Just to let everyone know, Dragonzkiller (developer for Cyanogen mods) is working on a new recovery for the X2 that WON'T require tethering! Follow him (@dragonzkiller) on twitter as he gives updates. Here's a picture he posted. It does show it being "tethered" but he later tweeted that he has since been able to remove the tethering requirement:

https://twitter.com/#!/dragonzkiller/media/slideshow?url=pic.twitter.com%2Ft1R5GpmT