I have installed drivers, installed programs and read all the topics. However, I can not seem to get the bionic to root correctly/ at all. It says waiting for device on both programs. Little side note, I do not switch between programs without shutting down the computer and the phone and rebooting both before trying again. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advanced
Seeing as how no one will take time from their busy days to help me with this, which by the way was not answered in other posts, mods can delete this please
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What OS are you using?
Have you tried moto helper?
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ok, so i'm new the the droid 1. i'm helping my brother in law because i have experience with incredibles and droid x's... i've been to every post on every forum i can find and have tried every option and none are working. he got it on craigslist with 2.1 still installed on it. i used universal androot first (which i don't normally do but the xda forum said that was the latest and easiest way to do i), it seemed to work, all the root apps were working. installed 2.2 frg22d from rom manager. lost root after that. universal androot won't work now (i realized it wasn't meant to after i read it everywhere) but it does still say i'm rooted. but, rom manager won't work, wireless tether, teamblackhat app won't work... etc. trying to flash using instructions on androidforums.com now BUT the the problem i'm having is, when i reboot to try and get into the bootloader, it pops up but after about 3-5 seconds it reboots into the os by itself. can anyone tell me what is going on? i've never had this much trouble with the inc or x and this is supposed to be easier to hack around with. thanks in advance...
brandon2x said:
ok, so i'm new the the droid 1. i'm helping my brother in law because i have experience with incredibles and droid x's... i've been to every post on every forum i can find and have tried every option and none are working. he got it on craigslist with 2.1 still installed on it. i used universal androot first (which i don't normally do but the xda forum said that was the latest and easiest way to do i), it seemed to work, all the root apps were working. installed 2.2 frg22d from rom manager. lost root after that. universal androot won't work now (i realized it wasn't meant to after i read it everywhere) but it does still say i'm rooted. but, rom manager won't work, wireless tether, teamblackhat app won't work... etc. trying to flash using instructions on androidforums.com now BUT the the problem i'm having is, when i reboot to try and get into the bootloader, it pops up but after about 3-5 seconds it reboots into the os by itself. can anyone tell me what is going on? i've never had this much trouble with the inc or x and this is supposed to be easier to hack around with. thanks in advance...
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if he can get into recovery mode via turning phone off holding x and power until recovery mode comes up he can flash another rom. You and/or your friend can feel free to pm me for further assistance.
I had the same thing an I used oneclickroot it was very simple
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I am sure the OP has it fixed, but if jamezelle got stumped, go ahead to my guides and/or contact me as well. It's pretty easy, and there's several ways.
And then there's even z4root (free) in the market.
good luck
Yea z4root definitely works u may have to do it s couple tries it may hang while trying to root if that's the case simply reboot and try again
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teddyearp said:
I am sure the OP has it fixed, but if jamezelle got stumped, go ahead to my guides and/or contact me as well. It's pretty easy, and there's several ways.
And then there's even z4root (free) in the market.
good luck
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didnt get stumped just never got a reply back from my pm to the OP
Ok so now that z4root has been removed from the market, what is the easiest way to root my friends droid 2?? Can someone link me a thread or offer suggestions??
Superoneclick...it's here on XDA somewhere...works on just about everything.
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My apologies if this has been asked before... I've spent some time searching both here and google, but I don't think I've found a thread that answers this question specifically.
First:
I've rooted (Using SuperOneClick) for the first time to use the "Battery Calibration" app (which works great by the way), but then started getting a little creative and removed a whole bunch of stock bloatware and other programs I don't use from my Bell I9000M.
Now, after using it for a couple of days, I noticed under WhatsApp settings under "About", when I hit the "Contact Us" button, it stated no Email App was installed (I removed the Gmail app, as I only use the built in Samsung Social Hub email). I didn't really notice if Gmail was the only selection in there to begin with, but it appeared weird to me.
So, while the phone was still rooted, I did a factory reset. After doing so, I noticed the phone was still rooted (I think - SuperUser was still there), and none of the Apps I originally removed were there.
