's something there if not when you root it will show up reboot option in your power menu
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hmmm... sorry, forgot to mention I'm on Hyperdroid1.6 on HD2. Reboot in the powermenu (hang-up button long press) reboots the phone and starts from WinMo. With LCDDensity it reboots Android, going back to the Android bootloader(?)screen and then you enter the code for the simcard again, etc. Android feels 'fresh' after that. Now if only I had a widget or something for that 'soft-droid-reboot'
Check out Hot Reboot, it's exactly what you're after.
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onslaught86 said:
Check out Hot Reboot,
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Just don't forget busybox. Hot reboot depends on it.
dharvey4651 said:
Just don't forget busybox. Hot reboot depends on it.
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I updated busybox and down loaded the hot reboot app. Nothing . What am I missing?
dallasjim said:
I updated busybox and down loaded the hot reboot app. Nothing . What am I missing?
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You need to give it root access otherwise it doesnt reboot.
thnx guys, I'll give this combo a try

[Q] {Q} DX Always Enters Recovery Whenever Turned On or Rebooted

My DroidX always enters bootstrap recovery mode everytime i turn it on or reboot. Can anyone tell me why this is happening? I ever had the same issue and then flashing the SBF cleared the problem. But that's the time when I haven't injected the RUIM. Since I'm not on Verizon, i'm afraid that if I do that again my injected number will lost. Is there any solution for it?
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My DroidX always enters bootstrap recovery mode everytime i turn it on or reboot. Can anyone tell me why this is happening? I ever had the same issue and then flashing the SBF cleared the problem. But that's the time when I haven't injected the RUIM. Since I'm not on Verizon, i'm afraid that if I do that again my injected number will lost. Is there any solution for it?
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This is the benefit of.bootstrap, it hijacks the boot process. Consider it a blessing that may be a slight inconvenience until the one time.something happens and your.phone doesnt.boot, then it will.be your.saving grace.
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This is the benefit of.bootstrap, it hijacks the boot process. Consider it a blessing that may be a slight inconvenience until the one time.something happens and your.phone doesnt.boot, then it will.be your.saving grace.
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Dude, are you kidding me? I don't want grace. I want the bootstrap recovery to appear only when i need it to appear.
So is this what happens when I flash the ROM that already has bootstrap recovery feature inside? Coz i'm using Liberty 1.5 right now. So you're telling all people using Liberty experience this?
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Dude, are you kidding me? I don't want grace. I want the bootstrap recovery to appear only when i need it to appear.
So is this what happens when I flash the ROM that already has bootstrap recovery feature inside? Coz i'm using Liberty 1.5 right now. So you're telling all people using Liberty experience this?
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I can't remember where but there's a checkbox that might be checked that starts your phone in bootstrap. Go through the liberty settings or it might even be in the toolbox...
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I can't remember where but there's a checkbox that might be checked that starts your phone in bootstrap. Go through the liberty settings or it might even be in the toolbox...
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I think there's no any checkboxes in the toolbox. I'll try looking for it in the Liberty setting
From the home screen hit menu, settings, Liberty settings. Then unchecked the one that says to go into recovery everytime.
With the nature of the bootstrap it is better that it is booting to it. And you will think the same when something goes wrong and you can't load a recovery. Remember there is no way to boot into recovery by holding a key like other phones.
Got it, dude, and it still goes into recovery even though I have unchecked the option.
I wonder if the ROM got bugs because i got some FC in the Liberty setting even after I reflash the ROM and got the fresh Liberty toolbox from the Market. Damn this thing just start p#@*%g me off.
Easy fix. Someone helped me when mine was doing it. Get or go into an app called root explore. Open it up and go all the way to the bottom and click on system then bin then at the top of the screen click where it shows RW it then should show RO then scroll down and find "hijack" long press and delete then scroll down and find "bootloger" delete that then the next one is bootloger.bin long press it and rename it to just bootloger just get rid of .bin and your done. Just remember to use bootstrap to get back into recovery when you need to.
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Easy fix. Someone helped me when mine was doing it. Get or go into an app called root explore. Open it up and go all the way to the bottom and click on system then bin then at the top of the screen click where it shows RW it then should show RO then scroll down and find "hijack" long press and delete then scroll down and find "bootloger" delete that then the next one is bootloger.bin long press it and rename it to just bootloger just get rid of .bin and your done. Just remember to use bootstrap to get back into recovery when you need to.
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Dont follow this, this makes bootstrap not work ever..... Careful with ur recommendations spiff, he doesnt want to completely remove bootstrap
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Why are you even rebooting your phone enough for this to bug you? I reboot my once probobly once every three days just for fun, i dont experience any slowdowns or anything its just me deciding why not.. You make it sound like you reboot your phone voluntarily every hour or something for no reason
Secondly yes, bootstrap on reboot is a blessing not a curse... What happens if you start liberty up and you get a CONSTANT force close that does not go away and keeps coming up no matter how many times you click close?? Your phone will be INOP and you wont be able to do ANYTHING or even get to the manual bootstrap menu.. therefore having to SBF.. WAY better to have an available bootstrap whenever you need it automatically
