yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Droid 2 General] MissionImprobable:
Just remember that if you end up SBFing back to stock for some reason you will need to run Bootstrapper again once you're rooted. It is necessary for the initial flash of ClockWork on our phones. I just keep a copy of the apk on my SD card so that I don't have to bother downloading it every time.
[Droid 2 General] Jairconnor:
Amigos! Recientemente habia publicado que tenia un problema con mi bateria de mi droid 2 tras realizar este metodo ,me dijeron que lo mas probable era que mi bateria no fuera original antes de realizar este metodo le puse barias roms y me andaba muy bien cargaba excelente y todo la cheque y si es la bateria original en una MB200 de las de 1390mAh ,cuando realize esto note que el kernel se actualizo ,pienso que esto es algun problema del kernel ya que e tratado de calibrarla y no e tenido exito.

Esto se esta convirtiendo en un fastidio ,ya que para cargar la bateria tengo que apagar el celular y sacarla y cargarla con unos cablesitos y otra cosa mas ,no la puedo cargar hasta que este totalmente descargada,es decir si el celular tiene 50 de carga y lo quiero cargar no pasa nada no se carga el cargador no se calienta ni nada.

Aceptaria algunos consejos o si alguien tiene la solucion ..Gracias!!
[Droid 2 General] xXdarkkittyXx:
Thank you so much for this! I've been looking everywhere for a root method for my D2. Tried this last night and successfully rooted. I just have one problem that isn't related to the root. Once I rooted I got BusyBox, Titanium Backup and ROM Manager. Using ROM Manager I downloaded ClockworkModRecovery for the Motorola Droid 2, but when I go into recovery, all I see is the triangle with an exclamation mark and the little droid guy. Nothing more. HELP! *is a noob*
[Droid 2 General] sd_shadow:
you needed to install d2 bootstrap app first (not through rom manager)

then upgrade cwm with rom manager

dx 2nd init option
[Droid 2 General] xXdarkkittyXx:
Oh wow! Alright thank you so much.
[Droid 2 General] Drifbau5:
guide

Umm is there a noob guide for this? I have an EVO 4G that is running MIUI so I have some experience with rooting and flashing. But this seems like a whole new ballpark. My gf has the DROID2 with 2.3.4 and wants to have MIUI like me. But if there isn't a guide then id rather not venture down that path hahah.
[Droid 2 General] MissionImprobable:
Just follow the link on the first page. There's a method using a CD image and another using a .bat file and RSD Lite.
[Droid 2 General] sd_shadow:
it's a little complicated, see 5th post in this thread and read how to sbf added link http://droid.koumakan.jp/wiki/Welcome

the root process takes about 10mins, if you understand the steps

use the ezSBF with root cd, follow on screen instructions
[Droid 2 General] dispos:
this method is workin' on me..

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but i have problem, after installing custom rom, reboot and later I can no longer access the clockworkmod. give me some clue?

this problem make me installing SBF many times.
[Droid 2 General] sd_shadow:
custom roms have bootstrap build in, press power, select reboot, recovery
[Droid 2 General] mkoyskip:
Bummer, doesn't seem to work for me. Keeps getting stuck at:

I've tried rebooting, unplugging...

EDIT: Must have been an issue because I was operating in a virtual environment. Used my notebook and it worked perfectly.
[Droid 2 General] sd_shadow:
does program say waiting for device?

does phone reboot to android os, or bootloader?
[Droid 2 General] inthemorrows:
the rds lite link is dead where is an alternate download for it?
[Droid 2 General] sd_shadow:
don't use rsd lite with new root method but here you go

www.1kds.tk

just use one of these

Droid 2 621 EzSBF with root option

Droid R2D2 622 EzSBF with root option

muti device root linux boot image, (easiest and less then 50mb)
[Droid 2 General] utahrd:
What am I doing wrong

I am sorry for my lack of guru technical expertise...

I am currently using my Droid2 on Verizon with Froyo 2.3.20

I have the phone rooted with Z4root, and have Titanium Backup, Droid 2 Bootstrapper and ROM manager loaded. I am not running a custom ROM, but simply have it rooted. I have made a backup of my existing rom with rom manager.

