I've been reading forums that the Droid X has the same bootloader as the Motorola Milestone. Recently the Droid X has been rooted by Birdman (found on the droid-life website). Just a crazy thought, couldn't this be done to the Milestone as well if both devices are using the same bootloader?
gno1209 said:
I've been reading forums that the Droid X has the same bootloader as the Motorola Milestone. Recently the Droid X has been rooted by Birdman (found on the droid-life website). Just a crazy thought, couldn't this be done to the Milestone as well if both devices are using the same bootloader?
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ahh, milestone has already been rooted for a while, its just that the bootloader is locked and no custom rom, i think the Droid X has a signed bootloader like milestone.
The Milestone has already been rooted, for a while now.
Gaining root access on the phone does not affect the bootloader, rooted or unrooted, we can't load custom ROMs, and neither can the DROID X.
hey , yea the same method used to root Droid X could be used on our Stone in fact his si an old bug and it works on most Android phone ,,, I wonder why we waited 6 month to have root on our stone while this bug was there all along but anyways it doesnt give us nothing new ...
The Milestone has been rooted since 2.0.1 (or 2.0, not sure).
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OK so I have been using the Droid since it's release and been rooted and ran just about every rom and kernel combo there is. I have an eris which is also rooted. I got the X the first day and like all been playing with the rumors of "is root a possibility" and if so are we talking like 12 months for it? I hear the boot loader is locked just like the milestone, do to encryption. I look around and the milestone is rooted already. So what exactly am I missing here for rooting only the new X, just trying to bypass the eFuse with a valid signature?
I mainly want root to remove moto blur and other non-useful apps "imho", although, CM6 with an hdmi driver for 3rd party apps would be nice as well.
So what should I be researching for rooting the X besides, when the milestone gets root so will we approach?
thanks,
shaun
slseale said:
OK so I have been using the Droid since it's release and been rooted and ran just about every rom and kernel combo there is. I have an eris which is also rooted. I got the X the first day and like all been playing with the rumors of "is root a possibility" and if so are we talking like 12 months for it? I hear the boot loader is locked just like the milestone, do to encryption. I look around and the milestone is rooted already. So what exactly am I missing here for rooting only the new X, just trying to bypass the eFuse with a valid signature?
I mainly want root to remove moto blur and other non-useful apps "imho", although, CM6 with an hdmi driver for 3rd party apps would be nice as well.
So what should I be researching for rooting the X besides, when the milestone gets root so will we approach?
thanks,
shaun
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From what I've been reading is you can't hack the kernal. You can add kernel modules but you can't hack the actual kernel. That means you can't use roms that are not based off that kernal, you can't optimize the kernel, and other things that most custom roms fix. So no Froyo until Motorola releases it and no changing settings that have already been made.
I have a Motorola Droid1 that I haven't rooted but would to get some gingerbread action. Is anyone working on a working rom? Or is there a rom I just couldn't find? I know the Droid Eris has one so I figured the Droid would be able to handle it. Links would be great!
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for milestone wanted too
TyGamer said:
I have a Motorola Droid1 that I haven't rooted but would to get some gingerbread action. Is anyone working on a working rom? Or is there a rom I just couldn't find? I know the Droid Eris has one so I figured the Droid would be able to handle it. Links would be great!
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Check CM7 alpha build for droid!
Yeah for DROID not for Milestone
i think i saw a gingerbread rom somewhere in the motorola development area, and i think its stock, so no CM mods unfortunately, but might be more stable than the alpha
There are two unstable builds getting some attention. They're quite unfinished, and most people probably wouldn't want to use them as their production ROM.
ROMs that have a Gingerbread look to them (such as CM and BB) for the Droid are still based on 2.2.1 (Froyo) with custom themes.
I want to hook up my cousins d3
I'm a frequent on the Epic 4g boards and I've been with android since htc hero so its not new to me and I read up on the d3, however coming from a galaxy s to droid is a lot different than I thougt lol
So my question is how can I root the droid 3 and then flash a rom? What rom do you recommend? Isn't the droid 3 bootloader locked? What's a softloader? What's this CWM bootloader business?