Then, I thought I screwed up the Rom, so I used SpoofFW under root and manipulated the firmware version so Kies would allow me to redownload KC1. It did so, but after the ROM was installed, SuperUser was still there, but all apps were back.
I was under the impression that when you update your phone via Kies, it returns to full stock. Guess I was wrong.
So how do you bring it back to full stock, eliminating any traces of Root?
I've never installed anything beyond root... no kernal changes, new roms or anything else.. just SuperOneClick.
Can anyone help? Sorry about the wordy post.
SuperOneClick should offer the possibility to unroot too.
If not you'll have to flash an unrooted stock-FW (available at samfirmware.com).
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Lunchbox115 said:
SuperOneClick should offer the possibility to unroot too.
If not you'll have to flash an unrooted stock-FW (available at samfirmware.com).
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Thanks for the quick response..
It does offer the ability to unroot... is that the only thing required?
I'm asking as we all know, when we uninstall stuff in Windows, traces of the program are still hanging around.
Android is familiar with Linux, not Windows.
If you unrot and uninstall all apps which require root nobidy can say if your phone was ever rooted.
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Lunchbox115 said:
Android is familiar with Linux, not Windows.
If you unrot and uninstall all apps which require root nobidy can say if your phone was ever rooted.
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Thanks pal... appreciate everything.
So all I have to do is unroot and basically install KC1 from Kies or ODIN to restore the Apps I've deleted and I'm good to go.
Again, thanks for all your help. I'm by no means anywhere close to realizing the true power of what this phone can do, its great to have knowledgeable people such as yourself to help people like me.
Thanks, but we all are here for helping others.
I am wondering the same thing. I'm new to this so I don't know how to check what was my stock version with bell mobility in canada.
I want to go back to the original factory default settings when I purchased the phone with bell.
Can you guys help me? thanks!
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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Dunno if this forum is still alive but...
OTA updated to. 246 been trying to root w motofail but it's stuck on daemon successful or waiting for device...
I've installed the motohelper 5.2? But still nothing. Does anyone know how to uninstall old drivers? I had the OG Droid before and I've read that older drivers might be the cause but dunno how to go about fixing it. Any help would be appreciated. I also don't have another computer to try on and my usb is stock original from box.
Is there another method to rooting? Thanks peeps
Kensai said:
Dunno if this forum is still alive but...
OTA updated to. 246 been trying to root w motofail but it's stuck on daemon successful or waiting for device...
I've installed the motohelper 5.2? But still nothing. Does anyone know how to uninstall old drivers? I had the OG Droid before and I've read that older drivers might be the cause but dunno how to go about fixing it. Any help would be appreciated. I also don't have another computer to try on and my usb is stock original from box.
Is there another method to rooting? Thanks peeps
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You can use razors edge or I would suggest that you factory reset your phone. Then try the Motofail.
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I've tried motofail n razors edge but to no avail. When you say reset, do you mean through rom or recovery? N does it wipe sd? I just want to make sure I back up. Thanks for the help
It's USB debugging enabled?
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Thanks for the help guys, got my Bionic finally rooted. I did do a factory reset w internal sd erase option checked. What's odd was I couldn't use motofail for some reason but I was able to find a razor's edge copy from Droidforum and ran perfectly.
Running Safestrap w icarus only problem is my Google calender isn't synching any inputs?
I have gone to the XDA sites, and just about all of them and I did as instructed, I even tried troubleshooting multiple times. Whether it was using framaroot, supersu, even motoroot. All failed and I even downloaded them from my computer and transfered it to my phone. All while following these instructions thoroughly, it always says my device isn't connected and I even installed drivers to recognize it, still nothing. If it would just recognize my Moto i'd be done and have a rooted Moto X. Unfortunately since I am a new user I can't copy links. Ive spent countless hours on this, someone please help me I would REALLY appreciate it.
There is no root for devices with lock bootloaders
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No root for 4.4.4 Moto X right now.
Do we know if a root for the AT&T xt1097 may someday be possible?
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Do we know if a root for the AT&T xt1097 may someday be possible?
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Crystal ball says...definitely maybe
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