I went ahead and downloaded the most recent OTA which obviously unroots your device so I decided to go ahead and try to root it using the Droid2 method and it worked just fine for me.
Here are the instructions from XDA written by karnovaran.
I changed a few things because his directions weren't working correctly for me but credit goes to him for the write-up.
STANDARD DISCLAIMER HERE - YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING THAT YOU DO TO YOUR DEVICE. I, NOR ANYBODY ELSE ARE MAKING YOU DO THIS SO WHATEVER MAY HAPPEN TO YOUR DEVICE IS ON YOU.
Setup:
- Install adb ([Only registered users can view links. ]) and Motorola drivers for windows([Only registered users can view links. ] or [Only registered users can view links. ])
- Download attached archive
- Extract the individual files to a directory, I used C:\android-sdk-windows\tools
- Make sure you have USB degugging enabled
- Change connection to Charge Only
Process:
- Open command prompt
- cd C:\android-sdk-windows\tools
- adb devices (to verify the connection)
- adb push Superuser.apk /sdcard/Superuser.apk
- adb push su /sdcard/su
- adb push busybox /sdcard/busybox
- adb push rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin /data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
- adb shell
- cd data/local/tmp
- chmod 0755 rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
- ./rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
- let the process run until it 'kicks' you out (may take a minute or two) to C:\android-sdk-windows\tools
- cd C:\android-sdk-windows\tools
- adb kill-server
- adb devices (to verify the connection)
- adb shell (you should now have a # prompt, if not return to ./rage step above)
if i go to manage apps and go down i can find superuser permissions but theres no options for everything on it unistall, force close, clear data, everything is greyed out. i thought to be rooted superuser permissions had to be in the app drawer
I'm a complete newbie when it comes to rooting...I got as far as "adb push Superuser.apk /sdcard/Superuser.apk" but can't get any further. Can someone help?
I'm a complete newbie when it comes to rooting...I got as far as "adb push Superuser.apk /sdcard/Superuser.apk" but can't get any further. Can someone help?
It gives me some error saying its not found. I didn't understand the whole "adb" thing either. I had to Google it to find that I had to place the files in the system folder... Is there a simpler way to do this? I'm NOT good at command promt
According to A tweet from Birdman, once you upgrade to 2.2 the 2.1 SBF does not work anymore. I think I'll refrain from rooting until we have a reliable method to SBF for now.
It gives me some error saying its not found. I didn't understand the whole "adb" thing either. I had to Google it to find that I had to place the files in the system folder... Is there a simpler way to do this? I'm NOT good at command promt
You have to have "adb.exe" and all of the files that you are trying to push to the sd card in the same folder.
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Originally Posted by wabyrd
Debug on and charge only mode, but device doesn't show as attached....
Make sure the usb drivers installed correctly. Particularly the "ADB device" one
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