New User and in Phone Limbo

Hello-

I am a new user and I am so thankful to the kind people who have responded to the questions I have posted. I have a dilemma and I have spent about three days trying to sort things out but I still have not had success.

I own a Droid 2 which was running great on Froyo until the Gingerbread OTA update. I live in a rural area where I cannot get high speed internet and satellite is too expensive so I use Wireless Tether to get my internet. After the GB update, my phone was no longer rooted so I was unable to use Wireless Tether. I tried the Once Click D3 Root Method and it did not work. Someone told me I would have to do an SBF Recovery to flash back to Froyo. So, I downloaded RSD Lite and the SBF file and successfully flashed my phone (RSD Lite said PASS). The next step, I read was to hold X and power on to get Andy the Android and a ! on the screen. Did that... Then, I pressed the magnifying glass (like I read) and nothing happened. I was stuck there for a while until I read somewhere else to use my volume keys. I was able to clear my memory and cache using the volume and Enter keys and then I rebooted. After reboot, the Motorola M was stuck on my screen. I tried running through the whole process again with no luck. So now, I can either have the Android screen or the M screen. I don't know what to do!

I thought I would just get a new phone and use my upgrade, but after doing extensive research, it seems that both the Bionic and Droid 3 (the phones I was looking at getting) have issues with Wireless Tether. I am feeling very overwhelmed with how much info there is out there and I have also spent soooo much time on this that my 1 year old and 3 year old have been on their own a lot. :-(

If anyone can help me get my Droid 2 back up and running, I would be every indebted... I am currently using my old HTC Touch Pro2 to tether wirelessly without any problems. If the phone itself didn't have so many issues like a finicky screen, I would just stick with this and be done with it... BUT, I really would like my D2 back or advice on which phone to get so I can use Wireless Tether or some other form of tether without any issues.

Thanks so much in advance!
Jeni

 

Thank you! Unfortunately now, it is not rooting that is the problem. Now the problem is I am stuck in a mode of SBFing. I have two options, be stuck on the M screen or be stuck on the Android & ! screen. I cleared memory, cache, rebooted from that screen and then I am stuck on the M screen. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated. I would LOVE to go back to 2.2. That is what I was trying to do when I was SBFing my phone, but the problem is I have no idea what I am doing so I have spent DAYS trying to sort this out...