first off i was running kangernades 2.2 from rom manager when i switched back to cyanogen 5.0.8 when my power button decided to stop working

so now i want to take it back to the verizon store for a new phone or to be fixed

so i need to go back to stock i flashed my original backup i made just after rooting before going on to custom roms it was way back to 2.0 stock ( rooted )
wich is where i am now kinda

i have the superuser app

but if i run DM updater it says i am not rooted

if i try to flash something ( recovery, Rom, Stock Rom unrooted )
from Rom manager i get an error.....

" an error occurred while attempting to run privileged commands".

i tried downloading a unrooted udate.zip file it said there was an error number 7 or something to that effect if anyone knows of a stock unrooted udate.zip file i can download i will give that a shot.

i figured this as a last resort
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/hacking-help/37717-unroot-unbrick-using-sbf-post-ikithme.html

any other suggestions.

I have the stock 2.1 build ESE81 update.zip file I could send you a link to.

i would appreciate it i will give it a shot

Sent you a PM with the link.

i think you'll still have to use that link you mentioned, at least if you want to go back to the stock recovery as well

here is a link to unroot


http://www.droidforums.net/forum/hacking-faqs/39254-sbf-root-unroot.html

still have superuser app

just really confused installed a stock 2.1 update.zip file + factory reset + clear cache and still have superuser app

yeah you'll have to either use the link that tkimball posted or the link you mentioned in your first post and flash back to 2.0.1 with rsdlite, then either get the 2.1 update OTA or with the update.zip you just tried

push using sbf

so it tells me to hold up on the D-pad while booting for how long what should happen because nothing happens when i do this it just sits with a blank black screen soon as i let go it boots normally

make sure you're holding "up" when looking at the phone in landscape, not portrait... i.e., it would be "right" if holding the phone in portrait...

i always just hold down "up" on the d-pad, power it on, and after a couple of seconds from hitting the power button, you'll see the screen do a little flicker, that's when i let off the d-pad, and the bootloader screen should load up

thats a negative i am holding up the real up
and the screen does flickr and then it boots normally
right after the flickr no matter hhow many times i let that flickr cycle it still just boots normally after that

it's been awhile since i've done it... let me try it real quick and i'll report back exactly how i did it

any way to get to the bootloader without doing that

ok here's what i did...

hold down d-pad
hold down power
when i saw the flicker, released both power and d-pad, and it worked

i don't believe so, but if this doesn't work, then there's something wrong with your droid

i know there is something wrong with it the power button is broke i want to take it back for the factory warranty and have to get rid of root cannot do that without pushing software from rsd lite in bootloader mode

i'm an idiot... i'm sorry, i completely forgot the whole reason for this was your power button was broke... i went to watch germany play spain and forgot what this post was all about...

this might be a good post for the rescue squad (for those watching!)

my only other thought is that ROM Manager has a version of 2.0.1 you can flash back to through its' recovery (clockwork), at least it used to... i'm not sure if it leaves the clockwork recovery on there or not. However, it just hit me that if your power button doesn't work, you can't really get into recovery anyway...

However something else just hit me - if you're able to see the flicker, and then it boots up, how are you even doing that without a working power button? Battery pull?

yeah battery pull

and no flashing through rom manager i get an error basically saying i am not rooted
but i have the superuser app
and cannot root or unroot from update.zip from recovery
so last option was rsd lite but cannot get into bootloader for that to work

i might call get insurance and snap it in half

currently do you have sprecovery or clockwork installed?