Comments on: Motorola Droid X Has Been Rooted

By: Silver Fang

Silver Fang — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 00:41:23 +0000

I rooted my Droid 2 and uninstalled the Skype app with Titanium Backup, only to read that Skype must be installed to receive OTA upgrades. Is there any way to restore it without wiping my phone and losing all my data?

By: meagan

meagan — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 01:00:47 +0000

i got my droid x rooted, but it won’t tether.. why not?

By: oscar

oscar — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:55:29 +0000

Could somebody tell wha is the application to get wireless signal fron my Droid, Please tanks.

By: Holly

Holly — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:22:29 +0000

Hi guys. So I got my droid a few days ago and it’s my first smart phone.

Now that I have my smart phone, I want to customize the theme, enhance speed (thinking about overclocking), and now I am thinking about rooting also so that I can create and install my own apps. I’m thinking small though, just my own custom themes. And, I definitely want to tether.

So to cut the the chase, I was wondering if you can root straight from 2.1 or if you have to downgrade to 2.0.1 root and then install a rom that runs on 2.1 since the OTA updates will remove your root?

I know this is slightly off topic since we are talking about the droid x, but I was just curious.

By: Dogsby

Dogsby — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:50:19 +0000

@Gus

Great philosophy. You’re a winner.

By: Dingo

Dingo — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:28:36 +0000

Will the Droid X be available outside US any time soon ? ‘cuz i really like this phone & i wanna get one.

By: Gus

Gus — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:46:43 +0000

If my friend and I both have rooted phones, can he give me the paid apps on his so I can install them on mine without having to pay for them? I hate paying for something I can just copy.

By: Brad

Brad — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:02:13 +0000

Now, can somebody come up with the same type of root method for the Droid Eris with 2.1? All the rooting methods I can find involve installing a completely new pre-rooted ROM, which involves a phone wipe, which I don’t want to do. I have a lock screen wallpaper that I lost the original file for due to SD card corruption (thanks a lot Android 1.5), and I want to get it back, but it must be stored in a protected area of the filesystem. Anyone know of a way I can get it back?

By: Arnold

Arnold — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:41:05 +0000

@swazedahustla “They have the right to cut you off and cancel your contract” And prosecute you for theft. You’re using a service you didn’t pay to use.

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 06:46:30 +0000

Don’t you need a kernal that supports WiFi Tether? I know you need one for the Droid.

By: KDroidX

KDroidX — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 04:48:57 +0000

I love it :) after all the criticism and everyone saying “dont buy this phone” “lets show motorola a lesson” this gets rooted within almost a week. People love a challange

By: Rondy

Rondy — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 22:48:29 +0000

Does that mean than when the Froyo update for Droid 1 gets delayed for a month or two to make sure it doesn’t also have the same problem, and then has to undergo long in house and network testing, we have the root hackers to thank?

By: Mutt

Mutt — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 22:44:54 +0000

“NEVER ACCEPT OTA UPGRADES from your carrier” Froyo will be an OTA…

By: swazedahustla

swazedahustla — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:57:00 +0000

@JJ

If you can follow instructions well, do it. Rooting is not that hard to do, and gives you so much more control over your device. Im not on verizon so I don’t know how their policy is, but just be careful with the tether. They have the right to cut you off and cancel your contract, but I don’t know how strict they are with it. Good luck.

By: Dogsby

Dogsby — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:54:40 +0000

@swazedahustla @Brett

Thanks guys.