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[Motorola Droid X2] supjoe8306:
HELP!!!!

I have made it to this point, but command prompt doesnt recognize this path. I am definitely a noob at this. This is my first time trying to root a phone. Here is what i put in....

C:\Users\Sondra>cd \root

C:\root>moto-fastboot flash preinstall preinstall.img

'moto-fastboot' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file.

C:\root>

Can anyone help me with what i am doing wrong?

[*] moto-fastboot flash preinstall preinstall.img

[*] moto-fastboot reboot

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[*] Wait for the phone to reboot, once it does so execute the following commands (in the command prompt you should still have open):

adb shell

/preinstall/su

[*] On your phone you should see a prompt to Allow or Deny Superuser access, allow this. Then execute the following commands (in the command prompt you should still have open)

mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk0p12 /system

cp /preinstall/su /system/bin/su

chmod 6755 /system/bin/su

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Initial links Posted by Sippi4x4man

http://www.xda-developers.com/androi...orola-atrix-2/

http://briefmobile.com/motorola-atrix-4g-root

Closing

I have to again thank everyone who created this process and who made people aware of this. I take ZERO credit I am simply reposting information others have already posted. Have fun!

UPDATES

09/04/2012 - The links for the files were broken, the files needed to root the Atrix 4G are the same as we need so I have updated the link to those used for that, along with tweaking the instructions a bit to match. Thanks to Carl Parker and this post here for the working link. Do not worry that the files are labeled "for" the Atrix 4G, the files do in fact work for rooting the Milestone X2 I just used them successfully.

09/05/2012 - I modified the instructions to flash preinstall.img versus root.img, thanks to aldude999 and sd_shadow for pointing out the error as well as sd_shadow for the new link.[/QUOTE]

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[Motorola Droid X2] sd_shadow:
I believe it needs to be moto-fastboot.exe with the exe

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At least that's the only way I could get it to work
[Motorola Droid X2] DrakeStoneDS:
Almost There...

Hi, I am trying to root my phone. I have a Motorola Milestone X2 from Cellular South (MS) 2.3.6. In the cmd window it gives me a $ sign after i typed in “adb shell” and pressed enter. So then I typed “/preinstall/su”. It gave me a # sign. I typed in “mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk0p12 /system”, but it just gave me another # sign. Not sure what to do now. I checked many websites and tried a number of ways, but nothing worked. I apologize for not knowing much, I just really want to root this thing. Please Help.
[Motorola Droid X2] sd_shadow:
not sure what the problem is, but once you get #

you can just use a one click root program like zerg rush, pete's root tools, superoneclick, maybe motofail

all in my list sd_shadow's [Collection] of Links: FAQs, Guides, Rooting, SBFs, ROMs... - Google Docs

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after

did you get?

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after

did you get?

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check to see if you have superuser, if you do, open and clear log or change denied permissions to allow

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if you don't have superuser, use one of the one click root programs
[Motorola Droid X2] Scotty_D:
I just tried to root my CSpire MX2 and got the same results. Everything worked fine, after it rebooted I typed in "abd shell" at the command prompt and got the $ that you got. The cursor was still blinking but now to the right of the $. I couldn't get back to the directory that Fastboot was stored in without closing the command window and opening a new one. There was never any message on the phone's screen about Superuser, but I never could get that far into the root process. This has happened twice and I have uninstalled and reinstalled Superuser with the same results. Fortunately everything appears to be working on the phone.

Anybody have any further suggestions?
[Motorola Droid X2] Lrs121:
as to using adb shell:

after entering the adb shell command your computer connects to your phone and allows you to transfer commands to it by entering the command you want

the $ means that you are successfully connected to your phones terminal as a standard user and will accept standard commands

the # means that you are successfully connected to your phones terminal as a root user and will accept high level comands equivolent to windows administrator

example of moving to root the first time is like this

$(means youve connected to your phone and its waiting input)

$ /preinstall/su (your first command means run the switch user program su causes super user to prompt for input on phones screen)

$ -> # (means your first command has successfuly elevated you to root status)

to exit adb shell starting at root

# (waiting for command as root user)

# exit (tells terminal to drop one privlage level)

# -> $ (now back to standard user)

$ exit (exits adb shell)

c:\(back to windows)

as to any issues your having try just contiueing through the rooting process if any other issues come up start from the begining again i had to attempt it several times before i finally got it down
[Motorola Droid X2] Scotty_D:
I kinda figured that was the case today after starting Terminal Emulator and saw the "$" at the prompt. I also realized that the phone's screen has to be unlocked to see the request to allow Superuser to load.

