[Q] Samsung Galaxy Ace Rooting Problem - Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]

Hi, I have bought an Ace ME ROM version for my fiancée that had Eclair installed. I rooted the phone using superoneclick v1.9.1 and everything was working fine. Then my fiancée connected to Kies and tried to upgrade to Froyo however the phone hang and she removed the battery and then the phone was not working anymore. I got the phone to work again by reverting to factory settings from the recovery mode screen, and the phone was upgraded to Froyo. However, the phone lost its root, and I am not able to root it again, once trying SuperOneClick the phone hangs on waiting for device (even though I tried all remedies to this issue that are available online). I tried to install Z4root on the phone to root without connection to PC however the application crashes when I click root or unroot.
By the way, the phone says that it is rooted in the settings/About phone/Kernel version screen.
I would appreciate any help on how to re-root the phone as due to low capacity, app to SD and removing stock apps is necessary.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Rashad

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found a solution
USAFREEBIRD,
I found a solution. I uninstalled super one click and reinstalled version 1.7
Once opened, it ran and said my phone was rooted. When trying to use the wireless tether, it came back with a message that the phone was not rooted.
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How can I bring my Droid X2 from Verizon back to how it was when I got it from the store??
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Notherwise fully aware if we have a forum for your device but if we do....head in over to that place and look fir the "stock ROM" for your device.
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I don't want to restore the root. Honestly I never really used the super user features for anything other than screenshots.
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I used RSDLite 5.3 to flash my phone to VRZ_MB870_DTN-14.8.sbf. Which was android 2.2.2
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