Multiple phones - Root them, unroot them

[spaz33g]

that's pretty common. clockwork gets to be a little sticky sometimes. you have two options, you can either re root your phone and remove a few files or simply sbf it to get everything back to stock.

 

[wooddale]

that's pretty common. clockwork gets to be a little sticky sometimes. you have two options, you can either re root your phone and remove a few files or simply sbf it to get everything back to stock.

never sbf before but I guess I could re root again. what files would I have tro remove or how do I sbf Thanks

 

[spaz33g]

let me dig around, i have the steps saved in a pm somewhere.

 

[spaz33g]

here are the steps. if you mess something up you will have to sbf, so be carefull and charge your battery first just in case.

"Removing Bootstrap Recovery:

Removal from an Androidforums post:

UNINSTALL the Recovery APK (Droid X Bootstrapper) in Settings, Applications
Reboot
Run "adb shell"
Run "su"
Run "mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system"
Run "cp /system/bin/logwrapper.bin /system/bin/logwrapper"
Reboot

or

1. Reroot
2. Get root explorer in the market
3. Uninstall the bootstrap app
4. Go into root explorer to system/bin
5. In top right corner tap r/w
6. Delete the file called hijack
7. Delete logwrapper
8. Rename logwrapper.bin to just logwrapper
9. Reboot and it should be gone.

If this screws up you'll need RSD Lite"

 

[sgyman]

My second attempt at a guide...

None of this I came up with by myself. Some of it has been posted and re-posted on numerous sites on the web. I'm just going to try and put it all together so it makes some sense to those of us new to rooting as well as to those of us who have been around for a while. My other guide has numerous options for the Droid 1 to root and unroot. The intent of this one is to cover multiple phones.

I would like to thank B16, Phoxus, Birdman, TheDeathly, XDA, and rootzwiki as some of what is in this post stems from folks in those locations, in some way or another. Actually there are probably far to many to thank but if someone big was missed, let me know.

Let's start if off the same way:
I do not, nor does DroidForums.net, warrant the information contained here within this post. It is being provided as is without warranty of any kind, including without limitation any warranty of design, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, and without warranty as to the performance or results you may obtain by using this information. You expressly will not hold anyone, other than yourself, responsible for any direct or indirect actions, and the results thereof, that you may take as a result of following the information contained within this post, the thread it is contained within, the forum on which it resides, and the entire internet which makes it available upon unto you, yourself, and your heirs. If you brick your phone it is your fault and yours alone. If you do manage such a feat you can rest assured that you will be honored as one of the few who managed to manipulate your beloved Droid into such an object and humankind will continue to tell the tale of your actions down throughout the ages while huddled around campfires for eons to come.


Step 1: If your phone is in this list, move to step 2. Otherwise, move along, there isn't much to see

The List

Motorola Droid 1
Motorola Droid 2
Motorola Droid X
Samsung Fascinate

Purpose of this post:

It is always a good idea to have a way back before embarking on a journey. That coupled with the same method working for multiple phones struck me as an opportunity to put this together.

Anyone wanting to hack their phones should know how to do this: From a stock phone > root it > make a back up > make changes > make another backup > screw it up > restore with back up or by going to stock > root it > restore the backup.

Step 2 option A:
Root your phone without your computer - This would be the path someone on a Mac could take or someone without access to a computer.
This works for the DX and D2 phone, won't work for the D1


Step 2 Option B
for the Samsung Fascinate



Step 2 - Option C (same tools but using with the SDK and ADB. also included is how to unroot using sbf files. A Windows computer is needed for these steps.)

The Droid.Co Downloader application is a single file that lets you grab the other files, contained within packages, needed to root your phone without RSD Lite and unroot your phone with RSD Lite. There are packages, that also contain instructions, for the Droid 1, Droid 2, and Droid X available through this tool.

