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Tell a noob how to get GB on a root

On stock rom only Z4 rooted - .07p radio and .340
How can i get to the offical GB?
Also is there anything i can do to backup my apps and settings so i don't have to redownload and reset every app?

There are currently a ton of posts with these instructions. Search next time.
Anyways. Go to the following link and follow the 2 part instruction and it will work perfect and will still be rooted.
www.mydroidworld.com/forums/droid-x...-5-596-release-thread-something-everyone.html
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Is there a method for people that don't have custom ROM managers, like Clockwork recovery? All I ever did was root my phone so I could run Titanium backup. I never installed Clockwork or any other custom ROM's... however, the 2.3 update is failing for me.

I am having the same problem. I defrosted all the apps and unrooted the phone but the update is still failing. Help!!!
version 2.3.340
BP_C_01.09.07P

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[How To] Update to Gingerbread from a Rooted Froyo DX

Hi All,
This question is for my wife's Droid X rooted with Z4 with the Droid X Bootstrap. It is my wife's phone & the only reason I rooted it for her was so that she can use the Wireless Tether with her iPad 2. I have the Thunderbolt & the Xoom.
Anyways, so with that said, I have NOT been keeping up with the Droid X development. All I know is that I had used the one click z4 along with the Droid X Bootstrap. Now with the Gingerbread OTA popping up & wanting her to update, all I've been telling her to do is to deny the update. How do I update her from the Stock Froyo to Stock Gingerbread, while keeping root?
Any advice will be much appreciated. Thanks!

It's been said in several other threads, but basically the only way to get root in GB is to start with a rooted Froyo Droid X in stock condition (all bloatware intact and not frozen with Titanium Backup). Then install Clockworkmod's D2 Recovery Bootstrap (that's right, D2, not DX) and then apply the 2 update files mentioned in method 2 of P3Droid's update (search this forum for it). I also found that it's really helpful to do a Clear Data while in Recovery just prior to upgrading. This eliminates some lockups and other strange black screen wonkiness after the upgrade.
If you mess up, just SBF back to the Froyo OTA (again, search this forum), reroot with z4root and try again.

BBJohnnyT said:
It's been said in several other threads, but basically the only way to get root in GB is to start with a rooted Froyo Droid X in stock condition (all bloatware intact and not frozen with Titanium Backup). Then install Clockworkmod's D2 Recovery Bootstrap (that's right, D2, not DX) and then apply the 2 update files mentioned in method 2 of P3Droid's update (search this forum for it). I also found that it's really helpful to do a Clear Data while in Recovery just prior to upgrading. This eliminates some lockups and other strange black screen wonkiness after the upgrade.
If you mess up, just SBF back to the Froyo OTA (again, search this forum), reroot with z4root and try again.
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thx will try it

Gingerbread Update

So i was on liberty rom 2.0.1 and wanted to upgrade to the latest version in the nightlys. So i SBF back to version 2.3.320.MB810 and when i go to settings -> about phone -> systems update, it says i am already up to date. Can i get to gingerbread from this version or do i need to sbf to 2.3.340 to get to gingerbread.

I think you have to be on. 340, but I wouldn't encourage you to take the OTA to GB, download a prerooted .596 GB (team black hat...) then go from there.
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So i sbf to .340 and tried to install the tbh .596 GB update, with the part1 and part 2 files. When i boot into recovery and try to apply the zip it give a error code of 7 during validation of the current system. According to the instructions the only thing i am not doing exactly is i am using the droid x boot straper not the droid 2. would that cause this. dont see the need to spend 3 bucks on something i already have

Try turning off USB Debugging prior to booting into recovery. I think I read somewhere that Droid X bootstrapper works fine as long as you do that first.

Ok so i hope someone can help me out on this i finally got to a TBH rooted GB install.
My next step is to get back on liberty because i just cant stand motoblur, gingerblut is a bit better than what came with froyo but it still sucks. the battery life is terrible and i cant stand all the bloat ware and crappy widgets.
I am not sure what issue i am having 3g data worked fine in liberty GB0.4 but if i ever moved past that it would stop working. So i spent a day and sbf to .340 then installed the TBH rooted stock GB. I then downloaded the libertyGB0.8 did a data wipe and installed it. No 3g data. I really love liberty have donated to them buying the pro toolbox and such. I really want to get back to liberty but i guess if i have to find a different rom i will . Anyone have any idea as to why if i go past liberty 0.4 i loose 3g?

