Root Droid 1 - regardless of OS version

[dalkhoutoff]

Thanks guys, I am such a noob. Yeah I just had to use rsdlite. I did it the nubby way and installed using the one click root and flashed clockwork using rom manager. Now i am back to normal... Thanks guys.

[furbearingmammal]

Just out of curiosity, are you still on bootloader 2C 6C? If not you'll need to fix clockwork in memory or it'll be replaced every boot.

[Dj Carpenter]

Thanks guys, I am such a noob. Yeah I just had to use rsdlite. I did it the nubby way and installed using the one click root and flashed clockwork using rom manager. Now i am back to normal... Thanks guys.

One click roots are not good. You're almost guaranteed to have problems later on

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[missilemanboom]

Thanks so much. i have been searching. i did the 2.2.1 update and lost root and this worked to get it back. i don't feel some dumb after reading all the posts of everyone that did the same.
Thanks again.

[teddyearp]

Just out of curiosity, are you still on bootloader 2C 6C? If not you'll need to fix clockwork in memory or it'll be replaced every boot.

Just as a FYI furman, we've had to make sure the custom recovery didn't get replaced with the stock one via the same method MC1 uses here since the very beginning, i.e. bootloader 2C6C. Command:

mv /system/recovery-from-boot.p /system/recovery-from-boot.p.old

[oturn]

Check out post #8 on this thread:
Help with FRG83D on Root - Android Forums

To apply the update and keep root, simply download update.zip, then unzip and edit \META-INF\com\google\android\updater-script with the changes listed. You'll have to use Notepad++ on Windows systems. Re-zip then file, then apply from custom recovery.

I can verify this works! I updated to FRG83D, and still have root!

[mblair90]

Sorry if this was answered earlier but I don't really want to scroll through all 121 pages. I noticed that people got an OTA update when they were rooted and when they installed it, it took away their root? Does this happen with every OTA update, or was it just 2.2.1?

[jcardona1]

Excellent writeup, thanks! Worked like a charm on my insurance replacement. Rooted in a matter of minutes

[furbearingmammal]

Sorry if this was answered earlier but I don't really want to scroll through all 121 pages. I noticed that people got an OTA update when they were rooted and when they installed it, it took away their root? Does this happen with every OTA update, or was it just 2.2.1?

Yes. The number of threads on the subject are numerous and many people are surprised every time it happens, so don't feel at all bad that you weren't in the know.

Either flash a stock rooted ROM and run with it, updating as needed, keep re-rooting using this method as it's the only one that really has any chance of surviving every update without modifications made to the method (the one-click methods and other exploids are often closed off with every update) or bite the bullet and install a custom ROM which will make 95% of the people with a phone happier than stock.

[Droid DOES!!]

Thanks guys, I am such a noob. Yeah I just had to use rsdlite. I did it the nubby way and installed using the one click root and flashed clockwork using rom manager. Now i am back to normal... Thanks guys.

Don't worry, we were all newbies at some point. Glad you're back up and running!!