• Visit this website: RS-Files
• Look in the rootfiles folder
• Grab Droid.Co_Downloader.exe and put it in a location you can find later.
• Run the program and choose your phone to download the files you will be working with.
• There are various file compression tools out there. I use 7-zip (7-zip.org).
  
• Use the 7-Zip (or your own program's) File Manager to browse to the Droid.Co_Downloader
  location and look for the droid 1.jpg, droid 2.jpg, or droid x.jpg file in the same folder and double click on it.
• Once you've opened up this encrypted image there are sbf files to unroot and 3 files to use with the included instructions to root your phone.
• For the D1 and D2 the password you enter is rootzwiki
• Due to Motorola's cease and desist orders floating around the web it is Droidforums.Net's policy to not pass out the DX password, you are on your own there.

Step 2 - Option D(Suggested by Spaz33g) I need to remove root tools from my DX, D2 phone. Although it will not remove all tools that require root to run, it will get you unrooted enough to take an update and be able to root with any method after the update. The reason this has become an issue is that the recent dx update was unrooting users but leaving super user in their system/apps and caused one click methods to fail. (added: 12-21-2010)

Method to remove Superuser, su, and busybox.

1. su
2. mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
3. rm /system/app/Superuser.apk
4. rm /system/bin/su
5. rm /system/bin/busybox
6. mount -o ro,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
7. reboot

I get 'Operation not permitted' whenI execute '

1. mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system

 

[teddyearp]

:welcome: But please edit your post to delete your quote of the entire first post. Thank you.

 

[mikeynels]

Now that it is announced that the Droid X will get Gingerbread tomorrow or the near future, is it a good idea to unroot and remove root tools to get that update? i have a custom boot logo as well. will this same method work to root again once the Gingerbread OTA hits?

 

[teddyearp]

I don't know much about the "X", but I think the same person/people who made this hack have already got rooting Gingerbread covered with an app called "Gingerbreak". I've got a few versions of it and I think it's posted over at xda. As far as unrooting your "X", I don't know.

 

[wreckwriter]

Having some trouble..... Today my Droid 2 said it wanted an update. I successfully unrooted using the instructions above and told it to update. Unfortunately clockwork recovery mod seems to be getting in the middle of the reboot. It gives me the option to apply the update but then says it can't find it. Now I'm stuck unrooted and unable to update. Any tips appreciated!

When I try to reroot I get 'cannot find adb'

 

[wreckwriter]

Anyone?

 

[aqworldthunder]

If your phone is a older droid then z4root will work


-AqworldThunder ^…^ ¶.¶ *.* Thank me if i helped please!

 

[teddyearp]

If your phone is a older droid then z4root will work


-AqworldThunder ^…^ ¶.¶ *.* Thank me if i helped please!

Hehehe. LMAO. All the Droid 1's are older now, lol.

What you meant to say is if it is on an older android version (I think FRG83D, definately FRG22D) then z4root will work. However that is highly unlikely since the OTA updates get pushed out and it's pretty hard to deny them unless, of course, your phone is already rooted; making this whole conversation moot.

Your welcome.

 

[aqworldthunder]

Interesting.... My phone is rooted though.

-AqworldThunder ^…^ ¶.¶ *.* Thank me if i helped please!

 

[aqworldthunder]

I do know that z4root isn't updated really It was last updated years ago.

-AqworldThunder ^…^ ¶.¶ *.* Thank me if i helped please!

 

[teddyearp]

I do know that z4root isn't updated really It was last updated years ago.

-AqworldThunder ^…^ ¶.¶ *.* Thank me if i helped please!

Hehehe, wow really? I mean no offence, but since you seem to have so much time to post here; after all you have made 100 posts in three days here, why not spend that time on some more research so you actually know what you're talking about, especially since you are asking for thanks in every post? Z4root was released on 9 Nov, 2010 and last updated 2 Dec, 2010, original thread:

[APP] z4root - xda-developers

Granted, that is over a year ago, but when someone say "years ago" I think it implies at the very least, more than one, usually more than two as in several.

good luck