I made it that far and the "#" appeared as a shell prompt. Now I have a new problem. When I entered the last command, " chmod 6755 /system/bin/su" it returned the following error message in the PC command window: "Unable to chmod /system/bin/su: No such file or directory"

I had to copy and paste the command lie entries to Notepad to make sure I could tell where the space bar was used and where there was a naturally occurring large gap between characters.

Now I'm not sure if the phone rooted -- I think it is.

Is this a glitch with completing SU privileges?

Do I disconnect the phone from the PC or leave it connected?

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Went back and looked deeper into this thread and found some more info missing from the OP ... and it went through.

Type the following commands

mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk0p12 /system

cp /preinstall/su /system/bin/su << this line is missing in the OP

chmod 6755 /system/bin/su

PATH=/system/bin:$PATH pm install /preinstall/Superuser.apk << this entry returns 'ALREADY EXISTS'

The phone is rooted with SU privileges and Clockwork Mod working, which I used to make Nandroid backup. I hope Motorola Milestone was the correct option to use for the MX2 but I've got a bad feeling I should have used a phone running the same Android Version.
[Motorola Droid X2] Lrs121:
a good way to tell if you phone is rooted is to use root checker by joey krimRoot checker by JoeyKrim

also i was sure tho op was updated to include the changes. and if you installed any recovery though rom manager its only a matter of time before your phone wont boot anymore and youll have to restore with an sbf. the recovery we use for the mx2 is the same boot strap app that is used for the DX2

we have two one for stock motorola blur called bootstrap.apk and one for any cyanogen version called motodx2 boot strap cm7 signed.apk

use those theyre made to work with our phone you could also try rerecovery but ive never found it to work
[Motorola Droid X2] Scotty_D:
I installed the the Root Checker app and confirmed that it is rooted.

This endeavor has a two-fold purpose:

I have two MX2's one is a true stock CSpire phone. The other is one I purchased on eBay after confirming that the ESN was good with CSpire (the one I rooted last night). Everything works great except for 3G, its still looking for towers in Pennsylvanian (Appalachian Wireless).

I was able to change the PRL to CSpire's PRL using CDMA Tool but I don't know how to change anything else.

The Network name is still Appalachian Wireless

The Mobile Network Type is CDMA 1xRTT but it does switch over for about two seconds randomly to CSpire setting (CSpire type is EvDo rev.A ).

The System Version is 45.0.43.MB867.ACG.en.US (CSpire is version 45.0.43.MB867.ACG-CS.en.US).

Because the Kernel (2.6.32.9-00011-gbc368b9mcbk83@il93lnxdroid08 #2) and Android Version (2.3.6) are identical I'm wondering if either of the following is possible?

(1) What I'm hoping to do is extract the ROM (or whatever its proper name is) from the CSpire phone and flash it to the Appalachian Wireless phone. I don't know yet how to do that or if it will work. At a minimum this would require rooting both phones but I've done it once now and feel safe with rooting the other phone going forward.

(2) If option one above fails I've got to find out if installing one of the APK's will set it up to work on CSpire. If it does work I'll probably go ahead and mod both phones.

I haven't finished reading through the

DKZ CM9 for the MX2

thread for the second time yet, so I dont know if a new APK will let me switch carriers or if this is a lost cause.

