Root Root D1 with 2.2.1? help

[robotfood]

I'm pretty new at this, and I've been trying to root my Droid 1 and cannot. I have tried Z4root and universal androot.
Can anyone help me?

 

[teddyearp]

Welcome and yes. Universal Androot stopped working a while ago. z4root supposedly doesn't work for the Droid 1/A855 on 2.2.1. But there's aguide here that will get you rooted:

http://androidforums.com/droid-all-...oid-without-rsd-lite-up-including-frg83d.html

Make sure you type in the commands exactly as shown and it will work. Or do a google for Supe One Click, it should work as well. Just note that neither of those methods will also install a custom recovery allowing you to make backups and flash custom roms, and that said, alot of people have had trouble getting the custom recovery to stick without flashing a custom rom. But there's a fix for that as well.

good luck

 

[DieselDood]

Teddy, I'm following your instructions now, step by step.

I'm waiting for the infamous step 6.

I got through that to the superuser step once before and it gave me an error (can't remember) that was something like not unlocked or privliges. So I started over from scratch. This time I'm seeing slightly different messages? I'm assuming I did something wrong the first time.

Is there anything I should be watching for?

 

[DieselDood]

I now get to the mkdir /system/ xbin step (10) and get
"mkdir failed for /system/, File exists"
#

I'm assuming something didnt' work right?

 

[DieselDood]

I did the next step and it says that it's a read only file system.

I had to have missed something. Those are the same messages I got the last time.

Help?

 

[DieselDood]

Woohoo! I think I got it now.

I put in a space in the
"mount -o remount(no space here, oops),rw -t......."

Thanks a TON Teddy!

 

[chadwick108]

i did it the old fashioned way before 2.2 but have also had good luck with this way...
[APP]SuperOneClick v1.7 (Root, Unroot, Enable Non-Market App) - xda-developers

 

[teddyearp]

I now get to the mkdir /system/ xbin step (10) and get
"mkdir failed for /system/, File exists"
#

I'm assuming something didnt' work right?

Correct, you did the same thing at that point as you found you did below. In the quote above, see the space?

mkdir /system /xbin

incorrect, correct:

mkdir /system/xbin

Woohoo! I think I got it now.

I put in a space in the
"mount -o remount(no space here, oops),rw -t......."

Thanks a TON Teddy!

Not a problem, ya gotta look out for the syntax, it must be correct. But all this is moot as you're now rooted, good job.

i did it the old fashioned way before 2.2 but have also had good luck with this way...
[APP]SuperOneClick v1.7 (Root, Unroot, Enable Non-Market App) - xda-developers

And that is a great way to do it, however, the OP already got there and you cannot discount the 'hard' way. It builds character and more knowledge IMHO.