[HACKS] Root Droid 1 - regardless of OS version

[Alastrionia]

oh, and I do delete the error log each time I try.
saw the post regarding that and have done it each time.

 

[furbearingmammal]

Last shot I have tonight because I'm burnt out and heavily medicated at the moment.

You're 100% sure you're accessing the drives and running the program as administrator, right?

You could try the other guide I posted a link to. That might do it for you. MotoCache1 is currently offline but he might have some clue when he logs in tomorrow if the other version just doesn't work for you.

 

[Alastrionia]

Yep, running as Admin
100% sure I'm accessing the drives (RSD does show my phone when it's connected)

I might have to wait till tomorrow as well. Work is only 6 hours away. yay, lol

thanks for the input & feedback. hopefully there will be a fix or reason why I'm bashing my head in.

 

[guidot]

Posted this in another thread.

Look at post #32

If you get "Failed Flashing process. (0x7100)" in RSD Lite - Android Forums

 

[rwking]

Rooted successfully on first attempt. Thanks for the great instructions!
Rich

 

[gbinder]

I am running windows 7 64 bit and the install went very smoothly the first time. Thanks a lot.

 

[rwking]

Yup! Same here, gbinder. It's so easy - just make sure to run as admin. Done and done.

 

[teddyearp]

Fro those having troubles with the update.zip not being seen on your sd card, I posted a solution in this thread, but yeah, it's WAY back on page 67 or so. So here it is again:

i am doing pretty good until i get to Install /sdcard/update.zip
the error code i get is
E: can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 (or /dev/block/mmcblk0)
(no such file or directory)
E: can't mount sdcard.update.zip
installation aborted
i have read through your fei, and faq. i have selected all the correct settings i have uninstalled and replaced the update.zip file (via drag and drop cant understand the adb yet) several times. please help --jp

@travelingp: I have been following this thread and there have been just a few with your problem. <snip>

Another solution would be to manually install su, busybox, and superuser.apk but that pretty much requires adb shell to be installed and working on your computer. I have sent MotoCache1 a pm about that final method of finishing off the rooting for those with your problem.

Now, I gotta go through my notes <snip>

Well, MotoCache1 never did answer my pm, I don't blame him, he's probably getting a ton of them these days with all the coOl things he's done, but I still wanted to post the 'manual' solution. As I posted previously, you need to have adb (Android SDK) installed and working on your system. I will not go into those details here, but a quick google search will get you all the info you need to do so.

That being said, this info and the way I may post it is probably not geared towards total n00bs, so please be aware of that fact. If you do not understand some of my steps, more research will help you to gain said understanding.

Alright. The condition of your phone needs to be such that it is currenty booted into the SPRecovery menu. If not, follow the guide until you are there.

Now, on your computer, go ahead and extract the "MotoCache1_Complete_Root_v1.1-update.zip" file. Once extracted and you're in it's main folder, you will see three more folders, the only one we're concerned with is the "system" folder. Now within that folder, you'll see three more folders (pay attention as it will start to make a ton of sense later), "app", "bin" and "xbin". What you need to do is take _only_ the files contained _within_ each of these folders and put them into your android 'tools' folder (i.e. for a PC, the same place that adb.exe resides). Do NOT copy the folders. To be more specific, you will be copying files named 'Superuser.apk', 'su', and 'busybox'. Hope that's clear enough.

Now, let's plug your phone into your computer and then on a windows box open a command prompt. On a linux box open your terminal. Do a test by typing "adb devices". If you get a number, you're golden. If you get a message saying "device not found" STOP!! You don't have adb setup properly and you'll need to go back and get it right. Now for the rest.

On the phone, within the SPRecovery menu, go to 'mount options', then select 'Mount system' (it's the top one). Now the rest is a bunch of commands (these are VERY specific as to capitalization, spacing, and punctuation, pay close attention):

adb shell
mkdir /system/xbin
exit
adb push Superuser.apk /system/app
adb push su /system/bin
adb push busybox /system/xbin
adb shell
chmod 6755 /system/bin/su
cd /system/xbin
chmod 755 busybox
busybox --install .
sync
mv /system/recovery-from-boot.p /system/recovery-from-boot.p.not
exit

You can now close your command prompt (or terminal on Linux). Now select "Unmount system" within the SPRecovery menu, then using the power button go back until you get the reboot phone option and do so. Oh yeah, you can now unplug your phone from your computer as well.

You won't notice much difference, as in MotoCache1's OP, look for the signs that you're rooted, you should be . . .

Oh yeah, now that you've got the rooting process done, time to look into what's wrong with your sd card.

good luck

 

[Alastrionia]

Well an update to my situation.
For whatever reason, my Windows 7 machine at home just didn't want to play nicely.

So I borrowed my work computer which is XP SP2, and had absolutely no problems getting root to work. Didn't even have to change the filename or directories or anything. 1st try and now I'm rooted. whoo!

While I wasn't able to resolve my situation with my home computer, I do want to thank those who offered options, pm's and links to posts that could've helped me.

Onto BB V.5 and new experiences with my phone!!

 

[guidot]

Glad you got it squared away!dancedroid

 

[badmeat]

I'm running Windows 7, installed every 64-bit driver straight from Motorola's website and RSD Lite WILL NOT pick up my device.

I've rooted my Droid Eris in the past, so I'm not computer illiterate...and yes, I'm running as an admin

suggestions?

 

[rwking]

Are you still using the ERIS?
EDIT: My bad, I see in you are now on the DROID. haha

If you're running as an admin, then that is strange. I'd say give the tried and true "reboot your computer" a shot.

 

[badmeat]

Are you still using the ERIS?
EDIT: My bad, I see in you are now on the DROID. haha

If you're running as an admin, then that is strange. I'd say give the tried and true "reboot your computer" a shot.

rebooted the computer twice, still no luck. I gave RSD Lite 5 minutes each time to pickup my device

 

[rwking]

And your phone is in recovery mode, correct?

 

[guidot]

You mean bootloader?
Dpad up + power?
Usb plugged directly into computer not through hub?

-Droid Does