This is slightly off topic asking about swapping APK's in a ROOT THREAD so I apologize for any ill-will it might cause, but I really appreciate your feedback. I'm still reading and searching if I can't get a satisfactory answer there I'll start another thread.
[Motorola Droid X2] Lrs121:
Swapping apks wont change your carrier settings are files that are embedded deep in your phones system files. Nor will pulling the nandroid from your working phone. I've tried it before cause I've had to sbf back to stock but the only sbf for the mx2 is for ntelos and im through a carrier called inland. Though I didn't have the prl for them either so it might work. Also you might wanna try this, it might hold the 3g connection (inland is also EvDo rev A). But I don't know if it'll work with phone calls Ill detail away to fix it if it doesn't. Open dialer and enter *#*#4636#*#* select phone information and scroll down. Towards the bottom there will be a multiselect box with cdma auto (prl) selected change it to evdo only and see if it works. If calling doesnt work reset it to auto prl. If that doesn't work try going to a cspire store and talking with one of the techs and ask them to write just the carrier connection files not a full sbf flash.
[Motorola Droid X2] Scotty_D:
Thanks for that info.

Checked with a couple CSpire stores and was told they can't change carrier information, they don't have the resources to do so. I just called around to some third party cellphone stores inquiring into getting the CSpire information flashed into the phone. They all told me that they couldn't change the carrier in a CDMA phone. I went into another store and the guy there named about 4 carriers he could change it to but said he couldn't change to CSpire. He said I needed to learn more about CDMA Workshop, I think that's what he uses.

I'm ready to simply sell the phone and buy a CSpire one. This is a phone I bought for my wife to replace her existing Blackberry so no one is without a phone currently.

That being said, as soon as I can learn more about installing the CM9 mod on my MX2 I'll try it out. Much like most other members I too switched from a rooted CM7 modded HTC Desire which was simple compared to this phone.

Thanks again for your help, I'm sure I'll be back soon.
[Motorola Droid X2] Lrs121:
No problem. also on a side note if you ever have to sbf dont use rsd lite use ezSBF or sbf_flash instead it preserves your carrer information while returning you to stock.

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i forgot something theres a software called houdinisoft that can make any cdma phone work on any small carrier network. last i checked cspire was supported. the initial start up cost is pretty high but afterward youll have the ability to bring almost any cdma phone to cspire and im pretty sure you can use any micro usb cable with smart phones to reprovision them. check it out through the link in my signature.
[Motorola Droid X2] Scotty_D:
I saw that last night and checked them out. I didn't see any thing on there for CSpire. There is a selection for Cellular South in the drop down menu but no manufactures or phones. I fact I didn't see any MX2's in the line up but the DX2 was there. They have a Contact Us link, I might see if they have a customer that can do it and contact them.
[Motorola Droid X2] Lrs121:
Hum must of been cell south that I saw then but who knows. Also the differences between the mx2 and the DX2, while key to what makes the devices different don't touch the network information apart from maybe the baseband.
[Motorola Droid X2] Scotty_D:
Cellular South would have worked, they changed their name to CSpire about a year ago, said they wanted to be thought of as more than just "cellular."

The rules of this forum are forcing me to stretch, bend and tweak them. I don't have enough post to post where I need to (DKZ CM9 for the MX2 -BETA 1- (updated 08/14/2012)) so bear with me if you will. The thought of making

meaningless

post just to attain the amount I need is ridiculous, but I do have questions. I'll keep them purposeful but albeit in the wrong place, here until then. I am a mod on another forum and I appreciate the need for rules even if I dont understand the "why". That said here goes.

The Beta 1 release has been out for about two months. I never heard if the following items were corrected:

* Was the distorted video playback issue fixed?

* If I decided to go with MIUI does the patch correct the initial issues with it, or other CM9 based mods? (WIFI, Camera, MMS. etc...)

* I know the still camera is working, but never heard if the video camera works, does it?

* Have any other issues be noticed in the past two months? (Probably not since none are noted)

My own phone is about to drive me crazy with the multi-touch keyboard lagging and hanging. The camera FC's too often and takes an eternity to load up and so does the gallery. I hope the Beta 1 release will correct these issues. Has anyone else experience these?

