[How To] One-Click Root Your Droid X [Official 2.2 OTA]

[doctorlove316]

[How To] One-Click Root Your Droid X [Official 2.2 OTA]

Here are the instructions from XDA written by darkonion.

I haven't tried this but they have been proven to work by multiple users.

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.

One Click Root for Windows

Here's the Windows version. Facelessuser pushed this through and worked his magic. Give it a try. Very exciting stuff. I haven't used it yet, but according to him, it should work!

Download here:
http://www.kimete.com/droid/beta/DoRootForWindows.zip

Instruction for Windows:

1. Extract and Update Android SDK package to your computer. The file comes in a zip file. Just open it up and drag and drop the android-sdk-windows folder to your C drive. Next, extract the files from the DORoot zip file to the tools folder of Android SDK. You should be moving 5 files into the tools folder.
2. Install Motorola Drivers
(Tip, to stop the launching of the Verizon/Motorola site, go to the MotoConnect icon in the bottom righ, right click, when phone connects, nothing.)
3. Make sure you phone is in PC Mode with USB Debugging enabled (edit: for some reason, I am unable to enable USB Debugging with PC mode so I have to use charge only)
PC Mode: Notification blind -> USB connection -> PC Mode
USB Debugging: Settings -> Applications -> Development -> USB debugging
You need USB debugging icon showing in notifications. Try Charge Only if you can't get PC Mode to show USB debugging.
4. Double-click and run doroot.bat
5. Let it run.
6. That's it, you are done.

One Click Root Version for Linux and Works for Mac,too!

Here it is:
http://www.kimete.com/droid/beta/DoRootforD2Linux.zip

Give it a try and see how it goes. I think it works the same way as the directions above, except you only run one script! Thank you for facelessuser for working his magic and making it all work!

Instructions for Linux and Mac

1. Extract and Update Android SDK package to your computer. The file comes in a .tar.gz file. Just open it up and drag and drop the android-sdk-linux folder to your home directory or desktop. Next, extract the files from the DORoot zip file to the tools folder of Android SDK. You should be moving 6 files into the tools folder.
2. Make sure you phone is in PC Mode with USB Debugging enabled (edit: for some reason, I am unable to enable USB Debugging with PC mode so I have to use charge only)
PC Mode: Notification blind -> USB connection -> PC Mode
USB Debugging: Settings -> Applications -> Development -> USB debugging
You need USB debugging icon showing in notifications. Try Charge Only if you can't get PC Mode to show USB debugging.
3. Navigate to the tools folder of your android-sdk
[cd /android-sdk-linux_x86/tools]
4. enter [chmod 0755 doroot.sh] then run it [./doroot.sh]
5. Let it run.
6. That's it, you are done.

 

[LdotAdot13]

im so not as computer literate as i thought.... i cant open the files without having to buy winzip. i'm running windows vista basic. is there another way to open win zip files without buying the program? PLEASE HELP

 

[terpitude71]

im so not as computer literate as i thought.... i cant open the files without having to buy winzip. i'm running windows vista basic. is there another way to open win zip files without buying the program? PLEASE HELP

there is no file extractor on vista?! well, you can always download 7-zip

 

[doctorlove316]

7-Zip

 

[terpitude71]

ran the program, everything seemed to go ok, and i have root access...until i reboot the phone and its gone. during the process, a message in the command line kept popping up along the lines of "adb is not a recognized command", but the program kept powering through without an issue, so i didnt think anything of it. that and the fact that i had root access immediately after running it. for the record, i did this in charge only mode, as pc mode would not allow me to have debugging enabled

 

[doctorlove316]

ran the program, everything seemed to go ok, and i have root access...until i reboot the phone and its gone. during the process, a message in the command line kept popping up along the lines of "adb is not a recognized command", but the program kept powering through without an issue, so i didnt think anything of it. that and the fact that i had root access immediately after running it. for the record, i did this in charge only mode, as pc mode would not allow me to have debugging enabled

I'm not to sure here since I didn't use this method but here's the link for the XDA thread to see if anyone else had that problem. Easier 1-2-3 Droid 2 Root for Windows and Linux (and soon Mac) - xda-developers

Also, I can never have USB debugging enabled with PC Mode either for some reason.

 

[terpitude71]

I'm not to sure here since I didn't use this method but here's the link for the XDA thread to see if anyone else had that problem. Easier 1-2-3 Droid 2 Root for Windows and Linux (and soon Mac) - xda-developers

Also, I can never have USB debugging enabled with PC Mode either for some reason.

k, got things running. there is a step that says "adb connection will be reset. restart adb server on desktop and re-login." how do i do this? no mention on xda

nm: figured it out. this worked flawlessly, once i pulled my head out of my rear

 

[thirdeye7]

k, got things running. there is a step that says "adb connection will be reset. restart adb server on desktop and re-login." how do i do this? no mention on xda

nm: figured it out. this worked flawlessly, once i pulled my head out of my rear

so what did you do to restart adb server?

 

[thirdeye7]

Also, where is doroot.bat....all i have is doroot.sh

 

[doctorlove316]

Also, where is doroot.bat....all i have is doroot.sh

Linux/Mac or Windows?

There is a separate download for each version.

Sounds like you downloaded the Linux/Mac version.

 

[LdotAdot13]

ok! got the files! thanx! no im sure this is a dumb question but can i just drag and drop the doroot file into the tools files on sdk

 

[terpitude71]

Also, where is doroot.bat....all i have is doroot.sh

doroot.bat is a batch file that should be in the zip file that avlfire linked

so what did you do to restart adb server?

i did nothing. it automatically resets it (just takes a while sometimes)

 

[terpitude71]

ok! got the files! thanx! no im sure this is a dumb question but can i just drag and drop the doroot file into the tools files on sdk

you cant drag/drop the whole folder. you actually need to pull out the individual files and put them into the tools folder in the sdk or it wont work

 

[WAldenIV]

How long does it take? When I run the batch file, it shows * daemon started successfully*, but doesn't seem to progress any further.

 

[LdotAdot13]

in the OP it says i should be extracting 7-8 files but theres only 5
busybox , doroot.bat , rageagainstt , su , and superuser.apk am i doing something wrong?

 

[doctorlove316]

in the OP it says i should be extracting 7-8 files but theres only 5
busybox , doroot.bat , rageagainstt , su , and superuser.apk am i doing something wrong?

Sorry about that, fixed the OP.

5 files for Windows, 6 for Linux/Mac.

 

[thirdeye7]

windows

 

[thirdeye7]

wow i did dl the linux version...thanks

 

[LdotAdot13]

how can i tell if im rooted? it said conragualtions you should now be rooted no errors.

 

[blunt420]

avl5 can you put up a youtube video on how to do this im not too brite with a computer i thought they were just for email and porn....id be willing to donate for a simplier step by step for idiots actually an app would be perfect like esay root lol