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Links in this thread may be BROKEN or OUTDATED.
I apologize if this causes and inconvenience.
Before I start: I am not responsible for anything you do to your phone, this your own doing.
Need Help?
Come hang out in the IRC channel.
Server: irc.freenode.net:6667
Channel: #motodroid3
Or, you can click here to access via Freenode's webchat.
Rooting Your DROID3
Download the One Click Root by psouza4.
With this, you can root/unroot your DROID3.
Then follow these simple instructions.
Note 1) Your phone must be connected via USB data cable to your computer and recognized.
Note 2) If your phone is connected, but not recognized, you may need to install one of these software drivers: LINK to x64 drivers(64-bit)LINK to x86 drivers(32-bit)
Step 1) Download the one-click root package (link above)
Step 2) Extract the contents of the one-click root package to a new folder on your computer.
Step 3) Make sure USB Debugging is enabled on your device. This should be under Settings -> Applications -> Development -> USB Debugging.
Step 4) From the new folder on your computer, double-click on Pete's Motorola Root Tools to begin the root process.
Step 5) Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the root process.
Unrooting Your DROID3
If you do not have them, re-download the files from above, unfreeze/restore any system apps you froze/deleted, and follow all of the steps until step 6, then continue here:
Step 6) Click "Unroot Phone"
Step 7) Wait for your phone to finish the unroot process.
Installing Safestrap/Recovery
Now that you are rooted, you should install Safestrap.
In short, the Safestrap will essentially preserve your stock system files in a partition where they will not altered by flashing ROMs. ROMs will then be flashed into a “second system” which cannot touch your true system files. To install it, follow these steps:
Step 1) Download the Safestrap.apk and install it.
Step 2) Open the Safestrap and click “Install Recovery.”
Step 3) Reboot your phone. You will see a new splash screen after the Motorola splash screen.
Step 4) Hit the Menu button while this screen is open, and you will boot into the Recovery. NOTE: You MUST enable Safe System via the Safestrap Recovery BEFORE flashing ROMs, or you will alter system files.
For more information about the Safestrap, click here.
Wireless Tethering With Your DROID3
As per the Android Forum admins and mods, I cannot post information about this anymore.
Feel free to contact me with specific questions.
Unbricking/SBFing the DROID3 (Or returning to stock without a Nandroid)
So, you did something you weren't supposed to do, and now you're left with a brick (or you forgot to make a Nandroid, and want to go back to stock).
Download this One Click SBF rar file by psouza4 from XDA, and this SBF file.
This SBF will completely wipe your device and install software version 5.6.890 on your phone.
To use:
Step 1) Make sure you have the most recent Moto drivers installed.
Step 2) Extract the zip to a folder on your computer.
Step 3) Extract all of the SBF contents into the "files" folder in the folder you unzipped.
Step 4) Power down your phone.
Step 5) While holding the Vol + and Vol - buttons, power on your phone.
Step 6) Select "AP Fastboot"
Step 7) Once your phone says it is connect, double click "CLICK HERE - Flash Verizon DROID 3 OTA 5.6.890 to phone.bat"
Step 6) Wait for your phone to reboot, then are back on the Stock OTA 5.6.890 update.
still, SBF file link is not working. While there may be another link, it would be good to have it posted here alongside the rest of the package.
I will take care of this later this afternoon.
If anyone has a working link to the sbf, post it here and I will put a link in the main post.
Otherwise, I will either find a working one, or upload my copy.
3.0 is out for SteelDroid! I think I am gonna flash directly on top of 1.0 without clearing cache or memory, because that's a bitch pain in the ass. I let you know what happens.
Last edited by Knitewulf; October 16th, 2011 at 08:18 PM.
Hi what are your guys opinion on these ROMs? I am rooted but I just dont see it worth it to get one of these ROMs, because I am waiting for the "overclocking" feature. Opinions?
Hi what are your guys opinion on these ROMs? I am rooted but I just dont see it worth it to get one of these ROMs, because I am waiting for the "overclocking" feature. Opinions?
personally im running steel droid 3 i like i like the status bar and the litle changed they made its running pretty stable no problem, i ran monster rom which is also well they tweaked alot and its alot better to me then stock , im waiiting on the final release on dark droid , i heard liberty is pretty well i just rooted my girls droid x last night and gave it vortex rom , and it so much better, the roms are a improvement to me due to i dnt use much of blur just back up assistance and gtalk other then that everything else can kick rocks lol hope dat helps and thanks to the dev for they hard work
The Following User Says Thank You to trini.s2k For This Useful Post:
Hi what are your guys opinion on these ROMs? I am rooted but I just dont see it worth it to get one of these ROMs, because I am waiting for the "overclocking" feature. Opinions?
