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Root Eff you Motorola (What do do next for 2.2?)

zane!

zane!

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I know I'm in the same situation as a lot of other X owners who were holding out for the "Official" 2.2 update:

Rooted 2.1
Custom Themes
Bloatware frozen with Titaniumbackup
Various other Root apps

Now that Moto is being Nazis with their 2.2 OTA update I don't want to deal with the hassle of having to wait for root on the official release or go through any other hassles.

I'm thinking I'll just update to a deo-dexed 2.2 version now. Then I'll wait to see if the OTA includes anything better, and if it does I'll wait until someone cracks it for root and hosts it online for a manual update. Am I thinking straight for this situation?

The main question- there are a few options I've seen for going to 2.2 right now. How should I go about it? I've seen different methods as far as what/how to back everything up, which versions to use, manual deo-dexing VS an already deo-dexed 2.2, etc.

TIA
 
Im taking the approach that your mentioned, waiting to see if there is enough reason to flash back to .604.

This should have everything your are looking for.

Droid X
 
Thanks! I had briefly looked at that page before, but apparently they have pretty much everything I need. Right? Are there any other steps/files/backups I need to run?
 
BuTbKa said:
First you want to do, it's make sure you'l have root after upgrade. What you need to do is move SU from '/system/bin' to '/ssytem/xbin'. Now, you can apply update.zip

http://androidforums.com/droid-x-all-things-root/154206-release-android-2-2-froyo-droid-x.html

After that:

http://androidforums.com/droid-x-al...rk-recovery-image-deodexed-rooted-froyod.html

And in case if anything goes wrong, look at Dtatch post above mine
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Thanks for the root and backup info!

I'll probably tackle this on Monday, I'm leaving for a trip in a couple days and I really don't want to risk not having my phone running while I'm gone.
 
BuTbKa said:
First you want to do, it's make sure you'l have root after upgrade. What you need to do is move SU from '/system/bin' to '/ssytem/xbin'. Now, you can apply update.zip

http://androidforums.com/droid-x-all-things-root/154206-release-android-2-2-froyo-droid-x.html

After that:

http://androidforums.com/droid-x-al...rk-recovery-image-deodexed-rooted-froyod.html

And in case if anything goes wrong, look at Dtatch post above mine
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Make sure you move it to /system/xbin, not /ssytem/xbin. I know it's a typo, but I wanted to make sure it was clear.
 
Finally.......

SUCCESS!

First I SBF'ed back to stock 2.1 to make sure my themes didn't mess anything up. Then I did everything outlined in these steps:

BuTbKa said:
First you want to do, it's make sure you'l have root after upgrade. What you need to do is move SU from '/system/bin' to '/ssytem/xbin'. Now, you can apply update.zip

http://androidforums.com/droid-x-all-things-root/154206-release-android-2-2-froyo-droid-x.html

After that:

http://androidforums.com/droid-x-al...rk-recovery-image-deodexed-rooted-froyod.html

And in case if anything goes wrong, look at Dtatch post above mine
Click to expand...

And finally I used LexusBrian400's build.prop file to fix the market issue and remove the stage fright hack, along with some other tweaks. I fought with ADB shell for a good 5 hours today, my PC was being extremely stubborn about the drivers so I broke down and bought the real Root Explorer to get the job done.

Thank you all for the great help!
 
Actually you don't have to move su anymore. Also I think the rom manager route is so much easier
 
D13 said:
Actually you don't have to move su anymore. Also I think the rom manager route is so much easier
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yeah rom manager is definetly the way to go as it comes pre-rooted. i remember on the day 2.2 was released everyone who had jumped in and grabbed koushs recovery was freaking out that they were stuck and couldnt get 2.2 going because of the hijacker and were all upset that they got it. koush posted like right away that d he d have it in rom manager that night so i waited and got it.

it took me all of 15 minutes while others spent much longer trying to move stuff around and lost root anyway
 
nitsuj17 said:
yeah rom manager is definetly the way to go as it comes pre-rooted. i remember on the day 2.2 was released everyone who had jumped in and grabbed koushs recovery was freaking out that they were stuck and couldnt get 2.2 going because of the hijacker and were all upset that they got it. koush posted like right away that d he d have it in rom manager that night so i waited and got it.

it took me all of 15 minutes while others spent much longer trying to move stuff around and lost root anyway
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yep flashed the sbf 6 times that day
 
D13 said:
yep flashed the sbf 6 times that day
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Now that's there's funny.
You know its hard to get comedic timing right especially in text form but that one just seemed to hit me right. LMAO

It also shows you're good at repetitive task...more proof you're a bot if you ask me.
 
Piiman said:
Now that's there's funny.
You know its hard to get comedic timing right especially in text form but that one just seemed to hit me right. LMAO

It also shows you're good at repetitive task...more proof you're a bot if you ask me.
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:p
 
I was considering the ROM manager route but the bootstrap route worked well for me. I just love how many options we have with these phones, but I love even more how helpful everyone is on this site (and the XDA site too, lots of good info there. and rootzwiki. and.....). Everyone is open about their mods and is willing to share their knowledge.
 
Finally updated my phone in my profile... I had still been showing to have a blackberry for the last 2 months. I'm slightly embarrassed.
 
zane! said:
I was considering the ROM manager route but the bootstrap route worked well for me. I just love how many options we have with these phones, but I love even more how helpful everyone is on this site. Everyone is open about their mods and is willing to share their knowledge.
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Yeah I love it too, even that grouch Piiman
I think the rom manager route was easiset though
 
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