Root Newbie Start Point

[Scur]

Hey Scur i thank you a million times for being a huge help with this. Good to see someone outhere that wants to help. Maybe you should be promoted to a Guide

But then people would expect things of me.

And btw, I spent the time writing a complete step by step guide for flashing the X2 to Cricket. I'm dealing with one last issue, but after that I'll post it.

 

[cmonster]

Hi,
So I am a bit confused here. I followed the link to get the one-click root ([ROOT/UNROOT] Droid 3 root instructions (One Click added for Windows/ Linux/ OSX))) to use on on my Mac to root my brand new Droid X2. The instructions seem simple enough and I followed them.
However, when I get to

4. Navigate to wherever you extracted it and run the file 'run_to_root_your_droid3.sh'

All that happens is the file opens in Xcode.... in other words it's an editor and not running the file.

EDIT:
Never mind. I'm an idiot. You can't just click on the file to open it. You have to go into terminal, cd to the directory where the file is and then run it by typing ./and the file name. sorry for being a bit dense.
How do I make this run?

I am on a Droid X2 that I got yesterday and updated to Gingerbread OTA.

thanks!
c

 

[prj]

So if I follow the steps here to root my phone...

How to: Root the DROID2, DROIDX2, DROIDX, and DROID3 Running Gingerbread - Droid Life: A Droid Community Blog

Can I then uninstall the verizon bloatware?

 

[ronabernathy]

I have tried every rooting program I can find and can not root my droid x2 2.3.4 phone. I keep getting an error that says I'm missing a file. I don't know what fryo, gingerbread or any other geek terms are I just want to rood my droid so I can use it as a hot spot for my laptop. I even tried z4root, nothing seems to work.

I can be reached at ron@ronabernathy.com with any help.

 

[Scur]

So if I follow the steps here to root my phone...

How to: Root the DROID2, DROIDX2, DROIDX, and DROID3 Running Gingerbread - Droid Life: A Droid Community Blog

Can I then uninstall the verizon bloatware?

Yup. Once you have root permission, jusy grab Titanium Backup or something and freeze or uninstall away. Do a little research though and make you don't unistall something you shouldn't.

 

[Adw1989]

how do you unroot after using the one click method just in case i need to? ive searched but no luck, and also do i have to unroot to receive ota updates?


Nevermind I figured it out. I used Pete's Moto one click. It gives you the option to unroot in the application were as the other one click method does not.

 

[mbuckley999]

i have a rooted droid x2. while attempting to boot into clockworkmod recovery to create a nandroid backup, my phone appears to be stuck on the "m" "dual core" screen. I can get the menu by booting w pwr and dwn held, and enter android recovery, but after data reset still cannot reboot past "m" screen. Any ideas?

 

[mbuckley999]

Phone got "stuck" after I bootstrapped with the app for droid 2. I realize this was not the proper app for me. Now, I've downloaded rsdlite and drivers, and also; the 2.3.4 sbf. rsd recognizes my phone, but after I hit "start" "internal error while programming phone" is displayed. Any help would be greatly appreciated. The real kick in the nuts here is that I was trying to create a nandroid backup when this happened. Which is what I wish I had right now.

 

[mbuckley999]

In case it helps anyone else, I found some links in the droidx forums to a 2.3.4 .sbf, and rsdlite and drivers. For some reason these worked for me, when the links in this thread would not. I tried my ass off to find an unbroken link to the ezsbf for droidx2, to no avail. My first attempts at rsd didnt work, I'm not super savvy with this stuff, but it seemed to matter; where I downloaded from(droidx forums), the program I unzipped with(7-zip), and the version of rsd(5.3.1). I also was sure to unzip and ready these files available on my desktop, then restart my pc, before flashing. I ended up, as promised, with a droid x2 just like it was when I bought it. All my purchased apps were available through the market, and my backups were still on my sd. I guess what I'm saying is; don't give up!, I took me a few tries, and I've read other similar stories. If you can reach the boot screens, and android recovery, you're not bricked.

 

[dsmryder]

In case it helps anyone else, I found some links in the droidx forums to a 2.3.4 .sbf, and rsdlite and drivers. For some reason these worked for me, when the links in this thread would not. I tried my ass off to find an unbroken link to the ezsbf for droidx2, to no avail. My first attempts at rsd didnt work, I'm not super savvy with this stuff, but it seemed to matter; where I downloaded from(droidx forums), the program I unzipped with(7-zip), and the version of rsd(5.3.1). I also was sure to unzip and ready these files available on my desktop, then restart my pc, before flashing. I ended up, as promised, with a droid x2 just like it was when I bought it. All my purchased apps were available through the market, and my backups were still on my sd. I guess what I'm saying is; don't give up!, I took me a few tries, and I've read other similar stories. If you can reach the boot screens, and android recovery, you're not bricked.

Thanks for the help. my friend wants to root his X2 so we can play with some custom ROMs

Could you post where you found the file, maybe a link to it?

 

[dsmryder]

Found the files I were looking for here HowTo: Perform a SBF ("factory restore") of your Motorola Droid X2 - xda-developers I was going nuts looking for these.

 

[mbuckley999]

[GUIDE] How to SBF an X2. This is where I found it, sorry I didn't get back to you sooner, but glad to hear you found what you needed.

 

[Kyleforb]

Hey this worked perfectly for rooting my dx2. So thank you very much. But now my camera won't load. Please. Help.

 

[HardcoreAK]

I'm hoping this adds value to this newb thread.

I been told a DX2 with 2.3.6 cannot be rooted. I find plenty of info on 2.3.5 that you can SbF back and get root etc. I tried to root a few months ago with petes (worked on my DX) and it didnt work on my DX2. Kept saying exploit was unsuccessful. Can someone enlighten me?:banghead:

 

[themib]

there is no DX2 with 2.3.6
MX2 does have a 2.3.5 though
pull battery and look for model number
DX2 is MB870
MX2 is something else

try HowTo: Milestone X2 - 2.3.6 Root

edit: and your on an Alaskan cdma carrier, not verizon? yes
if so
normally milestone phones are gms, but you have one of the oddball MX2 cdma ones looks like
not sure if anyone has successfully rooted and roms one yet
and read that thread i linked

and back up your apn settings, before you flash a rom or SBF