Root I promise I'm not trying to be dense...

[dansamy]

But, my X was rooted when it was Froyo. Verizon pushed Gingerbread. (I don't really remember when. I just remember there wasn't an option for me to decline it.) Of course, TiBU and Wireless Tether do not work now. I know I have lost superuser/root. (I had only rooted to WiFi tether once a week.)

My question: What's going to be the easiest, least painful way to get all my apps and root (and possibly load CM7 or something else, since I hate what GB has done to my phone)?

I can follow step-by-step directions if they're nice and plain and assume that the reader knows little. (I used the Dummies Guide posted here for my Droid Eris when I ROM'ed it, so I really can follow step-by-step directions without screwing it up!)

Phone details:
System version - 4.5.605.MB810.Verizon.en.US
Android version - 2.3.3

 

[colchiro]

Root section... stickied at the top of the page.

 

[trophynuts]

http://androidforums.com/droid-x-al...ad-602-sbf-root-process-updated-9-9-11-a.html


start here

Rooting Your GingerBread System .602 (Will Root .605 as well)

 

[dansamy]

Omg!! Thank y'all!! I've had nothing but headaches from gingerbread. I flashed miui last night & I'm in heaven!

I still get lightheaded holding my breath waiting for the first boot after flashing!

 

[dansamy]

D@mn! Spoke too soon! Constant reboots. But they didn't start until I restored all my apps + data from TiBU. So, I wiped data and am trying again. I'm going to try just restoring my .apks instead of the user data as well.

 

[colchiro]

Restore just apps and you have to uncheck the green stuff to be safe.

 

[dansamy]

So far, so good. I'm gonna faint from all the breath-holding I've been doing!

 

[dansamy]

Root section... stickied at the top of the page.

Oh & I did see (& read) the sticky, but I wasn't sure if I needed to start at the top and sbf or go straight to rooting since I had been rooted on froyo. You know conflicts and all that.

 

[colchiro]

So are you up and running now?

 

[dansamy]

Yes!!
I am mostly stable too. Still reinstalling apps though. I had over 300. I still have about 125 left to reinstall.

 

[VoidedSaint]

300!!!!!!

why so many apps?

i have 67 and i think its too much, and i know i dont use them all lol

 

[dansamy]

300!!!!!!

why so many apps?

i have 67 and i think its too much, and i know i dont use them all lol

I'm a packrat! I download and install them, but I only use a handful. I really should clear out the ones I don't actually use.

 

[VoidedSaint]

your a hoarder lol!!

there is a tv show about that

 

[colchiro]

Reboot and go into settings... apps... running apps/running services and see how many are running that you don't use. You can't install 300 apps and not have a performance hit.

 

[dansamy]

It's not bad. About 150/512.

 

[dansamy]

Think I found my random rebooting problem. Open home 6 and some theme elements for it have not played well with miui. As soon as I try to reinstall and use them, I have headaches and my blood pressure goes up.