problem with rsd lite

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  1. matluvpontiac

    matluvpontiac New Member

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    I am having a problem in rooting my moto droid. I am a noobie (sort of), I had the G1 (never rooted) for close to two years and got the droid about a month ago. I am using the instructions on this site ( How To Root Your 2.1 Droid | Android Community ) and I have downloaded rsd lite, the 32 bit driver (I am using vista 32bit), and the .sbf file. I have gotten my phone plugged in and to the "program screen" (I don't know the technical term), and pull up the "rsd lite" program, put the file location in the "filename" search box (the file is not on my desktop, it is in my downloads folder on my hard drive, i read that that may be a problem), and the "start" button stays grey.
    I have tried several forum sites and tried many things...
    one of the sites is ( [How-to] Trouble flashing with RSD Lite in Vista/Windows 7 - Motorola Development Community ) and it asks you to input in "command promt" the firmware i am flashing to my phone. I am not sure to replace those "xxxx"'s with. but i don't think that this will help because there is no filename in the folder "rsdlite" labeled "SDL.exe -f xxxx.sbf -t 2" anyways.
    please help me with this as best as you can.
    thanks,
    -Noob
    lol
     
    #1 matluvpontiac, May 17, 2010
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    warrior21 Active Member

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    When you have RSD lite open and then power your phone into the boot screen does the device pop up on the RSD lite screen?
     
    #2 warrior21, May 17, 2010
  3. matluvpontiac

    matluvpontiac New Member

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    Yes, it is showing up
    By "boot screen" do you mean power and DPAD "up" key, screen?
    cuz thats what i'm using and it shows up
    I have attached a screen shot
     

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    It's a file permissions error with windows 7 copy your sbf file to c:\ and it will prompt for admin access. Hit yes and the file will load.
     
    #4 Shades228, May 17, 2010
  5. matluvpontiac

    matluvpontiac New Member

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    I'm running vista not 7
    I put it directly on C:\
    another attached image may help...???
     

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    Are you running rsd lite with admin privs?

    I'm still betting it's a file permissions error. Your phone is connected but the program doesn't have access to the file.

    actually that's an old way to do it. Try http://www.droid-life.com/2010/05/06/guide-to-rooting-android-2-1-on-a-motorola-droid/

    however if you still have the same error I would create a folder and give your username full permissions for it. Vista/Win 7 file permissions are a pain in some scenarios.
     
    #6 Shades228, May 17, 2010
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    matluvpontiac New Member

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    if, by saying that, you mean that I am the admin on the cpu
    then yes
    if thats not what your talking about, then please explain
     
    #7 matluvpontiac, May 17, 2010
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    Close rsd lite and then right click on the short cut. Click on run as administrator.
     
    #8 Shades228, May 17, 2010
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    matluvpontiac New Member

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    there is no option for that when i right click
    however there is an option under the "properties" link
    but all the options are not highlighted, they are grey, I can't do anything (look next to the mouse pointer in the attached picture)
     

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    Try doing it on the main file then instead of the short cut. Did you goto the link I posted above? It has some videos you can watch as well. However it doesn't address the file permission problem.
     
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    matluvpontiac New Member

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    on the main file there isn't anything even remotely close to that as an option
    and in properties it lists me as an admin with full control of the program (as seen in attached photo)

    and yes, I checked out your site, very informative, and I saved it as a bookmark and will use it when i root
    thank you for that
     

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    It's been awhile since I was in vista check the properties and see if you can select the option to run as administrator.
     
    #12 Shades228, May 17, 2010
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