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I rooted my phone via one click on android central and now having issues. How do I unroot and or reformat phone to stock 2.2. I would like to start over fresh. Thanks
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Hmmm, this is a longshot, but have you tried the Droid X subforum here?
Unroot Droidx?
First thing if you answer Thank You. How to unroot droidx? I am trying to get the new update so I can reroot the phone. Please help. Tried updating to lose root to reroot. Does not work says update unsuccessful.
I had the same problem with my DX. I was unable to update the phone to the new firmware. z4root will unroot your phone. I then found that it's because I had deleted some of the (bloatware) system apps required to update. (Blockbuster, amazon mp3, etc). I found a site that has all the removed apps in a zip. That didn't work for me b/c I found a NEW problem. Ultimately, I reflashed the .sbf, starting over from scratch.
z4root: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833953
removed apps: http://www.chadhaney.com/droidXDefault/
spf flashing: http://www.droidxforums.com/forum/droid-x-rs-guides/12015-complete-droid-x-sbf-flashing-guide.html
Hope this helps!
Ok, so not to long ago I recieved a notification saying that my Droid 2 Global ws due for an update. My thoughts were "YAY!! NEW STUFF!!!". After I updated it I found out about phone rooting and I did some research on it. I came to the conclusion that I was going to root my phone no matter what. But I have tryed everything I came across. Which was only Gingerbreak, z4root, Petesoneclickroot, and I think thats about it.... Anyways none of those work.
When I tryed the Gingerbreak it would say its rooting but I left it there for like 3 hours while I watched a movie and it still wasnt done... I knew it wasnt going to work because it said it would take "2-3 minutes, 10 minutes at the max".
With the z4root I would install it and click on it and click Pearmanet Root. It would load for a little then it would just stop and go to the home screen of my phone. When I clicked the app again it would say it force clossed and after that it just would not open when I clicked it.
With the Petes one click root it would be going all well until it came to the rebooting stage. Once my phone shut off and started back up it would go into bootloader. And it would stay like that...
Just so you know what my phone is running and stuff its:
Model Number: DROID2 GLOBAL
Android Version: 2.3.3
If theres anything else you need to know just ask and please someone tell me and option to root my phone.
z4root and Gingerbreak won't work.
As it was described multiple times, DROID3 ADB exploit works. Pete's one-click motorola root tools should work; although it might fail if you had z4root.
i was
success to root using superoneclick 2.2(zergrush)
I used Pete's Root Tools for my D2G several times with no problems. It's pretty straight forward. You might need to SBF, because those other apps probably narsed up your ROM.
Also make sure you have the most recent drivers from Motorola. I have heard of problems being because of old drivers. Rootzwiki has some great user/dev threads on installing cm7gb. I would go there and follow the directions you find. Like the others said you may need to sbf to get a factory/known good state.
Remember: double & triple check everything before getting stuck up a creek. And make sure you have a way back before you start down that road...
D2G CM7GB
just used peters root tool.
worked excellent for me
If i had been rooted and then the update unrooted my phone. how can i gain root access. furthermore is their an app and lastly can i do it on a mac?
Look for DROID3 one-click root scripts. There's a version for Mac. This has been discussed many times, and can be found with a quick Google search, too.
phant14 said:
If i had been rooted and then the update unrooted my phone. how can i gain root access. furthermore is their an app and lastly can i do it on a mac?
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This is the thread for rootzwiki I was talking about.
http://rootzwiki.com/index.php?/topic/4922-CM7-for-Droid2-Global-User's-Thread#entry113470
Droid2 Global CM4D2G-GB-20111217 ***CM7 RevNumbers Kang***
I have a D2G, a few days before the OTA update to the 629 Name: Blur_Version.4.5.608.A956.Verizon.en.US.Now want to downgrade to 608, but after re-starting the bl, can not enter the system.Ask you friends to make 629 Low packet (sbf)as soon as possible, an emergency rescue.I limited capacity, begging you God.Thank you very much
Could you help me ?help!!! waiting.........
It's Motorola who “makes” SBF images. If you updated to 4.5.629 you have no way to revert back. It's a known problem, and it's been said to not attempt flashing older SBF images to a device running 4.5.629.
All you can do now is basically pray that there will be a leak of the 4.5.629 SBF image.
