[HACKS] Root Droid 1 - regardless of OS version

[teddyearp]

mv /system/recovery-from-boot.p /system/recovery-from-boot.p.not
exit

Thank you! I've been looking for something like this for awhile as I'm not an ADB expert, and used a similar method to root 2.1, but lost the instructions. I'm assuming this is essentially what Motocache's .zip file does? One question - that last line is the only thing I'm unfamiliar with. Is that what disables the FRS (as Moto calls it)? Basically renaming the file to ***.not ?

You're welcome, and yes this is all from the old manual way to root with busybox thrown into the mix. If you look into the scripts in MotoCache1's file, yes t5his is pretty much what it's doing. The last line is just like the same step when we used to have to manually flash SPRecovery with the flash_image binary, but we used to use .old at the end instead of .not. And the reason was the same, if this step wasn't done you would lose your custom recovery.

 

[lockman]

MotoCache1, excellent write-up. Just rooted my 2nd replacement D1 this week, and this guide invaluable. Thank you.

 

[jeffe65]

Moto - After re-rooting with your method, I do indeed have two copies of BusyBox on my sdcard, as you said I would. The original is in /system/bin, and the new one is in /system/xbin. You mentioned cleaning one of them out, but you also said something about "symlinks". Am I safe just to remove the BusyBox from /system/bin and no other files, or are there other files I need to remove as well?

 

[teddyearp]

jeffe65, the busybox binary is barely over one quarter a megabyte. It won't hurt anything to leave them be and then not have to worry about 'breaking' it.

 

[jeffe65]

Thanks; the reason I was going to do it was because when BusyBox tries to update from the Market it stops at the download and then FC's. All other updates are happening normally. I checked BusyBox Installer - leftover on the phone from Easy Root - and it just said there were 2 versions on the phone, and didn't try to go any further.

 

[Caesarg]

Thanks

I had easyroot installed. Lost it with the 22D update. Was not sure whether to fully root but finally took the plunge. Great writeup! Easy to follow and pretty quick process.
Many thanks to you. :icon_ banana:

Gerry

 

[Vergina_Droid]

Just wanted to give props to the thread author. Got a newb like me up and rooted fairly quickly. Thanks.

 

[zero7404]

if there is an update to the OS (OTA), would the phone still notify me, being rooted & all ? or must i find the relevant update.zip (when it's available) and do it manually ?

 

[teddyearp]

jeffe65, may as well get rid of the busybox you got via easyroot and/or (for the readers) the market app, since now you have it via the better method.

zero7404, there's actually too many variables that you could do to your phone between now and the next update to gingerbread to determine whether you'll have to update manually or OTA. And those same unknown variables will determine whether or not you are notified on your phone of it being available. That has been my experience.

 

[Ossian]

Hi..
So I admit I haven't read all 60+ pages of this thread, but I haven't seen anyone ask this obvious question which I'd expect to be in the FAQ:

Does this procedure wipe my data/settings?

Simple as that.
I know it's easy to get installed apps back from appbrain or whatever, but I am wondering if that hassle is necessary, or if this Rooting process leaves all my installed stuff alone.

(Obviously if I went and installed another ROM after this point, I'd need to wipe it, but I basically want to know if I would have the opportunity to run Titanium Backup between these two points)

Thanks.

 

[jeffe65]

Hi..
So I admit I haven't read all 60+ pages of this thread, but I haven't seen anyone ask this obvious question which I'd expect to be in the FAQ:

Does this procedure wipe my data/settings?

Simple as that.
I know it's easy to get installed apps back from appbrain or whatever, but I am wondering if that hassle is necessary, or if this Rooting process leaves all my installed stuff alone.

(Obviously if I went and installed another ROM after this point, I'd need to wipe it, but I basically want to know if I would have the opportunity to run Titanium Backup between these two points)

Thanks.

This rooting process shouldn't affect any of your current applications. All it does is install a different recovery (SPRecovery) than the stock one, BusyBox, and gives you SuperUser access to everything in your phone. If you root it this way and do nothing else after that, you probably wouldn't notice any difference in how your phone operates.

SPRecovery, incidentally, gives you the ability to run nandroid backups, which allow you to backup your phone and its settings any time you want to make changes.

 

[zero7404]

zero7404, there's actually too many variables that you could do to your phone between now and the next update to gingerbread to determine whether you'll have to update manually or OTA. And those same unknown variables will determine whether or not you are notified on your phone of it being available. That has been my experience.

not quite sure i'm gathering what you'r saying ... some examples of what i 'could do' that would affect whether i get an update or not ?

i haven't really done anything except download a few apps like titanium backup and setcpu ...

i haven't rom'd the phone, changed the kernel or changed the stock theme

 

[miucci]

Help! Rooted just fine.. but no wifi tether?

Hello,

You're intrusions worked great and I rooted just fine, but now I can't get a single wifi tether to work. No error messages, but barnacle isn't even being picked up by either of my computers and wireless tether connects but never loads anything. Please please help?! It's the whole reason I rooted.

 

[jeffe65]

Hello,

You're intrusions worked great and I rooted just fine, but now I can't get a single wifi tether to work. No error messages, but barnacle isn't even being picked up by either of my computers and wireless tether connects but never loads anything. Please please help?! It's the whole reason I rooted.

I had to enable USB debugging to get it to work, even though I was using WiFi. It's under Settings > Applications > Development. Beyond that, someone else here may be able to help.

 

[teddyearp]

not quite sure i'm gathering what you'r saying ... some examples of what i 'could do' that would affect whether i get an update or not ?

i haven't really done anything except download a few apps like titanium backup and setcpu ...

i haven't rom'd the phone, changed the kernel or changed the stock theme

I guess I was pretty vague in a way, so let's get to specifics. I think it usually has to do with a certain value set in the build.prop file on your phone. Which exact value, don't ask me, I haven't got that one memorized yet.

With me, I have had a custom rom on my phone since they started coming out with them, and as such haven't ever gotten an OTA notice since the rom I use is usually built from the next release before it's actually released OTA. However I have heard of some who still get an OTA notice even with CERTAIN roms, maybe that value in build.prop isn't set the same as mine, again, too many variables

For you without a custom rom you will certainly get the notice, however if you keep SPRecovery as your custom recovery image, it should continue to block the install of the next OTA update.

clear as mud?