Hi all,
First of all, I am an Evo LTE owner so forgive my lack of knowledge regarding SBFs / anything Motorola. I am looking to flash CM onto a DX at a friend's request. The phone in question is running the latest OTA and is fully stock.
I saw the thread over at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1823112&page=2 with a new direct root method - is it possible to flash CM7 or any other custom ROM given this? I have seen a lot of comments that you can't downgrade to an older SBF and that CM4DX-GB seems to want a .605 SBF or something like that, I believe this phone is .621.
Is it possible to root the .621 with the "direct" method above, flash CWM and then flash CM or something?
Any help would be appreciated!
If you're on .621 you can absolutely flash Cm7. You need only root via the direct root method you linked, install recovery via Droid 2 Bootstrapper, and flash the ROM plus Google apps
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infazzdar said:
If you're on .621 you can absolutely flash Cm7. You need only root via the direct root method you linked, install recovery via Droid 2 Bootstrapper, and flash the ROM plus Google apps
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Thanks so much. Do I need to flash CM4DX-GB or whatever that custom build is, or are the latest CM7 officials on the GB kernel? (From reading threads looks like they were Froyo for a while.)
Edit: Am I using this (D2B) or this (DXB)? What is the difference?
Don't flash the official builds. Flash the custom builds from Root wiki.
I recommend using D2B since DXB doesn't work unless USB Debugging is enabled. You can use either.
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This should work over. 621?
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/10191-up...tery-no-charge-led-fm-radio-charge-while-off/
Thanks!
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That's the one you want.
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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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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
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!
Recently updated to the 4.5.621.MB810 version and wanting to install the latest MIUI rom..is it possible and if so what are the steps I must take? Thanks in advance.
It is impossible. Sorry.
Clarification: .621 changed some things in the device that we can't undo, this made roms incompatible. Plus there is not a current root method, besides retaining root from a previous build.
Hopefully we will get a wave of roms based on .621 soon.
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Hey guys. I'm currently using a Motorola milestone x (debranded droid x) on a small CDMA network called Appalachian wireless. Its been a decent phone, but its a little outdated and as a result it's been having some performance anxiety as of late- namely a lack of available ram. I would love to be able to root the phone and help alleviate some of these issues, as well as adding an upgraded custom rom. Here are my phone specs:
SYSTEM VERSION: 4.5.604.MB809.ACG.en.US
ANDROID VERSION: 2.3.5
KERNEL VERSION: 2.6.32.9-geadffa3
[email protected]#1
BUILD NUMBER: 4.5.1_57_MX2-34
ERI VERSION: 5
PRL VERSION: 10032
I'm Relatively new into the smartphone scene, and this is my first dive into the world of rooting, so please take nothing for granted. A step by step tutorial is what I need, and I haven't found one of those for the milestone x, so I figured I'd sign up and all for help. Tracks in advance for any help you can provide me.
I can't give you a step-by-step, but since you are already on system version .604, all you have to do it use the Zergrush v4 method (which can be found via a Google search).
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infazzdar said:
I can't give you a step-by-step, but since you are already on system version .604, all you have to do it use the Zergrush v4 method (which can be found via a Google search).
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Cool.. Is this zergrush a superoneclick root? And it won't disrupt my 3G coverage or anything? I read online where some users on the small regional carriers lost they're data coverage after rooting... Also, I read somewhere about how people who were rooting bricked their phone because of tripping some efuse that motorola had added through the 2.3.5 OTA update. This won't be an issue either?
So I was researching that zergrush method, and it talking about using an nTelos sbf file. Woul d I have to flash this sbf to root, and of so would it negatively affect my phone?
Sorry if this is a dumb question. Like I said, I'm totally new at this.
hayescooper19 said:
So I was researching that zergrush method, and it talking about using an nTelos sbf file. Woul d I have to flash this sbf to root, and of so would it negatively affect my phone?