Ok so this issue has expanded past just liberty. I tried to flash apex 2.0 rc1 with the same issue no 3g data. Phone calls and all of that work but no 3g data. i would really like some help with this dont want to get stuck on moto ginger. Will more than likely just go buy a different phone if i cant get this to work

You just need to flash the updated kernal. I had the same problem, and fixed it. let me see if I can find the thread with the info. All u need to do is download the zip file, put on sd card and flash. and itll work just fine. Ill look it up and post back. The 591_kernel_update.zip is what you need
Here is the file:
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/liberty-rom-dx/151857-no-3g-liberty-gb-0-7-a.html

Tried to install Liberty on my Droid X, messed up, stuck in a hole, plz dig me out

Up until today I never did anything to my droid x as far as rooting and roms. I kept everything completely factory and android was at its latest version which is gingerbread 2.3.3 and system version 4.5.605.MB810.Verizon.en.US.
My goal today was to finally experiment this and install Liberty Rom. I completely failed because of all the version complications and plenty of other errors. Before I describe my final problem I should backtrack and let you know exactly what I did today so you can possibly get me out of this mess.
1. The very first thing I did was follow all of the steps at a forum on droid-life "How To: Get Rooted Gingerbread On DROID X" sorry it won't let me post the link.
After all of this I ended up with gingerbread again, but I guess a rooted version. No idea why this was the tutorial I followed when trying to install liberty. Throughout the tutorial I ended up buying "Droid X BootStrapper" because the tutorial had me use it.
Right after this tutorial I bought an app called Rom Toolbox for $5.00 downloaded Liberty through it and was trying to install through it. Every time it rebooted I would get a black screen. Never worked so many issues probably because I flashed the wrong sbf or something.
Here are the programs that I ended up buying today:
z4root (free), DroidXBootStrapper ($2.00), Rom Toolbox ($5.00).
That is everything I have done and all of the apps I own. Can someone please start fresh and give me short instructions to start from scratch on how to get the latest and greatest version of Liberty on my droidx from where I'm stuck at now. I want to completely start over and I am willing to do anything. I hope the apps I bought help and I also want to assume 2 of them probably do the same thing and I didn't need them.

Buying those tools will at least help support 2 members of the community (Koush & JRummy).
I'm pretty sure Z4Root does not work on the GB versions of DX firmware. That's probably why nothing is working. You aren't actually getting root.
you are on the .605 version of GB (when you see references to .602, .605, etc ...)
To get root, start here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1258599
You may also want to download the Droid2 recovery rather than the DX. The D2 version is a little newer and I think avoids a slight bug on later kernels when Debug is on. The D2 version works just fine on the DX. It can be downloaded free from here:
http://www.koushikdutta.com/2010/08/droid-x-recovery.html
Once you are rooted and have recover properly working, you should be able to use the Rom Toolbox to download and install Liberty. Just make sure you read carefully about the 'version' requirements on any ROM.

Oh ok so I was rooting it wrong.
I easily rooted the phone using Pete's Motorola Root Tools. I realized that Rom Toolbox Pro accesses clockwork recovery when the phone is rebooted instead of the phone just restarting fully. But, I still want to start fresh and do everything from the start again. Please let me know if you have any suggestions in the way or order I am doing things. My phone is currently up rooted at 4.5.596 and rooted by Pete's Motorola Root Tools but I want to start over from the beginning so here is what I am going to do:
Note: Before I do anything I am going to format my SD card for a fresh start.
1. Use RSD_Lite 4.9 to Flash my phone back to 2.3.340 using a file called VRZ_MB810_2.3.34_1FF_01.sbf. I always do this part with no problem.
2. Do a hold power+home then search and do a system wipe/restore. Then Activate service, sign into gmail etc.
3. Now that the OS is loaded (the old version with the grey bars 2.3.340) I am going to root my phone using Petes Root Tools. (I hope I can root it with this tool when the firmware is this version.)
4. Put the 3 zip files I have on my SD card to upgrade to GB 588. Also put my GB 596 file on here.
5. I will download 1 app. D2BootStrapper. Bootstrap recovery, reboot into recovery. Install all 3 zip files from SD card. Now I boot up in GB 588.
6. Now I go right back into D2BootStrapper. Bootstrap recovery, reboot into recovery. Install GB 596. Now I have GB 596 rooted and loaded.
7. After this, shouldn't I be able to download Rom Manager Premium and Rom Toolbox Pro and test as many roms as I want? always reverting back to my original backup.
I noticed after installing liberty I was getting all kind of force close popups. And the phone wouldn't connect to service. But then I just held power + home then hit the up/down arrows and did a wipe/restore and it loaded liberty and everything works. Is this normally what has to be done when installing roms?
If there is anything wrong with my process please let me know. Whew I can't believe all that I learned in 1 day.

You've got a lot of steps there that really aren't necessary. When you install a ROM like Liberty, it replaces EVERYTHING in /system. Thus, about all that is left from a .596, .588, .602, etc install is the kernel. The Kernel doesn't change very often in Motorola builds. The last change was on .602. Thus, for your purposes there is no difference between .602 and .605 (FYI, .605 was just a keyboard fix over .602).
So, if you search around, you should find an SBF or AIO flash file to get you to .602.
Or you can simply take the OTA update from VZW after SBF'ing to .340
Once you've flashed your Rom, be sure to clear data/factory reset. You should then start with a clean system.

