How to root the Droid 2

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All credit for the binary goes to Sebastian Krahmer at http://c-skills.blogspot.com/. Please see fit to donate via Paypal to 7-4-3-C@web.de

If you want a simpler 'one-click' process, go to this thread: Easier 1-2-3 Droid 2 Root for Windows / Linux / Mac

***NOTE: Proceed at your own risk. I and the providers of this code are not responsible for anything you do to your phone!***

Setup:
- Install adb (here) and Motorola drivers for windows(32-bit or 64-bit)
- Download attached archive
- Extract to a directory, I used c:\Droid2Root
- Make sure you have USB degugging enabled
- Change connection to PC Mode

Process:
- Open command prompt
- cd c:/wherever-your-sdk-tools-folder-is
- adb devices (to verify the connection)
- cd c:/Droid2Root
- adb push Superuser.apk /sdcard/Superuser.apk
- adb push su /sdcard/su
- adb push busybox /sdcard/busybox
- adb push rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin /data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
- adb shell
- cd data/local/tmp
- chmod 0755 rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin

- ./rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
- let the process run until it 'kicks' you out (may take a minute or two) to c:/Droid2Root
- cd c:/wherever-your-sdk-tools-folder-is
- adb kill-server
- adb devices (to verify the connection)
- adb shell (you should now have a # prompt, if not return to ./rage step above)

- 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

I'm sure there are certain steps that could be streamlined or eliminated, so please feel free to make a suggestion and I'll edit the post.

Additional thanks to @rainabba and AllDroid.org for their excellent Droid X rooting tutorial, which assisted me greatly in this process.

waiting for a recovery, glad to see its rooted

Android n00b here, I can remove the Verizon crapware with this right? And tether?

Originally Posted by thelolotov

Android n00b here, I can remove the Verizon crapware with this right? And tether?

yes and yes

Originally Posted by thelolotov

Android n00b here, I can remove the Verizon crapware with this right? And tether?

I wouldn't remove anything yet since we don't have a sbf file to recover from partial bricks. However, tethering and any other apps that require root can be used now.

I'm new to doing this all the adb way.

When you say extract to a directory what do you mean to extract. After it downloads the achive files its done.....

i understand the rest of the commands but im lost there

Hmm, alright, that's still worth it, will I lose my data/have to hard reset to root?

Right click the downloaded archive and "extract files". You need to do this so adb can push them to the phone.

Originally Posted by thelolotov

Hmm, alright, that's still worth it, will I lose my data/have to hard reset to root?

Nope, it just gives you access. Nothing deleted.

I'm retarded i didnt realize it was attached to the post, i thought it was what adb downloaded when i first opened it cause it called them archives.