I downloaded the ezsbf image and booted the disk on my windows machine. Everything appeared to work normally in that it pushed the gg66 file over, rebooted a few times, and then I received a bunch of "read only" permission errors when it was trying to root the phone. At no point did it go over to the recovery console. after disconnecting the phone from the usb cable, now my phone boots normally, and almost immediately reboots itself once where it appears to run normally on the same old Froyo. In other words, the only thing that changed was that my phone now reboots itself after the first boot before operating normally under the Froyo it has always been on.

What am I doing wrong? is this some permissions thing because I have a rooted froyo with bootstrap? I am really wanting to upgrade to 2.3.4 621 rooted.

Incidentally, after failing the ezsbf method, i tried letting verizon push its normal OTA update (it wanted to push 601), but that fails on the install as well and goes to my 2 boot froyo.

Any help appreciated.

Utahrd.
[Droid 2 General] sd_shadow:
use ezsbf 601, to update

over the air updates fail if not on pure stock

don't need 621, not really worth it

link at www.1kds.tk

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don't use ezSBF's root first,

use .sbf recovery, then root

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rooting does not upgrade software

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1 you all ready rooted

2 this root method is for gingerbread, not froyo
[Droid 2 General] utahrd:
Just for clarity then, if I download the ezSBF ~200 meg file, first it will upgrade to 2.3.4, then I can run it again to root, right?

Thanks for the speedy response
[Droid 2 General] sd_shadow:
yes choose option

1. sbf (recovery)

then option

2. root
[Droid 2 General] sd_shadow:
if you try VM again, every time phone changes, modes you need to reclick usb device "motorola xxx" name also changes, if program stalls reselect usb device

more details here Using Oracle VM VirtualBox, and Magic MD5 root iso

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original rapidshare link for ez SBF & Root 2.3.4/4.5.621 is down

posted mirrors here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-Oj1a1wNZKhZMPUqU_6KzzYzQJ2RKzvvumTx-41f3h4/edit
[Droid 2 General] anamolydetected:
for verizon only?

My droid 2 is on Mobi PCS network, 2.3.4...will i lose any functionality from this root (text, SMS, Data/web, voicemail)? ...because the guy/business who flashed my phone said rooting may cause my phone to revert back to some VZW settings?? And/Or, do i need to backup any files or settings such as PRL, APN, etc??

Any help is greatly appreciated...id like to root and get a custom rom loaded! THX!
[Droid 2 General] jabberwockish:
Rooting the system already running on your phone should not erase any data or settings. However, if anything goes wrong during the rooting process, you may have to re-flash the firmware, and that will erase everything.

Backing up important data and settings is always advisable before doing anything that could lead to data loss.
[Droid 2 General] sd_shadow:
rooting should not, cause any changes in user, system or radio data, but nothing is guaranteed

flashing sbf firmware, with rsd lite will wipe radio settings, if you use ezSBF radio settings should be fine

user data will not be wiped unless, you wipe data in recovery
[Droid 2 General] anamolydetected:
a few more questions

ok, thanks for that! I will do a backup..SO... I searched around, but I don't see a good guide for how to backup my current firmware/settings.

Can someone suggest program/s to properly backup anything I could possibly lose? Sorry, I'm sure this is a noob question, but i can't find the answer. It seems like clockworkmod does this..but requires root? lol
[Droid 2 General] sd_shadow:
very limited to what can be backed up, non rooted

backup to sd card, contacts/menu/ import/export/ export contacts to sd card

and/or

sync contacts with gmail, verify going to http://contacts.google.com/

use "sms backup +", for texts and call log
[Droid 2 General] anamolydetected:
hmm..ok

Hmm...so I guess the only things I can do is write down my APN and PRL? -cuz, i have no contacts etc...new phone, waiting to put contacts til I have it rooted.

Thx again for the reply!
[Droid 2 General] sd_shadow:
you should be able to backup apn, with APN Backup & Restore
[Droid 2 General] anamolydetected:
umm??

After reading this entire thread, and your other thread on droidforums(net) I am now confused as to which iso file to use.