Alright, if you don't mind can you please let me know what steps I can avoid.
I didn't think it was possible to have a rooted .605 but I guess I was wrong.
So my goal should be to get to .605, then root it. Then install roms from there?

On your first post you said you were on .605. I'm assuming that is still the case.
If so, then root it with pete's tool (I think you've already done that).
Install D2bootstrap, then ROM Toolbox and install your rom from there.
I have to be honest, in that I've not used Liberty in a while, nor have I used Rom Toolbox. It shouldn't be a problem, just make sure that the version of Liberty you are using is for the GB kernel. Some of the older versions of Liberty (Which I did use, and like) were for the Froyo kernel (in that case, stay on .340 and do your upgrades).
Make sure you wipe data in recovery after installing the ROM. Lots of 'Boot Loops' are due to not wiping data after flashing a new rom.

Yeah
Yeah I read up on all of that. I actually might not end up going with Liberty. Going to try others like ICX. But before I do any of this I need to get to .605.
No I am not at .605 I believe that's where my phone was before I started all of this.
Right now I am flashing back to 2.3.34
Once I am back up and running there. Can you please recommend the easiest way to get to .605 and that will be my final question.

.605 should update automatic. If not you can disable the updater using titanium backup by freezing system updater.
1. Use petes tools install cwm as well
A. Droid x bootstrap get this
B. Titanium backup. Backup your apps
2. Make a backup using cwm and backup apps with tb
3. Put the rom zip files on the sd card.
4. Reboot to recovery. Reformat system data etc
DO NOT REFORMAT THE SD CARD.
5. Wipe cache davik etc.
6 flash rom. And reboot.
7 run tb for your apps
Should be a smooth and clean install. The roms are already rooted so no need to worry about that. Hope this helps
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We aren't supposed to link to other forums, so expect this link to get removed.
http://rootzwiki.com/showthread.php?399-UPDATED-GUIDE-LINKS-DX-SBF-s
I would point you to a link here, but couldn't find a quick/easy link to what I wanted.
In this list is an SBF file for .602. Since you seem comfortable with doing SBF's, I would just SBF straight to .602 and root it from there.
Don't know much about ICX, but would encourage you to look at the CM7DXGB thread over at Rootzwiki as well.

ohh, well I just went to Settings > About Phone and its auto updating to .605
Am I not going to be able to root it after this update or should it be fine.

HunterT said:
ohh, well I just went to Settings > About Phone and its auto updating to .605
Am I not going to be able to root it after this update or should it be fine.
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Pete's Root tool should root .605 just fine.

One last thing
As far as Clockwork recovery goes.
Should I always be in the latest version 5.0.2.0 (the blue version)
Or the old version 2.something (the green version)
Why is there 2 version and why would I ever want to flash back to the old version 2.something?

Zaphod-Beeblebrox said:
Pete's Root tool should root .605 just fine.
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Pete's will work on .605 I did two the other day
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HunterT said:
As far as Clockwork recovery goes.
Should I always be in the latest version 5.0.2.0 (the blue version)
Or the old version 2.something (the green version)
Why is there 2 version and why would I ever want to flash back to the old version 2.something?
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Couple things most of the updates are to add support fix minor bugs etc.
I run the one from petes all the time I forget which version. I haven't had problems.
On my mt4g slide I had to flash a modified verson of clockwork due to my phone being newer and not as much support
With that said its not a difficult process to get a new recovery image. You would need terminal emulator and root explorer. Couple of great guides on here on how to do so. Also other methods as well.
All in all the ones that pete's give you should suffice. Unless your one of the extreame types of people who want the newest or like messing around.
Just remember backups can make the process and hassle of soft bricking your phone much easier to fix and takes a few mins to do.
Look around the forums lots of great information from the devs, experts, etc
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HunterT said:
As far as Clockwork recovery goes.
Should I always be in the latest version 5.0.2.0 (the blue version)
Or the old version 2.something (the green version)
Why is there 2 version and why would I ever want to flash back to the old version 2.something?
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The newer version changes the way backups are stored. The new format is smaller and quicker.
Among other issues/bug fixes as mentioned before, but the backup issue is important as the new version will not restore the old style backups.

Milestone X on Ntelos- Suggestions?

