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Root ROOT Acquired!

ROOT!! Its so nice...

I highly recommend AutoRuns, blocks all the unwanted apps from turning on (even the ones you want that just turn on all by themselves).

now the crashing, flashing, corrupting, and switching crap and staying up until all hours of the day playing with the phone begin.
 
Wireless tether does NOT work guys.

Upon turning on the tethering, it brings up Verizon's built in tethering settings. No bueno. :(

This is in the newest beta version of Wireless tether. I'll try the latest "stable" release in a minute, but I assume the results will be the same.

edit-
Uh oh.
Really really no bueno at this point.
3G was dropped upon starting the app, and now I can't use data at all.
Now opening my phone's browser simply takes me here.

Be careful. Rebooting my phone to see if 3G is restored. Otherwise, I'm screwed.

edit again-
Phew, dodged that bullet. 3G was restored upon reboot.
So basically NO WIRELESS TETHER.

I might give wired tether a wack in a minute.
 
I definitely with NOT deleting anything other than maybe skype, and other obvious non-verizon stuffs.

Use Titanium Backup to freeze (or whatever other app you like) and hold off an removing item until you've got a way to flash Nandroid Backup.
 
Frisco said:
Nice find ^^

I'm going to go ahead and give that a shot. Wish me luck. :D

Btw, it's ok to post that here with credits:

1. Make sure you have Motorola drivers installed - LINK to x64 drivers
2. Download and unzip 'Droid 3 easy root script v5' - LINK Droid 3 easy root script v5
3. On your phone: Settings > Applications > Development > USB debugging(check box)
4. Plug phone into computer and select "Charge Only" mode
5. Navigate to 'Droid 3 easy root' folder and run 'Click to root your Droid 3.bat'
6. Now just follow the instructions in the command window and unlock the phone after each reboot.

You now have a rooted Droid 3 thanks to the hard work of the following:

djrbliss - finding the exploit
framework43 - writing the one click
psouza4 - fixing and refining the one click
krazykrivda - gathering developers and making stuff happen
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Not exactly as newer versions are now up at rootzwiki. Version 7 now.
 
I was able to start mine (2.0.7) and identify it with my computer and even connect, yet there was no internet access.
 
noob question, did my phone unroot? I was downloaded titanium backup free, and it detected it, then i deleted because i realized i need pro to freeze bloatware, i couldn't find pro, so i asked for my refund, then i realized i needed titanium backup free in order to download pro...so now whenever i download it, it says it cannot detect root
 
mtva24 said:
noob question, did my phone unroot? I was downloaded titanium backup free, and it detected it, then i deleted because i realized i need pro to freeze bloatware, i couldn't find pro, so i asked for my refund, then i realized i needed titanium backup free in order to download pro...so now whenever i download it, it says it cannot detect root
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You probably had a superuser time out. Turn on the super user , then back out. now not turn on titanium. If that does not work, reboot and try titanium again.
 
I'm confused. Maybe I'm missing something but I don't have a 3G hotspot app. I have a tethering option (either wi-fi or USB) in wireless and networks options in settings. I've turned this on, and it hasn't increased my phone bill and hasn't added the $20/mo for 3G hotspot. So I guess my question is, what is the big deal with looking for a workaround for tethering, which I've seen people talk about on here and over on xda. And I did this before root...
 
Doesn't seem like setcpu works, tested with system panel to confirm clock speed. I attempted to set the clock to 800. Definitely have to wait for a modded kernel.
 
Just turning it on doesn't incur a charge. Using it does. Have you used it? It should present the opt in screen to subscribe to the service.
 
how do you delete mobile hotspot with root explorer, i didn't see it when i was removing all of my other bloatware
 
mtva24 said:
how do you delete mobile hotspot with root explorer, i didn't see it when i was removing all of my other bloatware
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as far as I know, it's built into settings.apk, so you can't remove. But you can hide with any launcher that allows you to hide apps.
 
Has anyone else noticed that the Re-draw of the home launch is basically gone? Freezing bloatware, disabling startup apps, and optimizing memory.... no more redraw issues. I've been using ADW Launcher for the last month. It was constantly redrawing just like it would with blur... of course its only been maybe 8 hrs. we'll see how tomorrow goes.
 
I'm going to go ahead and report what's going on with my D3 after this root and after my "house cleaning."

In that post up there from earlier this morning I listed four items that I'd frozen and that elicited FCs. Well, following a restart of the device, no FCs. Not one.

Everything worked fine, so I went ahead and removed those and many more (I'll provide a list in a bit), saw some more FCs here and there, kept hitting the ok button and then restarted the device again.

I've removed over twenty items from /system/app and have halted six services outright, all with no ill effects.. and the thing is showing signs of the snappiness I was looking for.

Right now I'm getting ready to expand the allocated storage area a bit, then have a go with SetCPU for a battery saving profile.

I'd like to hear from users who have touched a few of the Blur items, I have not yet.. I guess I can live with that. ;)
 
So, now that we have root, what apps should I buy/install to take full advantage of this? I had my DX rooted before, but that was just for tethering at school to bypass the devil that is WebSense.
 
redsox985 said:
So, now that we have root, what apps should I buy/install to take full advantage of this? I had my DX rooted before, but that was just for tethering at school to bypass the devil that is WebSense.
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I downloaded snapshot er last night...works like a charm unlike no root screenshotit
 
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