PeDe7

if you named it update and it didnt work, rename it to update.zip and see if that works

rhyno

Maybe I missed this somewhere but on the intial post you indicated that you updated the method and humancyborg's rom. Is that the mediafire link now included in the flan or is that a previous rom (and I will need to locate humancyborg's)? Thanks in advance. I've finally decided to take the plunge and just wanted to verify this before getting started.


I am havingno luck getting the 2.1 file to download. it keeps getting hung up in the middle of the d/l and disconnecting..

Last edited by rhyno; January 8th, 2010 at 01:35 PM.

PeDe7

it's humancyborg's rom, i wouldnt mention one rom but post another and good luck w/ the procedure

rhyno

Everything installed fantastically for the most part! I am running the animated wallpaper and am having no lagging issues whatsoever. The only thing that is a PITA is going through and downloading and then setting up all of the apps. I can't imagine having to do this every time a new rom comes out or an update surfaces. Is there any way to forgo having to do all this (e.g., setting up email, downloading all apps)? Or is this something that will need to be done each time a new rom or update comes out? Also, I am again unable to delete apps like amazon mp3. Do I need to reroot after installing 2.1? I thought this update allowed SU.

F_R_O_S_T_Y

So I have a slight problem, I can download the HC 2.1 SU DROID BOOT.zip file, but, when I try to unzip it, I get an error that says it is invalid or corrupt. Is there a certain program to use to unzip it or am I doing something wrong?

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR A TUTORIAL THAT ACTUALLY MAKES SENSE AND WORKS!!!!!

rhyno

There is an issue with mediashare right now where it's sometimes stopping the download before its complete. try d/ling it again and keep an eye on it. i had to try like 5 times before I was able to d.l the entire file.

silentjrhpg

thank you your tutorial helped me a lot.
RHPG.org

fckin_amazin

i installed the apk but when i go to device manager i don't see motorola a855 and when i open droid helper and scroll down it says flash 99.1b recovery. please help

jbg25

Well...I think this was a great way to root...and if you are sure you want to do that I highly recommend.

However, be sure you dont want to unroot be fore you do it. I am not sure if anyone else has tried speedymons unroot technique. But I cant get it to work. I get an error... "status 25".

Anyone able to help me?

PeDe7

well it's a zip and if you're using windows, you should be able to do a regular extract but for what it's worth, i use winrar

PeDe7

why are you even in looking under device manager? what's the problem with 99.1b recovery?

Last edited by PeDe7; January 9th, 2010 at 09:13 AM.

PeDe7

setting up apps is trivial work and i dont know if there is a way to save everything. the amazon mp3 app is a pre-installed app in android phones with the stock android. there's no need to reroot. this does allow SU, if you want/need proof, download a terminal from the Android Market and type SU

PeDe7

try apply the nonrooted 2.01 update eclair 2.01.zip

rhyno

Gotcha on that. I just thought one of the reasons for rooting is the ability to delete apps that you don't ever use (e.g., amazon mp3, corporate calendar.

Yeah, it's not just the apps, its everything ya know. Setting up email, bluetooth connections etc.. Not a big deal todo every so often but.... well, ya know

Last edited by rhyno; January 9th, 2010 at 11:35 AM.

jbg25

Thanks man.

Do I drop on SD and use install function? or unpack and place folder in nandroid.

I believe this is an install...but at this point I would rather ask the dumb question than make a mistake.

PeDe7

drop on sd and use the install function

jbg25

it is not recognizing it.

PeDe7

what you mean it's recognizing it?

jbg25

I drop the file Eclair_2.0.1.zip on the SD card. Booted in recovery, wiped the data and the cache. entered the install menu and selected choose ROM from SD card...but there is nothing there.

PeDe7

it's an update file, not a rom file

jbg25

LOL...This just proves I am not good enough with this stuff to be doing this....so forgive me...but how exactly do I do this?

PeDe7

-download the file i gave you
-rename it update [if it gives you an error when you try updating your phone, go back and rename it update.zip and try again]
-put it on your sd
-turn your phone off
-then turn it back on pressing the x button on the keyboard and the power button
-scroll all the way down to INSTALL
-you'll have 3 options, choose the 2nd 1
*should say Install /sdcard/update.zip

jbg25

That is what I thought...I had tried that but got an error...so thought I was doing something wrong.

This is what I get:

Assert failed: apply_patch_check("/system/app/alarmClock.apk", "36fa8c6f8036e4bed36056c1797c4ee40f746b3c","face49 02c83611a0e55c8640dc95133ebe2c5fla")
E:Error in /sdcard/update.zip
(status 7)
Installation aborted.