I've done this about three times and never had a problem I got this information from someone that I trust and knows more about this stuff then I will ever know. Its not hurting anything. I can still get back into recovery through bootstrapper every time with no problems. I wouldn't post this if it would mess up anyones phone. After you do this you need to use bootstrapper to get back into recovery but you can
Someone helped me with a problem and im just trying to pass on what I've learned. Just to make sure it doesn't hurt anything I just did it to my phone and used bootstraper to flash apex on my phone with no issue.
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spacecasespiff said:
I've done this about three times and never had a problem I got this information from someone that I trust and knows more about this stuff then I will ever know. Its not hurting anything. I can still get back into recovery through bootstrapper every time with no problems. I wouldn't post this if it would mess up anyones phone. After you do this you need to use bootstrapper to get back into recovery but you can
Someone helped me with a problem and im just trying to pass on what I've learned. Just to make sure it doesn't hurt anything I just did it to my phone and used bootstraper to flash apex on my phone with no issue.
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So what happens when you screw something up and get bootloops? Difficult to access bootstrapper when you can't get past the boot animation or even boot logo.
The point of it starting first is in the event of said bootloops you can get into clockwork and restore. From what I understand if you turn off your phone you wait about 30 or so seconds and when you turn on your phone it will skip clockwork, it only pops up when you do a battery pull or if you shut down and power back on right away.
Why are you turning your phone on so much for it to be a pain? I reboot my phone every 2 or 3 days and it doesn't bother me one bit. If you're complaining against measures that are there for your benefit then I don't know what to say... Deal with it.
It works for me. I've had boot loops and have always been able to get in recovery. So is he just supposed live with it. I do turn my phone off ever night I like to give my phone some time off and by doing that I've never had to replace a battery. We all do things differently. He can do what I've showed him or not its up to him.
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SysAdmin-X said:
Dont follow this, this makes bootstrap not work ever..... Careful with ur recommendations spiff, he doesnt want to completely remove bootstrap
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Really? You mean never ever? Even though i already have Bootstrapper app?
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Why are you even rebooting your phone enough for this to bug you? I reboot my once probobly once every three days just for fun, i dont experience any slowdowns or anything its just me deciding why not.. You make it sound like you reboot your phone voluntarily every hour or something for no reason
Secondly yes, bootstrap on reboot is a blessing not a curse... What happens if you start liberty up and you get a CONSTANT force close that does not go away and keeps coming up no matter how many times you click close?? Your phone will be INOP and you wont be able to do ANYTHING or even get to the manual bootstrap menu.. therefore having to SBF.. WAY better to have an available bootstrap whenever you need it automatically
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It works for me. I've had boot loops and have always been able to get in recovery. So is he just supposed live with it. I do turn my phone off ever night I like to give my phone some time off and by doing that I've never had to replace a battery. We all do things differently. He can do what I've showed him or not its up to him.
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Easy, boys. I appreciate the replies. The reason is I just dont like having to meet bootstrap option everytime i turn on the phone or reboot it. I never have bootloop even until now with this DX, even if I do, it's me who have to deal with it. So you see? The why-question is all about me. No offense but lets just stick to the how-question.
@spacecasespiff
So how do you go to bootstrap if you have bootloop?
I've had two bootloops the first was when my phone was doing what yours is doing do I did a batt pull and the recovery screen came up so all was good. The second tine was with liberty and that one a batt pull did nothing so I went to the forums and found out about holding the power button and the home button down and it put you on a different screen sorry I can't remember what was on that screen. You then use the search button to navigate the screen. I can't remember what I had to choose but I think it brought me back to the recovery screen. Its been awhile since that happend so I could be wrong. Just search the forums for it. Obviouse if you have a bootloop you can't get into bootstrapper. But if you can use what I learned about the power and home button you can get things back.
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spacecasespiff said:
I've had two bootloops the first was when my phone was doing what yours is doing do I did a batt pull and the recovery screen came up so all was good. The second tine was with liberty and that one a batt pull did nothing so I went to the forums and found out about holding the power button and the home button down and it put you on a different screen sorry I can't remember what was on that screen. You then use the search button to navigate the screen. I can't remember what I had to choose but I think it brought me back to the recovery screen. Its been awhile since that happend so I could be wrong. Just search the forums for it. Obviouse if you have a bootloop you can't get into bootstrapper. But if you can use what I learned about the power and home button you can get things back.
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Booting up the phone while holding the home and power button boots you into moto's stock recovery. Did u wind up doing a wipe data/factory reset perhaps?
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Oh i see. I bet you just got to the DroidX original recovery then wipe it.
Well that's not so bad if you have bootloop eh?
So i guess have two choices here, using some ROM that doesn't have built in bootstrap recovery inside or applying the tutorial above to avoid the problem i have.
Problem solved then. Thanks everybody

