How To Root Moto Droid
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 11:08 pm
I am not a developer or a contributor to anything posted below. I also give thanks to everyone that made this possible.
Note: I am note responsible if you brake your phone.
This is a tutorial on how to root your droid phone. Make sure you have updated your phone to the latest update of 2.0.1 firmware Before proceeding.
How To Root
1. Download byZinx Verituse Do not extract.
2. Rename the file to (update) or (update.zip). (please make sure that your computer
did not accidentally name it update.zip.zip).
3. Plug your Droid into your computer via USB. On the Droid go to the Notifications bar and select USB Connected then press Mount.
4. Once the device is mounted, the SD card will show as a removable device on your computer.
5. Put the update file into root of your SD Card.
6. Unmount the device from your computer, and turn the Droid off.
7. Hold down the X key on the physical keyboard and the power button at the same time until you see a Triangle with an ! in the middle.
8. Press the Vol+ and the Camera button together until you get a menu.
9. Using the D-pad on the physical keyboard,to select the option to update with the update.zip file on the SD card. let it do it's thing.
10. Using the D-pad,Once it's done, select the option to reboot the phone.
You now have a rooted phone.
Flashing
1. Download and unzip it
2. Copy the folder named Tools and the .apk file to your sdcard.
3. Next on your phone install the DroidRootHelper.apk
* you can use any installer app available through the Android Market
4. Now run DroidRootHelper
5. Mount system 3 then 4
6. Rename recovery
7. Install busybox
8. Install flash image
9. Flash boot animation
10. Flash SirPsychoS's recovery
11. then Reboot recovery
*you should see a yellow android as the background and “Patched by SirPsychoS” @ the top.
Congratulations you have successfully rooted and flashed your droid phone.
And also want to thank PeDe7 over at android forums.
For more help here is a video on rooting the phone.
Note: I am note responsible if you brake your phone.
This is a tutorial on how to root your droid phone. Make sure you have updated your phone to the latest update of 2.0.1 firmware Before proceeding.
How To Root
1. Download byZinx Verituse Do not extract.
2. Rename the file to (update) or (update.zip). (please make sure that your computer
did not accidentally name it update.zip.zip).
3. Plug your Droid into your computer via USB. On the Droid go to the Notifications bar and select USB Connected then press Mount.
4. Once the device is mounted, the SD card will show as a removable device on your computer.
5. Put the update file into root of your SD Card.
6. Unmount the device from your computer, and turn the Droid off.
7. Hold down the X key on the physical keyboard and the power button at the same time until you see a Triangle with an ! in the middle.
8. Press the Vol+ and the Camera button together until you get a menu.
9. Using the D-pad on the physical keyboard,to select the option to update with the update.zip file on the SD card. let it do it's thing.
10. Using the D-pad,Once it's done, select the option to reboot the phone.
You now have a rooted phone.
Flashing
1. Download and unzip it
2. Copy the folder named Tools and the .apk file to your sdcard.
3. Next on your phone install the DroidRootHelper.apk
* you can use any installer app available through the Android Market
4. Now run DroidRootHelper
5. Mount system 3 then 4
6. Rename recovery
7. Install busybox
8. Install flash image
9. Flash boot animation
10. Flash SirPsychoS's recovery
11. then Reboot recovery
*you should see a yellow android as the background and “Patched by SirPsychoS” @ the top.
Congratulations you have successfully rooted and flashed your droid phone.
And also want to thank PeDe7 over at android forums.
For more help here is a video on rooting the phone.