Guide to Rooting leaked 2.2 update!

[Metalheadzaid]

Droid X

2.2 UPDATE IS OUT NOW GET IT HERE:

FROYO FOR DROID X <--Link updated 8/22 10:58 PM

Before we begin, you MUST uninstall Koush's custom recovery. To do this you must flash an SBF. For instructions visit: Rootz Wiki. Alternatively, you may use his recovery to do this update. Market search ROM MANAGER

One point that isn't mentioned is how to actually get into the bootloader. This is done by turning on your phone while holding camera+volume down+power

Alternative to the next step is to just 1 click root with this: Droid X 1-click Root Application

IGNORE THIS IF YOU ARE ALREADY ROOTED

FROM A CLEAN PHONE UNROOTED. Written by Birdman Published by RootzWiki

(Run means type the command in quotes [but not the quotes] then press the Enter key)

1. Download the attached archive and expand it to a folder you can find (eg. c:\DroidXRoot_v2)
2. Set up ADB (Step-by-step guide for Windows Vista/7 HERE. <-- USE THAT THREAD FOR ADB SUPPORT PLEASE.)
3. On the phone: Home, Menu Button, Settings, Applications, Development: Make sure the "USB debugging" option is enabled/checked.
4. Status bar, USB connection: Make sure "PC Mode" is selected.
5. Open a command prompt (Windows: Start, Run, "cmd", OK; Linux: Terminal)
6. Run "adb devices". If you don't see your device listed under "List of devices attached", return to step 2 and follow the link to setup ADB (use that topic for support) and return here when "adb devices" lists your X.
7. Run "CD c:\DroidXRoot" (or where ever you expanded the archive)
8. Run "adb push Superuser.apk /sdcard/Superuser.apk"
9. Run "adb push su /sdcard/su"
10. Run "adb push busybox /sdcard/busybox"
11. Run "adb push exploid /sqlite_stmt_journals/exploid"
12. Run "adb shell"
13. Run "cd sqlite_stmt_journals"
14. Run "chmod 755 exploid"
15. On your phone, navigate to a screen where you can switch wifi/bluetooth on/off easily (settings, or a home screen with a widget)
16. IMMEDIATELY after executing the next step, toggle wifi or bluetooth off and back on
17. Run "./exploid" and follow directions on screen. Once this completes you'll be back at a shell prompt.
18. Run "rootshell". You'll be prompted for a password.
19. Type in password "secretlol" and press Enter then you are root! (You'll know because your prompt will now be a "#" instead of "$")
20. Run "cp /sdcard/Superuser.apk /system/app/Superuser.apk"
21. Run "cp /sdcard/su /system/xbin/su"
22. Run "cp /sdcard/busybox /system/xbin/busybox"
23. Run "chmod 4755 /system/xbin/su"
24. Run "chmod 4755 /system/xbin/busybox"
25. Run "rm /system/bin/rootshell"
26. Run "exit" to drop from root to a non-root user shell (on phone still)
27. Run "exit" to drop back to your machine command prompt (instead of phone)

You can use root explorer instead for this step: you just need to move su to /xbin from /bin.

FROM A ROOTED PHONE:

1. Run "adb shell"

2. Run "mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/system /system"

3. Run "mv /system/bin/su /system/xbin/su"

4. Copy p3droid's update.zip to your sdcard

5. Reboot into recovery (power down - hold volume down and home button and press the power button)

6. Run update.zip

To fix the market simply read this thread:
For 2.2 Market issues, use this mod.

[Droid-X-Forums]

[gr8mick1]

for the rooted phone steps can we just use terminal and do type "su" enter

[Metalheadzaid]

It should work as far as I can tell. Mydroidworld is getting hit so hard, trying to get to the download page lolz.

[FMMFL]

Err can't get to the download link.

[phimuskapsi]

Yeah because MDW is getting destroyed by every Droid X owner in the US. lol

If anyone gets it maybe mirror?

[gr8mick1]

will gladly mirror as soon as i can get it but that in itself if a challenge

[ybtc]

Froyo Overload

[Metalheadzaid]

Rainabba is currently trying to get permission to mirror. According to his twitter 15k people are currently at this moment trying to download it, and only 8k are allowed on MDW at once.

Why they didn't mirror it already is most likely epeen. I will update link if it becomes available.

EDIT: Link updated.

[FMMFL]

froyo overload

lolol

[drew823]

hit the twitter page for new link!! http://bit.ly/92Swbh