Last edited by jbg25; January 9th, 2010 at 03:45 PM.

donovanb09

this is the only walkthrough that acctually worked and wasnt so buggy. thank you so much!

Kberg

I already had my phone rooted, but I used this process to install the 2.1 ROM today. My impressions:

I have absolutely no experience in this sorta thing, so I found the video walkthrough on YouTube to be extremely helpful. Actually that's an understatement, I don't think I would have figured this out without that video. I had taken brief attempts at installing a 2.1 ROM using other walkthroughs, for some reason beyond explanation this is the only one that makes use of the Droid Root Helper...it almost makes it too easy. Sooo...watch the video and it's not that hard!

Functionality - Overall seems very snappy. I don't know if it was ever an issue with the HC ROM, but the GPS works. Also not experiencing any issues with the live wallpapers, my phone runs just as smoothly with them on. The backlight issue with the physical keyboard is kind of a bummer but I can live with the quick fix (press the sleep button twice) for now.

The only issue that really bothers me, and really has me stumped, is with the Advanced Task Manager app. For some reason, when I end all, my phone kinda lags for a second and then takes me to whatever settings menu I was last in. Could be the phone function, could be the settings to an application, etc. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling, rebooting, etc etc with no luck. I think I can live with it, although I REALLY REALLY wanted 2.1 lol.

Thanks to the OP for organizing all this info in one place, and thanks to the guy who posted the YouTube video! Loving 2.1!

Kberg

Hmmm...I tried to revert back to 2.0.1 to see if recycling between that and 2.1 would fix the task manager bug, but now it seems I have a problem.

I thought reverting back to 2.0.1 was as simple as: taking the 2.1 nandroid backup out of the nandroid folder, putting the 2.0.1 nandroid backup in the nandroid folder, power off, boot into recovery, and select simple nandroid restore (latest) and it should be good to go.

I'm getting this "Exited with an error 1 status" when it attempts the restore. Am I missing something?

Although I like 2.1, I don't want to be stuck.

jbg25

I feel your pain man....so easy to do...not quite as easy to undo.

If I had known it was not easy to revert to 2.0.1 or unroot I never would have done it. I have tried following every tutorial to restore OEM and so far I have been unable to figure them out (or maybe it is the phone or a conflict bewteen the methods of rooting and unrooting) whatever it is, I also feel stuck now.

I am hoping maybe in future revisions they will build this in to the droid root helper or SPRecovery

Last edited by jbg25; January 10th, 2010 at 09:27 AM.

donovanb09

i believe the 1st download is broken due to some maintinance on the alldroid site. could you please fix this ASAP

Kberg

I wonder if I'm supposed to wipe all the data or something first. I have to believe that I'm just missing a step. The backup is in the correct place, so I don't know why it's not working. The only thing I can think is I'm missing a step.

Kberg

Ok, figured it out. Found a person on alldroid.org posted about the same problem. AllDroid.org - View topic - [Rom] Nexus Droid

I deleted the backup from my SD card, then copied it from my computer again and gave it a few mins this time. However, I think the real problem was that I had the backup folder in another folder. I accidently put it on my SD card like that the first time. This time I made sure the backup wasn't a folder within a folder and it worked.

trekgraham

I'm just not sure if I'form ready to root my Droid, will Research more before attempting it

jbg25

I DID IT!!! DAMN good thing I saved a 2.0.1su nandroid backup.

Starting from 2.0.1 probably the only reason this worked. But with some experimenting in ADB and ADB Shell I was able to restore the old recovery menu. then with a few facotry resets and some ADB codes I found on Doirdforums.net to remove busybox and superuser I have gotten back to 2.0.1 without the SU icon in the app tray. Now when I hit factory reset...it really does factory reset where you have to press 1 and let Verizon reprogram your phone.

I hope this really has fixed everything...and I wont have created new problems that will come out later. I guess when the 2.1 OTA update happens (whenever that is) I will find out when my phone either does or does not update.

Anyway...PeDe...thanks for this great tutorial and this help getting back to OEM

Some day I may venture out and try this again...but for now...I am very happy to be back in my plain old droid 2.0.1

deeznuts2

To the OP, there are a few broken links in your original posting. Seems as though a lot of files on alldroid.org are broken. Don't know if its due to maintenance or what, but if you could update those links, that would be great.