Multi-Device Root

Droid2_D2G_DX_DX2-RootCD-2012.iso

slitaz linux boot image, like ezSBF

Droid2_D2G_DX_DX2-RootCD-2012.iso

or Droid 2 621 EzSBF with root option

Maybe it doesn't matter?? I can't figure out how/why you posted 3 similar but different files/ways to do this... from what I read it seems I should use slitaz? I am really just trying to make sure I don't lose the changes to my firmware that make this phone work on Mobi network.

The last part I don't understand is from your slitaz description, at least, I THINK you were describing the slitaz method....? (Just a suggestion, maybe after the links, but before you start describing the process, you could type: {Instuctionis for slitaz method}..that would be more clear) - Anyways...just to make sure, the ["flash repacked sbf (less than 50mb)"] -this sbf is used temporarily for system boot to accomplish the rooting...is that correct? -I don't need to worry about this as far as losing anything?

Sorry, this guide is confusing to me..and thanks again for answering my questions! I think/hope these are the last couple questions I will be asking..haha. BTW, I grew up in N.D...it seems you were my Neighbor to the south XD
[Droid 2 General] sd_shadow:
the first 2 you posted are the same file (Droid2_D2G_DX_DX2-RootCD-2012.iso) just posted at different times, made to root 4 different devices

the 3rd is for D2 only, same root method and also has the 621 ezSBF option

the three options are

Multi-Device Root (54mb)

Droid2_621_SBF-and-RootCD.iso (213mb)

Droid2_R2D2_A957_2.3.4_SBF_and-or_RootCD.iso (250mb)

all three can root your phone, and you should be able to use ezSBF to restore factory image, if needed, as ezSBF doesn't reflash radio files, just system files

the R2D2 is the same hardware just skinned different, with star wars theme and sounds

slitaz is a small linux system, used to run the root program and the ezSBF restore option

the repacked sbf, creates a way for adb to gain root access, needed to give you root access, no data is lost

updated instructions

Reboot PC

Hit F12 (sometimes F8 or esc) during boot to go to boot menu

Select drive image is on

wait for yellow "boot baby... boot" screen

You will see yellow dots for 3-5 minutes then the script will start

just follow on screen instructions

select D2 for multi device root cd or /select root for the Droid2_621_SBF-and-Root CD

don't use numbers on right side of you keyboard, just use the ones above qwerty

turn phone on, connect to pc with usb cable

on phone check

usb debugging

(settings/apps/development)

on phone select

charge only

usb mode

on pc press continue

program will use adb to push

data/local.prop /data/preinstall_md5/magic.md5

manually reboot phone to bootloader

program will flash repacked sbf (less than 50mb)

program will reboot twice, very important (reboot just replaces the local.prop, but the old local.prop is still in memory, till second reboot)

adb pushes su,superuser, and busybox

program will reboot to recovery,

manually press both volume buttons when you see

!, triangle, & android andy

manually select wipe cache

manually select reboot

rooted

a liitle snow here

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forgot a step edited the steps above to

program will reboot to recovery,

manually press both volume buttons when you see

!, triangle, & android andy

manually select wipe cache

manually select reboot

rooted

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if you plan on creating nandroid backups or flashing roms read

[HOW TO] Install/Use Droid 2 Bootstrap
[Droid 2 General] anamolydetected:
one last thing

*I'm assuming this means that when i manually reboot my phone it will automatically go to the bootloader? I hope so...cuz i'm just about to do the root, and idk how to manually go to bootloader.

*The cold and snow I'm sure not jealous of! -19yrs was enough cold winters! :p ...now living in Hawaii :D

Thanks for the solid information and instructions!
[Droid 2 General] sd_shadow:
program will prompt you to

manually reboot phone to bootloader

To put your D2G(/D2) in bootloader mode, power down and power on while either holding both volume buttons, or the up arrow on the keyboard.
[Droid 2 General] anamolydetected:
Wow...i didn't make it very far...

cannot remove 'VRZ_A955.2.3.4_1FF_01.sbf': No such file or directory

--Starting---

---Killing the adb server to make sure that there are no problems---

---Waiting for Device---

*daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *

*daemon started successfully *

_

I'm guessing one of 2 things went wrong for me.

