Easy Way To Root Droid 2 For Free Wifi Tethering

[jfriend33]

Couldn't find this on droid2 forums. To root your Droid 2, go here:

How To Root The Motorola Droid 2 ( Droid2 Rooting Guide For Windows / Mac ) – - SoftSailor


If you follow those directions its really simple. No need to enter in countless lines on a black dos prompt screen.

After that, get on your Droid2, search for android wifi tethering, click downloads, and install the first one. (Downloads - android-wifi-tether - Project Hosting on Google Code)

Pretty straightforward and simple. Not sure as to why most of my friends say the droid2 can't be rooted therefor can't support free wifi tethering...

 

[ishore99]

At this point I am waiting for the new Droid Pro. How important will "rooting" be for me? I am a BB user for years but leaving for what I consider the better equipment.

 

[specops2k3]

Has anyone tried this method yet? Does it really work quick and easy?

 

[jfriend33]

Droid pro isn't really all that great spec wise. I like how the phone looks but I think holding out for the htc merge would be a wiser decision. I came from a blackberry tour, rooting the phone by way of the above method was simple. You gotta root the device so it can run applications outside of marketplace app store, like the wifi tether...unless u get the htc incredible which vzw decided to include free wifi on that device for some reason...

 

[lintmail]

Has anyone tried this method yet? Does it really work quick and easy?

This looks like the same 1-click root process on XDA-developers. I used that and it worked. Just make sure you read all the directions.

Works fine. I renamed a bunch of Motoblur apps so they no longer run and got wireless tethering. Minor improvement in speed but nothing to write home about. I do get some occassional random Force closes and reboots, as a result, but nothing alarming. Not sure it's really worth rooting. I'm a little scared to tinker bc I finally got my corporate sync to work and I don't want to screw that up. (It had stopped working for 1 week and life sucked.)

I haven't tried any ROMs but that's going to come soon. Also, be sure to use bootstrap recovery and make a nandroid backup before playing around with any files.

 

[darrylmendo]

Does this work with the new update (system version 2.3.20)?

 

[Bushido Brown]

Droid pro isn't really all that great spec wise. I like how the phone looks but I think holding out for the htc merge would be a wiser decision. I came from a blackberry tour, rooting the phone by way of the above method was simple. You gotta root the device so it can run applications outside of marketplace app store, like the wifi tether...unless u get the htc incredible which vzw decided to include free wifi on that device for some reason...

Plenty of root apps are in the marketplace, like shootme, adfree, and wifitether. and the tethering feature on the Incredible is accessible through hidden menus. If Verizon intended on it to be free, they would have given you an on/off button for it.

 

[Bushido Brown]

Does this work with the new update (system version 2.3.20)?

Yes, the latest OTA is susceptible to the same exploit.