To start, the cliq is not a gsm phone and even thought it is very simular to the backflip, they are different. Rooting has to do with the programing of the phone and not the hardware. The cliq has different programing than the backlflip. For example the Backflip in China (same backflip as the US called the Motus) has been rooted yet that root method does not work on the Backflip. So even when you have the same phone but with different programing, you need a different root method. Chances are we will not see a root until 2.1 is released and it will be only for 2.1. Unless motorola feels nice enough to release/leak the locked files needed for root; but I doubt that will happen
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