I had no blank cd so i first tried the usb flash drive method: Used unetbootin...with disk image selected, used Droid2_621_SBF-and-RootCD.iso. This booted instantly to "boot error". Then I downloaded the multi-root...and used it with unetbootin..also boot error. I don't understand why that would be...seems tough to make a mistake using unetbootin..lol...So...

1. I used Oracle virtual machine. But, Im not sure I properly completed the part of your description that said "select vm's Devices tab/ usb devices/ click on "motorola xxxxxx" (name will change, ever time phone changes modes" -I could not find a devices tab in version 4.2.4 -there is device filters...and in there i clicked on USB then add filter from device..and added Motorola A955 (0216)

-I did also try charge only mode, and pc mode, but i got the same error both times. I even tried enabling USB 2.0 in the filter section, but got the same error.

2.Maybe my phone has a different name for it's SBF...? Or did my virtual machine simply not allow the Slitaz to find the Motorola properly?

It seems like my process was correct..I'm stumped! I guess I will go buy blank cd's tomorrow and hope that it isn't that my SBF has some different name...unless you have any suggestion..?

Lastly, THANK YOU SO MUCH for answering so many questions bro! I really wanna get this baby rooted! :D
[Droid 2 General] bhigham:
I can't help you much on the virtual machine thing, but I have heard there are some tricks to using it.

Regarding the error of not being able to delete the file, that isn't really an error, just something I put in there to avoid problems with computers that don't have over 1 gig of Ram. Since everything gets loaded into ram, and the unzipped sbf is 600 megs, and the unzipped preinstall is around 300 megs, you will run out of memory if you first sbf then root. To avoid this error, I had the root script delete the unzipped sbf. In this case, since you never flashed the sbf, it isn't unzipped to need deleted.

One thing that I have seen with Unetbootin, is that it may not give you an error message if there isn't enough space on the drive. So, make sure that you have enough free space.

Regarding VM, I will let someone who has used a VM give better instructions on using in a virtual environment.
[Droid 2 General] sd_shadow:
it should look like this when running
[Droid 2 General] anamolydetected:
Thank you sd_shadow and bhigham...MUCH THANKS!!!

Btw, that is excellent programming bhigham!

And, sd_shadow it was VERY nice of you to help me out...thanks for your help! You both deserve an award or something :D

AND..I am ROOTED! YAY!! XD

**in case you are curious as to what went wrong and how it ended up working...(I still don't know what went wrong with the unetbootin method..i was using a 2gb usb stick and my laptop has 4gigs of ram). But, when I was using vm before, for some reason im convinced there was no menu bar...idk why..or maybe I was blind to it somehow?? ...Anyways, thanks for taking the time to post that screenshot!

And one last THANKS -for the time you spent answering my many questions!

Aloha nui loa from Maui!!
[Droid 2 General] sd_shadow:
been there before

just does not work for on some pcs, I guess

which is plenty
[Droid 2 General] bryansailer:
Help root Droid 2 on Linux PC

Linux (Easy way)

You'll need adb and sbf_flash.

1) Download the RootDroid2 file, extract it wherever you like.

2) Using adb enter

Code:

adb shell ln -s /data/local.prop /data/preinstall_md5/magic.md5

3) Flash using sbf file in download.

4) Reboot

5) adb shell will now be root

I have followed the instructions above but when I run the adb command I receive the following: output

root@bryan:~# adb shell ln -s /data/local.prop /data/preinstall_md5/magic.md5

No command 'adb' found, did you mean:

Command 'cdb' from package 'tinycdb' (main)

Command 'gdb' from package 'gdb' (main)

Command 'dab' from package 'bsdgames' (universe)

Command 'zdb' from package 'zfs-fuse' (universe)

Command 'kdb' from package 'elektra-bin' (universe)

Command 'tdb' from package 'tads2-dev' (multiverse)

Command 'pdb' from package 'python' (main)

Command 'jdb' from package 'openjdk-6-jdk' (main)

Command 'jdb' from package 'openjdk-7-jdk' (universe)

