[How To] Root Your Droid X [Official 2.2 OTA]

[Red261]

I put the files in the wrong place on my computer but once I sorted that out it went through everything fine and I now have root access

 

[showson1]

Thanks for the info, worked perfectly here!

 

[curney]

how do you know if it worked? Barnacle says its running but my laptop will not connect.

 

[doctorlove316]

how do you know if it worked? Barnacle says its running but my laptop will not connect.

I have heard of a few people running into problems with wireless tethering with 2.2 but I don't use it so I can't help you there.

You can tell if root works if you're able to use "root only" applications or if you have a terminal emulator, open it and type "su" and it should ask for superuser permission.

 

[GTRDEALER]

Ever since i updated my phone i cant get a connection with my computer again. I tried uninstalling the drivers and reinstalling them and still no luck. Anyone else have this issue?

 

[curney]

I have heard of a few people running into problems with wireless tethering with 2.2 but I don't use it so I can't help you there.

You can tell if root works if you're able to use "root only" applications or if you have a terminal emulator, open it and type "su" and it should ask for superuser permission.

drocap worked so it must be Barnacle...hmm

 

[trippinbillies40]

root worked perfect for me. Thanks! Also, I downloaded "wireless tether" from the app market, works perfect on rooted OTA 2.2

 

[jcochranusn]

Good Lord, can someone PLEASE help me:/ ??

I followed these instructions to a T, and it didn't work. I got to the part where I wait for the phone to "kick me out" ... it then reset my phone, and my phone came back on with an Android and an exclamation point! Then I did a battery pull and my phone came back on.

I then tried to redo everything, and when I got to the stage "chmod 0755..." it said that it was unable to chmod rageag...: Operation not permitted.

Can anyone PLEASE help me out? I had my 2.1 Droid X rooted, and then I did the OTA update WITHOUT un-rooting. When the update was finished, I still had superuser app and all that, but none of it worked because I lost root. Did I miss something?

Thanks for the support everyone!

 

[kdkinc]

+1
Linux/Ubuntu makes it a breeze glad I switched to Linux.

 

[PlUmPaSsChIcKeN]

Good Lord, can someone PLEASE help me:/ ??

I followed these instructions to a T, and it didn't work. I got to the part where I wait for the phone to "kick me out" ... it then reset my phone, and my phone came back on with an Android and an exclamation point! Then I did a battery pull and my phone came back on.

Same issue here...

Had to pull out the battery... Ill prob give it another shot later tonight...

 

[curney]

Got it. for those using Barnacle you may need to make a slight change in Barnacle settings. I needed to enable skip wpa_supplicant. alls good now. Thanks OP!!!

 

[FromBBtoDroid]

Found this (I don't think it was posted here yet)

This, I found, while having troubles with the OP directions (User Error, not OP directions error). But this worked like a charm. Credit to DARKONION at XDA Forums.

How to: Root DROID X Running Official Android 2.2 - Droid Life: A Droid Community Blog

 

[Break510]

I followed the instructions to a T but my Titanium Backup will not get root access.

EDIT: Fixed it, had to manually install Superuser.apk

 

[TallyHo]

yeah if i could ever get it to recognize my phone i might be set

 

[doctorlove316]

yeah if i could ever get it to recognize my phone i might be set

Do you have the correct drivers installed?

 

[jcochranusn]

This is as far as I'm getting...

"adb connection will be reset. restart adb server on desktop and re-login."


Then it just does nothing. Can anyone PLEASE help??? This is so frustrating.

 

[doctorlove316]

This is as far as I'm getting...

"adb connection will be reset. restart adb server on desktop and re-login."


Then it just does nothing. Can anyone PLEASE help??? This is so frustrating.

What do you mean it does nothing? And where are you seeing that message?

 

[slater]

This is as far as I'm getting...

"adb connection will be reset. restart adb server on desktop and re-login."


Then it just does nothing. Can anyone PLEASE help??? This is so frustrating.

I was sitting at this earlier today for an hour. My co-worker decided to unplug my phone...so I figured I'd have to restart...but nope I had the # instead of the $. In other words try unplugging the usb cable from your phone and it will "kick" you out..them just follow the ready of the instructions.

 

[vital01]

help

i get down to cd cd C:\android-sdk-windows\tools after the ./rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin and says cant cd to C:\android-sdk-windows\tools

 

[slater]

i get down to cd cd ,C:\android-sdk-windows\tools after the ./rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin and says cant cd to C:\android-sdk-windows\tools

Are you actually typing "cd cd C:\android-sdk-windows\tools"? Should only be one cd not two.

If it is just one cd make sure that you extracted the sdk to that specific folder.