How to root the Droid 2

djh816 · Aug 25, 2010

karnovaran said:
Did you add any steps to mount the system? I don't believe I did, but it seems others are finding it to be read-only.

I did on a mac and for whatever reason, once i did get the # for root term (even after you get $, WAIT people. It WILL return you to native command line), if I exited, it wouldn't be root anymore so I had to just copy the files to sdcard, manually remount the system (i just did "mount -o remount,rw /system /system") and then copy su, superuser.apk, and busybox into their locations.

ljbaumer · Aug 25, 2010

you could try adb remount if you system is read-only, when my eris was on read-only i would just do an adb remount and then go about whatever i was doing before and it makes adb able to read-write.

this should work but i can't help you if it dosen't.

karnovaran · Aug 25, 2010

Ok, edited the original post to add the mounting steps. If you have already run the commands but got stuck at adb push, do the following:

- cd c:/Droid2Root
- adb push Superuser.apk /sdcard/Superuser.apk
- adb push su /sdcard/su
- adb push busybox /sdcard/busybox
- adb shell (you should now have a # prompt)
- mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
- cp /sdcard/Superuser.apk /system/app/Superuser.apk
- cp /sdcard/su /system/bin/su
- cp /sdcard/busybox /system/bin/busybox
- chmod 4755 /system/bin/su
- chmod 4755 /system/bin/busybox
- mount -o ro,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
- exit
- exit

Let me know if that solves it.

thelolotov · Aug 25, 2010

karnovaran said:
Weird.. I didn't need to mount the system manually, but let me if there's a step I left out.

Same problem here.

Tried new solution, now it says Permission denied.

djh816 · Aug 25, 2010

ljbaumer said:
you could try adb remount if you system is read-only, when my eris was on read-only i would just do an adb remount and then go about whatever i was doing before and it makes adb able to read-write.

this should work but i can't help you if it dosen't.

for me, i lost root when exiting from the adb shell. this was not an option at that point. it seems like the xploit let me have one shot when i'd execute it so I had to just remount from the shell and use term commands to 'cat' the files into their locations. (for anyone who doesnt know, cat usage: "cat origfile > /new/newfile")

djh816 · Aug 25, 2010

karnovaran said:
Ok, edited the original post to add the mounting steps. If you have already run the commands but got stuck at adb push, do the following:

- cd c:/Droid2Root
- adb push Superuser.apk /sdcard/Superuser.apk
- adb push su /sdcard/su
- adb push busybox /sdcard/busybox
- adb shell (you should now have a # prompt)
- mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
- cp /sdcard/Superuser.apk /system/app/Superuser.apk
- cp /sdcard/su /system/bin/su
- cp /sdcard/busybox /system/bin/busybox
- chmod 4755 /system/bin/su
- chmod 4755 /system/bin/busybox
- mount -o ro,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
- exit
- exit

Let me know if that solves it.

you left out the exploit part

but yes other than that, i did that exact same procedure on mac just fine. guys, please send any donations posible to sebastien. he really went out of his way for this

csscmaster3 · Aug 25, 2010

karnovaran said:
Ok, edited the original post to add the mounting steps. If you have already run the commands but got stuck at adb push, do the following:

- cd c:/Droid2Root
- adb push Superuser.apk /sdcard/Superuser.apk
- adb push su /sdcard/su
- adb push busybox /sdcard/busybox
- adb shell (you should now have a # prompt)
- mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
- cp /sdcard/Superuser.apk /system/app/Superuser.apk
- cp /sdcard/su /system/bin/su
- cp /sdcard/busybox /system/bin/busybox
- chmod 4755 /system/bin/su
- chmod 4755 /system/bin/busybox
- mount -o ro,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
- exit
- exit

Let me know if that solves it.

It allowed me to copy Superuser.apk, will update post after

Edit: I was able to copy everything over now. And tested with Setcpu. Works well. Thanks!

djh816 · Aug 25, 2010

also, Koush said he would be working on Clockworkmod for Droid 2 tonight. We still need to possibly get birdman to help with it if it'd different than Droid X but should be happening soon

thelolotov · Aug 25, 2010

csscmaster3 said:
It allowed me to copy Superuser.apk, will update post after

Now it says:
adb: not found

EDIT: after trying the new instructions.

karnovaran · Aug 25, 2010

djh816 said:
you left out the exploit part but yes other than that, i did that exact same procedure on mac just fine.

Well I meant it only for the guys that have already run the binary.. unless I'm missing something else.

guys, please send any donations posible to sebastien. he really went out of his way for this

Absolutely. I take no credit for this - please donate to Mr. Krahmer for his work.

djh816 · Aug 25, 2010

thelolotov said:
Same problem here.

Tried new solution, now it says Permission denied.

push the .bin file and execute like it says. then wait till it brings you back COMPLETELY (in my case it went ended the program on android and then i had to wait another 10 seconds for it to kick me out to the command line on my os x machine). then you just need to do "adb shell". Then you should have the # and you will have one shot (at least that was my experience) to enter all the commands as root. Once you exit adb, it will go back to normal though so if you didn't copy the items, you may need to restart phone and do exploit again.

thelolotov · Aug 25, 2010

Ehh, I'm just gonna wait for the inevitable GUI tool, thanks for the hard work though, and to Sebastian.

ZeroOveride · Aug 25, 2010

Works great. Using Barnacle WiFi tether right now! Thanks for the updated instructions!

karnovaran · Aug 25, 2010

csscmaster3 said:
It allowed me to copy Superuser.apk, will update post after

Edit: I was able to copy everything over now. How do I test this?

Check that you have the Superuser app in your drawer. Then go to the market and download a root app such as ShootMe. When you run it, Superuser should pop up asking for permission.

csscmaster3 · Aug 25, 2010

karnovaran said:
Check that you have the Superuser app in your drawer. Then go to the market and download a root app such as ShootMe. When you run it, Superuser should pop up asking for permission.

Thanks! I tested it with something else, and it works perfectly.

ndtemple417 · Aug 25, 2010

thanks guy i really appreciate all the hard work

KnightCrusader · Aug 25, 2010

Muhahahaha! ITS ALIVE! I HAVE HARNESSED THE POWER OF ROOT!

Sorry, I have been waiting 2 weeks to say that.

Thanks guys, for all the hard work on this. The updated instructions worked like a charm!

jerseyh22accord · Aug 25, 2010

I must be completely retarded cause i cant get past c:/droid2root. When i do the adb push after that i get that adb is not a command

karnovaran · Aug 25, 2010

jerseyh22accord said:
I must be completely retarded cause i cant get past c:/droid2root. When i do the adb push after that i get that adb is not a command

What happens when you type adb devices? It should say something like:
List of devices attached
HT03048x0834 device

aliilyas · Aug 25, 2010

Great work dude

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