How to root the Droid 2

karnovaran · Aug 25, 2010

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.

pc747 · Aug 25, 2010

waiting for a recovery, glad to see its rooted

thelolotov · Aug 25, 2010

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

dontbehatin45 · Aug 25, 2010

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

yes and yes

karnovaran · Aug 25, 2010

thelolotov said:
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.

jerseyh22accord · Aug 25, 2010

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

thelolotov · Aug 25, 2010

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

karnovaran · Aug 25, 2010

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

karnovaran · Aug 25, 2010

thelolotov said:
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.

jerseyh22accord · Aug 25, 2010

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.

GSletta · Aug 25, 2010

cannot access

I got as far as pushing super user su and busy box onto my phone but it says that system in read only.. how do i fix this?

Coderedpl · Aug 25, 2010

Anybody actually try this?

csscmaster3 · Aug 25, 2010

Hello,

I am following your directions and when I get to the "adb push Superuser.apk" step I receive the following error:

"failed to copy 'Superuser.apk' to '/system/app/Superuser.apk': Read-only file system"

I get this same error for the other adb push steps that follow.

Edit: To verify, I get a # shell.

Edit 2: I tried pushing the Superuser.apk to /data/local/tmp then cp to /system/app/, this also popped up a read-only file system error.

jerseyh22accord · Aug 25, 2010

I'm currently trying it.

I have a 64 bit driver on my computer that i used to use for my D1 but it doesn't recognize my D2 when doing adb devices and i cant install the 32 bit driver

karnovaran · Aug 25, 2010

GSletta said:
I got as far as pushing super user su and busy box onto my phone but it says that system in read only.. how do i fix this?

Did you verify you have the # prompt three steps before that?

GSletta · Aug 25, 2010

Yeah i get the # but it wont let me push superuser su and busybox

karnovaran · Aug 25, 2010

GSletta said:
Yeah i get the # but it wont let me push superuser su and busybox

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

djh816 · Aug 25, 2010

and some more screens (feel free to use in first post):

http://i.imgur.com/nPllt.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/COTEA.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/open3.jpg

karnovaran · Aug 25, 2010

djh816 said:
and some more screens (feel free to use in first post):

http://i.imgur.com/nPllt.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/COTEA.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/open3.jpg

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.

eleventy · Aug 25, 2010

jerseyh22accord said:
I'm currently trying it.

I have a 64 bit driver on my computer that i used to use for my D1 but it doesn't recognize my D2 when doing adb devices and i cant install the 32 bit driver

Don't know if it will help you, but if it's anything like the DInc, you could just use the SDK's drivers and add a few device identifier lines to the INF file before installing them.

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