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Hi my names Steve Ive been trying to root my phone but everytime i try to download the update.zip file it always says error and it cant/wont do it. Please help.
I have a Moto Droid 1 with the 2.1 update 1 software
do i have to downgrade to 2.0? if so can someone help with that?
thank you

There are many tutorials to explain how to root. If your on 2.1 yes you have to downgrade to 2.0.1. I had to and I got mine a couple months ago. First go to Motorola android development forum of xda and find " guide to root Droid manually." It explains how to root and has links for what you need to download to do so. You can also search Motorola Droid rooting tutorial online. There's videos on YouTube also other sites such as alldroid, droidforums, and unlockr have tutorials. I recommend watching the video on YouTube before rooting because there is one thing the tutorial doesn't explain.
While flashing or running the update or downgrade process it may say failure in the rsd lite window. When this happened to me I freaked but in the video it says to just click the line where it says failed to flash. It then disables the USB connection and completes the process on the phone after that you reboot and you are now on 2.0.1. This is of course you follow the tutorial by word.
From that point I recommend getting rom manager from market to flash the recovery and to begin installing custom roms but you can always download them from the web. Again alldroid and Droidforums have good up to date lists and links for the roms. Good luck and any questions you can pm me.
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Here's a link to unlockr tutorial.
http://www.google.com/m/url?client=ms-android-verizon&ei=o1BTTNiyK9qBlgeSgaOxAQ&gl=us&hl=en&q=http://theunlockr.com/2010/06/04/how-to-root-the-motorola-droid-android-2-1/&resnum=2&source=android-browser-type&ved=0CBEQFjABOAo&usg=AFQjCNGj5xQw1qLUJldiAgPxV1Fn4BndDQ
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http://theunlockr.com/2010/06/04/how-to-root-the-motorola-droid-android-2-1/
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[Q] Z4 Root and Original droid with 2.21

Z4 Root help? I have the original droid After installing Z4 Root version 1.2.1 it just cycles after it states "Attempting to apply root" and runs as if its thinking? Heeelllppp me anyone please it was and easy install but gets stuck any suggestions?

Z4 root will not work with 2.2.1.

Master is right it doesn't work. I used superoneclick by short fuse. Worked flawlessly just follow the instructions
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Same thing happened to me when I tried z4. I resorted to superoneclick as well. Follow instructions, very easy. My first root.
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Video tutorial to get from. 901 to 893 with root

Is there a video tutorial to get pathsaver to 893 and then root and instructions on flashing Rome and backups I'm a bit scared
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I think this is what you are looking for.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufnDSFi4glo

so how will this give me root and cwm???

Root/CWM/Custom Roms:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1455888
Or just go to youtube.com and search "How to root droid bionic" and you'll get this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiLwCKCz_Fo
I would recommend safestrap recovery over CWM. This can be found here http://hash-of-codes.blogspot.com/p/android-downloads.html Make sure to read all the direction on the site and in the noob guide before using it and you will save yourself a lot of heartache.

Hope im not stuck! *HELP NEEDED*

I updated my droid to this :http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1334704 and i can't root my droid 3. I read on an earlier post the only root that worked was petes one click method i did that and i keep receiving an error on step 3. Sooo this update it not able to be rooted? i didn't use ota rootkeeper before i flashed, which i know i should have done. so i hope im not stuck and is it possible to root this version? i really don't want to have to flash back, root, save the root, then update again..

Post #9 of the link you provided says:
"Probably, not 100% sure but i think you need to be on motoblur fully bloated. Make sure you do a forever root before you update tho cause word is the moto/vzw have patched the exploit."
Looks like you probably need a new exploit, i.e. Petes 1 click won't work after updating.

The leaks can be rooted using the Droid 4 root method. Look for that in the Droid 4 section.
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try D4 Root Exploit --
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1528773
i updated to 905 and used D4 root, and works perfectly.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1492869

Thank you all. I used the droid 4 exploit and im sucessfully rooted!
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Unrooting Bionic

I rooted my phone a while ago using Motofail and would like to update my phone so I can put the ICS update on it that was pushed out the other day. I am kinda a noob to hacking my phone and would really like some help with this. I have found the Motofail for ICS for once I install ICS.

http://droidmodderx.com/bionic/
This guy has a lot of tutorials on YouTube & needed files for you to download
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Just download and install all parts of House of Bionic and follow the on-screen instructions. In order to un-root you need to choose option 2 then option 2 again. Check out the FAQ if you have trouble with ADB. Read the post very carefully and probably more than once but it is actually very simple.
http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/4026-samurihls-house-of-bionic/
Thanks Samuri for this script, I have been telling everyone about it. Cheers!

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does anyone know if the apps that hide the root will work or do I have to completely unroot the phone?

rooting the phone
as you most likely know motofail will root the phone, settings applications unknown sources, development usb debugging i also check leave screen on, then when usb is plugged in make sure charge only, have a good charge also on yer battery, if in 7 right click on motofail run as admin
i also like to have wifi already going and download root checker, this verifies, sometimes, dunno why, when i go to one rom or another i have to use one version of motofail or another version of it, also motooneclick worked for me also,
either way that'll get your phone rooted, i haven't done anything with ics, i did see a version of motofail for rooting ics afterwards
i'm on eclipse 2.2 which i just love, need anything else gimme hollar, skype allen-sec or yahoo allensecz
learning the bionic and this myself, been at it for about a month, learned a lot, just don't have 3g flowing yet,
so if you got that going on yours, hey gimme hollar
sincerely, mrbeav

Bare with please
I asked in a different thread but I got some things answered but not all exactly.
I keep hearing if I want to unroot my Bionic I need to use all the HoB files or FXZ. I will explain why I'm still a little confused.
I used Razrs Edge to root my bionic earlier this week after the OTA ICS update. Worked in like 3 minutes and put safestrap v3.05 on and made a backup of my stock OS. I want to restore and then remove safestrap but I'm confused on how to unroot. Since all the unroot methods seem to be based around HoB or motofail or using the Pete's files (which the links never seem to work)
What i need/want answered is how do I unroot it if I used the Razrs Edge method of rooting? With one of the methods i mentioned above work? If so, which one please and will i just follow the same method?
My reasoning is when/if JB OTA comes out I want to unroot to get it so i figured since I'm involved now, I might as well learn how to unroot it now and get it over with.
Thanks
Eric

You may want to try OTA Rootkeeper. You can find it on Google Play.
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smokedkill said:
You may want to try OTA Rootkeeper. You can find it on Google Play.
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I did this and it worked!

I just started using SuperSU, which has a clean up root option. Seems pretty slick so far.
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