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[No-Brick Method]New All-in-One D2G recovery & Root CD for .629 update(EzSbf method)

I have put together a modified version of 1KDS EzSbf CD's, combining the necessary tools to unbrick and root devices that have taken the .629 update.

I have tested it several times on my own phone, and it has worked well.

As with everything, I have done my best on this, but can provide no guarantees that it will work for you. It worked well for me, and others have used all of these tools, but like everything else here, use this at your own risk.

The CD is a combination of the tools from the following sites.

EzSbf from http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-2-global-hacks/170060-tool-ezsbf-d2g.html

phifc's preinstall method from http://rootzwiki.com/topic/29930-new-root-method-for-stock-234-621622-found-droid2-r2d2/

Suggested reading before starting:

http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-2-global-hacks/170060-tool-ezsbf-d2g.html

http://rootzwiki.com/topic/29930-new-root-method-for-stock-234-621622-found-droid2-r2d2/

Instructions: (all instructions are on the CD prompts)

This is ONLY for the Droid 2 Global, and more specifically only for the Droid 2 Global that has already had the 4.5.629 OTA update. If your phone has not had the OTA update to .629, I recommend you do not use this.

If using a CD, burn ISO to disc, and boot from that. It will come to a prompt with instructions.

If using USB stick.

Use Unetbootin (http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/) to install ISO to USB drive, and when booting choose the Slitaz option.

If you need to flash the SBF, you will need to have the phone in bootloader mode, if you need to root, you will need to start the process with the phone turned on and usb debugging enabled. You will then need to put the phone in bootloader mode when prompted.

Credits:

I did not develop any of the software used, I just compiled it into one location.

Credit should go to:

1KDS for developing the EzSbf method, and for helping me as I was putting the CD together

phifc and the method he posted at

http://rootzwiki.com/topic/29930-new-root-method-for-stock-234-621622-found-droid2-r2d2/

djrbliss, and the others who developed the symlink method

Skrilax_CZ, and his Motorola Android Firmware (De)packer

Here is a link to download the ISO if you would like to try it. I don't expect anyone to have troubles with it, but as with everything, I have done my best on this, but can provide no guarantees that it will work for you. It worked well for me, and others have used all of these tools, but like everything else here, use this at your own risk.

Updated CD:

Thanks to phifc and the method he posted at

http://rootzwiki.com/topic/29930-new-root-method-for-stock-234-621622-found-droid2-r2d2/

we have an improved method available to root the D2G, and no longer need to brick our phones (presuming all goes well) in order to root them. Since there is now a direct rooting method of .629 available, I put it together with an EzSbf style CD of the full .629 SBF.

One item of note with this CD, it does require at least 1GB of RAM in order to work properly. Also, if you only have 1GB of memory, and you need to both SBF and root your phone, it will be necessary to reboot the computer after flashing the .629 SBF. If you are unsure of the amount of RAM that you have, go ahead and reboot to be on the safe side.

Also, I noticed that I neglected to put instructions for putting your phone in bootloader in the SBF Step. To put your D2G in bootloader mode, power down and power on while either holding both volume buttons, or the up arrow on the keyboard.

SBF and Root CD

The CD is available at

https://rapidshare.com/files/2650843793/D2G_4.5.629_SBF-and-RootCD.iso

and the MD5 is

579d7d5095fc2560205033456db150a2

Root Only Multi-Device CD

There is also a root only CD available, that covers multiple devices (Droid 2, Droid 2 Global, Droid X, and Droid X2).

It is a little over 50 Meg in size, so if all you want to do is root your phone, it might be a handier option.

the link for it is

http://www.mediafire.com/?mim304k214kl41h

and the md5 is

7baee9c34f6ef7ad0b4fa219ae387c68

Additional Mirror:

Rapidshare has had some trouble recently, but thanks to themib/sd_shadow for putting up a mirror that has most of these CD images as well. They can be found at

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-Oj1a1wNZKhZMPUqU_6KzzYzQJ2RKzvvumTx-41f3h4/edit#

If anyone finds a CD helpful, and would like to upload it to a mirror, they are welcome to. If they give me the link to a mirror, I will be glad to add it to this post.

Older items still working but obsolete

Hopefully these have served their purpose, but should now be superseded.

I uploaded it to Rapidshare at

https://rapidshare.com/files/1957071604/D2G_629Recovery-and-Root_CD-With_OTA-Update.iso

and the md5 checksum for the iso is

45dff90da46bd30c33f005c853e058d1 (Updated CD including the OTA Update

Here is also a clean Nandroid backup of rooted .629.

This would be useful for the band unlockers (those want to use this phone on AT&T or T-Mobile), or for those that would prefer to restore a backup instead of taking the OTA update. Once you have rooted the .608, you bootstrap recovery, and restore this nandroid backup.

You will need to extract it, and place the folder in the sdcard\clockworkmod\backup folder. Hope this is helpful for someone.

The link to download the file is

https://rapidshare.com/files/782850895/2012-06-10_Rooted_629-Nandroid.7z

and the MD5 checksum is

c43101a5b01d7c69887a0668be24e5c9