Root Now you can live without fear of bricking

[mihalich]

Remember how when you first turned on the Droid for the first time you got that "Click the Android icon to start" screen and you got put through a call to Verizon that activated your phone? You'll have to do that again.

Ahhh, that is why I'm confused. The verizon guy must have done that for me when I bought the phone. Cuz he just handed me the phone and I was ready to go. Didn't have to do anything.

Joe

 

[DroidSuks]

To reactivate dial / call *228 and listen... when the nice verizon lady says your activated.... you may begin the rooting process all over again...

 

[Deleted User]

Ook so this only needs to be done when we have irreversibly done something to the phone and need to bring it back to stock? Its not some sort of recovery image that we just restore to correct?

 

[milrtime83]

Ook so this only needs to be done when we have irreversibly done something to the phone and need to bring it back to stock? Its not some sort of recovery image that we just restore to correct?

Yes, once you use it, your phone will be like it was when it first came out of the box.

 

[shrink57]

Ook so this only needs to be done when we have irreversibly done something to the phone and need to bring it back to stock? Its not some sort of recovery image that we just restore to correct?

It is really designed for times when you cannot get into your phone to do a traditional restore.

 

[CRPercodani]

Yes, you should only use this when you have really screwed your phone up OR you need to get back to stock unrooted for whatever reason.

 

[Lev]

I'm trying to flash back but nothing happens when I hold up on the dpad or when i hold down and camera. I can't acutally turn my droid on either, when i hold the power button nothing happens. This is after I tried to used nandroid to restore a ROM. Can anyone help me out here?

Edit: I think I figured it out.

 

[Soultics]

Just to add, when 2.1 comes stock and you're no longer able to root(until a new possible exploit is found) this will take you back to 2.0.1, allowing new droid owners to root

 

[ccousinsjr]

So.. what do you do when the phone wont even turn on?... heh

 

[CRPercodani]

So.. what do you do when the phone wont even turn on?... heh

Hope that you have insurance.

 

[Lev]

So.. what do you do when the phone wont even turn on?... heh

Try taking out the battery and putting it back in. Worked for me to get to the recovery screen.

 

[shadowdude777]

Or charge it using the wall charger for a little bit. That's seemed to work for a lot of people on this forum. Cause the phone does some funky stuff if you try to charge it while it's totally dead over USB.

 

[shadowdude777]

Well I just restored with this method the other day cause I mysteriously lost root and couldn't get it back after a few things I tried, so I figured since it takes like, all of 20 minutes to get from stock to a custom ROM, I'd just do this. And it worked perfectly.

 

[ikithme]

Added the 2.00 .sbf file link.

 

[jerkules]

When I plug in the phone then turn off then back on, the bootloader screen comes on. The driver won't load and seems I can't start the RSD Lite. Just doesn't do anything. Any ideas?

EDIT: Nevermind, got it going...works like a champ. TYVM!

 

[Shadowtech]

Just for clarification, as I'm assuming it does happen. But does using this method wipe all the data from the SD card as well?

Big thanks to all the guys who worked together to get these files out to the public.. I'm sure they'll come in handy for a lot of people who have friends that aren't too tech-savvy that mess stuff up while trying to root or something.

 

[shadowdude777]

Just for clarification, as I'm assuming it does happen. But does using this method wipe all the data from the SD card as well?

No, it does not. All it does is flash the phone's firmware with the sbf file.

 

[Redflea]

Just curious...any reason why someone would use the 2.00 file rather than the newer 2.01?

 

[Trel]

the RDSLite link is dead, anyone have another source?

 

[CRPercodani]

New RSD Lite link added.

 

[Trel]

New RSD Lite link added.

different version?

 

[Dead Cell]

Hello to you all

I'm new here and I have a Motorola Milestone from the UK. For those that are not aware this is the Eurpean version of the Motorola Droid.

I'm looking to root my Milestone but not sure if the same procedure that you guys follow for the Droid will work and was wondering if you guys would be kind enough to help me out here.

I was able to upgrade to 2.0.1 using ROMS and RSDLite from these links
motorola_milestone:tools:rsd_lite [And Developers]
motorola_milestone:sbf [And Developers]

Also is there any point in rooting? Are there many custom ROMS out there that are worth having? I know one of the benefits is that we can install newer updates without having to wait for them to be pushed OTA.

If I'm posting in the wrong place then please do accept my apologies.

Regards

 

[ikithme]

Added idiot warning.

 

[CRPercodani]

No it's a slightly older version because that is the one I have, it works the same though. The other link was dead.

 

[ikithme]

My post has RSDLite4.6 hosted on mediafire. Just added that link.