* I am not a developer nor a contributor to anything posted below. I just took everything i learned and put them in Layman's Terms to make rooting as simple and easy as possible. I also give credit where credit's due. All this and more can be found at AllDroid.org - View forum - Droid and http://www.droidforums.net/
*this process uninstalls your apps so i suggest downloading Astro File Manager and backup all your apps. trivial work but i think it's worth updating to 2.1. Contacts are saved to your phone so no need to worry. I suggest making a Picasa account because 2.1 syncs your phone to Picasa so it saves a ton a space on your sd if you prefer to have more music instead
1/24
-updated links and how to unroot
-droid/nexus boot animation by MrLane
1/7
-new method and HumancyBorg's ROM
*brings back superuser but no corporate calender. if i find a solution, i'll let you know
*temporary keyboard back light solution> open keyboard> press the sleep button twice> unlock
*aGPS needs to be on along side GPS in order for GPS to work for
-Root helper by CrotalusFreak is updated to V8 and 15.0 recovery image to 99.1b by SirPsychoS
*i included the nexus one boot and simplified the process and files
How To Root
1. Download http://goo.gl/rxkP by Zinx Verituse Do not extract.
2. Rename the file to update
3. Plug your Droid into your computer via USB. On the Droid go to the Notifications bar and select USB Connected then press Mount
4. Once the device is mounted, the SD card will show as a removable device on your computer
5. Put the update file into your SD Card
6. Unmount the device from your computer, and turn the Droid off.
7. Hold down the X key on the physical keyboard and the power button at the same time until you see a Triangle with an ! in the middle.
8. Press the Vol+ and the Camera button together until you get a menu.
9. Using the D-pad on the physical keyboard, select the option to update with the update.zip file.
10. Once it's done, select the option to reboot the phone.
Flashing
1. Download http://goo.gl/ImTM and unzip it
2. Copy the folder named Tools and the apk to your sdcard.
3. Next install the DroidRootHelper.apk to your phone
* you can use any installer app available through the Android Market
4. Now run DroidRootHelper
5. Mount system 3 then 4
6. Rename recovery
7. Install busybox
8. Install flash image
9. Flash boot animation
10. Flash SirPsychoS's recovery
11. Reboot recovery
*you should see a yellow android as the background and “Patched by SirPsychoS” @ the top
Flan
1. Make a NANDROID back up
*reboot your phone into recovery> backup/restore
2. Reboot your Droid, plug it into your comp, and mount
3. Take everything inside the nandroid folder and make a backup folder on your comp
*Drag and Drop
4. Download http://goo.gl/hEBf
5. Unzip this file
6. Use everything inside to replace the NANDROID back up in your sd
*make sure you go to the very last folder within this folder, only way it'll work
7. Boot phone into recovery
8. Run NANDROID restore on phone
*it's under backup/restore
9. Reboot and enjoy
How To Unroot by sos567656765 from www.droidforums.net
1. Download http://goo.gl/reBX and extract
2. Use everything inside the extracted folder to replace the NANDROID back up in your sd
3. Reboot into recovery> backup/restore> advanced nandroid restore> choose backup> 2.0.1-stock-no-root-no-busybox-no-sholes-v4-BCDMRS-20100115-0421
*make sure restore boot, cache, data, misc, recovery, and system are all checked (*)
4. Select perform restore
5. Reboot and enjoy
*this process uninstalls your apps so i suggest downloading Astro File Manager and backup all your apps. trivial work but i think it's worth updating to 2.1. Contacts are saved to your phone so no need to worry. I suggest making a Picasa account because 2.1 syncs your phone to Picasa so it saves a ton a space on your sd if you prefer to have more music instead
1/24
-updated links and how to unroot
-droid/nexus boot animation by MrLane
1/7
-new method and HumancyBorg's ROM
*brings back superuser but no corporate calender. if i find a solution, i'll let you know
*temporary keyboard back light solution> open keyboard> press the sleep button twice> unlock
*aGPS needs to be on along side GPS in order for GPS to work for
-Root helper by CrotalusFreak is updated to V8 and 15.0 recovery image to 99.1b by SirPsychoS
*i included the nexus one boot and simplified the process and files
How To Root
1. Download http://goo.gl/rxkP by Zinx Verituse Do not extract.
2. Rename the file to update
3. Plug your Droid into your computer via USB. On the Droid go to the Notifications bar and select USB Connected then press Mount
4. Once the device is mounted, the SD card will show as a removable device on your computer
5. Put the update file into your SD Card
6. Unmount the device from your computer, and turn the Droid off.
7. Hold down the X key on the physical keyboard and the power button at the same time until you see a Triangle with an ! in the middle.
8. Press the Vol+ and the Camera button together until you get a menu.
9. Using the D-pad on the physical keyboard, select the option to update with the update.zip file.
10. Once it's done, select the option to reboot the phone.
Flashing
1. Download http://goo.gl/ImTM and unzip it
2. Copy the folder named Tools and the apk to your sdcard.
3. Next install the DroidRootHelper.apk to your phone
* you can use any installer app available through the Android Market
4. Now run DroidRootHelper
5. Mount system 3 then 4
6. Rename recovery
7. Install busybox
8. Install flash image
9. Flash boot animation
10. Flash SirPsychoS's recovery
11. Reboot recovery
*you should see a yellow android as the background and “Patched by SirPsychoS” @ the top
Flan
1. Make a NANDROID back up
*reboot your phone into recovery> backup/restore
2. Reboot your Droid, plug it into your comp, and mount
3. Take everything inside the nandroid folder and make a backup folder on your comp
*Drag and Drop
4. Download http://goo.gl/hEBf
5. Unzip this file
6. Use everything inside to replace the NANDROID back up in your sd
*make sure you go to the very last folder within this folder, only way it'll work
7. Boot phone into recovery
8. Run NANDROID restore on phone
*it's under backup/restore
9. Reboot and enjoy
How To Unroot by sos567656765 from www.droidforums.net
1. Download http://goo.gl/reBX and extract
2. Use everything inside the extracted folder to replace the NANDROID back up in your sd
3. Reboot into recovery> backup/restore> advanced nandroid restore> choose backup> 2.0.1-stock-no-root-no-busybox-no-sholes-v4-BCDMRS-20100115-0421
*make sure restore boot, cache, data, misc, recovery, and system are all checked (*)
4. Select perform restore
5. Reboot and enjoy