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[Motorola Droid X2] ChrisPappas:
Gingerbreak 1.2 goes through the motions, seems to be working, and the phone reboots, but root is not achieved.

Is there any procedure available to root this phone? Even a temporary root?

For the time being I'd like to push one file into /system/framework (framework-res.adk).

Thanks,

Chris

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Phone details:

System version

Version.1.2.148.MB870.Verizon.en.US

Model

Droid X2

Android version

2.2.2

Baseband version

n_03.13.23s

Kernal version

2.6.32.9-00049-g1e05fe4

mqr374@nj05lnxdroid01 #2

Build number

4.4.1_274_DTN-14.8

ERI version

5

PRL version

52341
[Motorola Droid X2] DJJasonK:
Works on all my X2 's

Did you turn on usb debugging, if so try removing gingerbreak, format the sd card, and install gingerbreak again after a fresh boot. Might want to find another source for the gingerbreak apk to. No luck, try another sd card.
[Motorola Droid X2] ChrisPappas:
USB debugging on, a different formatted SD card used, fresh reboot and downloaded gingerbreak from a different source; same. I have also tried Gingerbreak 1.1 just for kicks.
[Motorola Droid X2] Deleted member 4177996:
Check at the very end of your app drawer. I used gingerbreak 1.2 last night and for some reason super user was all the way at the end of the app drawer, not in its alphabetical spot.
[Motorola Droid X2] onemotodroid:
just before running gingerbreak

reboot your phone

do not start any other app before starting gingerbreak

this should work
[Motorola Droid X2] TheKomoman:
I got my X2 on Friday afternoon.. and rooted it using Gingerbreak Friday evening. I downloaded it from the link provided in the "Getting Started.." thread in this section. So it *should* work, take a deep breath and follow the very good advice given above, take your time and let it do its thing - walk away if you have to in order to avoid panic!

Good luck.
[Motorola Droid X2] DJJasonK:
Format Sd, and factory reset the phone. Download the apk to your desktop and drag and dropdrop it to the root of your sd and install it from there. A full wipe should rule out any third party apps from causing the problem.
[Motorola Droid X2] ChrisPappas:
I got the answer for this. The rooting process worked. What was tripping me up is that the partition needed to be remounted as RW.

Chris
[Motorola Droid X2] ChrisPappas:
Okay, I don't know if I'm rooted or not. I have enabled root access for File Expert and it acts like it's letting me cut and paste into the /system/framework directory, but the original file stays in place. AndroidCommander notates Root=no.

These adb commands are not working:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>adb devices

List of devices attached

TA054029VA device

C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>adb remount

remount failed: Operation not permitted

C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>adb shell

$ mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

mount: Operation not permitted

$ ^C

C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>adb push framework-res.apk /system/framework/framework-res.apk

failed to copy 'framework-res.apk' to '/system/framework/framework-res.apk': Read-only file system

C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>adb root

adbd cannot run as root in production builds

Su does not change $ to #:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>adb shell

$ su

su

Root Checker shows the following detailed results:

Congratulations! You have root access!

Standard su binary location:

/system/xbin/su: No such file or directory

Alternale su binary location:

/sbin/su: Permission denied

Root user if:

uid=0(root)

Root group id:

gid=0(root)

Does anyone have any ideas of what can I do to fix?

Thanks,

Chris
[Motorola Droid X2] ChrisPappas:
I was able to get the abd shell to perform with su. Someone led me to look at the phone when I was typing su in abd shell. The phone was asking for permission, which was opting out after a few seconds. When I approved the access within the window, it gave me the # prompt.

I also found out that adb push needed to have the volume mounted as rw, which I was able to do from the #.

After that, I was able to push a file into the system/framework directory. I bricked the phone doing it because the file I was pushing is apparently very picky (framework-res.apk). Luckily there's an SBF for the droid 2 now.

I'm not sure what the deal is with this root, as it only half-ass works. I rooted a Thunderbolt a couple of weeks ago and I didn't have any of these problems. For example, AndroidCommander on the PC reports no root access.

My next mission is to collect details on the ins and outs of fooling with the framework-res.apk.

Chris
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xchasa:
My wife just got a GS2 and after setting it up and playing around with it for a few days I'm convinced the two are fairly similar in use.

