A very easy guide to Rooting, backup, and ROM flashing for the D2....

[GTStevo]

for some reason z4root isn't working.... unless it takes over 10 minutes to root... it's never taken this long before

You said 'before'. You've successfully done this process in the past?

What is the step-by-step process that your'e doing?

[nerdslogic]

thebird....what version of Android are you on and what version of Z4 do you have?

[ldopa]

for some reason z4root isn't working.... unless it takes over 10 minutes to root... it's never taken this long before

Sometimes it will hang while running the exploit on the 1st try. It's common. If it happens, just pull the battery (it won't hurt don't worry!). Reboot the phone and once it's completely rebooted (give it 3 min or so), run z4 again. It should work within a minute or so (it will run the exploit, reboot and you'll be rooted).

CM74D2-GB

[elzapato]

http://www.psouza4.com/droid3/

One Click Root for GingerBread phones. Just in case z4, GingerBreak, and SuperOneClick will not function for you after the update as that was my experience.

Works best from a clean install of Froyo.

Make sure you do a full power down/hard reset after you do the OTA update and before attempting the root. If you still have issues, use the unroot button and then try again.

Thanks for this link, MI! psouza's one-click app worked where z4 failed.

I had to run Pete's Motorola Root Tools (aka psouza) twice. The first attempt failed. The second one took, and I have the little superuser icon now.

For those who are curious, the message I got after the first failed attempt was:
"Try again from the start, but if the problem continues, check your version
of Gingerbread -- hopefully you don't have a version where this exploit
was fixed.:

I have a freshly-arrived-from-Verizon, refurbed-under-warrranty Droid 2 with these system specs:
System Version 4.5.601.A955.Verizon.en.US
Android Version 2.3.3
Build number 4.5.1_57_DR2-31

Now I have to go find a wireless tether app that will work under Gingerbread.

[ldopa]

https://market.android.com/details?id=og.android.tether

CM7GB-D2

[elzapato]

https://market.android.com/details?id=og.android.tether

CM7GB-D2

Thanks ldopa! I'll give it a try.

[elzapato]

Quick followup, ldopa. This version of Android Tether didn't work for me after rooting. Neither did a couple other wireless tether apps that are on Android Marketplace.

I tried instead Wifi Tether for Root Users v3.1beta2 (google it), and it worked for my D2 with Gingerbread 2.3.3. After installing, set it up by select DroidX as your device profile. In addition, I also selected Change Setup-Method to Hostapd (master). So far, it works.

[ldopa]

Good to hear.

LiquidD2

[HutRU01]

Sometimes it will hang while running the exploit on the 1st try. It's common. If it happens, just pull the battery (it won't hurt don't worry!). Reboot the phone and once it's completely rebooted (give it 3 min or so), run z4 again. It should work within a minute or so (it will run the exploit, reboot and you'll be rooted).

CM74D2-GB

This worked. Thanks for the tip!

Should be in the sticky!

[ldopa]

Sweet. Glad it worked for you.

CM7-11/22