Root Guide to Rooting 2.2 for Windows and Linux

Kn1nJa said:

Did you make sure to check the MD5 of the file? Also, you might need to run RSD lite as administrator if you are using windows 7.

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OMJ said:

Not sure what causes that error. I will see if I can find a solution in the morning

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sranger said:

Thanks for the guide. Unfortunately, I can't get the SPRecovery to load through RSD Light.

It gets hung when it says:

waiting for re-enumeration

The error is:

failed flashing process. failed flashing process. Phone did not re-enumerate after RAM-downloader was sent. (0x703e); Phone disconnected...

Any ideas or help would be appreciated....

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Gemedet said:

Yeah, sorry, there's no stock wi-fi tether for the Droid, Verizon and Moto said the hardware can't handle it. I really think they're just phasing the old guy out to make way for the Droid X and Droid 2.

However, you can still use the USB tethering. I do it pretty frequently. Just download EasyTether from the market and then get the software on your computer.

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OMJ said:

How to Root 2.2 from Windows

Wiping data is not required

Please read the entire guide and before starting the process.
Windows Instructions:
1.) Download 2.1 SP Recovery sbf to your C: root directory (C:\)
2.) Download md5sum
3.) Place md5sum in c:\windows\system32
4.) Download in install RSDLite 4.6 for this file you may need an un-zip tool like WIN RAR
5.) Download and install the correct motorola drivers for your windows machine (32 for XP, 32 or 64 for Vista depending on Vista version)
Current Motorola Drivers
6.) Run command prompt (Start->Run then type "cmd" and hit enter)
7.) Change directories to your C:\ root directory (cd c:\)
8.) Type in "md5sum SPRecovery_ESE81.sbf"
9) Make sure the sum of the image is EXACTLY 9b6a336cd8f067d4487935468c758d89
10.) Connect phone via USB and reboot, while rebooting hold UP on the dpad
11.) Run RSD Lite 4.6
Windows 7 64 Bit Users See Hidden Instructions
[Hide]1.) Navigate to the install folder which is usually C:\Program Files\Motorola\RSD Lite
2.) Right click on SDL.exe
3.) Click run as administrator

Also this post has great info on getting rsd lite to work [/Hide]
12.) Select the SPRecovery 2.1 SBF file
13.) Click Start and wait for RSD Lite to flash the SPRecovery image onto phone and then wait on phone to reboot.
16.) Your phone will boot now boot up and tell you that your battery is dead. Just pull the battery out.
17.) Put the battery back in and hold X while powering on your droid.
18.) Download a rom check the roms forum for roms The following 2 roms are stock droid builds and are confirmed to not require wiping data. So if you use one of these two you can skip steps 24 and 25 FRG01B FRG22
19.) Back on the phone go to mount options. (Note you can use the volume rocker to navigate and the camera button to select.)
20. Then press Enable USB Mass storage
21.) Place the file in the root of your sdcard.(Not in any folder just on the sd card.)
22.) Rename the rom to update.zip. Be sure that you are only naming it update.zip. Windows often does not show file extensions and you will end up with files named update.zip.zip.
23.) Then Disable USB Mass Storage
24.) Wipe data/factory reset
25.) Wipe Cache Partition
26.) Click on install
27.) Press allow update.zip Installation
28.) Press Install /sdcard/update.zip (deprecated)
29.) When the install is complete use the power button to go back to the main menu
30.) Reboot

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