Droid 2 Root for DX OTA 2.2...

[ArmyDude]

seriously this is stressing me out now... i reinstalled the drivers rebooted everything and i still cant debugging to connect through windows media sync or pc mode only in charge mode and usb mass storage. When i connect through pc mode it dose not give me the debugging notification just the sync icon, and I just get and auto play on the PC (Vista). What more can I do

I've had the same problem before... just because USB Debugging didn't come up... I was still able to do ... adb devices... and the phone showed up. Have you attempted doing this anyway and seeing if it does?

 

[deadmoney920]

yes i got it to work but now im stuck at step5

1. Run "CD c:\DroidXRoot" (or where ever you expanded the archive)
2. Run "adb push Superuser.apk /sdcard/Superuser.apk"
3. Run "adb push su /sdcard/su"
4. Run "adb push busybox /sdcard/busybox"
5. Run "adb push exploid /sqlite_stmt_journals/exploid"

Thats as far as I can get and it says

failed to copy 'exploid' to '/sqlite_stmt__journals/exploid': no such files or directory

But I see it in the folder
I am on the official 2.2 Droid X and running windows vista
please help

 

[jzmax22]

i ve tried this method after getting the OTA, but i get stuck at step12, it never returns to c:/droid2root, how long do i have to wait? it just returns to $ , do i have to wait longer? am i just being impatient? any help would be awesome.

 

[ArmyDude]

yes i got it to work but now im stuck at step5

1. Run "CD c:\DroidXRoot" (or where ever you expanded the archive)
2. Run "adb push Superuser.apk /sdcard/Superuser.apk"
3. Run "adb push su /sdcard/su"
4. Run "adb push busybox /sdcard/busybox"
5. Run "adb push exploid /sqlite_stmt_journals/exploid"

Thats as far as I can get and it says

failed to copy 'exploid' to '/sqlite_stmt__journals/exploid': no such files or directory

But I see it in the folder
I am on the official 2.2 Droid X and running windows vista
please help

That is the old 2.1 method of rooting. Follow this thread... How to root the Droid 2 - xda-developers

This method is for the Droid 2... but works great on the Droid X 2.2 and above.

 

[ArmyDude]

i ve tried this method after getting the OTA, but i get stuck at step12, it never returns to c:/droid2root, how long do i have to wait? it just returns to $ , do i have to wait longer? am i just being impatient? any help would be awesome.

I've never seen it take longer than 30 seconds. Not sure where you are having issues. If you follow it to the "T"... you should have no problems.

 

[Daali]

I ended up having to download the 4.7.1 drivers from Motorola to reconnect to my 2.2 today.

I left mine rooted during the OTA, however, I did make copies of su and busybox into /system/xbin

I pushed rage* to the device, ran it. It took a minute to close out the adb shell. Then got back in with a # !!!!
Then copied my /system/xbin/su /system/xbin/busybox over into /system/bin, chmod'd
and viola!

I couldn't be happier! Thanks to everyone who has played a part in getting root!

 

[Soupy McD]

Would you all be interested in an update.zip with all files deodexed and maybe some bloatware removed? I might try my hand at doing that.

 

[jloya]

Would you all be interested in an update.zip with all files deodexed and maybe some bloatware removed? I might try my hand at doing that.

yess please

 

[Soupy McD]

I am going to hold off creating one for now. Until we have the 2.2 OTA .sbf, I don't want to screw with anything that could quite possibly get anyone (and especially myself) stuck at the M screen. Two big job interviews today and tomorrow, and I need a smart phone that is working.

My guess is by the time I start working on it Friday, there will already be one out. If there isn't, I'll give it a try!

Best of luck to everyone in modding the 2.2 OTA, be SAFE with this shiz, we don't want any more bricks.

 

[jloya]

you have a valid point, ill give rooting a try today on my lunch

you think 1 hour is enough time to simply root / download tethering app?

 

[Soupy McD]

Yes, if you go back in this thread there is a link to an instant root from xda-developers, and the adb Droid2Root method works as well. 1 hour should be plenty.

 

[jloya]

perfecct , lookin forward to my lunch....now how about throwin in a nextheme as well within that 1 hour period?

 

[Soupy McD]

You gotta deodex with the xUltimate program to be able to install a theme, and that takes awhile. I'd suggest waiting to do that until after work.

 

[jloya]

sounds good, thanks for the quick responses and goodluck with those interviews

 

[Soupy McD]

Not a problem man and thanks!