ooting the original droid

[veggiop]

i know there is a one click root for the X, which ive done on my X, but my wife has the original Droid and would like to be able to wireless tether. She has no desire for a custom ROM, just wants to root the phone in order to be able to wireless tether.

Is there an relatively easy way to simply root this phone? I know there is a search function here, but DAMN there is so much to sift thru. Could someone point me in the right direction? Surely someone here has done a "tutorial" on this.

 

[Ratchet]

Z4 Root should do the trick for ya.

 

[boyer61]

Z4root won't work on the OG droids with froyo.

Try this.
Root Droid 1 - regardless of OS version - Droid Forum - Verizon Droid & the Motorola Droid Forum
Pretty easy and worked perfectly for me.

 

[Sploinkin]

I also had no troubles with Soup or Root. Soup or Root's Official Blog!!

 

[scarryman04]

Z4root won't work on the OG droids with froyo.

Actually it won't work with the 2.2.1 update, 2.2 just fine.