I was so sad!help me
Gasai Yuno said:
It's Motorola who “makes” SBF images. If you updated to 4.5.629 you have no way to revert back. It's a known problem, and it's been said to not attempt flashing older SBF images to a device running 4.5.629.
All you can do now is basically pray that there will be a leak of the 4.5.629 SBF image.
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What I find weird about the D2G is that I've been able to freely SBF betwen 4.5.608 and 2.4.33 to suit my radio hacking needs. Motorola must have done some serious voodoo to prevent SBF'ing back from 4.5.629
There was no “voodoo” involved. They updated the bootloader. That's all.
But what can I do now?
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But what can I do now?
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Wait and pray that the 4.5.629 SBF image will be leaked someday.
Does any know the exact time
bakeyman said:
Does any know the exact time
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There never has been, nor will there ever be an ETA for leaks on SBF & FXZ files. One day, a diligent developer might stumble upon the file when looking through Motorola's servers. That's it. If we get an SBF it'll be purely by accident.
If you really need a new phone, go get a different phone, because for the foreseeable future you will not be able to unbrick your D2G
I just tried to update but for some reason the update failed, my phone is rooted can that be the reason? I updated to the new android market just before the update maybe that is the reason? Will try to downgrade the market app and then try again, also the new market brakes that top button to go directly to android market in app trey.
You cannot update if you have CWM installed, or have any of the preloaded applications frozen.
u can't downgrade the rom with any old sbf after you installed .629 ota ..The only thing you can do is wait until the. 629 sbf is leak ...
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Help me. After update .629 flash rom SBF 2.4.33 (2.4.29) phone bricked.
Good job. There is no way to unbrick, as you might have read above. Stop posting the same question without reading the thread prior to it.
I don't know if anyone who has bricked trying to revert is willing to try flashing this file, but it couldn't hurt.
It is the signed Hardware Secure bootloader only SBF file for the D2G.
I don't believe anyone has released this file, but I haven't been following D2G development much lately.
It's possible this file would allow reverting of the bootloader to D011 with the signed mbmloader as a separate file. I actually doubt it will work but it can't make anything worse than it already is if it's soft bricked.
Good luck!
Can this file be used to downgrade to older SBF file? Has anyone tested it?
As I said, I don't think this file will work but I do think it's worth trying anyway, given someone already has a soft bricked device, it won't make matters any worse.
VZW seems to be aware of the problem and are replacing soft bricked phones from the update under warranty.
If someone wants to try it so we can definitively prove it doesn't work, then that seems like a reasonable choice.
This is some serious bad news for D2G owners!!
My OTA Update went through fine (Thankfully I had restored all the bloat and unrooted my phone before the update). But now I am unable to root my phone.. Stuck with all the bloatware.. Any way to re-root my D2G?
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I don't know if anyone who has bricked trying to revert is willing to try flashing this file, but it couldn't hurt.
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A 4pda member used it to flash 4.5.608 successfully after a brick he got during stock update (NOT during an attempt to SBF back).
He got
Code:
Bootloader
D0.11
Err:A5,70,00,00,23
when the phone rebooted during OTA update application, and could flash this bootloader SBF over that. After that, he flashed the 4.5.608 SBF and the device works again.
It's been awhile since I've messed around with the Droid 2 Global. I owned one, but gave it to my mom when i got my droid x (I now have a LG Revo). But when I was still using my Droid 2 Global, the GB Update hadn't come out yet so i was still on Froyo, so i was able to use z4root to root it. Will z4root still work with it being on stock Gingerbgread ? and if not, how do I root it ? and also, will the the Droid 2 Bootstrapper still work for it cause I still have that app saved on my PC> I wanna theme and ROM her phone, So I just want to know if the way I did everything before GB update, will still work, or do i have to go about it a whole different way ?
Newest gingerbread update cant be rooted yet. You cant even sbf back to froyo. Doing so will brick your phone.
if phone is on system version 4.5.608 you need to root from pc
with pete's root, superoneclick or other
http://www.psouza4.com/Droid3/
if phone is on 4.5.629 there is no root yet, and can not SBF to earlier version, will brick phone
Hi guys,
I'm moving from my hard-bricked GS2 to a Razr HD. Second hand and got the carrier unlock code yesterday, so I was all like "ooook now the fun begins... time to root ICS,, OTA keeper, OTA update, etc..."