Sorry if this is a dumb question. Like I said, I'm totally new at this.
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You wont have to flash any SBF files. Users not on .604 must flash the SBF file; however, since you are already on .604 you do not.
So just root with zergrush =D
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infazzdar said:
You wont have to flash any SBF files. Users not on .604 must flash the SBF file; however, since you are already on .604 you do not.
So just root with zergrush =D
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Awesome!! Thanks a lot!!
Any suggestions on a custom rom?
I was stuck on 621 and sbf'd to 604 and I find that the best compatible rom is vortex rc1 because of its battery life and fastness also if your going to get any ROM for 604 you should get it from rootzwiki there's a thread that has multiple 604 compatible roms because not all ROM's are compatible
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Yogo123 said:
I was stuck on 621 and sbf'd to 604 and I find that the best compatible rom is vortex rc1 because of its battery life and fastness also if your going to get any ROM for 604 you should get it from rootzwiki there's a thread that has multiple 604 compatible roms because not all ROM's are compatible
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Thanks for the help! I'll definitely check it out!!
Yogo123 said:
I was stuck on 621 and sbf'd to 604 and I find that the best compatible rom is vortex rc1 because of its battery life and fastness also if your going to get any ROM for 604 you should get it from rootzwiki there's a thread that has multiple 604 compatible roms because not all ROM's are compatible
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could you give me a link to that rom thread. I've been looking around and can't find it.
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/21337-roms-multi-rom-thread-blur-based-roms-for-those-on-621604/
These should work
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Yogo123 said:
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/21337-roms-multi-rom-thread-blur-based-roms-for-those-on-621604/
These should work
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Thanks! I actually found it last night after doing a little more digging. Lol... At this point I'm just trying to find a way past this stupid pop up ad blocking the download screen on mediafire. First ad I've ever seen that you can't x out... Oh well. Thanks again. As for installing this rom, can I just do it from bootstrap/cwm recovery?
And is vortex a 2nd-init rom that I would have to sbf to get back from? Because I currently have no sbf available from my carrier.
Yea just bootstrap install zip from SD and then factory reset/clear cache
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how can i sbf 604 from 621?????
Yogo123 said:
I was stuck on 621 and sbf'd to 604 and I find that the best compatible rom is vortex rc1 because of its battery life and fastness also if your going to get any ROM for 604 you should get it from rootzwiki there's a thread that has multiple 604 compatible roms because not all ROM's are compatible
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can you tell me how you sbfd to 604 ....I am stuck on 621 and I need the least complicated tutorial possible...can u share with me how you did this ...any links??? i would really appreciate it!!!!
sluggerhenry said:
can you tell me how you sbfd to 604 ....I am stuck on 621 and I need the least complicated tutorial possible...can u share with me how you did this ...any links??? i would really appreciate it!!!!
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You can follow this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1800047
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Is this the MB809 Milestone X?
First off, I have a rooted GS2SR with CM9 and InstigatorX kernel. I have some experience rooting but my buddy's Droid X is throwing me for a loop. It's running FroYo 2.2.1 unrooted stock. He wants to upgrade it to ICS. What program do I need to get to interface with it to root it? He tried to do it himself and it was stuck in a bootloop. Had to sbf back to froyo 2.2.1 for it to do anything using RSD. These forums are a bit outdated and searching isn't working. Is it really just as simple as loading a .zip to root, loading the bootstrapper, flashing cwm, flashing the rom and voila? Modding my G2SR was easy, but this seems a bit more complex. Or if someone could simply link me to a thorough CM7/CM9 root-how-to forum that would be terrific. Thanks!
He needs to take the latest OTA update, then follow this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1800047
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He needs to take the latest OTA update, then follow this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1800047
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Thanks for the info!
No no no! Do not update firm ware until you root your phone!
Root your phone via Pete's then dl voodoo Rota rootkeeper follow directions THEN do the ota.
And make sure read about any issues before flossing any Rom.
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