I have a DroidX this is my first root attempt. I am using z4root to "permanently root" the X. I am a little concerned because it has been trying to root for about 40 minutes now. Can I kill the app without damaging my phone? (I don't have anything backed up I ran across http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-all-things-root/194918-rooting-dummies-extras.html after starting the root. I wish I had seen it before. I would have done the pre-root steps).
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Root I'm running z4root right now it has been rooting for 40 minutes.
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Force stop. try it again. Should do it within 5 minutes and thats extreme. maybe do a reboot as well.
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Ok thanks I force closed it. It is getting late so I'm going to call it a night and try again tomorrow, following the instructions from the other thread.
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Hey, i had this same issue. I rooted this week and I ran into that problem- all you've got to do is pull the battery out of the phone for about a minute, then put it back in and run the program again and it'll work with in a few minutes
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I've seen Z4Root take as long as 90 minutes to root my device, and as fast as 9 seconds. Hope everything goes ok for you today.
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Mine took an hour Plus.. I fell asleep watching it.. lol
Just let it sit somewhere and go play some Xbox.
Its normal.
Just let it sit somewhere and go play some Xbox.
Its normal.
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Been running for like 10 minutes....getting a little nervous but not THAT nervous. Hey, if Outlaw can do it 
Phone locked up after about 15 minutes. Pulled battery. Phone came up like normal. This time I had an icon for Z4 in app drawer(didn't before). Clicked on it and ran 'permanent root' and it ran for like 15 seconds and phone re-booted. Superuser icon in app drawer now. Officially on the dark side now.
My thanks to Outlaw for holding my hand thru this process!
Phone locked up after about 15 minutes. Pulled battery. Phone came up like normal. This time I had an icon for Z4 in app drawer(didn't before). Clicked on it and ran 'permanent root' and it ran for like 15 seconds and phone re-booted. Superuser icon in app drawer now. Officially on the dark side now.
My thanks to Outlaw for holding my hand thru this process!
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Awesome, I actually haven't had a chance to try rooting again until tonight. I think I will try again during the Falcons game tonight. Before I do that though, what are the risks of rooting by the way? Oh, and also what happens when a OTA installs?
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Also under settings -applications check allow apps from unknown sources, then in settings-applications -development check usb debugging.
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Once you're rooted, an OTA probably won't install. The presence of CW Recovery on your Dinc or Droid X causes the installation to abort. If for some reason it DID go through, your system would be updated and you would be un-rooted. There are a couple of programs to root the various Droid phones, so you should be OK, either way - if the installation fails, status quo, no change (no harm/no foul), if it goes through, you've got an updated system, and now you need to re-root your phone, which is usually pretty easy.
-Mike
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Well I am rooted. It was almost instant this time. I used z4root again. Now to decide what I should do next.
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yeah, it shouldn't take any more than like 30 seconds...if it goes for a couple mins...pull the battery start over...the second time should be a breeze...
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i know p3 droid was tweeting yesterday that z4 no longer works on the dx and you will have to manually root
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I was under the impression it worked for those who got the early OTA (like me), but not for the 2nd round. I thought it worked for people that sbf'd with 320/340 tho.
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As new updates come out, they don't just fix bugs they close holes in the system that were previously used to obtain root. Like how the Nov. update on the Incredible broke whatever unrevoked does. So the devs on our side had to patch things up and release a new way.
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Yeah he said he could not get it to work for him either and had it working nit too long ago as well ....that's ok I like using adb and getting into it
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that is what is weird to me...for it to stop working like that when there was no update to the phone in that time...
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I thought the exact same thing as a matter of fact ....I just think its odd that p3 said it yesterday then there are also problems with it today
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You've seen market update w/o seeing an update available. Maybe they snuck something in via market.
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I just used z4root, I heard that people got stuck on the screen that I was stuck on, so they just rebooted their phones and tried after. I did the same and it worked fine. Reboot the phone, don't open any apps. Maybe you just need to force close any apps before hand to make sure you have enough CPU power, idk.
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