Hey guys, got a Motorola Droid a855 for free and I want to root it. I want a really simple process if possible and I want the ROM to be bloatware free and pretty zippy. Any ideas?
Also could use a nice, "From scratch" guide. Have no idea what I'm doing with this phone. Nothing changed with it... yet.
Protip: Read sticky threads.
They suggest either Universal Androot or z4root to root Droids.
You'll probably have to google for the according .apk files - old links tend to die quickly.
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Hey everyone,
I recently rooted my moto droid and was wondering now that I have done this can I drop 1.5 or any other OS on there that I choose? Also, if that is possible can someone post a link or tell me how to go about doing this. That being said, I was also wondering if there is a way to easily switch between android versions for development.
Thanks for your time and help,
Tommy
Here is a link to droidforums. It has links to most rooted Tom's for Droid.
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-hacking/
You can also try other sites like alldroid.org, phandroid. The developers site which is "xda" and "sdx". There are many others so just search around they all have forums for different devices for this information. One of the most helpful I've found for noobs was unlocked.com. give it a try.
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Look-up RomManager in the marketplace if you will be moving between versions alot, it handles these changes very well.
As to going to previous versions I can not say for sure. In theory yes but you will ether have to find a pre-made Droid rom or build it yourself.
Thanks!
Thank you both for the replies and information. I will continue my research and see what I can dig up. Hopefully I can find a 1.5 rom as building it myself is a little out of my ability right now.
Yes rom manager would be a good idea forgot to mention it. It works great for switching roms I just have a little problem with mount sdcard in clockworkmod recovery so mine will reboot after entering recovery and rom manager doesn't help some times but it seems to work great for most devices. My problem is I have to reformat sdcard because I came from Eris and I don't want to till I can get a computer to backup info on it.
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I;ve Had my Hero for almost & it's running stock Sprint 2.1. i want to root it but i dont know what i really have to do. i know i have to drivers & SDKs, but which ones. CAN ANYONE JUST GIVE ME LINKS WITHIN THE FORUMS TO HELP ME.
Keep in mind this will be my first time. i mainly want to customize & add ROMs to my phone. THANK YOU in advance!
Look at the stickies in this very forum. Search is your friend.
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Sent from my CDMA Hero. I got some hot Gingerbread-on-Hero action here!
can you give me a specific link?
i found this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=717416&highlight=Root+Sprint+Hero
But my phone runs 2.32.651.2
Z4Root works from my experience, Also super one click root works. Make sure you install busybox and superuser app from the market otherwise you won't know if you're really rooted and it wont seem you are. After that go and get ROM Manager and flash CWM (you'll know what im talking about when you get there). From there you can snoop around the development forums and grab tons of stuff with step by step guides to tweak and modify your phone to perfection
Hey there,
Read several of the threads here and didnt find what I was lookin for so Ill post a new thread...
I have the Motorola Milestone 2.2.1 that I just rooted with SuperOneClick...worked great. However, I must be a little retarded as I cannot access any of the root files through any method I have tried. It simply pushes me to the memory card (8Gb) that I have installed.
Anyone have any tips or programs you can use or a methology for getting to the root drive, I would appreciate hearing from you.
Thanks
The Toe
Root explorer is the best, but its a paid app.
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Okay guys so i have gotten my Droid 3 Today,
and well i was just wondering how do i being to root?
i see some roms and since i came from the droid X
there were different systems (.569 etc..
so i was wondering if the droid 3 is the same way and need to have an specific system to work with specific roms?
if not then how do i begin with getting recovery and full root and so on?
Look in the development thread it has all you need to get started.
brainbasher said:
Look in the development thread it has all you need to get started.
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listen to this guy. The first thing to do is root phone( best method is the one click) then follow the development threads. Right now is the perfect time to get started because there is not too much out for the d3 right now( there will be alot more in the future) so now is the time to practice!
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Hello everyone, I am terribly sorry to make this post since after scouring this page Ive seen alot of either unanswered questions or members upset with noobs for posting in the wrong place.
Sooo i'm gonna give everyone my run down and hope someone can walk me through this.
I bought my Motorola Droid Bionic Used and Rooted. I unrooted it to take into Verizion due to media file and battery issues. Afterwords I attempted to understand the "simple step by step" rooting process. Somehow I messed up somewhere and now have the Bionic Eclipse ICS v1.3 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1965305 running on my phone but unrooted. I have everything backed up through Titanium Back up. Can someone please help me with my lack of "su code" issue. I have spent the last 6 hrs trying to figure out where I went wrong working with Motofail and Petes motorola root tools.
Please feel free to pm or email me.
Sincerely,
Ethan S.
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