Doesnt the Androot app root 2.1 and 2.2 in a click of a button?
I have heard that Androot and Easyroot don't root the phone properly (No matter what version Android you are on). Those apps don't set the recovery up properly during the rooting process and the phone then resets the recovery. The people who have started threads on this forum about this issue have gotten their phones fixed, but it was a very painful and time consuming process.
My suggestion is to use the "manual" rooting techniques. This process uses the "manual" process with ADB, but simply automates it. This Dev is working very hard to make this process as automated as possible, but also sticking to the tried and true way in order to avoid any problems later on.
Kratos
universal androot and easy root do root the phone properly. They use a different exploit but in the end accomplish the same thing as rageagainstthecage does. The only thing they dont do (universal androot may do it I forget) is stop the script that causes the stock recovery to come back. That can be an annoying issue and has caused some major issues for some.
But anyway both easyroot and universal androot will not work on the most recent froyo builds like FRG22D
@Hercules - No, it doesn't make a backup as that's why I recommend it if you know how without being rooted in advance. It's not required though, as this root will not delete any of your data/apps/etc. and will not brick your phone.
@JoseyWales - Never heard of that, but since there's a bunch of interest in this thread I would venture to say probably not.
Thanks for your donation, you rock!!! The beta 2.0 should give a couple dialog boxes asking if you are sure you want to continue and asking if you have drovers installed or not. Then it will sit for a couple minutes and root in the background. I am still working on figuring out the progress bar at the bottom so you know how far along your rooting is. Then a new window should pop-up saying rooting is finish, please check for superuser and run again if not there.
Droids are hard to post on
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