Root went smooth. OTA rootkeeper too, then I upgraded to JB (I'm in France, phone is SFR branded so I got the OTA update), and recovered root. But then I thought "ok, I should probably do a reset to factory, just to start clean from here on". Bad idea, as I ended on a bootloop, hardly possible to access fastboot mode. But I managed to access it in the end, first tried a "Factory" from there. The phone booted correctly, but something was still wrong: battery indicator was "?", and at every reboot I ended up in bootloop again. No other choice than to flash the full rom via RSD Lite, which I did earlier today.
And now, I'm back on a fully working 4.1.1, but OTA RootKeeper says no "protected root" available, and I can't restore root at all. Tried Matt's Razr HD Utility, but it fails at downgrading to 4.0.4 since my bootloader is locked... and I'm not too found of unlocking it, since I've been VERY unlucky for the past 2 months, and voiding my warranty now would be a message to the universe like "hey dude, juste add another mess with my stuffs, now's the time!"
Am I correct in the assumption that the only way to re-root my device is to unlock bootloader/downgrade to 4.0.4 with razr hd utils/flash original SFR 4.0.4/root/rootkeeper protect/re-upgrade via OTA/rootkeeper restore ? Are there any progress in rooting directly from JB ?
Thanks for your help!
CoinCoin88 said:
Hi guys,
I'm moving from my hard-bricked GS2 to a Razr HD. Second hand and got the carrier unlock code yesterday, so I was all like "ooook now the fun begins... time to root ICS,, OTA keeper, OTA update, etc..."
Root went smooth. OTA rootkeeper too, then I upgraded to JB (I'm in France, phone is SFR branded so I got the OTA update), and recovered root. But then I thought "ok, I should probably do a reset to factory, just to start clean from here on". Bad idea, as I ended on a bootloop, hardly possible to access fastboot mode. But I managed to access it in the end, first tried a "Factory" from there. The phone booted correctly, but something was still wrong: battery indicator was "?", and at every reboot I ended up in bootloop again. No other choice than to flash the full rom via RSD Lite, which I did earlier today.
And now, I'm back on a fully working 4.1.1, but OTA RootKeeper says no "protected root" available, and I can't restore root at all. Tried Matt's Razr HD Utility, but it fails at downgrading to 4.0.4 since my bootloader is locked... and I'm not too found of unlocking it, since I've been VERY unlucky for the past 2 months, and voiding my warranty now would be a message to the universe like "hey dude, juste add another mess with my stuffs, now's the time!"
Am I correct in the assumption that the only way to re-root my device is to unlock bootloader/downgrade to 4.0.4 with razr hd utils/flash original SFR 4.0.4/root/rootkeeper protect/re-upgrade via OTA/rootkeeper restore ? Are there any progress in rooting directly from JB ?
Thanks for your help!
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Just to make sure you do have SuperUser, SuperSU, and I generally prefer to include BusyBox all into the mix. Also, if you would download Root Checker by Joey Krim in the Play store. Just to confirm and we know you are missing root click the verify should indicate the appropriate SU's are red and not engaged, slide to the right verify BusyBox, chances are it is green, if so you are in good condition. With Busybox in green, exit go into SuperUser and update the binaries, once that is completed go into SuperSU and click the update. Go back to Root Checker and double check, click verify root on SuperUser/SuperSU and should be green = rooted. :good:
Root is red.... and so is busybox (however it is installed by default on my marketplace apps...) So if I understand correctly, I'm f***ed (at least, until a JB exploit is found, or I decide to void my warranty and unlock the bootloader, which I'm probably not going to do for now...)
CoinCoin88 said:
Root is red.... and so is busybox (however it is installed by default on my marketplace apps...) So if I understand correctly, I'm f***ed (at least, until a JB exploit is found, or I decide to void my warranty and unlock the bootloader, which I'm probably not going to do for now...)
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If the color is Red all around then yes, there is little you can do. However, there are ways to get out of this and gain root without waiting even if they have Jelly Bean 4.1.1. For instance those on JB that own the XT926 can use the Droid Razr HD Utility 1.10 > go back to ICS 4.0.4 > apply the 1st update > Root > Voodoo OTA, SU Backup > apply the JB 4.1.1 update. I have done this twice and have been quite successful on my XT926 with Verizon.
