help me root motorola droid - Motorola Droid and Milestone General

i've been looking around for a while, but im lost
i have 2.1 and i want to root,
can u guys post up a link to help me out?
i see all of them u have to be 2.0
so i have no clue what to do

Google DroidRootKit. It will have everything you need to Root. It will take about 30 minutes (it took that long for me) but it does just about everything for you.
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use easyroot it costs 99 cents but it's really easy to root. takes like 2 mins

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Bad battery?

Question....I just bought a vivid (missed sense shame on me I know) anyway, I've been 33 mins on battery and my phone went from 100 to 85%. Just checking my facebook and such...
It also discharges by 2% every 5 minutes to 10 minutes. This isn't normal right ?
Thanks in advance for your inputs
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no this is not normal...are you running stock or custom rom? Mine will run down maybe 3 bars in 3 hours...not a half an hour...somethings amiss there
panamakid said:
Question....I just bought a vivid (missed sense shame on me I know) anyway, I've been 33 mins on battery and my phone went from 100 to 85%. Just checking my facebook and such...
It also discharges by 2% every 5 minutes to 10 minutes. This isn't normal right ?
Thanks in advance for your inputs
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Thanks for your reply wild child.
I'll see about getting the battery replaced, I tried your Rom and it was the same issue with the battery, I'm currently running rumraider with banana's kernel.
Stock did the same thing. With lag
I'm going to see about getting another battery...see if that helps.
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its [email protected] would be my next [email protected], if you got from at&t they should replace it for free.
WC
I'll go there today and report back .
I really appreciate your help, also read a couple forums on some drama, glad you're still sticking around the vivid forums. You and everyone else who are very helpful to those who need your help like me and appreciate it
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Plenty of knowledgeable folks around here, im still around....just not as involved/active here as I was
panamakid said:
I'll go there today and report back .
I really appreciate your help, also read a couple forums on some drama, glad you're still sticking around the vivid forums. You and everyone else who are very helpful to those who need your help like me and appreciate it
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Wasn't aware you can run a different kernel on rumraider's rom.
so I called AT&T they don't have "batteries" for the vivid, they want to go to a store that can troubleshoot bla bla bla.
So I just ordered a pair of "1870mah" (I know they're not really 1870) off ebay for 23 dollars but im sure they'll be better than this battery right now.
@strose - I tried it, works really well, havent encountered an issue yet. also using system tuner pro to UV -45 at the moment and clocked at stock speeds since everything is smooth.
How many charge cycles have you been through? I ask because you said you JUST got the phone. My first few charges were dismal, but now this is pretty much typical unless I'm making a lot of voice calls:
Hot damn, that's great life there. 2 cycles. Yesterday. To dead, full charge died by night, full this morning. Now I'm on this charge.
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[Q] Another quick upgrade question

I've been using gingervolt (now on 2.0) since about 30 minutes after I picked up my Revo back in November, and now I'm thinking about trying the ZV8 upgrade out to see how it does. My question is, If I flash the v7rooted rom, then unroot and reinstall the LG boot loader, will I lose my text messages? I know I can use sms backup and restore to re load them, but it doesn't seem to backup picture messages, which I would like to keep a few. Do I need to just save those pictures to my phone/computer and wipe it all?
Really not wanting this thing binged again, but I would like to see if it takes care of a few of the issues that I am having (mostly battery, the browser back button, and the very occasional reboot.)
I would also like to say thank you to all of you guys who have done so much for the Revo.
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I've been using gingervolt (now on 2.0) since about 30 minutes after I picked up my Revo back in November, and now I'm thinking about trying the ZV8 upgrade out to see how it does. My question is, If I flash the v7rooted rom, then unroot and reinstall the LG boot loader, will I lose my text messages? I know I can use sms backup and restore to re load them, but it doesn't seem to backup picture messages, which I would like to keep a few. Do I need to just save those pictures to my phone/computer and wipe it all?
