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I posted this over at XDA and people are confirming that it works. It installs ED1 and it's pre-rooted so all you need to do is install superuser.
Well here is something that I hope is the start of some hardcore hacking.
This is an ODIN that I created of stock-rooted ED1 for the DROID Charge. In the course of making this, I bricked my charge (first attempt failed in ODIN) and then created a working ODIN that un-bricked it. I then upgraded to ED2 (I confirmed that I lost root as well) so I could test if this will downgrade back to ED1 and it worked and I have root again!
[NOTE]Before attempting this procedure please make sure you have drivers installed, if you have not and dont know where to get them, here you go:
Direct Driver Download:
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Every time I've flashed this, the phone booted straight into recovery. Just select reboot (press home) and it boots up normally. It should probably be recommended to wipe data and cache afterwards, but I didn't and all of my data stayed in tact.
Multiple people have reported that this works. Use at your own risk. I am not responsible for anything that happens to your phone if this doesn't work.
Thanks to imnuts for the HOW-TO thread on creating ODIN builds.
Download here.
Download ODIN here.
[tip]Trouble Shooting
Odin application displays one of the following in message box OR Odin is locking up in the middle of the process
90% of problems associated with Odin are due to communication between phone and computer
After failed flash with odin upon power up the following is depicted on the screen
SOFT BRICK
Resolution
First off DO NOT PANIC. there is a simple solution, just remove the battery , plug the phone into the computer, press and hold volume down and it will enter download mode. Please review all the steps oulined in this thread and try and flash again[/tip]
to my redbull habit if you feel the need.
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I posted this over at XDA and people are confirming that it works. It installs ED1 and it's pre-rooted so all you need to do is install superuser.
Well here is something that I hope is the start of some hardcore hacking.
This is an ODIN that I created of stock-rooted ED1 for the DROID Charge. In the course of making this, I bricked my charge (first attempt failed in ODIN) and then created a working ODIN that un-bricked it. I then upgraded to ED2 (I confirmed that I lost root as well) so I could test if this will downgrade back to ED1 and it worked and I have root again!
[NOTE]Before attempting this procedure please make sure you have drivers installed, if you have not and dont know where to get them, here you go:
Direct Driver Download:
[/NOTE]Instructions for ODIN (for those who are unfamiliar with it):
- Open ODIN.
- Put the phone into download mode. Do this by powering off your phone, pulling out the battery, and then holding volume down while connecting it to your pc. A giant yellow triangle should be on the phone's screen and it should say 'Downloading...' ODIN should say 'Added!!' and one of the boxes will be yellow and say '0:[COM7]'
- Click the button labeled 'PDA' and locate the file you are wanting to flash. For emphasis: YOU MUST USE THE PDA BUTTON!
- Click start. Do not disconnect the phone while it is flashing, it can cause some serious damage.
- Wait.
- When finished, unplug the phone, put the battery back in and power up the phone.
Every time I've flashed this, the phone booted straight into recovery. Just select reboot (press home) and it boots up normally. It should probably be recommended to wipe data and cache afterwards, but I didn't and all of my data stayed in tact.
Multiple people have reported that this works. Use at your own risk. I am not responsible for anything that happens to your phone if this doesn't work.
Thanks to imnuts for the HOW-TO thread on creating ODIN builds.
Download here.
Download ODIN here.
[tip]Trouble Shooting
Odin application displays one of the following in message box OR Odin is locking up in the middle of the process
Resolution
90% of problems associated with Odin are due to communication between phone and computer
- Reboot your computer
- Redownload the odin package
- Use USB ports in the back of the computer, if you already are use a different port
- Make sure you did not forget to remove battery from phone (Should be out the ENTIRE process)
- make sure Odin is the only application running and Antivirus is DISABLED
- If you are using a laptop make sure its plugged in also find the nearest desktop and try from there
After failed flash with odin upon power up the following is depicted on the screen
SOFT BRICK
Resolution
First off DO NOT PANIC. there is a simple solution, just remove the battery , plug the phone into the computer, press and hold volume down and it will enter download mode. Please review all the steps oulined in this thread and try and flash again[/tip]
to my redbull habit if you feel the need.
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