Root Droid 1 - regardless of OS version

[jbwiden]

Well it seems it did not go so smoothly. I waited till rsd lite had phone[0000]: phone is being rebooted. I instantly pressed dpad up. Rsd lite says finished and the droid is back on the screen that says




Bootloader
2C.7C


battery ok
ok to program
Transfer mode:
USB


The instructions seem to suggest that recovery will start but it does not seem to be doing anything just still at the above screen. Should I be rebooting the phone now


So now what?

[jntdroid]

Well it seems it did not go so smoothly. I waited till rsd lite had phone[0000]: phone is being rebooted. I instantly pressed dpad up. Rsd lite says finished and the droid is back on the screen that says




Bootloader
2C.7C


battery ok
ok to program
Transfer mode:
USB


The instructions seem to suggest that recovery will start but it seemes it is not for me... Or should I be rebooting the phone now


So now what?

yes reboot again holding 'x' - going into the bootloader again just allows rsdlite to finish its test to show "pass"

[furbearingmammal]

I have universal androot loaded along with ROM manager. I try and load Chevyno1 rom and goto restart into clockwork recovery and i get a triangle with an ! in the middle of it. If i unroot, will the directions above work to root?

Why would you unroot? This method fixes everything and will allow you to continue to use ROM Manager until it borks something bigtime.

Just use this method, then flash ClockworkMOD Recovery over SPRecovery, and away you go.

[ding007]

Because the thread starts out like this>>>This procedure is to root a phone that is not presently rooted. If you're already rooted (by virtue of running a custom ROM or any other way) then you don't need this.


SO..I can do this method EVENTHOUGH I am already rooted with universal androot and it won't screw anything up?

[jbwiden]

Ok looks like I am rooted


I guess their was one slightly confusing step for me.
12.

in step 11 it seemed to suggest to skip step 12 if you caught the boot?

Thanks,
Josh

[JimmyD]

Because the thread starts out like this>>>This procedure is to root a phone that is not presently rooted. If you're already rooted (by virtue of running a custom ROM or any other way) then you don't need this.


SO..I can do this method EVENTHOUGH I am already rooted with universal androot and it won't screw anything up?

NO! Read your post (quoted above) again in its entirety. You've even spelled it out for yourself!

1) This method (the original post/this whole thread) is NOT NEEDED for Droids that are already rooted.
2) You state that you are already rooted! You don't need to do anything from this thread!!!
3) This thread provides instructions on how to root a non-rooted Droid... in other words, the goal of this method/thread is to basically do what you've already done with Universal Androot... it's just another way to do it.

I hope this helps clarify it for you?!

[furbearingmammal]

The only reason you'd need to do this if you're already rooted is to put a custom recovery image on a phone with bootloader 2C. 7C.

It is safe to do so if you are rooted, however, as this is the ONLY way to get a custom recovery image on a phone with that bootloader. Once you have SPRecovery on you can then flash ClockworkMOD Recovery via ROM Manager if you wish to work with ROM Manager.

[skylordusa1]

ALERT! 2.2 FroYo Circus continues...FRG01B is Official get it here.

It was only on the front page for days.

I'll provide install instructions with no extra cynicism or sarcasm, though, so don't worry.

I've just answered that question so many times my keyboard tried to bite me last night for hitting sore keys.

hahahahhahahahahah sorry about that furbearing. I should have looked a little harder. I am going to try this out just to see If I am able enough to go back to stock and get back to where I am now. Hopefully I dont break my phone hahahhaha. Thanks again for the link.

Thanks for the link Furbearing I downloaded the file and was able to restore my phone back to stock 2.2. Had a little scare after I installed the zip file and rebooted the phone. Phone got stuck at the red eye screen forever. Had to pull the battery. Placed the battery back in and booted to the stock recovery.
I wiped data/factory reset and wiped cache. rebooted phone again and it came back up fully stock like i just got it out of the box. Guess i should have wiped data and cache after the install of the zip file and before the reboot. But thanks again. Now I hope my nandroid backup works.

[viper3773]

i'm new to rooting.. is their any downsides of rooting with the 1 click software?

thanks.

Yes, THERE ARE downsides to using one of the one-click apps. However, since you're using an LG Dare, are you sure it's running Android? If not, "rooting" may not be an option to you. If it is, you may be stuck running one or using ADB.

Sorry, I currently have the dare but plan on getting the X soon

What are the downsides of the one click root? I am very curious for anyone to say, thanks !

i'm new to rooting.. is their any downsides of rooting with the 1 click software?

Why are all the w's in your post links to the android-wifi-tether page?

the W on my keyboard was not working so I copied a w from somewhere and pasted it everytime i wanted to type a W, that W just must have linked to that page. My apologies. In other news I fixed the W key (

[nxmehta]

sbf_flash doesn't work on my 64-bit Ubuntu box. It "error 16"s twice and fails to detect the phone.

I don't have any 32-bit installations to test with...

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sudo apt-get install ia32-libs