Has Anyone Rooted A Stock 2.1 Moto Droid

[soba1]

Hey all I have a Moto Droid that is a replacement loaded with 2.1
update1.
I found this process on Droid life.
Please advise
Thanks
Guide to Rooting Android 2.1 on a Motorola Droid | Droid Life: A Motorola Droid Blog

[pc747]

it works. I rooted a diff way, but christim recommends that method to a lot of members.

[rkeller62]

That process is great if you want to load a custom ROM. If, however you want to stay stock and just add superuser (aka root) access there are ways to accomplish this. I would post link to thread with step by step but I am using Tapatalk and can't search.

[Travis798]

That's a different guide than I used but the same process. It leaves you with a stock 2.1 root. I'm running stock with a p3 kernel for wifi tethering and overclocking.

[ecsnead69]

The instructions say that you will have to re-add your Google accounts. I only have gmail, is that all I will have to redo? I have also read some places that you may need to reactivate your phone, is this true? I have not done this before and just want to get everything straight before I screw something up!! Thanks..

[LtKen]

The instructions say that you will have to re-add your Google accounts. I only have gmail, is that all I will have to redo? I have also read some places that you may need to reactivate your phone, is this true? I have not done this before and just want to get everything straight before I screw something up!! Thanks..

You will have to re-add all of your Google accounts, if you only have one, then you only have one to re-add. You may or may not have to reactivate the phone. It's a simple 15 second phone call to a machine, no biggie.

[ecsnead69]

That process is great if you want to load a custom ROM. If, however you want to stay stock and just add superuser (aka root) access there are ways to accomplish this. I would post link to thread with step by step but I am using Tapatalk and can't search.

Please post link when you get a chance, thanks....

[Travis798]

All you have to do is log back in to your Gmail when you are done. I also asked about having to re activate the phone before I rooted. Since you are coming from 2.1 to 2.1, you will not have to re activate the phone. Just follow the guide, and you will do fine.

[Travis798]

The instructions say that you will have to re-add your Google accounts. I only have gmail, is that all I will have to redo? I have also read some places that you may need to reactivate your phone, is this true? I have not done this before and just want to get everything straight before I screw something up!! Thanks..

You will have to re-add all of your Google accounts, if you only have one, then you only have one to re-add. You may or may not have to reactivate the phone. It's a simple 15 second phone call to a machine, no biggie.

He may have asked just because he wasn't sure what it meant by re activating, or he may of asked for the same reason I did. Not everybody is in a Verizon area and those of us that aren't can't simply *228 and be done with it. When I had Alltel they would walk me through the settings for manual activation, I have heard Verizon does not do that and requires that you *228 or you have no phone.

[ecsnead69]

All you have to do is log back in to your Gmail when you are done. I also asked about having to re activate the phone before I rooted. Since you are coming from 2.1 to 2.1, you will not have to re activate the phone. Just follow the guide, and you will do fine.

Thanks a lot Travis, I am new to this! Have alot of electronics experience, but its all hardware hands-on stuff not really software etc. Took it in college but that was a while back and if you don't do it everyday you get rusty and a little gunshy..!