Is this method still considered the preferred way to gain root access without brick conversion, or is using the super user zipped exploit a better way?
Also, by rooting the Droid, do you lose the ability to receive automatic updates? I personally think the Droid has been a huge disappointment, so I'm looking for things to do to make it a little more interesting before I dump it and buy another phone that actually works.
Is there any reason why I can SU from a terminal and get "access granted courtesy of magicandroidapps.com"
Yet all apps I run tell me I don't have root access? It's like I have root at the terminal but not through GUI apps? Wasup with that?
NEVERMIND, PROBLEM SOLVED.
Apparently the latest droid root technique works. For some reason the original technique (posted above) didn't seem to work. This is what worked for me...
I'm sorry I have to ask this but I cant find the answer so I was hoping someone could answer it without burning me too much. Is there a way to practice this without actually doing it to my phone? Cant imagine theres a way but if there is I'd love to know.
I am just wondering people keep talking about a superuser app on their phone and I do not seem to have that. I rooted my phone with the OP's method and I all I have tried so far is a screen capture app and that worked fine so I am assuming that it is rooted.
Just wondering; with all the similaraties of the droid eris and the motorola droid would this rooting work alongside with the Eris or do I just risk killin' it or wasting my time? Thanks and sorry for the newbie question; new to Droid and I wanna get mine rooted already.
it's Ubber easy and u'll be rooted in no time trust me.
I am, I'm struggling over here I just had to take a crash course in CMD. I didnt know what I was doing but now I'm beginning to plug along. Thanks a lot for the reply =)
Device(s): Moto Droid AdamZ enhanced v5.0.1 tweak'd and OC'd
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Originally Posted by Airforcemario
I am, I'm struggling over here I just had to take a crash course in CMD. I didnt know what I was doing but now I'm beginning to plug along. Thanks a lot for the reply =)
anything to help bro!!! i was jus like u b4 n i know the feeling.
btw that website i gave you has TONS of tips. i advice you chek it out. it's awesome.
n if u have questions feel free to ask away, i can try to help.
anything to help bro!!! i was jus like u b4 n i know the feeling.
btw that website i gave you has TONS of tips. i advice you chek it out. it's awesome.
n if u have questions feel free to ask away, i can try to help.
You're the man, that was easy, I'm getting that signature error some were talking about so I'm going through his guide to fix the problem. I'm getting there... I can feel it =)
Downloaded all of the various files after wading thru the corrections. Unzipped to c:\android. Changed the filename to update.zip, put it into recovery mode and get it to slurp up the 'update' file. Up to here, it's good.
yes, I installed the usb driver.
When I give it 'adb push su /data/local' I get "error: device not found" Any adb commands give me the same error. I have rebooted several times. Both devices.
PS: thanks for suggesting this website Obtaining Root - Root Your Droid
The guy has an awesome step by step guide for everything. Works perfectly for noobs like me. I just created my first back up after rooting =)
Device(s): Moto Droid AdamZ enhanced v5.0.1 tweak'd and OC'd
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Ahem. Need a bit o' the expert help here.
Downloaded all of the various files after wading thru the corrections. Unzipped to c:\android. Changed the filename to update.zip, put it into recovery mode and get it to slurp up the 'update' file. Up to here, it's good.
yes, I installed the usb driver.
When I give it 'adb push su /data/local' I get "error: device not found" Any adb commands give me the same error. I have rebooted several times. Both devices.
Does rooting your Droid allow you to save Apps from the marketplace to your SD card instead of using the built in flash memory? One of the reasons I returned my droid is because I was starting to run low on memory for my apps and thought that I'd run out it sooner rather then later...
OMG -- you SOOOOOOOOO ROCK!! I just rooted my Droid in about 3 minutes, start to finish, using the file/instructions from that link. And so many more great guides there, too. I donated to the website, because it saved me so much time and stress. Thank you thank you thank you for that link.
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Project Elite 6.5 test/CorCor67 PE 1150Mhz SV Nook Color
Dual boot from eMMC: CM7/Dalingrin OC kernel at 1350Mhz + Nook Color Stock 1.2 rooted
PS: thanks for suggesting this website Obtaining Root - Root Your Droid
The guy has an awesome step by step guide for everything. Works perfectly for noobs like me. I just created my first back up after rooting =)
Hey, how did you backup your phone? I'm trying to search for guides on how to use Nandroid now that I rooted it, but they're all instructions for the G1 or have way too many steps than necessary.
Any help would be appreciated! Thanks in advance!
Edit: Lol, nm, just found this right after I bumped this thread :s. Sorry for the n00bish Q. Thanks anyways, guys, you rock!
Last edited by PhilosoRaptor; January 30th, 2010 at 12:13 AM.
Hey, how did you backup your phone? I'm trying to search for guides on how to use Nandroid now that I rooted it, but they're all instructions for the G1 or have way too many steps than necessary.
Any help would be appreciated! Thanks in advance!
Edit: Lol, nm, just found this right after I bumped this thread :s. Sorry for the n00bish Q. Thanks anyways, guys, you rock!
Glad you found your answer. No worries about apologizing. Trust me, I'm learning as I go too.