I've been a lurker on this site for quite some time. Not a noob to hacking phones. Decided I didn't want to wait for Motorola to release 2.1 since it would be our luck that they wouldn't do it till the end of this year, as they have a history of procrastinating on these things.

Anyway, since there were a few broken links in the original post, I had to search around the net, but was able to find what I needed, and along with another site, rooted and flashed with no problems.

2.1 is meh. Active wallpapers lost its novelty after a few minutes. Don't really see much of an improvement, though I'm sure the official motorola 2.1 release will work better.

Anyway, at some point I may want to revert back to my factory settings. If I understand it correctly, I may be able to use the stock 2.0.1 update.zip and just flash that to get back to an unrooted factory settings.

However, the file "droidbr.zip" listed in the original posting in this thread is nowhere to be found. I'm guessing that this file is needed to revert the bootloader/recovery module back to stock - is this correct?

If not, how can we get the original recovery screen back? i.e. get the phone back to what it was when it came out of the box.

Thanks.

Last edited by deeznuts2; January 10th, 2010 at 06:29 PM.

jbg25

@ deeznutz...

yes...you need the droidbr.zip That has the recovery and boot images that I used to get back to OEM...although I could not flash the boot...so had to flash recovery..then do a serious of factory resets and the commands to remmove the SU and busybox.

Otherwise you will always end up back at the SPRecovery.

I dont know what is going on at Alldroid I cannot log in there anymore, and emailed the admins...but clearly more is going on.

deeznuts2

thanks for the reply - you confirmed my suspicions, both about droidbr.zip and alldroid. I created an account at alldroid today, thinking that maybe I needed an account to access the files posted there, but it was a no go. Was able to log in, no problem, but files were unaccessible. I even tried getting some posted themes, etc and nothing appeared to be available.

I'm hoping to be able to find the droidbr file elsewhere on the net - if anyone knows where else I can get get it, please let me know.

This thread has been the best!

fckin_amazin

when i restart in recovery i get E:can't open/cache/recovery/command

deeznuts2

The day I got my Droid I wiped it (no mods done to the phone - just like a clean install before I use devices). That message than appeared.

Its been on my phone for a while now and has had no impact on rooting or flashing

Last edited by deeznuts2; January 10th, 2010 at 09:15 PM.

fckin_amazin

i've followed the instructions but it's still not working for me. i've done everything more than 10 times. where could i be going wrong?

jbg25

I have been asked to relay to the best of my ability how to get back to 2.0.1 OEM if you are also having problems using the methods provided in OP.

I will do my best...but it was very much my experimenting around. I was praying the whole time I did not do something unrepairable.

First and most important is that I can only say that this works for sure from 2.0.1 w su.

The reason is that before I upgraded to 2.1 I did an advanced nandroid backup of 2.0.1 w/su. None of my attempts to restore from 2.1 worked. I always ended up with a blank version of 2.1...ALTHOUGH...now that I think about it considering how I ended up reseting... it could work from anywhere I guess.

So first I restored to 2.0.1su (may or may not be necessary)
I downloaded DroidBR (placed both on sd card as suggested)
I mounted Droid to PC and opened adbshell
typed SU
then flashed recovery image (flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img)
I was unable to flash the boot.img...said I did not have permission...which is wierd no?

I rebooted into recovery anyway and got the OEM recvoery menu. So I figured I was close.

I tried to install the original 2.0.1 updat.zip we all used to update manually back in Nov...but got some error. So I tried a factory reset. This worked...I saw the unpacking image and then had phone reboot to the original set up menu (had to contact verizon and press 1 to program phone). Skip set up!

This put me back to 2.0.1 OEM but still had su and busybox. From here I mounted the phone again used the ADB Shell Commands I found in this post to remove su and busybox...
[How-To] Back to Stock, no su, no BusyBox, etc. - Droid Forum - Verizon Droid & the Motorola Droid Forum

(if using adb shell, don't forget to put phone in USB debugging mode)

su
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
rm /system/bin/busybox
rm /system/xbin/busybox
rm /system/app/Superuser.apk
mv /system/recovery-from-boot.old /system/recovery-from-boot.p


after than I did one more factory reset...and VOILA!

Disclaimer....I am nothing near a programmer or developer. And I cannot guarantee that there are not still issues that I have not resolved from this. I cannot be held responsible if this does not work or worse.

