Issue with RootmyX2

[flyerhell]

Hi everyone,

I searched around various forums but couldn't find the answer to my exact question. If this has already been answered before, I would appreciate if someone can please point me in the right direction.

I tried to root my DroidX easily with RootmyX2. I ran into a similar problem that many seem to be having - after installing the bin and restarting the phone, RootmyX2 did not see the phone. I tried it a few times to no avail. I finally gave up and decided to try to root the phone another way. I clicked on "unroot" and something similar happened - I saw a message saying the phone was unrooted succesfully and then the program stopped at "waiting for device." I tried restarting the phone and saw an "unroot failed" message.

My question is, do I need to completely wipe the phone to clear out anything that was installed in it or can I simply just try to use another rooting method? I don't want to bring the phone to Verizon for some reason or not be able to get an OTA update because there are some remnants of RootmyX2.

Thanks in advance!

 

[hookbill]

Hi everyone,

I searched around various forums but couldn't find the answer to my exact question. If this has already been answered before, I would appreciate if someone can please point me in the right direction.

I tried to root my DroidX easily with RootmyX2. I ran into a similar problem that many seem to be having - after installing the bin and restarting the phone, RootmyX2 did not see the phone. I tried it a few times to no avail. I finally gave up and decided to try to root the phone another way. I clicked on "unroot" and something similar happened - I saw a message saying the phone was unrooted succesfully and then the program stopped at "waiting for device." I tried restarting the phone and saw an "unroot failed" message.

My question is, do I need to completely wipe the phone to clear out anything that was installed in it or can I simply just try to use another rooting method? I don't want to bring the phone to Verizon for some reason or not be able to get an OTA update because there are some remnants of RootmyX2.

Thanks in advance!

I never heard of whatever you got hold of to root your X. Try z4Root.

Now there seems to be a question if your phone is currently rooted or not. Do you have a Superuser? Then more then likely you are rooted. If you wish to remove the root use the z4Root. If for some reason that fails, then you probably need to sbf. Sorry, I don't have and sbf files for the X, but they do exist.

 

[flyerhell]

Thanks, that worked!

I understand that I won't get OTA updates when the phone is rooted. If I unroot the phone, can I check for OTA updates that way? What about updates for various apps, will I need to unroot the phone to check for those as well?

 

[1KDS]

Apps will update normally, you don't have to unroot to take an OTA but it will generally take root from you so it's not a bad idea to unroot first. You have to have a stock system ie bloatware in tact, stock ROM etc. to take an OTA update.

 

[flyerhell]

OK, thanks again for the help! I plan on leaving all of the bloatware and probably the stock ROM....I just wanted the root for the wireless tethering.