Really not wanting this thing binged again, but I would like to see if it takes care of a few of the issues that I am having (mostly battery, the browser back button, and the very occasional reboot.)
I would also like to say thank you to all of you guys who have done so much for the Revo.
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or you could wait for hicks and mt to get out of the kitchen
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Yeah, I know... I do understand they have lives outside of this though, so I was just thinking about trying it out for a couple days and if it doesn't do any good then I can always roll back and re-root and flash gingervolt again. I guess I'm just being curious and impatient, and should probably leave well enough alone.
When I had to re-install Gingerbread when I was deleting my registered e-mail with the phone I put on the .tot of GB and yes, it'll erase your messages.
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Yeah, I know... I do understand they have lives outside of this though, so I was just thinking about trying it out for a couple days and if it doesn't do any good then I can always roll back and re-root and flash gingervolt again. I guess I'm just being curious and impatient, and should probably leave well enough alone.
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Yeah, it shouldnt be long. I wouldnt recommend the update to anyone who has gv or a rooted phone.
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Hard to though
Sorry just ignore this please.. Wrong thread.
Actually I have been considering it too because my battery drains atm. I can take a 3 hour nap wake up and its lost more than 30%. I may take your same option because sometimes I cant keep a charges with me 24/7.
kcarden said:
Yeah, it shouldnt be long. I wouldnt recommend the update to anyone who has gv or a rooted phone.
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Coming from gv 2.0 to the zv8 update has been amazing for me. I got 16 hours on the standard battery today before it shut off, no random reboots, no touchscreen stops working at random, my reception is better, and the phone responds well and feels fast. I followed the method posted somewhere in the dev section to maintain root on the update (so I could keep free wifi tether ;-)) and was able to freeze the bloatware and do small tweaks.
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Rooting the Droid 4

I just rooted painlessly using Rick#2's method posted here in the Development forum. It took about 5 minutes, including the download (although I preceeded it with about 6 hours of trepidatious reading).
As a noob on xda, I could merely click the thanks button, but wanted to thank him and let others know that my Verizon phone which got pushed ICS around 3 weeks ago was rooted without a problem.
(The last 5 lines of the windows batch file errored out, but they were completely unnecessary anyways. The first 3 try to delete adb and associated .dlls while they are still in use. The next line misnames the file in the current .zip. The last one seems like a vestige as it references no file.)
I'm having issues on rooting right now. Fails every time, and I don't get root. Ill try the way you did and see what happens for me.
Thanks,
John
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What did you do after the root?

So, as most of you know a root for the AHD came out yesterday. I wanted to say thank you to everyone that worked hours and hours on getting the root, even though Dan gets the money lol. But there are many new comers to android out there, including myself. Coming from the iphone I can tell you everything you can do once you jailbreak and iDevice, but what all have you guys done after you rooted your device. I have owned one android and played around for a while on many, but most of which were completely unlocked and had new roms installed ect. ect. So I thought it would be a good idea for people to be able to post what all they have used the root for so far, so maybe we can use those ideas and make this phone even more awesome.
The first thing I did do was calibrate my battery and have noticed a little bit better life today than I do most days.
I also uninstalled some of AT&T's annoying bloatware (which IMO belongs on NO phone)
So share what you did and give some ideas to all the readers!!!
Thanks again Dan for the root and I know Matt worked for hours and hours on it, so I would like to thank you too
SirHoover2010 said:
So, as most of you know a root for the AHD came out yesterday. I wanted to say thank you to everyone that worked hours and hours on getting the root, even though Dan gets the money lol. But there are many new comers to android out there, including myself. Coming from the iphone I can tell you everything you can do once you jailbreak and iDevice, but what all have you guys done after you rooted your device. I have owned one android and played around for a while on many, but most of which were completely unlocked and had new roms installed ect. ect. So I thought it would be a good idea for people to be able to post what all they have used the root for so far, so maybe we can use those ideas and make this phone even more awesome.
