Root Problems with ROM manager on motorola droid

[alexprl]

Hello, I recently rooted my Motorola Droid and I am trying to run Rom Manager by clockworkmod and when i attempt to Flash Clockworkmod Recovery I get an error saying, "An error occurred while attempting to run privileged commands!" Can someone offer me some help on what to do, I have tried uninstalling and turning the phone off.

 

[alexprl]

anyone???

 

[johnnybirdman]

Hello, I recently rooted my Motorola Droid and I am trying to run Rom Manager by clockworkmod and when i attempt to Flash Clockworkmod Recovery I get an error saying, "An error occurred while attempting to run privileged commands!" Can someone offer me some help on what to do, I have tried uninstalling and turning the phone off.

I'm not rooted but as a linux user I understand this error to mean you need to change the permissions of some of the needed files. I've seen other posts about this.
Check out the conversation here (search for the word permissions) Guide to Rooting Android 2.1 on a Motorola Droid - Droid Life: A Droid Community Blog

J.

 

[nstallion]

Are you sure you are rooted?

 

[alexprl]

Well I did the root process this morning going from 2.1 back to stock then manually updated to 2.1 and now i have an app called superuser permissions so i think i am

 

[nstallion]

When you go into the terminal and type "su" does it give you the same error?

 

[alexprl]

what terminal?

 

[nstallion]

The terminal emulator. You should have a terminal emulator app. If not, download one.

 

[alexprl]

where do i find the terminal is it an app or something?

 

[alexprl]

thanks im downloading one right now

 

[alexprl]

yes i type in su and it sais permission denied

 

[nstallion]

yes i type in su and it sais permission denied

Then you are not rooted. Somewhere in your process you went wrong. What ROM did you install?

 

[alexprl]

What should I do?

 

[nstallion]

Well you haven't given me much information to go by. I'm assuming what you mean is that you flashed back to 2.0.1 with the .sbf file, and then I'm not sure what you mean by manually updated to 2.1

Have you flashed another recovery image? SP Recovery or ClockworkMod Recovery?

I'm thinking you might just want to do it over using this guide: http://androidforums.com/all-things-root-droid/63010-how-install-sprecovery-unrooted-2-1-ota.html

Since I'm not sure exactly what 2.1 ROM you are using though I'm not sure that it would work.

 

[alexprl]

Yes I flashed back to 2.0.1 using the.sbf file then i downloaded the 2.1 update.zip file and installed it on the phone

 

[nstallion]

Yes I flashed back to 2.0.1 using the.sbf file then i downloaded the 2.1 update.zip file and installed it on the phone

Heh. All you did is downgrade 2.0.1 and then upgrade to 2.1 then. Follow that guide.

I really have no idea where that superuser app came from though. Where did you find this update.zip?

 

[alexprl]

Can you recommend a good guide on how to root?

 

[nstallion]

Can you recommend a good guide on how to root?

I already linked you to it 2 posts ago. http://androidforums.com/all-things-root-droid/63010-how-install-sprecovery-unrooted-2-1-ota.html

Once you have SP Recovery installed you simply download the file at the bottom of the post, rename it to update.zip and flash it with SP Recovery.

 

[alexprl]

and this will root the phone?

 

[nstallion]

and this will root the phone?

Yes.

 

[alexprl]

Alright, I will give it a shot, thank you very much for your assistance.