Thanks in advance for any input you are willing to share.
[Motorola Droid X2] Lrs121:
Not a problem i had to work my way up myself and if you look at any threads ive participated in especially my own on cm10 i tend to deiviate alot from the title of the post.

as for cm9 beta 1 where it was then is probably where it still stands issues and all even from when i made the zip file for the op to update. especiially since no one maintains it anymore also to catch you up if you havent heard the developer that made any of the cyanogen mods has stoped because his phone litterally began to function improperly and will probably release one more cm10 version and thats the end of it unfortuneately till someone else takes over.

>as for distorted video play back i never really experianced much of that but i tend to use third party video players but occasionally the sound would get out of sync with the player and had occasionaly youtube issues. that is still unresolves and most like persists into cm10 due to not having a new kernel

>for miui and anything using a base of cm9 or cm10 will carry the issues of the predicessor cm9 based miui will have the same issues as cm9 does and possibly others. as for wifi the patch dzk cooked up is universal to any cyanogen for the dx2 base meaning flashing the wifi patch will enable the wifi on miui

>the sock video camera but ive heard of a work around involving an app called illusion videocam or something allong those lines. since i dont use the the camera much let alone the the video cam i cant say for sure i tried it once and it worked though

>as to other issues if theyve been found they should have been posted however people dont always contibute so you never know. especially since ive moved on to keeping cm10 up todate as much as possible, working on a kexec, and a possible bl unlock(no promises since ive exhausted my limited knowledge on it and are now in the capable hands of twitish whos taken a look at the files. if you want to know more about it take a look at the cheesecake project and the bottom of my cm10 thread.)
[Motorola Droid X2] pmassey31545:
Just getting caught up on this thread. Finally got a Nandroid backup. Still waiting for a good SBF or a Rom that I know will work. Still kinda skiddish about flashing a ROM. So with that said, has anyone found either a good SBF for Alltel or a ROM that will work for 2.3.6 or does the version even matter? Thanks............:D
[Motorola Droid X2] Lrs121:
Look in the android development section for roms eclipse and cm7 work with out issues. For more recent roms check out akop, cm9, cm10, and such. There is only the sbf for ntelos and more than likely that's all there'll ever be just so you don't get your hopes up but I've used it successfully several times having to go to my carrier to get the radio files for their network Also once your on 2.3.6 you have to use a 2.3.6 sbf there is no going back. If you don't wanna loose radio/3g do a Google search for sbf_flash or ez_sbf. Sbf_flash requires some form of Linux already installed on your computer. Ez_sbf is a live CD bundling Ubuntu and sbf_flash in a CD image. Also backup your apn settings before you do any flashing so you can have mms functioning in the rom you flash
[Motorola Droid X2] pmassey31545:
I didn't do any of the above. I'm kinda stuck with a brick now. I was gonna just do a factory reset and went through the steps. But when the phone restarts now, I get stuck at a Motorola Service Agreement screen. I agree to the terms and get a "The application Accounts (process.com.motorola.setup) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again.

I have been into the stock recovery and wioed and still get the error. Any ideas?
[Motorola Droid X2] Lrs121:
Had the same problem once when I decided to go dicking around with files I had no reason to be messing with not saying that's what you did that's just what happened to me. My suggestion is if you have access to the bootstrap recovery still try and restore a nandroid or flash one of the roms I got rid of it my sbfing back to stock 2.3.6. If you decide to sbf don't use rsd lite you'll have no 3g ect. Use sbf_flash or easy sbf I'd give you links but I don't have access to them right now so Google search is your friend.
[Motorola Droid X2] Booga Booga:
Lrs, so you're saying if we use sbf_flash instead of rsd lite we'll keep our carrier settings?
[Motorola Droid X2] pmassey31545:
That is exactly what I did. Froze some Moto crapware. And I guess when I did the system reset, it didn't restore them for some reason. Whatever? They have me a new phone coming at no charge. But what SBF did you use? I tried one I found and RSD won't even try to run it. Gotta wait 2-3 days for my phone to get here, but I'd like to piddle around till then.