Sure the GS2 is a bit faster when multitasking but day to day use is to me almost the same.

That said I'm happy to hold off for newer design when it comes as jvq on GS1 with ext4 does it all only on a slightly smaller screen.

Battery life is comparable.

Browser is almost identical in speed.

Gmail a slight bit slower.

Phone call quality is on par.

Music player... Sounds great with both running voodoo app.

Just wish it had a flash for camera but still takes amazing pics for 5mp.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ccrows:
I'm not a fan of the SGS2 form factor. Too big and bulky for me.

It's a shame that the SGS2 wasn't the exact same form factor as the original SGS with an improved camera otherwise it would be my phone... :(
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xchasa:
Yeah mate.

Gs1 owners have it pretty good in my opinion. No phone is perfect but jvq gs1 is not too far off.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] beaver2233:
I bet if one were to use galnets miui on the gs1 it would be comparable in speed to the gs2 (I find miui much faster compared to stock jvq, that's my opinion though)...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] unforgixen:
Thank God the SGS2 wasn't released the 14th as I believed, because I would have bought one. I think my SGS1 does the job very well and it would be stupid to buy it. All that "must get better phone" non sense... I'll leave that for the iPhone users ;)

I will install CM7 soon and will forget the thought of buying this phone.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] alasth:
SGS 1 is better then SGS2 about the battery cover and other important parts.:mad:
[Galaxy S I9000 General] haloimplant:
I would like the RGB screen in SGS2 (compared to pentile on SGS) but other than that I'm not really clamouring for any of the other features. Maybe the RAM would be nice, but the dual-core and 8MP/1080p camera don't seem that big of a deal.

The clincher for me to upgrade would be a higher resolution, 960x540 would be nice at 4.5", and a more powerful GPU to go with it. I feel like future games will run out of GPU before they max out the CPU, maybe I am wrong.

One thing that many reviews don't really consider is what about SD speed? I find myself wishing the SD card were faster when doing many tasks like transferring files via USB, installing/updating applications, etc... I may have seen something about improved SD speed in the SGS2 but I can't recall exactly.

In the end I would be very happy to win one for free in the Bell contest, but for my own money I will hold off until at least the next flagship release. I shouldn't really be dropping $500+ on new phones every year and I have no regrets about the SGS, it seems like it will have good longevity especially in the GPU department.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] BlackDino:
Agree with the screen and the ram, the SGS2 is a multitasking god.

It rarely kills apps which most of the time makes it seem like its faster because it never has to relaunch anything
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Galaid:
MIUI is based on CM7 which lacks GPU accelerated browser.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mrel:
Played ard with my frd's stock SGS2.

Very smooth without lag.

1 big stickly point with SGS is its sucky GPS. I think SGS2 fixed that problem.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ccrows:
GPS IMO is fine on Stock Froyo on my I9000m... :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xchasa:
Gps locks almost instantly for me on jvq with Aus settings in Gps fix.

No problems with tracking and I use it everyday for work. I think it was hit and miss with some gs1 as its always worked for me even on 2.1.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] BlackDino:
I have never had luck with gps, it locks on really quick and is pretty accurate (use it for golfing all the time) but once I jump into a vehicle it goes off the charts.

Mind you I never use gps in my vehicle, golfing + sgs = pro
[Galaxy S I9000 General] progene81:
Even with the Hype,.SGS 2 still has many problems, yellow tint, pink spot, over heating, weak battery... I'm glad I stick with my SGS..Now with DXJVQ.. SGS is finally a beast unleashed!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] romdroid.:
they are selling samsung galaxy s (1) for 242€ on sale without contract. and optimus 2x for 326€. i know optimus 2x has some nasty **** problem but i think sgs is quite stable more than optimus 2x what do u think? should i go for sgs?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] niftyone:
Hey dude

The one thing I miss from sgs is an led flash.

Optimus 2x has that.

But optimus has a lcd screen, where sgs is oled.

Because oled has no back light, if you use a dark theme, you can get so much more battery use with the display on with oled phones than with lcd phones.

I'd never buy an lcd phone again, but I do miss having a camera flash on the sgs.