I know a noob making a new thread is bad, but I feel like I need very specific advise here.
I've been running Cyanogenmod for years, it was unstable, no progress was being made, I could not use many of the phones functions and once 2.3 officially hit the Milestone X on Ntelos I decided, "Hey, I think I'll take the official rom and just root it".
So I SBF's back to an official SBF and for about a month I did everything I could to get an OTA update to roll out, it never came. I got antsy and searched the web for a 2.3 SBF for Ntelos and found one with the filename
1FF-p3a_shadow_cdma_shadow-user-2.3.5-4.5.1_57_MX2-34-111019-release-keys-signed-ntelos-US.sbf.zip
Which I found on MotoSBF
So it worked, I managed to root it and it's been horribly unstable, so about a month ago I decided that I'd take Cyanogenmod with all of it's faults over this. In reading over the threads here I found my DX Bootstrap would no longer work so I got DX2 BS, and installed Clockwork Mod Droid X 2nd init. Previously I had attempted DX BS which when flashing Cyanogenmod I'd get a boot error, I think I have made progress with the DX2 bootstrap as I no longer get a boot error I just get stuck with the M logo forever.
So would I be correct maybe to assume that it's Cyanogenmod that is now my issue? I want a custom rom that is at least gingerbread and pretty clean/fast, I don't know which ones work on an Ntelos Milestone X except MIUI (and I have to be honest, I HATE MIUI, the cluttered desktop feel of the iOS is one of the things I hate most about iOS in the first place).
I just need two bits of advice here, is the ROM I'm flashing most likely the issue, and if so, what ROM would you suggest for my particular phone.
And let me also check if my steps are correct.
I install DX2 Bootstrap Recovery
I install Rom Manager and my Premium, flash clockwork recovery DX 2nd Init.
I boot into DX2 Bootstrap Recovery, factory reset, install ROM from SD Card.
That sound like proper procedure being I'm on the latest OTA rooted?
*edit I should add that I have attempted to go back to previous versions, but that does not work out sadly*

misfit410 said:
I know a noob making a new thread is bad, but I feel like I need very specific advise here.
I've been running Cyanogenmod for years, it was unstable, no progress was being made, I could not use many of the phones functions and once 2.3 officially hit the Milestone X on Ntelos I decided, "Hey, I think I'll take the official rom and just root it".
So I SBF's back to an official SBF and for about a month I did everything I could to get an OTA update to roll out, it never came. I got antsy and searched the web for a 2.3 SBF for Ntelos and found one with the filename
1FF-p3a_shadow_cdma_shadow-user-2.3.5-4.5.1_57_MX2-34-111019-release-keys-signed-ntelos-US.sbf.zip
Which I found on MotoSBF
So it worked, I managed to root it and it's been horribly unstable, so about a month ago I decided that I'd take Cyanogenmod with all of it's faults over this. In reading over the threads here I found my DX Bootstrap would no longer work so I got DX2 BS, and installed Clockwork Mod Droid X 2nd init. Previously I had attempted DX BS which when flashing Cyanogenmod I'd get a boot error, I think I have made progress with the DX2 bootstrap as I no longer get a boot error I just get stuck with the M logo forever.
So would I be correct maybe to assume that it's Cyanogenmod that is now my issue? I want a custom rom that is at least gingerbread and pretty clean/fast, I don't know which ones work on an Ntelos Milestone X except MIUI (and I have to be honest, I HATE MIUI, the cluttered desktop feel of the iOS is one of the things I hate most about iOS in the first place).
I just need two bits of advice here, is the ROM I'm flashing most likely the issue, and if so, what ROM would you suggest for my particular phone.
And let me also check if my steps are correct.
I install DX2 Bootstrap Recovery
I install Rom Manager and my Premium, flash clockwork recovery DX 2nd Init.
I boot into DX2 Bootstrap Recovery, factory reset, install ROM from SD Card.
That sound like proper procedure being I'm on the latest OTA rooted?
*edit I should add that I have attempted to go back to previous versions, but that does not work out sadly*
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your missing a few steps I believe that maybe is causing your instability issues there is a newer version of clockwork mod that is more suited for your phone download rom manager and flash for the droid x its 5.0.2.0 click reboot into recovery after flashing new recovery
1 wipe/data factory reset
2 wipe cache partition
3under advanced wipe dalvik
4under mounts and storage wipe/format system (for some roms read op instructions for flashing)
be very careful with 4 if you reboot on accident you will be left without a system on your phone!!!!
5 flash the rom and the gapps recommended for that specific rom
6 reboot system
all these apply to flashing in one form or another for a clean install omit #4 if you are fearful most roms these days format the system before installing anyway pooka`s cm7 charge while off seems to be very stable for me try at your own risk like any rom yacks cm7 is good to plus it allows updates through goo app in market but I noticed fc`s with adw launcher when switching to landscape mode but overall not bad

Gave it a go step by step, end result is still just a locked Motorola logo

If everything you have tried has failed it definitely to be the ROM. As a side note i think a root can be unstable because the os linux is very unstable. My pre update root to gingerbread was unstable. I even had linux on my PC and it was just as unstable.
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In another thread I found someone mentioned trying to install CM with the bootloader updated, and they posted a ROM that was pooka-something..
worked like a charm..