alexprl

Hello, I recently rooted my Motorola Droid and I am trying to run Rom Manager by clockworkmod and when i attempt to Flash Clockworkmod Recovery I get an error saying, "An error occurred while attempting to run privileged commands!" Can someone offer me some help on what to do, I have tried uninstalling and turning the phone off.

alexprl

anyone???

johnnybirdman

I'm not rooted but as a linux user I understand this error to mean you need to change the permissions of some of the needed files. I've seen other posts about this.
Check out the conversation here (search for the word permissions) Guide to Rooting Android 2.1 on a Motorola Droid - Droid Life: A Droid Community Blog

J.

nstallion

Are you sure you are rooted?

alexprl

Well I did the root process this morning going from 2.1 back to stock then manually updated to 2.1 and now i have an app called superuser permissions so i think i am

nstallion

When you go into the terminal and type "su" does it give you the same error?

alexprl

what terminal?

nstallion

The terminal emulator. You should have a terminal emulator app. If not, download one.

alexprl

where do i find the terminal is it an app or something?

alexprl

thanks im downloading one right now

alexprl

yes i type in su and it sais permission denied

nstallion

Then you are not rooted. Somewhere in your process you went wrong. What ROM did you install?

alexprl

What should I do?

nstallion

Well you haven't given me much information to go by. I'm assuming what you mean is that you flashed back to 2.0.1 with the .sbf file, and then I'm not sure what you mean by manually updated to 2.1

Have you flashed another recovery image? SP Recovery or ClockworkMod Recovery?

I'm thinking you might just want to do it over using this guide: http://androidforums.com/all-things-root-droid/63010-how-install-sprecovery-unrooted-2-1-ota.html

Since I'm not sure exactly what 2.1 ROM you are using though I'm not sure that it would work.

Last edited by nstallion; June 24th, 2010 at 02:07 PM.

alexprl

Yes I flashed back to 2.0.1 using the.sbf file then i downloaded the 2.1 update.zip file and installed it on the phone

nstallion

Heh. All you did is downgrade 2.0.1 and then upgrade to 2.1 then. Follow that guide.

I really have no idea where that superuser app came from though. Where did you find this update.zip?

Last edited by nstallion; June 24th, 2010 at 02:12 PM.

alexprl

Can you recommend a good guide on how to root?

nstallion

I already linked you to it 2 posts ago. http://androidforums.com/all-things-root-droid/63010-how-install-sprecovery-unrooted-2-1-ota.html

Once you have SP Recovery installed you simply download the file at the bottom of the post, rename it to update.zip and flash it with SP Recovery.

alexprl

and this will root the phone?

nstallion

Yes.

alexprl

Alright, I will give it a shot, thank you very much for your assistance.