Its so different than a galaxy s! Lol! All help will be appreciated. And sorry for this thread....as a fellow xda'er I know how annoying thesethreads are...but samsung babied me with the gs everything was simpler lol
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All you gotta do is hook the Droid 3 up to the computer, install the drivers, download the root program and let it do it's thing. Then you gotta install a version of Clockwork, either Safestrap or Bootstrap depending on the ROM. As far as picking a ROM right now except for Liberty most of them are just basically Verizon ROM based without the junk and are excellent ROMs. Liberty I am not sure but I think combines a few things from the Verizon ROM and a few AOSP features. That is the procedure in a nutshell anyway.
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in addition to what he said, yes the bootloader is locked. the clockwork mod is a hijack to allow you to boot into recovery. the safestrap is a 2nd system that runs from the preinstall partition, leaving your default partition intact. CM7 still has some bugs in it. im running MonsterRom but Steel Droid, Dark Droid, are also good BLUR roms (as in motorola blur parts). Liberty has AOSP and blur but i havent tested that out.
Hi,
Thought I'd pass on an interesting article in Android Police hat Motorola implemented a visual Root Checker in ICS for it's phones. So far it's been found in the RAZR, RAZR MAXX, DROID 4 and the test builds of the Bionic.
According to the article, one a phone is rooted a status change in written that displays in the phone's recovery menu.
"1/1" means currently rooted
"0/0" means never rooted
"0/1" means not presently rooted but was
Here's the link to the article:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/08/27/motorola-is-implementing-a-visual-root-checker-on-ice-cream-sandwich-builds-for-its-phones-purpose-unknown/
NikkieL
Another reason to leave Moto phones and go elsewhere.
so how does one find this root checker?
It will be right on the recorvery screen.
We have it on Bionic ICS, too. It's awesome. lol.
Hi All,
My Moto X (1st Gen) is about 4 months old. I'm contemplating on rooting the phone. Is it worth the effort or should I patiently wait for the Lollipop update to come in (whenever that is!). I used a lot of custom roms in my old Nexus 4, so missing the excitement of a new rom. just a bit indecisive at the moment. Would love your opinions on this.
arjun2058 said:
Hi All,
My Moto X (1st Gen) is about 4 months old. I'm contemplating on rooting the phone. Is it worth the effort or should I patiently wait for the Lollipop update to come in (whenever that is!). I used a lot of custom roms in my old Nexus 4, so missing the excitement of a new rom. just a bit indecisive at the moment. Would love your opinions on this.
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I am using the Moto X for nealry 9 months now. Never thought of rooting it as I didnt find any bloat here like the Touchwiz
I am honestly very tempted by the ROMs out there. And I don't know why but I'm definitely noticing some performance lag. Tried everything but not seeing a lot of improvement.
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Before you go contemplating this question, figure out if you'll be able to root your phone in the first place.
Then instead of asking this question, ask whether or not you should unlock the bootloader. It's the only way to maintain root since 4.4.4 patched the vulnerabilities used to attain root.
There are reasons why I would root like Tasker(full functionality),a custom kernel or UI changes
I rooted my X so I can play with gravity box and other stuff. Unrooting and relocking the bootloader isn't hard to do and that's what I'll do once Lollipop comes out for my phone. (Already factory reset my phone once from custom Rom).
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I rooted my X so I can play with gravity box and other stuff. Unrooting and relocking the bootloader isn't hard to do and that's what I'll do once Lollipop comes out for my phone. (Already factory reset my phone once from custom Rom).
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You are going to re lock your bootloader to take Lollipop?
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You are going to re lock your bootloader to take Lollipop?
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I meant to say return to stock recovery. I read somewhere that you can't get OTA with a custom recovery, Rom and rooted.
TheBoiledDogs said:
I meant to say return to stock recovery. I read somewhere that you can't get OTA with a custom recovery, Rom and rooted.
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Gotcha, that is true. Stock recovery and stock system and you are good to go.
I personally root all my devices for better control. However, I personally don't use Roms because I want a stock experience and that includes boot animation and themes. The only Roms I have ever kept on my phones were ARHD and Paranoid Android. If neither are available, I go with Xposed.