Due to the locked bootloader, OverClocking is not in the foreseeable future.
Due to the locked bootloader, OverClocking is not in the foreseeable future.
So your saying its totally IMPOSSIBLE? I thought it would just make the devs/hackers work a little harder to find a way. But damn if thats true that sucksss
So your saying its totally IMPOSSIBLE? I thought it would just make the devs/hackers work a little harder to find a way. But damn if thats true that sucksss
Currently impossible, yes, unless the devs can find a way to unlock the bootloader, or the less likely possibility that Moto will unlock them for us.
The Following User Says Thank You to imnotmikal For This Useful Post:
I followed the restore method exactly (as quoted below) and got tons of errors on the droid screen that many files and files.img were not able to be loaded and it completed...said "Done" tried to reboot and is still stuck in Red Motorola Boot logo and will not restore.
What else can I do? Is there anyway to get this Droid 3 restored.
Unbricking/SBFing the DROID3 (Or returning to stock without a Nandroid)
So, you did something you weren't supposed to do, and now you're left with a brick (or you forgot to make a Nandroid, and want to go back to stock).
Download this One Click SBF rar file by psouza4 from XDA, and this SBF file.
This SBF will completely wipe your device and install software version 5.6.890 on your phone.
To use:
Step 1) Make sure you have the most recent Moto drivers installed.
Step 2) Extract the zip to a folder on your computer.
Step 3) Extract all of the SBF contents into the "files" folder in the folder you unzipped.
Step 4) Power down your phone.
Step 5) While holding the Vol + and Vol - buttons, power on your phone.
Step 6) Select "AP Fastboot"
Step 7) Once your phone says it is connect, double click "CLICK HERE - Flash Verizon DROID 3 OTA 5.6.890 to phone.bat"
Step 6) Wait for your phone to reboot, then are back on the Stock OTA 5.6.890 update.
Step 7) Enjoy your DROID3 and try not the brick it again.
I followed the restore method exactly (as quoted below) and got tons of errors on the droid screen that many files and files.img were not able to be loaded and it completed...said "Done" tried to reboot and is still stuck in Red Motorola Boot logo and will not restore.
What else can I do? Is there anyway to get this Droid 3 restored.
Unbricking/SBFing the DROID3 (Or returning to stock without a Nandroid)
So, you did something you weren't supposed to do, and now you're left with a brick (or you forgot to make a Nandroid, and want to go back to stock).
Download this One Click SBF rar file by psouza4 from XDA, and this SBF file.
This SBF will completely wipe your device and install software version 5.6.890 on your phone.
To use:
Step 1) Make sure you have the most recent Moto drivers installed.
Step 2) Extract the zip to a folder on your computer.
Step 3) Extract all of the SBF contents into the "files" folder in the folder you unzipped.
Step 4) Power down your phone.
Step 5) While holding the Vol + and Vol - buttons, power on your phone.
Step 6) Select "AP Fastboot"
Step 7) Once your phone says it is connect, double click "CLICK HERE - Flash Verizon DROID 3 OTA 5.6.890 to phone.bat"
Step 6) Wait for your phone to reboot, then are back on the Stock OTA 5.6.890 update.
Step 7) Enjoy your DROID3 and try not the brick it again.
Use RSD Lite instead of the bat file... For instructions on using RSD Lite check out the steel Droid thread.
Hey guys, if any of my links give you a 404 error from Dropbox, I apologize. I'll move the files tomy website server and hopefully that will work better.
Unfortunately, I wont be able to do it forafew hours.
edit-
The BootStrap and One Click SBF are uploaded, and the SBF files themselves are in the process of being uploaded.
Last edited by imnotmikal; November 11th, 2011 at 07:42 AM.
Don't know what I missing but even with the cable that came with the Droid 3, the root program does not want to detect the phone after selecting USB debugging and then charge only.
Don't know what I missing but even with the cable that came with the Droid 3, the root program does not want to detect the phone after selecting USB debugging and then charge only.
Are you plugging your USB cable directly into your machine, or into a hub? I have seen trouble with some machines where the USB hub simply doesn't know how to do the kinds of things that the root program wants to do. Bypass the hub and go straight to your machine.
I will be reworking the entire first post with updated information within the next few days, so please bare with me if some links stop functioning at any time.
Doing the return to stock without a nandroid backup thing didn't actually return to stock for me. My phone is still skinned like I have a custom ROM on it. FUUUU 1% battery increments and it says I am running MavROM.
Last edited by Knitewulf; December 18th, 2011 at 12:30 PM.
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