The first thing I did do was calibrate my battery and have noticed a little bit better life today than I do most days.
I also uninstalled some of AT&T's annoying bloatware (which IMO belongs on NO phone)
So share what you did and give some ideas to all the readers!!!
Thanks again Dan for the root and I know Matt worked for hours and hours on it, so I would like to thank you too
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Great thread idea!
First i removed att bloatware/unused ringtones and notifications
Changed boot animation
Gave already owned apps root permissions to do things like one touch reboot, auto dpi changing.
And right now I'm working on changing the color of my softkeys
Underclocked.
Once i get home from my business trip i plan on porting cwm and seeing what we can do from there
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Underlcocked? Why? So you can have a phone that runs for 3 years with eb40??
Hemotherapy said:
Underlcocked? Why? So you can have a phone that runs for 3 years with eb40??
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Lol I was thinking the same thing. The EB40 is an awesome upgrade and I def considering it. I just am at home and work where my phone can be charged all of the time anyways. Not to mention once we get some bloat free roms that run more efficiently, the EB20 should be okay.
After rooting,I install RootExplorer,SQ Lite,Titanium Backup,etc.
Unlocking stock wifi tethering and enabling stock sms delivery reports.
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First thing I'm going to do it over clock and undervolt once some good kernels come out. Next I'm going to play with volume plus to sweeten up the phone audio. Should be a fun experience!
Let the ROM games begin
Custom Roms make phones so much better
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AT&T's boot animation is lame
I've been thinking of getting rid of AT&T's boot animation since I saw it for the first time... My strongest option is the razr's m... Will it work no problem?
QuantumCreator said:
I've been thinking of getting rid of AT&T's boot animation since I saw it for the first time... My strongest option is the razr's m... Will it work no problem?
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actually i just created a thread about that in the themes section.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1942663
I so far have installed a few root apps and changed my boot animation, slowly starting to mess with phone now
ML417 said:
actually i just created a thread about that in the themes section.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1942663
I so far have installed a few root apps and changed my boot animation, slowly starting to mess with phone now
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:I bricked my phone installing "beats installer" so be careful
Matt saved me, but still do not download it lol
SirHoover2010 said:
:I bricked my phone installing "beats installer" so be careful
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I am keeping up with all the root topics here so i know what not to do
Ad Free = 1st thing I did...God I hate ads
Yeah, I hate ads too! Especially on YouTube! I'm using 'Ad Away'. I didn't realize it would do away with the YouTube ads, I'm loving it!
Other things I've done thus far:
Changed my boot screen, installed SetCPU, installed an Emoji font modification, and installed Titanium Backup to rid myself of the bloat apps.
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Can i remove att addressbook?
Can i remove att addressbook? I hate ATT apps
Can anyone list the stock apps that can be uninstaller? THX!
davidjames4 said:
Ad Free = 1st thing I did...God I hate ads
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I did exactly the same. Installed ad free so my 19mo can't buy s#!t when she plays her animal matching game...
Deep rooted in the mAtrix HD...
http://android-gz.com
Lol just downloaded ad free
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i pushed a new spirit in my s2 after root....RESURRECTION.....
vic88 said:
Can i remove att addressbook? I hate ATT apps
Can anyone list the stock apps that can be uninstaller? THX!
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That's the first thing I ripped out. ...just did a quick check, as I've already forgotten all I ripped out, I have no AT&T apps left in my phone.
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ATGAdmin said:
That's the first thing I ripped out. ...just did a quick check, as I've already forgotten all I ripped out, I have no AT&T apps left in my phone.
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Removing the AT&T address book, this doesn't affect the contacts at all, particularly ones that are still on the Sim card?
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I'm new to the G-Flex but not to Android or Linux.