But, in general going back to the discussion. If after the update the Supers are not showing, as long as Busy Box is Green and in place, Root can be restored by updating the binaries.
If your RSD/Flash you device root is gone.
The flashing completely formats and wipes the area for system.
Either you have to root JB, from what I understand you can.
Of back to ICS, root, Voodoo install, protect, then upgrade to JB.
tech_head said:
If your RSD/Flash you device root is gone.
The flashing completely formats and wipes the area for system.
Either you have to root JB, from what I understand you can.
Of back to ICS, root, Voodoo install, protect, then upgrade to JB.
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I haven't found anything about that... however I might have missed something. Do you have any link to explain how ?
Regarding the flashing via RSD, that is what I thought, but was unsure. Coming from the GS2, the equivalent software is Odin, and wiping doesn't necessarily occurs (depends on build.prop content), so I had a *little* hope.
@KachowPow: indeed, Matt's Razr HD Utility for XT926 is known to work on the XT925 too... however it requires an unlocked bootloader. I *could* unlock mine since Motorola provides the code for XT925 too, however I'm not too found of voiding my warranty right now because of the whole "universe against me" thing ...
I'll probably wait for a proper JB exploit then. For now, root was important to *try* to restore contacts data from my old TB backup of my Galaxy S2 (I wanted to do a "dirty" restore of the co,tacts, hoping that even if it's not the same phone/apk/databases they would at least appear on the phone and be able to sync to Gmail from there.... And then I would have wiped to factory default and restored from Gmail). But I've managed to mess around with the contacts2.db from my GS2 and created a CSV with first name/last name/phone number(s). So for now I'm good and don't actually need root anymore. Yeah, that was a "just talking about my life" moment, so what ? )
CoinCoin88 said:
I haven't found anything about that... however I might have missed something. Do you have any link to explain how ?
Regarding the flashing via RSD, that is what I thought, but was unsure. Coming from the GS2, the equivalent software is Odin, and wiping doesn't necessarily occurs (depends on build.prop content), so I had a *little* hope.
@KachowPow: indeed, Matt's Razr HD Utility for XT926 is known to work on the XT925 too... however it requires an unlocked bootloader. I *could* unlock mine since Motorola provides the code for XT925 too, however I'm not too found of voiding my warranty right now because of the whole "universe against me" thing ...
I'll probably wait for a proper JB exploit then. For now, root was important to *try* to restore contacts data from my old TB backup of my Galaxy S2 (I wanted to do a "dirty" restore of the co,tacts, hoping that even if it's not the same phone/apk/databases they would at least appear on the phone and be able to sync to Gmail from there.... And then I would have wiped to factory default and restored from Gmail). But I've managed to mess around with the contacts2.db from my GS2 and created a CSV with first name/last name/phone number(s). So for now I'm good and don't actually need root anymore. Yeah, that was a "just talking about my life" moment, so what ? )
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Not sure what carrier you are on but if you flashed to JB, then just find the xml and flash to ICS, then you root.
I used Voodoo to preserve root my device.
I'm pretty sure there *IS* a JB root in the last day or so.
You will need to search since I don't know for sure.
tech_head said:
Not sure what carrier you are on but if you flashed to JB, then just find the xml and flash to ICS, then you root.
I used Voodoo to preserve root my device.
I'm pretty sure there *IS* a JB root in the last day or so.
You will need to search since I don't know for sure.
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edit the XML ?? I'm new to RSD lite, but from what I've understood so far, edit the xml is only neededn when flashing via RSDLite/fastboot so that you don't end-up with the "unknown fastboot command" or something like that (by removing 2 lines in the fw xml file, indeed).
How is this related to going back from JB to ICS ? I'm not sure that's possible with a locked bootloader (which I'm probably not going to unlock). Also, how is my carrier related to this operation ? (the phone was SFR simlocked, but I bought an unlock code online and I'm no using it on Free Mobile)
Or did I miss something ? (btw, no mention of a JB root for the Razr HD, only for the Razr M, and it is assumed it won't work on HD because for reasons I am yet to find)