Last edited by jbg25; January 11th, 2010 at 07:15 AM.

hockeyfreakb4

roothelper link is broken. could someone upload it for me?

silentjrhpg

Is this for GSM or CDMA phones and watch firmware will this work for? Some have been patched and can't gain root access. Thanks

johnlgalt

The link in Section 1, for the Rooting, now gives the following:

The selected attachment does not exist anymore.

The file ./../files/1725_3cdc1eb38cd160c1b25e12f40dcddaf8 does not exist.

Same for the first link in Unroot section:

The selected attachment does not exist anymore.

The file ./../files/2339_dad3831efd018b75ab95c4ea1eb44820 does not exist.

__________________

Files for the Motorola® DROID® BIONIC®:
Motorola USB drivers v5.5.0- 32bit | Motorola USB drivers v5.5.0- 64bit | Motorola RSD Lite v5.7

Last edited by johnlgalt; January 11th, 2010 at 11:59 PM.

PeDe7

i know, i wrote at the beginning of the thread posting the reason why the links are broken....

deeznuts2

All the files can be found in some of the other threads cited in this thread or secondary sites.

The file droidbr.zip can be located here

I had to get all the files from this thread and like 2 other threads on two other sites - hopefully at some point, the links in this thread will be updated. Its a great thread.

Last edited by deeznuts2; January 12th, 2010 at 08:58 PM.

johnlgalt

My bad - I didn't look at it carefully enough, and did not see the warning there.

For future reference, would you mind boldfacing that first paragraph to make it a bit more obvious?

As for the files, I already had them downloaded, I just wanted to see if the sizes / versions were different or not.

hockeyfreakb4

can someone give me a link for the droidroothelper that ACTUALLY WORKS because the ones i have been able to get never work

johnlgalt

I am pretty positive that I have all the files that have been offered here - let me gather them up and I will put them on my MediaFire account and link back here.

johnlgalt

These are the files that PeDe7 originally had linked around New Years. Just a bit after that I believe he changed it for another ROM (and / or changed the procedure to get it on the phone) and I may not have everything.

I hope he can confirm if these are all the files.

Anyhoo, here are the files (that I have):

The original 2.1 HumanCyborg ROM (as linked by PeDe7 when he started the thread): http://www.mediafire.com/file/ux92wxdznxz/HC 2.1 SU DROID BOOT.zip

The Clear Status Bar HumanCyborg ROM (found from alldroid.net): http://www.mediafire.com/file/dz3n1imvgtn/HC 2.1 SU DROID BOOT CLEAR STATUS.zip

DROID su Update: http://www.mediafire.com/file/ux2jmmyzyxk/droid-superuser_update.zip

DROID Root Helper: http://www.mediafire.com/file/1xrmt1du5uz/droid root helper.zip

Rooting Tools: http://www.mediafire.com/file/wj7mvlmjiyz/RootingTools.zip

Virgin OEM backup: http://www.mediafire.com/file/hvylzbmmtmm/virginoem-backup.zip

Flan 2.1 Virgin (also from alldroid.net, in case anyone wants to play with it): http://www.mediafire.com/file/yd2vymzm1tw/flan 2.1.zip

johnlgalt

These are the files that PeDe7 originally had linked around New Years. Just a bit after that I believe he changed it for another ROM (and / or changed the procedure to get it on the phone) and I may not have everything.

I hope he can confirm if these are all the files.

Anyhoo, here are the files (that I have):

The original 2.1 HumanCyborg ROM (as linked by PeDe7 when he started the thread): http://www.mediafire.com/file/ux92wxdznxz/HC 2.1 SU DROID BOOT.zip

The Clear Status Bar HumanCyborg ROM (found from alldroid.net): http://www.mediafire.com/file/dz3n1imvgtn/HC 2.1 SU DROID BOOT CLEAR STATUS.zip

DROID su Update: http://www.mediafire.com/file/ux2jmmyzyxk/droid-superuser_update.zip

DROID Root Helper: http://www.mediafire.com/file/1xrmt1du5uz/droid root helper.zip

Rooting Tools: http://www.mediafire.com/file/wj7mvlmjiyz/RootingTools.zip

Virgin OEM backup: http://www.mediafire.com/file/hvylzbmmtmm/virginoem-backup.zip

Flan 2.1 Virgin (also from alldroid.net, in case anyone wants to play with it): http://www.mediafire.com/file/yd2vymzm1tw/flan 2.1.zip

hockeyfreakb4

for all you noobs out their, you actually dont wann use the droid root helper listed in the previous post, just download the rooting tools and it has the droid root helper that actually worked. alos, make sure you copy the tools folder to the root of your sd card.