What am I gonna do? Break it?!
[Motorola Droid X2] sd_shadow:
factory restore will not restore missing parts, it only wipes user data and restores default settings

did sbf end in .sbf or .zip, .rar., ..... may need to be unnzipped try 7zip
[Motorola Droid X2] bad bone:
I hate it when they zip .sbfs'

don't be scared it's only a phone :)

ogd x d2g x2 sg3

old ladies :( ^
[Motorola Droid X2] Lrs121:
Ive used sbf_flash several times in the past week and it has keep my carrier settings everytime so i didnt have to go talk to the guy i know at my carrier who would write the files back for me after i used rsd lite. when i switched to using sbf flash i stoped having to go in. and even on a rare occasion i dont loose my personal stuff sometimes

I use the 2.3.6 ntelos sbf unziped it and it ran like a charm and just make sure your phones in rsd mode hold up on the volume rocker when turning on you phone. the sbf has worked several times for me and ive changed computers countless times. if you need it i have it on my google drive account which i have yet to put a link to in my signature.... doing that next. if its not bigger than a hundred megs or so when you down load it its not complete so watch out for that too.
[Motorola Droid X2] Booga Booga:
If i could get the sbf_flash from you lrs that'd be great :)
[Motorola Droid X2] Lrs121:
Give me a bit and ill have it uploaded to my google drive storage link in my signature and ill be under mx2/sbf. Just trying to transfer files from my linux partition to windows partition so the google drive sync app can do it job
[Motorola Droid X2] pmassey31545:
The one I tried was 166 mg and Ntelos. It goes through the process but can't write to RAM or some nonsense. I tried it on my work computer though and will try it on my PC when I get home. Just an fyi, I a doing it in Windows and will oils only use RED at work computer.
[Motorola Droid X2] Lrs121:
Make sure its running as administrator
[Motorola Droid X2] Booga Booga:
What would be the name of it/what folder is it under? Sorry for this simple questions lol
[Motorola Droid X2] Lrs121:
it'll be under sbf under mx2 and its called sbf_flash
[Motorola Droid X2] pmassey31545:
Well.......got it flashed using RSDLite 5.7. It is working....sort of. Just the phone thinks it is a Verizon and not Alltel. No biggie as I have one coming in a few days. But I have played with it a lot trying to program it to Alltel with no success. *228 does nothing but connects me to Verizon. ##7764726 takes me to a programming menu where I can select several options-one of them being User Activation. And a lot of stuff in there. I used my wife's phone to match up the value but still no calls, text, or 3G. If anyone is just bored or has any ideas, I'm open. Again, getting a new one in a few days so not that big a deal really. Just playing now.

So if anyone has something they want me to try, I have a phone to spare to try it on.

EDIT:Forgot to mention I changed the name of the SBF to 21.sbf. Saw that somewhere else and it seemed to work. But still no service.
[Motorola Droid X2] Lrs121:
Hence the reason why I suggested using sbf_flash or easy sbf they keep the radio and carrier files also if it's saying Verizon then you used the wrong sbf it should have ntelos branding instead. But it good that you got what I call an f'up phone where you can screw arround with things before touching your actual phone. there's no real development going on anymore. I mean there's work on a rom being done and kexecs for the dx2 (I've stalled out on the mx2 for now) But that's about it.
[Motorola Droid X2] pmassey31545:
First, I have not a clue what is going on in a Linux environment. I have tried using it before and just can not get the hang of it. Not saying it is difficult, I'm just sooooo used to Windows. And I like Windows before anyone goes bashing on it.

As for the Verizon issue, still not sure why. When I check the phone info it says nTelos is the network, but when I dial I get Verizon. And I used the SBF from your Google drive.

Gonna play with it today though and see what happens. Thanks for your help and chime in if anyone has ideas on how to get it back to Alltel. Still need an .sbf for the X2 I feel.
[Motorola Droid X2] pmassey31545:
Yes, I am quoting myself.

*22801 gets me to activation and I can now send and recieve calls and texts. Still no data though.

EDIT:Contacted Alltel about the data isssue and no help. The agent did tell me that the local store has a flashing station so they should have an .sbf for it or at least some way to get it back to Alltel settings. I guess I'm saying there is a way to SBF it to Alltel network and such. They just aren't going to release it. Gonna see if I can get it today or tomorrow from the local agent.