[Q] bionix 1.3.1 question

i have been using bionix v1.3 for a while now and i was wondering how to turn off the voodoo? does anyone know how and would you care to explain please?
Certainly! It's pretty simple, actually... much simpler than when I first started flashing. All you need to do is reboot into Clockwork Recovery (CWR) by holding down the power button and selecting 'Recovery' from the power menu. Once your phone reboots, it should be in a red text-only menu. Just go to 'Voodoo lagfix' and disable it.
On the bottom it should now say something like "lagfix currently: enabled, next reboot: disabled". Go back a menu and reboot the phone. It'll take about 4-5 minutes to convert the partition back to RFS, but afterwards you'll be voodoo-free.
Hope this helps! Let me know if you run into any bumps.
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i have been using bionix v1.3 for a while now and i was wondering how to turn off the voodoo? does anyone know how and would you care to explain please?
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voodoo toggle from market (free)
j56bp said:
voodoo toggle from market (free)
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good tool. thanks
Now does that wipe the phone or is it only to disable it. All my appear will still be there right or do I have to download them again?
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it will not wipe, if it does i'm sure you did something wrong.

[Q] Problems with Clockwork Mod

Hey, I recently rooted my phone, had superuser permissions, and was able to to see the cwm recovery menu. However, whenever I select something from the menu, the screen only shows the CWM logo and thats it. I have to do a battery pull every time. Why does it do this?
My S=Off and I am running cwm 5.0.2.0. I'm confused on how to fix this.
fragmentttt said:
Hey, I recently rooted my phone, had superuser permissions, and was able to to see the cwm recovery menu. However, whenever I select something from the menu, the screen only shows the CWM logo and thats it. I have to do a battery pull every time. Why does it do this?
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In clockwork mod don't use the power button use the trackpad to make selections.
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cnote74 said:
In clockwork mod don't use the power button use the trackpad to make selections.
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that did the trick! thanks very much mayne
fragmentttt said:
that did the trick! thanks very much mayne
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No prob glad you got it working.
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[Hard/Soft Reset] How To Guide