Ok rooters. I need major help from you experts. I used the sholes updater to update and everything was working just fine no problem. tonight I updated to the 2.0.3 rom from the 2.0.2. Now I forgot to uncheck to keep my stock apps on my droid. Now I lost my built in email app and mp3 store app whick is what I actually care about. How do I get them back. Im not an expert on rooting thats why I used to sholes app. So explain it to me like Im a 4 year old kid how to get those apps back and put it back on my Droid without making things worst.
Ok rooters. I need major help from you experts. I used the sholes updater to update and everything was working just fine no problem. tonight I updated to the 2.0.3 rom from the 2.0.2. Now I forgot to uncheck to keep my stock apps on my droid. Now I lost my built in email app and mp3 store app whick is what I actually care about. How do I get them back. Im not an expert on rooting thats why I used to sholes app. So explain it to me like Im a 4 year old kid how to get those apps back and put it back on my Droid without making things worst.
Sholes updater removes those by default, but presents a screen to de-select those apps that you do not want to remove -- so, when you see that screen, use the down volume key to highlight the apps you want to keep, and press the camera button to de-select.
Just re-run the sholesmod updater to do it over -- no big deal.
OK, I've done as the first post and it worked fine, I'm rooted thanks for posting it step by step, since I'm new to droid coming from a blackberry it was great help. Now I have one question, how do I set the speed the CPU speed to 800? I've downloaded the app setCPU and the max it gives me is 550mhz, i tried choosing autodetect under device selections and it didn't help me, could anyone tell me how to do it?
Thanks
OK, I've done as the first post and it worked fine, I'm rooted thanks for posting it step by step, since I'm new to droid coming from a blackberry it was great help. Now I have one question, how do I set the speed the CPU speed to 800? I've downloaded the app setCPU and the max it gives me is 550mhz, i tried choosing autodetect under device selections and it didn't help me, could anyone tell me how to do it?
Thanks
Rooting on its own does not give you an O/C. It just grants you the access to do so.
The easiest way to O/C is download a custom ROM that has it built in, like Smoked Glass or Bugless Beast.
If you would like to O/C without a custom ROM the link below will give you great step by step instructions on how to do so. I would highly recommend backing up your phone first. Instructions on how to flash a recovery image and nandroid back ups can be found on this site as well.
Rooting on its own does not give you an O/C. It just grants you the access to do so.
The easiest way to O/C is download a custom ROM that has it built in, like Smoked Glass or Bugless Beast.
If you would like to O/C without a custom ROM the link below will give you great step by step instructions on how to do so. I would highly recommend backing up your phone first. Instructions on how to flash a recovery image and nandroid back ups can be found on this site as well.
thanks for the reply and help, I've been searching in the market for "smoked glass and bugless beast" but i can't find it, do i download this from somewhere else or I should search in the market using another name> Thanks again
thanks for the reply and help, I've been searching in the market for "smoked glass and bugless beast" but i can't find it, do i download this from somewhere else or I should search in the market using another name> Thanks again
Both give pretty good instructions on how to install them. Like I said before I would read up on rootyourdroid.info about recovery images, backups, abd and all those things first before installing one of these roms. Big Lou on rootyourdroid.info plans on putting up a step by step guide on how to install smoked glass very soon. His tutorials are really the best i've seen, they are super easy to follow.
Last edited by p8ntballah21; February 10th, 2010 at 12:50 PM.
Click Start on your computer, and click run. Type cmd in the box, and hit ok. Now type the following, pressing Enter after each line:
cd c:\Android\tools
adb push su /data/local
adb shell
su
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
cd /system/bin
mv su osu
cat /data/local/su > su
chmod 6755 su
ls -l *su
(you should see the following)
-rwsr-sr-x root root 76200 2008-08-01 05:00 osu
-rwsr-sr-x root root 76200 2009-05-30 11:28 su
(now continue typing these following lines to finish)
sync
reboot
You're done!
Are there typos or is it just me?
Go to cmd prompt and type cd C:\android\tools? If you extracted the folder, its "C:\Android\android-sdk-windows\tools"
And then adb push, etc? 'adb' is not a valid command in command prompt also.
Last edited by altjx; March 5th, 2010 at 12:15 PM.
Just go here: Obtaining Root | Root Your Droid doesn't require typing anything, just putting the update.zip file on the SD card and updating, that's it.
I have tried this and many other ways found in other threads to root my phone. I am not technologically ******ed usually, but I just cant get it to work. I do everything that you say to do, but still end up with the same message E:failed to open /sdcard/update.zip (No such file or directory) yet the zipped file is saved directly in the open on the sdcard. i am so frustrated. any advice?
To the last three posters: this method is WAY old and therefore obsolete. It was for the first android version that was shipped with the A855, and the method changed a few times with each new OTA update. The owner of rootyourdroid.info stopped maintaining his site/guides well over a year ago after the method changed once, and in all actuality his guides were full of holes to begin with. The rooting method has now been refined to work on all android versions for the Motorola A855 phone.
I believe super one click (google it, it'll be easy to find) will work if you're looking to try an easy way. The most reliable way is the method by MotoCache1 over a droidforums.net. The only thing is that he stopped maintaining the thread and the link for RSD Lite 4.6 is broken, however I have it in my collection linked in my sig. Thread:
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n i know the feeling.
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