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DROID X IS ROOTED! (ADB and Shell as SU with System mounted as R/W, NO Flashing or bootloader yet)
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Download is attached at the bottom, READ THE GUIDE!
REMEMBER WHERE YOU SAW IT FIRST! (Run means type the command in quotes [but not the quotes] then press the Enter key)
- Download the attached archive and expand it to a folder you can find (eg. c:\DroidXRoot_v2)
- Set up ADB (Step-by-step guide for Windows Vista/7 HERE. <-- USE THAT THREAD FOR ADB SUPPORT PLEASE.)
- On the phone: Home, Menu Button, Settings, Applications, Development: Make sure the "USB debugging" option is enabled/checked.
- Status bar, USB connection: Make sure "PC Mode" is selected.
- Open a command prompt (Windows: Start, Run, "cmd", OK; Linux: Terminal)
- 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.
- Run "CD c:\DroidXRoot" (or where ever you expanded the archive)
- Run "adb push Superuser.apk /sdcard/Superuser.apk"
- Run "adb push su /sdcard/su"
- Run "adb push busybox /sdcard/busybox"
- Run "adb push exploid /sqlite_stmt_journals/exploid"
- Run "adb shell"
- Run "cd sqlite_stmt_journals"
- Run "chmod 755 exploid"
- On your phone, navigate to a screen where you can switch wifi/bluetooth on/off easily (settings, or a home screen with a widget)
- IMMEDIATELY after executing the next step, toggle wifi or bluetooth off and back on
- Run "./exploid" and follow directions on screen. Once this completes you'll be back at a shell prompt.
- Run "rootshell". You'll be prompted for a password.
- Type in password "secretlol" and press Enter then you are root! (You'll know because your prompt will now be a "#" instead of "$")
- Run "cp /sdcard/Superuser.apk /system/app/Superuser.apk"
- Run "cp /sdcard/su /system/bin/su"
- Run "cp /sdcard/busybox /system/bin/busybox"
- Run "chmod 4755 /system/bin/su"
- Run "chmod 4755 /system/bin/busybox"
- Run "rm /system/bin/rootshell"
- Run "exit" to drop from root to a non-root user shell (on phone still)
- Run "exit" to drop back to your machine command prompt (instead of phone)
To Confirm root is established:
- Run "adb shell"
- Run "su" (now you should see the # sign which indicates you are root)
- Watch your screen so you can allow Superuser root access.
You're done! feel free to kill the bloat apps snd such. NOTE: It might be a smart idea to do "rm /system/bin/rootshell" after you have su and superuser in place as ANY program will have access to your root if you leave it (cause everyone will know the password)
Credits
The blog list
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As is always the case with this sort of activity, you do this completely at your own risk. AllDroid, Rainabba and Birdman take NO responsibility for the outcome.
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You guys are the best ..... ^^ I forgot to log in but what I said still stands....
"Holy cow you guys are amazing, I'm about to try this on my phone but that's amazing.
EDIT: And it works!!"
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Amazing.
The perceived value of my Droid X just went up 10 fold right while I was holding it.
The donations we made to Birdman and other devs are getting paid back in spades! Thanks for doing the heavy lifting, guys!
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Congrats Birdman and way to go AllDroid!
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absolutely amazing. Thank you brilliant people!
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Also, How would one undo this root if needed?
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Awesome news to wake up to.
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How cool are you guys!!!!
VERY VERY easy to apply!!!
I was concerned but not now. Amazing.
Works great with Wifi Tether!!!!
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My drivers from the D1 appear to work. Unfortunately my work PC's antivirus doesn't seem to like the files in the DX Root package. Will hav eto wait until I get home.
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- This isn't an ADB thread so when the first user said "can't download", I had NO clue that's what they were talking about. I would have had it fixed almost immediately if I had.
- In the future, if you see that 2-3 people have sufficiently noted a problem in the topic, please do not keep doing the same. This topic had no less than 8 posts in it that all said the same thing and after the 3rd, the rest did nothing to help, but did clutter up the topic.
- If the 1st post had been a reply to the ADB download, I would have figured it out, but the problem was two-fold and my fault; I posted in a forum not intended for downloads/replies. I've moved the adb topic to the support forum.
Enjoy and thanks for notifying me of the problem
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You guys are absolutely amazing!!!!
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
-Dave
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@Rainabba
when i try to adb push Superuser.apk /sdcard/Superuser.apk
I get "failed to copy .... : Permission denied.
Any ideas? I am not new to adb and i have tried allowing full access via permissions but no luck yer.
Any help would be appreciated...
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GOT IT! Got past my work AV trying to delete exploid.c. Actually I never used that file anyways. Thanks birdman!
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jdausesj wrote:@Rainabba
when i try to adb push Superuser.apk /sdcard/Superuser.apk
I get "failed to copy .... : Permission denied.
Any ideas? I am not new to adb and i have tried allowing full access via permissions but no luck yer.
Any help would be appreciated... Make sure you're not set to Mass Storage mode. Set your DX to PC Mode. Worked for me.
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All seems to go well but when I try su afterwards I get permission denied. After executing ./exploid and toggling wifi I do not get anything out of the norm, should I? Any suggestions?
Thanks!
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claycat wrote:All seems to go well but when I try su afterwards I get permission denied. After executing ./exploid and toggling wifi I do not get anything out of the norm, should I? Any suggestions?
Thanks! The directions say the next step is to Run "rootshell". Did you do that? I know these directions are crystal clear. I did the "How to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich" test on them :)
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The directions say the next step is to Run "rootshell". Did you do that?
Yep, sure did.... and the password and got the #, ran teh cp commands and the rm command. The clarity of the instructions is what has me hitting my head! And I even have PB&J made!
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After some trial and error, i am finally rooted...Thank you MrWeeeedbirdman and AllDroid....
Oh and F*** you MOTO ;) :p
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I am an idiot! I was missing the "watch your screen so you can allow Superuser root access" step! THANKS!
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Went smooth...........Thanks Bird and all that were involved!
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I finally got it, one thing ya left off that i wasn't checking is that when you type in su to confirm it works it hangs and waits for you to click allow on the phone for Superuser access. didn't notice this the first few times I tried this because phone was outside of my peripherial vision lol.
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