Motorola FLIPSIDE MB508 hard reset
To perform a Factory Data Reset
1. Open the Applications TrayÂ
2. Touch Settings
3. Scroll down and touch Privacy
4. Scroll down and touch Factory Data ResetÂ
5. Touch Reset Phone
If you are unable to navigate through the menu to perform a factory data reset, you can follow the steps outlined below:
1. Power off your phone
2. On the hardware keyboard
3. Hold the X key and then hold the power button
4. When you see the Moto symbol you can release the power key
5. Hold the X key until you see a triangle with an exclamation point
6. Press the key labeled Fn (lower left corner of the keyboard in landscape, upper left in portrait) and the T key at the same time
7. You will now see a menu on the screen
8. Use the hardware keyboard cursor keys (lower left in portrait mode) to move the blue highlight to the various selections. You want to highlight "wipe data/factory reset"
9. Press the return key (to the right of the OK key with the phone in portrait mode) on the hardware keyboard to select the option that is highlighted.
10. Use the cursor keys to highlight YES from the next menu.
11. Press the return key to complete the selection
12. The phone will begin to reset. WAIT until it says it is complete
13. When it is complete you will see the the menu again, select "Reboot system now" with the cursor keys
14. Press the return key to reboot the phone.
Enjoy
using custom recovery will provide more useful functions
phapsubongtoi said:
using custom recovery will provide more useful functions
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Not for those of us unlucky ones (maybe I'm the only one) that the custom recovery will NOT work for. No matter what I try, it wont mount data/recovery, so no backup can be made or flashing a custom rom. Plus I have a new problem. Had to rsd the sbf back and now I can't even gain root on the phone.
What os are u on now? Also what methods have you tried?
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What os are u on now? Also what methods have you tried?
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I've got the froyo on it. When trying to root, I've used the method that worked for me originally, superoneclick. It just keeps not responding on my windows 7 machine but didn't use to. As for the recovery, I did exactly as laidaxins post but it would give me that above error on the phone. I have tried getting help from laidaxin and winsuk to no avail. I even tried getting ahold of romracer to build a proper recovery since I can donate my flipside for the cause, but haven't gotten a response from him at all.
Use z4root go to 4shared.com and search for it there. Then download and install it. Make sure usb debugging is on and unknown sources is checked. Then run z4root and let it sit. Let me know if that works for you.
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Use z4root go to 4shared.com and search for it there. Then download and install it. Make sure usb debugging is on and unknown sources is checked. Then run z4root and let it sit. Let me know if that works for you.
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Gotta be a member to download.
Edit: found the apk here on xda. Doesn't work. At step acquiring root shell, it just closes out. Upon reboot, no superuser. Wasn't meant to be I guess. It was rooted at one time, but guess it just got tired of being told who the boss is.
Just join its free lol
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Just join its free lol
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Lol. As I said tho I found it but it doesn't work. :thumbdown:
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Lol. As I said tho I found it but it doesn't work. :thumbdown:
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super one click is the easiest way to root ( i used the newest version and 100 % success)
and u must root before install any custom recovery
phapsubongtoi said:
super one click is the easiest way to root ( i used the newest version and 100 % success)
and u must root before install any custom recovery
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That didn't work either like it did in the past on my win 7 machine. The program stops responding on killing daemon server.
Superoneclick doesn't always work. That's why I recommend using other options. Also there is a one click root for the Droid x Droid 2 etc on droidforums I have used it on many different Motorola's with a lot of success.
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Superoneclick doesn't always work. That's why I recommend using other options. Also there is a one click root for the Droid x Droid 2 etc on droidforums I have used it on many different Motorola's with a lot of success.
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Would it be droidforums.com?
Yes
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