Depends what's more important to you.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] romdroid.:
ye i also miss the led-flash :( agreed but maybe the price will sum it up? 242€ is not bad for one of the best single-core phones out there
[Galaxy S I9000 General] diocletian9:
It is my understanding that the SGS2 has an inferior sound chip to the SGS1. For that reason alone I will be staying with the 1
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xchasa:
Gs1 definitely sounds better than GS2. Especially with voodoo sound.

And yeah a flash would be good but when I compare night shots with both cameras, the flash makes people look like startled animals in headlights. GS1 night pics are remarkably clear and natural.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xchasa:
From what I've read optimus 2x is not that great. Galaxy would be a better buy id say.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Bughlol:
All they are saying because they don't have the muscles to buy one ! Grapes are sour !
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Frostfree:
Very funny thread indeed, you can butter the SGS as much as you like, but it's significantly inferior in every aspect to the SG2.

I have both phones, having used the SGS for a year before upgrading. Stock S2 is far superior to the best modded SGS.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xchasa:
Mate.........

I could get a free upgrade if I wanted it. But I don't ;)

No sour grapes here.

Umm yer.

Are you trying to justify your wasted money on a slightly better device. You're funny. Dual core is nowhere near twice as good. Lucky if it 25% better. I know, I've got one to play with.

Yellow screen, battery issues on some phones, INFERIOR soundcard. Need I go on... I never said gs1 was better. Just that GS2 isn't that much better. Lol.

Like I stated in op, I'm holding off for the gs3 or equivalent.

Glad you got a laugh.

I did too.

Dual core is still being refined.

You are basically a beta tester to my next phone. Thanks.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] tomeks:
for sg1 users sg2 have got much less WOW factor

i was using sg1 for a year and now sg2 for almost 3 months, after first turning on sg2 do not make on me that much impresion

ok, gps is much better (do not lost signall and get lost in car) the rest is similar, except that is working fine on original stock firmware without any modification and that is the most important key thing for the average user

but if your sg1 is working fine there is not a big sense to change it for sg2 better to wait for sg3

sent from my GalaxyS2
[Galaxy S I9000 General] realmccoy58:
My galaxy s is faster than galaxy 2

Today we sit down with sg1 and sg2 and we both on the same optus network, So we got on to app market to download a free game to see which phone would be faster,well my sg1 with ginerbread on the phone just killed:eek: sg2 by miles, now why is the sg2 slow on downing? it should kill my sg1 but it did not......:)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Frostfree:
The S2 was a free upgrade and I get another upgrade in December, just in time for an S3, so I don't have to justify what I have, sorry if I came across like a tit.

I concur it's not worth paying much to upgrade if one already has a SGS, but the S2 in my opinion is significantly better in that it's perfectly stable and usable out of the box without any of the mods essential to optimise the SGS.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] oswade:
I don't consider SGS2 revolutionary, but it does have many small improvements over the original SGS.

- Slightly better weight and amazing thinness

- Screen slightly better (although defects seem to be more common :confused:)

- Added camera flash (and upped the resolution to something a bit more respectable (8mp is nothing in digital cameras these days!))

- Middle button and phone shape/curvature slightly better.

- Better/newer software (wifi direct, new samsung apps etc).

And most of all, speed. It's consistently faster/smoother than my heavily modified JVR rom/kernel. They got it right this time (best cpu, ram etc).

The only downside is the inferior sound chip. And maybe the screen is a little too big for some people (subjective judgement).

I got my gf the SGS2 (cause I got a special price for it, and she will pay me back soon). But I'm not prepared to buy it for myself. The reason is that probably the biggest benefit I would get from SGS2 is just the satisfaction of having the latest samsung gadget ;). It is a want more than a need (and I consider a smartphone a "need" in this modern world, but not necessarily the latest one).

For me to buy the next phone from samsung, it probably needs to have these enhancements (in addition to sgs2 enhancements).

- Further improvements to samoled. Colour accuracy/reliability/resolution.

- Audio at the same level as SGS1 (wolfson chip again?)

- Maybe NFC if it becomes useful. Although it seems manufacters are leaning more towards external nfc equipments such as sd cards atm :confused:.

- If not NFC, maybe another new gimmic/feature such as 3D, if its any good.

