Droid early version

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how can i root this droid. it's an early edition of the droid it even says "confidential motorola restricted property: not for sale" and where the meid is located it says
"motorola
engineering use only
not for resale
cdma sholes hw p2p"

I've tried to root the phone but it didn't work.

Not sure if this will work for yours but have you tried the rooting instructions for 2.1 android
There's a section for tutorial in this forum for it. The first part of the flashing process which uses rsd lite to install the Droid 2.0.1 sbf file actually erases the current version of android installed with all other info except for the sdcard and installs the 2.0.1 version from a blank phone. And from that point you can root to what ever you want but like I said I don't know if its possible with you device and not sure if will harm it but it maybe worth a shot. Also yours is an engineering version of the device so it may already be rooted or other ways to flash Roms that aren't known of. You might be able to search the Motorola site for developer software or something like that because HTC has a section of their site for their developers to download stuff for them to use so Motorola might have a similar site. Both are worth a shot if possible. Good luck.

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Wait... check first before you flash anything to see if the Bootloader is locked. Hit me up on Gmail.

azeird@gmail.com

This could help...

Originally Posted by -AdamZ-

Wait... check first before you flash anything to see if the Bootloader is locked. Hit me up on Gmail.

azeird@gmail.com

This could help...

I was thinking it might not be locked also

Your right, didn't think about that. If it were unlocked you could root easily.

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Well thanks for the help but I wasn't able to root with the 2.0 tutorial or with 2.1 tutorial

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http://areacellphone.com/2009/12/motorola-droid-rooted-howto-root-droid/

Try this its a link to root a Droid with a voles signed file and a tutorial to tell you how. I'm not sure your version of test-keys but by doing a little creative searching I think you should find something. I just typed root Motorola voles and the link I gave you came up. There should be more if this don't help.

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I should say what I posted last is also a link to root an early edition Droid from last year.

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http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google%20Mobile/thread?tid=1782e6a7cf2c2440&hl=en

I also found this. Its a Google site where some one has similar problem with your version of firm ware. It tells the person some how he ended up with an test build or engineering version of android and says Giro Verizon to have them reflash a consumer version of android. It also in howardforums
Your model is called voles because it is the name Google used for Motorola Droid. So damn yours must be a dinosaur. Lol. That being said though you Havering an engineering version of Droid from Google can't be impossible to do anything with but there also might not be any current rooting roms. Or anything anyone else would have to help you. Your probably going to have to search for some developer firmware or software you can use to work with the phone. Its not I'm possible to find but wont be easy. Sorry for bad news. Good luck.

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Is you Bootloader unlocked? That was my main question... if so - that could really help some devs out. Hold down your Up arrow of your keyboard down while booting up.

Email me if unlocked please...