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ospring87

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What is the best way to root by Droid 2 after performing the over the air update to Gingerbread?

My phone was rooted pre-update but obviously the update removed that during install, just wondering how I can root again afterwards without flashing (hopefully).
 
This method does not work for me since I already have the superuser apk installed from previous root and for some reason it interferes with the rooting process. Superuser apk and some other files need to get deleted somehow. I saw the posts about using adb shell but still no luck. I never get the # prompt always the $. I will continue to do some research but if anyone knows the solution please share :)
 
I was able to root my phone, but had to SBF back to stock Froyo, update OTA to Gingerbread then jailbreak and now works great!
 
this method partially rooted my phone. thats the best way i can say it... drocap2 works and the reboot function of switcher pro works but titanium doesnt see root and neither does the root checker app in the market. at the bottom of the page for petes droid root instructions it does say that it takes a few reboots to fully root the phone but i have rebooted several time with no luck.. any help would be appreciated when we get that FIGURED OUT
 
I tried to update my D2 from 2.2 to the OTA 2.3. I did not unroot my phone before attempting the Verizon update. Lesson learned...

To update, I renamed some bloatware .apk extensions back to the default and allowed for GingerBread to install. After the 2.3 install I lost root even thought the old ninja SU icon was still in place.I tried the method suggested here. The new SU icon appeared in the app list but the phone was not rooted. After trying a few other things I ended up bricking the D2 into a boot loop. This happened after a RSD lite (v4.8) SBF flash. Once i got the phone to the factory reset screen i was able to preform a factory wipe reset. (I took my SD card out for all the flashing and wiping)

This reset to stock 2.2 where I updated to the OTA 2.3 after configuring my default gmail account. Once upgraded I tried the method here again and it worked. webkey, WiFi tether, screen dimmer, screen shots, and all my other fun toys are back. Yay!

I am now considering switching to custom ROM for the first time since i lost some basic functionality with 2.3. My uber keyboard app quit working correctly. (this has a voice search that returns 4 selectable results instead of just one). I also can't find the party shuffle on the default music player. This is a big downer.
 
To anyone that updated to Gingerbread from a rooted Froyo and had issues.

This happened to me, I ran the One-Click-Root and it gave me a partial root ( very few apps worked). After tons of searching I came across a post that said you need to delete your su files and rerun the One-Click-Root. It surprisingly worked.

As a note I did not reboot after I deleted the su files I'm not sure if you did if it would mess up.

Here are the steps:
Code: 
Make sure you get the # symbol (you should if you already partially rooted)
In adb shell type:
rm /system/bin/su
rm /system/xbin/su
Then re-run One-Click-Root

Hopefully it helps out people in the same situation I was in!
 
SergeantPanda said:
To anyone that updated to Gingerbread from a rooted Froyo and had issues.

This happened to me, I ran the One-Click-Root and it gave me a partial root ( very few apps worked). After tons of searching I came across a post that said you need to delete your su files and rerun the One-Click-Root. It surprisingly worked.

As a note I did not reboot after I deleted the su files I'm not sure if you did if it would mess up.

Here are the steps:
Code: 
Make sure you get the # symbol (you should if you already partially rooted)
In adb shell type:
rm /system/bin/su
rm /system/xbin/su
Then re-run One-Click-Root
Hopefully it helps out people in the same situation I was in!
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This is somewhat the same bind my friend currently is in, but his phone will not let him boat into ClockworkRom but when using root check it says he's rooted? and we cannot get any ROMS to flash???????? Any help ?
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System version 4.5601.A955.Verizon.en.US
Droid2
android 2.3.3
Bp_C_01.09.13p
2.6.32.9-gca08d89
bmvq37@zin22lnxdroid28#1

4.5.1_57_DR2-31

5

thats all the info on the phone i got before he left, he does have the 2.3.3 update as well.
 
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