In summary, SGS1 is still a great phone.. and I just can't justify buying a new phone every year (as a student). Every 2 years should be sufficient ;) (so I probably will buy a new phone next year sometime :)) Plus, thanks to some of the awesome devs on xda, I can already enjoy many of the software features of SGS2 without buying a new phone ^_^ But I do like to steal my gfs phone when I see her heheh
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ioddrine:
i can't wait to change my sgs for the sgs2.

the 1gb ram is the main reason i think. i get left only minimum free ram and i can't really do multi-tasking as it's killing and app as soon as i send it to background and open another. design is better (subjective - i know) screen is better, i dont think i will notice any difference in audio.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] androiderrr:
I will not upgrade my galaxy s until i get phone of following specification

Samoled display(1920*1080) Full HD

3Ghz quadcore processor

10 GB RAM

5GB Graphics RAM

10 terabyte internal memory

20Mexapixel camera with 10 flash

10Megapixel front camera

10000000 mah battery

And android,ios,windows mobile,bada quad boot
[Galaxy S I9000 General] GunnyHighway82:
My pc is more low:D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Mr Majestyk:
Sounds like you want the recently announced Galaxy R. Pretty much a slightly lower specced GS II, with smaller screen.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Obsidian-step:
I love Galaxy 2 only for 1gb Ram

This post post only for access Dev topic ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] tr8cid:
SG2 definitely feels more smooth, but since I loaded CM7 rom on my SGS it feels like a brand new phone! So smooth! Comparable to the SG2.

I would definitely get a SG2 if it wasn't so big.. I thought the SGS was big..

Waiting on the nexus prime!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xchasa:
+1 on the nexus 3. HTC goodness.

Two months max wait I hope.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ccrows:
Check out the OP in this thread.

IMO best SGS GPS fix ever!... :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ioddrine:
i'd buy a few more SGS if i were you cuz u're gonna need to change them till that phone is out :)) you might as well die using that SGS :))
[Galaxy S I9000 General] melorib:
Keep waiting, the Nexus 3 is still Samsung, thank God... :rolleyes:

And I like the specs... :cool:
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xchasa:
Samsung????

Where did you receive this information bud?

Apparently its a split decision between LG and HTC with HTC the preferred device among Google testers and they don't typically do the same brand back to back. Then perhaps a Motorola device next year as Google have just bought Motorola to keep and protect the awesome device patents they own.That's the lowdown I've read to date.

Might be you that's waiting ; )
[Galaxy S I9000 General] gcogger:
It's all just rumours at the moment, but take a look HERE
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xchasa:
Thanks for the link.

I'm still betting HTC ; )

I'm thinking the soft keys on Samsung don't follow the icecream sandwich direction of a button free face. Total touchscreen I hope.

Would make sense too with Apple claiming to be the creators of all things good. Won't look like an iphone.

Quad core is missing too. Hope its not LG. Samsung or HTC would be just fine.

Guess we'll all see in October hey.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MoooN:
Had the chance to play around with my co workers sgs2

I gave to say really smooth and so on BUT the colors are really messy

Yello and redish... No comparison to 2.3.4 with the new colour fix kernels on sgs1
[Galaxy S I9000 General] gcogger:
I'm really hoping they don't lose the soft keys. I think a phone or tablet is much worse without them - a bad case of 'form over function' :(
[Galaxy S I9000 General] king2847:
And regarding Mali 400MP sucks bigtime.Samsung should have sticked to power vr series.powervr sgx 540 is far superior thn Mali 400MP.how many of you agree with me??
[Galaxy S I9000 General] hat007:
I have the 2 phone now i hace flashed all lastest kernel but sgs2 still on top very fast browser and on miui it boot very quick it nice and i have yelloish in the screen

i love it
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ccrows:
Yes that's EXACTLY what I want!... Well sorta.

If that phone ever releases with a 850/1900 3G band then that will be my next phone. (Unless the Nexus 3's resolution isn't as annoying as the Atrix)

But seriously if I can get NA 3G, I'll probably buy it... :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] BlackDino:
the nexus 3 will most likely be a 4.5 or 4.3,

after playing with the infuse I could definitely see myself getting a 4.5" screen.