Just wanna introduce myself. I'm Matt, and I just picked up my G-Flex yesterday at T-Mobile. This is my first LG but not my first android. I've been rooting, unlocking, modding, theming, bricking, and recovering androids since the DROID 2 days. I'm not claiming to be a dev, but I do know my way around android/ Linux. I am a crack flashing android whore. I was on the RAZR maxx when it came with Gingerbread 2.3.4 and stuck with it through JB 4.1. Moved on to the RAZR HD MAXX on ICS 4.0.4 and followed a couple of the best devs Hashcode and Dan Rosenberg. Was one of the first to profit from Dan's RAZR HD MAXX bootloader exploit. Big props to the first ever to crack a Motorola bootloader.
Shortly after I moved on to the Samsung Galaxy S4 SGH-I337. I can't count the soft bricks I recovered from before Loki and Odin files where released. Bad thing was my phone being rooted was able to be my hot spot, so when bricked I had no way to look up or ask questions. But I some how through trial and error recovered.
I now have the G-Flex on T-Mobile and within a few hours of purchase I'm rooted thanks to the IoRoot method. Thanks to the cat that posted the thread on here for that one in this same General Forum section. And needless to say I've already bricked it twice tonight. Just recovered it and got booted back up and set up.
With all that said, I'm not afraid of testing or helping with any development. I'm not afraid of brick, cuz I'm sure with all the talented devs on xda and myself, I will recover.
Luckily I made a back up of my build-props, system, and recovery so I was able to restore and push thru adb. Also wiped cache, dalvik, and system via adb. And reboot back to stock out of the box. But still a little puzzled how I kept root. Not complaining just puzzled.
If there is anyone working on a TWRP or CWM and Loki please message me and let me know what I can do to help. Like I said I'm not a dev and not claiming to be at all. I'm just brave. And mainly don't know where to start with porting a recovery much less Loki. But I can test and I take instruction well.
Hope I can help excited with the potential of the G-Flex....
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nice post man:good:
I think we are pretty close to a recovery here, as a few folks are working on it.
Just like any new phone, it takes awhile for it to "catch on"; especially when all the "reviewers" have been slamming this phone for various reasons.
That makes people slow down jumping on it, but this phone is really fantastic, EPIC battery, great display, fastest phone out right now, and, the more that people ignore the idiot reviewers, and grab this thing, the sooner the development will take off.
The "problem" is that it's so awesum stock out of the box, that there isnt a sense of urgency to mod it! :victory:
wase4711 said:
nice post man:good:
I think we are pretty close to a recovery here, as a few folks are working on it.
Just like any new phone, it takes awhile for it to "catch on"; especially when all the "reviewers" have been slamming this phone for various reasons.
That makes people slow down jumping on it, but this phone is really fantastic, EPIC battery, great display, fastest phone out right now, and, the more that people ignore the idiot reviewers, and grab this thing, the sooner the development will take off.
The "problem" is that it's so awesum stock out of the box, that there isnt a sense of urgency to mod it! :victory:
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I have no issues stock with root, i already debloated it and its running like a champ. I have the inverted mms app and am loving my phone right now.
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I'm loving it too. I'm rooted still and have installed XPOSED installer with "App Settings", "Xtheme engine beta 5"( with HUE theme) , and "Xblast" I've got the same inverted MMS. And I used APP Settings mod to changed the system UI, stock browser, and MMS ppi to 260. And used HUE theme for that AOSP blue feel. Used xblast for nav bar color change. I like the blue / Vanilla look. I guess that's cuz I'm a product of ICS and motoblur. I'm user android tweaker to speed things up a bit and to smooth out scrolling. And Android Tuner Pro to trim on boot and manage things a little. Snap dragon's Battery guru has always made a substantial difference in battery life, but its still in initial learning so I can't give a review on it for the G-Flex. But can't wait to get custom recovery for it and feel lot more comfortable diving into the modding/theming a good bit more.
I've noticed the stock launcher and settings, well really most the stock lg apps are very similar to Touchwiz. I've already tried out the Google Now launcher and "OK Google" does work from the home screen. You don't have to hit or exe any part of Google to be able to take advantage of the hot word command.
