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Root Haven't Gotten 2.2; Impatient or Rooted?

SLeepdepD

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Jun 14, 2010
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Maybe I'm just impatient, but I bought my Droid from eBay--used--a couple of months ago. I'm wondering if the previous owner rooted it, if that would affect me getting the OTA 2.2 update? It says I have 2.1-update1 installed right now.

Does being rooted make a difference? How can I tell if my phone's been rooted? Thanks!
 
Maybe I'm just impatient, but I bought my Droid from eBay--used--a couple of months ago. I'm wondering if the previous owner rooted it, if that would affect me getting the OTA 2.2 update? It says I have 2.1-update1 installed right now.

Does being rooted make a difference? How can I tell if my phone's been rooted? Thanks!

Do you have 'Superuser' in your applications?
 
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Most likely you just havent gotten it yet. It actually appears they have stopped the OTA and are going to be starting a new one next week.

If you wanna know if you are rooted
turn off the phone then Hold X while powering on the phone.
do you see a triangle with an !. If you do you are stock if you see something that Says clockworkmod or SPRecovery you are rooted.
 
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Maybe I'm just impatient, but I bought my Droid from eBay--used--a couple of months ago. I'm wondering if the previous owner rooted it, if that would affect me getting the OTA 2.2 update? It says I have 2.1-update1 installed right now.

Does being rooted make a difference? How can I tell if my phone's been rooted? Thanks!

You can manually install 2.2 there was an article on here about it its really easy actually I just did it today when I got my droid
 
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