somewhat easier guide to root your droid 2

[evilsock]

i cant seem to find it. i saw yesterday someone posted the mac version. as soon as i find it ill look it over, if anyone sees it, post up

 

[hookbill]

Now that would be cool!!!:icon_ banana::icon_ banana::icon_ banana:

It seems like it won't be long before you Root

Yeah, it' hasn't been 24 hours and I'm already missing some of my rooted apps.

 

[evilsock]

Yeah, it' hasn't been 24 hours and I'm already missing some of my rooted apps.

do u have a pc? its not that scary if u read post #2 , root lies minutes away

 

[DF Smod]

I would have a difficult time with the transition, I have become so accustom to my theme and capabilities on my Original Droid, and it has been almost a year in the making....even the thought of starting over is somewhat overwhelming but those thoughts can easily be put aside for the fact that there isn't one thing I find wrong with my D1---at this point it is all just temptation

 

[DF Smod]

Yeah, it' hasn't been 24 hours and I'm already missing some of my rooted apps.

do u have a pc? its not that scary if u read post #2 , root lies minutes away

Yeah...it won't be long

 

[DFlo]

I'm using the method from post #2 and stuck after this step:

./rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin

It kicks me out, then "adb devices" lists the device, but I receive a $ prompt instead of a # as described.

I get a balloon on the task bar with a USB error message...not sure if that's supposed to happen.

 

[evilsock]

its suposed to kick u out , u open it back up and type adb shell, then u should see the #

 

[hookbill]

Yeah, it' hasn't been 24 hours and I'm already missing some of my rooted apps.

do u have a pc? its not that scary if u read post #2 , root lies minutes away

I have two PC's and a Mac. My Mac rocks, my PC's are old. I'm more comfortable doing things on my Mac.

Just like rooting my Droid, I always did it with my Mac. Anyway, I don't have my D2 yet, it will be here Monday. I went back to stock on my Droid last night so I could get a look at basic 2.2 and how it stands up against the D2. That also gives me the opportunity to see if I want to stay withe the D2 or go for the X.

It will be a few weeks before I'm ready to root.

 

[DFlo]

its suposed to kick u out , u open it back up and type adb shell, then u should see the #

Out of DOS?

 

[evilsock]

its suposed to kick u out , u open it back up and type adb shell, then u should see the #

Out of DOS?

yes then open a new command window

 

[DFlo]

I waited about 15mins. It runs, then returns me to my root folder within a minute or two...always same result...gives me a $. It never boots me out of the command window. I don't have to move the files to the SD root with this method, do I? Anything else I can try?

 

[evilsock]

I waited about 15mins. It runs, then returns me to my root folder within a minute or two...always same result...gives me a $. It never boots me out of the command window. I don't have to move the files to the SD root with this method, do I? Anything else I can try?

have u put the files in ur sd card and also in android/tools folder?
also have u set up adb and drivers?

 

[DFlo]

They're in my android/tools folder but not on the SD card...didn't realize that needed to be done with this method. Does the device need to be in mass storage mode if I start fresh with your method?

Thought I'd set up ADB correctly, based on my research. Just have to download SDK, then change the location of the directory to c: and add it to environment variables? Confirmed by running "adb devices". Was that correct?

Sorry for all the noob questions...my first droid.

 

[evilsock]

yea, ur on right track,enable mass storage, drag files to root of sd card, then start over.
remember to take the 4 files out of sd and tools when ur done

 

[evilsock]

note anyone who has to repeat any steps needs to get a cache cleaner and titanium backup bc titanium backup has option to clean dalvik cache