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That's 2 million process speed test called QUICKIE BENCHMARK. 2 Million in 718 ms or .718 seconds
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Well if u r willing to test head over to irc channel lgg2 get ahold of shellnutt2 and test for him on getting this bootloader unlocked.. i would but really dont have the money to buy another flex of something Went wrong. He is so close to cracking this bootloader. But he does not have this device. Thanks for intro and nice to meet u
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Z51 said:
I have no issues stock with root, i already debloated it and its running like a champ. I have the inverted mms app and am loving my phone right now.
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Can i ask what u deleted for hot spot i need to either freeze or delete the t mobile one TIA
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Im on AT&T so it just works for me. I deleted any and all of tmobile stuff with titanium backup
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I I'm using an app called WIFI TETHER Beta 3.3. It seems to be working just fine. Doesn't ask or check account for subscription.
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Nice post @Matt. You probably seen me over @droidrzr.com , I ran the site for the first two years. I picked up the Gflex for ATT a few days ago.
TBH i love this phone. Yeah,its not running the latest version of Android and it has a few quirks however, the reviews from all over the net are killing this device imo.
Tethering, have you tried the good ole SQL hack just to see?
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fortunately, many of the smarter folks out there, that use XDA, dont pay alot of attention to what a bunch of DB reviewers think about phones..I had a one maxx b4 this, and it too was a great phone, slammed by most reviewers.
this phone is tons of fun, and we're pretty close to custom recovery,and a flood of roms.
Yes I have. The hack with SQL by going to settings storage/settings/ then change the authorization line (forgot exactly what it was called. I would know it if I saw it) from a 1 to a 0? Yeah I went looking for it. The way I understand it is they have figured out how to make that one obsolete. Seems as if its a little deeper into the their end of the monitoring rather than the phone just check account subscription. But I using the good ole "WIFI Tether beta 5" apk from a couple years ago and it seems to work. Hasn't added any more data to my WiFi tether usage. And yeah man I remember you. And droidrzr.com. those were the days when I was a crack flasher and barely knew my way around a RAZR. Don't know how many of those I bricked by not reading you couldn't install custom recovery except safe strap unless you had dev edition. Lmao. The RAZR forums always had cool devs willing to help and teach. I went to the GS4 and wow it was like a an ego fueled pissing contest between the biggest smart a$$e$ on the web. No one seemed to want to help just wanted to argue or try to point out that you don't know crap and they know it all. Glad to be out of their forums. And glad to see all these cats on the g flex forums have all been super cool and helpful.
They way it should be.
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Yeah @Matt if your not a complete moron and ask the same question over and over again peeps around here are cool.
Yeah, the razrs where the good ole days lol. I went to the note family about 2 years ago and have a note 3 too. I like the Gflex . The pure fact that we have fastboot access is a good sign. I've been talking to hashcode and a few others to see what van be done.
Also, most of the Gpro xposed stuff work on the Gflex if anyone was wondering.
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dirtydroidx said:
Yeah @Matt if your not a complete moron and ask the same question over and over again peeps around here are cool.
Yeah, the razrs where the good ole days lol. I went to the note family about 2 years ago and have a note 3 too. I like the Gflex . The pure fact that we have fastboot access is a good sign. I've been talking to hashcode and a few others to see what van be done.
Also, most of the Gpro xposed stuff work on the Gflex if anyone was wondering.
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You mentioned me by mistake I was reading the email trying to work out if you were calling me a moron and why ;D
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You mentioned me by mistake I was reading the email trying to work out if you were calling me a moron and why ;D
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Lmfao nooo not at all! I wad talking about XDA in general. ?
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Hey Matt I believe he was talking to you. Couldn't have been me. Lmao. Just messin with y'all. I just got the LG flash tool mobile support tool and kdz flash exe files set up on my pc and got the kdz file downloaded and moved to pc. Gonna try and get should of the cat shellnut2 I've heard about working on BL and custom recovery.
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