[Droid X General] tsfarrell:
I'm a hardware engineer/software developer, it should not be this hard. Have Droid X with Android 2.2.1, after rooting using SuperOneClick with PDANet for Android, it would no longer charge, even on AC adapter, battery discharged during phone call. I did a lot of research online, have done as detailed below, but still not charging, and am awaiting delivery (a week away!) of a an external Droid X battery wall charger. I AM ABLE TO USE MY PHONE ONLY FOR NOW USING THE HACK INVOLVING OVERLAYING THE BATTERY WITH CUT OPEN POSITIVE/NEGATIVE LEADS OF A USB CABLE AND INSERTING INTO PHONE!!!

After establishing the USB/battery hack, I did the following (none resulting in battery charge restored):

Removed root authority from apps intended to calibrate CPU and Battery, removed these apps entirely from phone.

Removed root authority from ALL rooted apps, removed all such apps from phone.

Unrooted phone

Downloaded RSDLite 4.8, 64 bit Motorola Drivers and VRZ_MB810_2.3.34_1FF_01.sbf (latest I could find) -- all onto Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit, no problem flashing the new SBF, which is replaced Android 2.2.1 with only some minor cosmetic difference from what I started with. Yet still will not charge, even on AC adapter.

Downloaded the Motorola PC/USB charging drivers referenced on several website. But they are NOT compatible with Windows 7 and will not even install. I don't really think these would fix my issue anyway since I cannot charge even with AC adapter.

(Please note that the battery was pulled on numerous occasions and I did remove the bare USB positve/negative leads from the battery before attempting to get it to charge either from PC or wall charger again.)

Can somebody please advise? I regret ever having rooted the phone, but in fact, only after I rooted it was the first time the battery completely discharged while in use. The battery also ran down way too fast after rooting. I have read some users experiencing this issue with a completely unhacked/unrooted phone. And since I am now experiencing this with a newly-flashed SBF and unrooted phone, I just have to wonder.

Is there really any point to reflashing the bootloader? (It is version 30.04 by the way.)

I really DON'T need the phone to be rooted, though having Samba would have been cool as would complete access to the Linux command shell. Am willing to try some more steps with flashing, drivers, et cetera, if anybody can suggest a proper solution.

Otherwise, what I really need to know is ... once I have flashed Android 2.2.1 back onto my phone, will Verizon be able to know that I hacked it ... if indeed it seems the only solution is to depend on warranty to get a new phone? Are there other steps I need take? (I would likely remove my 16 GB micro-SD card and replace with a 2 GB one anyway so no trace of apps/backups would be there.) The battery has had a lot of scotch tape stuck on/removed in past few days. I am thinking therefore that I want to avoid taking this phone directly into a Verizon store for service.

I also rather wonder if all this cut-open USB cable jumpstarting may be affecting the battery. For all I know, the battery was flawed anyway. I guess that, once I receive the external charger, I can verify whether the battery itself is capable of holding a charge.

The good thing here is that it really DOES seem difficult to actually brick the Droid X. Well, unless one crosses wires when laying a cut-open USB cable over the battery leads in order to jumpstart.