The crazy thing is the infuse is just a tiny bit larger then our phones
[Galaxy S I9000 General] haloimplant:
The rumour has been going around about tech that will drastically reduce the size of the 'border' around the screen. (Actually I have seen a presentation on the development of the touch-screen tech myself, but have non idea how long that was from market.) If true it's not hard to envision a 4.3 or 4.5 on a device that is about the same size as the SGS.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Hrithan2020:
If so, it will be awesome!! However, I doubt whether they can pull it off. [ The latest rumours citing Samsung's leaked spec sheet points at a 4.65" device which would be possible on SGS2's dimensions. It is not just the buttons. If I am not wrong, the bezel is also because of limitations of the display]
[Galaxy S I9000 General] haloimplant:
The display limitations are what I was talking about. Apparently it is the not the display itself but the touchscreen interface that required stuff to stick out beyond the edge of the display. What I saw was technology to reduce/eliminate the size of that which currently has to extend beyond the edge of the screen.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Hrithan2020:
Ok, thanks for clarifying.

Hope, they can somehow miraculously squeeze in the 4.65" into the SGS like form factor!! [ Else, the rumours are false, and it is *just* a 4.3" which can definitely be accomodated in the form factor]..

If so, it'll probably be my next phone, provided it gets released in my country :D . [ Hope, the pentile matrix sub-pixel layout doesn't spoil the HD AMOLED display :O ].

PS: One doubt, the 15:9 [800x480] aspect ratio would be changed to 16:9 [1280x720]. But, the button less phone would only provide ample space vertically, not horizontally right? . So, dimensions wise, would that be actually enough to accomodate a 4.65" screen even considering a bezel less display [having the same width as SGS? ]
[Galaxy S I9000 General] haloimplant:
This is my concern as well. I tolerate pentile in my SGS but swore off buying another. It will be interesting to see if the 720p resolution will he high enough, and it is quite high, to 'hide' it, some of which will depend on how well they implement it (ie. what kind of 'sharpness fix' will it have).

Some interesting math: We're looking at 1280x720x2, 1.84 million subpixels for 720p pentile. The RGB screen in the iphone 4 has 960x640x3 subpixels which is the exact same number. Of course the screen is smaller, but to me the whole 'pixel density' thing is a bit overblown what do I care if I can't see pixels when its right on my eyeball, at some point I'd rather be able to hold a larger screen a bit further away.

Comparatively 800x480 RGB has 1.15M and pentile has a measly 0.77M which is decidedly too low for my taste, I can see grainy subpixels from about a foot away. Of course there is still the question of individual colours, the 720p pentile will be deficient in these (either just R and B for RGBG or all 3 for RGBW) even with the same number of subpixels as the iphone 4.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Hrithan2020:
True.

Let's hope their sharpness implementation is good. [ie. anti-aliasing for texts works well]..

What are your thoughts on the form factor w.r.t the aspect ratio ? Somehow, can't get my mind around the math :P .. [ I guess SGS overall, is around 5" diagonally, but the aspect ratio won't be maintained ? ]
[Galaxy S I9000 General] haloimplant:
I think you had it before, a 'narrower' aspect ratio would work to keep a form factor closer to what we have now minus the buttons.

Even keeping the buttons at the bottom the area between the speaker and the screen (where it says Samsung in silver on the i9000) could be replaced with extra screen real estate. It would make it look asymmetric though, so I can see why they would be looking at what to do with the buttons (get rid of them or make them smaller somehow).
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Hrithan2020:
Yeah, a 16:9 aspect ratio as in SE Arc and a narrower button allows SE Arc to accomodate 4.2" screen in a form factor narrower than SGS.

But,is it enough to accomodate 4.5" [or 4.65"] on a SGS like form factor, with significantly reduced bezel?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ccrows:
That's because ICS phones might start usinh the 4 HOME buttons on the screen itself and not along the outside bottom border...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] invernomuto1976:
+ 1

Inviato dal mio GT-I9000 usando Tapatalk
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ccrows:
Any resolution higher than 800x480 sucks IMHO!

Yes games look better, but I hate reading text that looks like this.

On my Atrix, I've already had to increase the density on the "build.prop", but it still doesn't look right and by doing so it breaks some of the standard features on the phone. Like the default Dialer and Fingerprint Scanner won't work, until you return it back to the stock density. :(

I wish Android would make a "resolution changer" in ICS. (Like how you can easily change screen resolutions on a PC)

That way gamers can crank it up to make them happy, and others can lower it without dealing with eye-strain... :(
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ioddrine:
wellcome SGS2

i have my new baby now :D

very happy with it :D