Command 'ab' from package 'apache2-utils' (main)

Command 'ad' from package 'netatalk' (universe)

adb: command not found

What am I doing wrong?
[Droid 2 General] sd_shadow:
did you download adb?
[Droid 2 General] bryansailer:
adb download

I have found a thread on the Ubuntu forum on how to install adb shell but I do not seem to be doing it correctly. Any assistance would be appreciated.
[Droid 2 General] sd_shadow:
did you see this

[GUIDE] Lazyman's installation guide to ADB on Ubuntu

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=11823740#post11823740
[Droid 2 General] bryansailer:
still no java

Verify Java Version

No working Java was detected on your system. Install Java by clicking the button below.

After following the instructions from the link you gave me java still does not install. The only difference is that the file was .tar.gz file instead of .bin, but that should not make a difference. One question I do have is when I give the following command I get this output:

bryan@bryan:/opt/java/32$ mkdir ~/.mozilla

mkdir: cannot create directory `/home/bryan/.mozilla': File exists

I cannot see the directory, so what am I doing wrong?
[Droid 2 General] sd_shadow:
i don't know

I would just burn Droid2_D2G_DX_DX2-RootCD-2012.iso image to cd or usb flash drive
[Droid 2 General] bryansailer:
the cd iso root worked well

That was easy. I should have just downloaded the iso to begin with.
[Droid 2 General] intelxtreme:
Real easy

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Root with windows easy root

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Save to sd card

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Clockwork recovery
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] PeritoX:
Hey,

I want to convert some PDFs to EPUB files so I can easily read them on my GNexus, I googled around and found Calibre, the problem is I can't find a good output that fits GNexus. The closest is the attached picture and the resolution is still wrong.

What do you guys use to convert PDFs to EPUB that makes them readable on GNexus?

Is there a way to set a custom resolution for the output EPUB file in Calibre?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] GreatBigDog:
Strange, I use Calibre to convert pdf and lrf to epub for reading on my nexus without any issues. I never setup any output options either, just used the default settings.

I'm using "moon reader" from the play store to read the converted books. It took some adjustment of the font settings and such to get it just the way I like it but I can say that now it's just as good as using Google play books to read books I purchased from the play store.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] foosion:
Calibre usually works very well. You might ask on the calibre forums http://www.mobileread.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=166
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ashganka:
After the ROM upgrade to the latest stock version (BLFB) I ceased to operate the "device nearby" function. It is simply not active all the time and cannot be clicked.

I did wipe the cache already and Dalvik cache ... I also have installed ROM from scratch again but no result.

When I did downgrade to previous version (ALF2) - everything was OK, but after flashing to the latest - the function is inactive again.

After asking other people using this update it seems that there is no problem with this function in general i was just prompted to wait 5 seconds untill it became clickable but it wont work.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] VJKotts:
I have been trying to find an answer for the last several hours. But I can't seem to get anything to work.

I have the AT&T GS3 and I was able to flash AOKP but then I wanted to revert back to stock. I tried the toolkit and followed the steps and what might of happened is that AOKP did not get wiped completely when I flashed the stock image. Now after successfully flashing the stock image (I get the PASS! on Odin), my phone is stuck while booting. It goes past the AT&T boot image but gets stuck on "SAMSUNG". I tries flashing through ODIN, another downloaded version of the stock image but it didn't work. What am I doing wrong?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] VJKotts:
Another problem with being stuck in bootloop is that since I flashed the stock image; I think I no longer have CWM. I can't find a way to get to recovery.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] kthung:
I'm not really sure how to help but if you can get to the boot animations you aren't bricked. I know you're not on verizon but in this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1759642 it says when coming from an AOSP rom back to the stock rom you have to flash a stock boot.img before flashing the stock rom. Hope you can get it working again
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] RiNo808:
Did you make a nandroid backup before you flashed the Rom...if you did you can restore from cwm recovery...hold power, volume up, and home...after the screen goes black let go of the power...hope this helps
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] ghost77:
If you can get into download mode , just flash recovery from odin.

And how long have you waited at samsung logo , it might take few minutes to bootup.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] VJKotts:
I don't have CWM recovery. It got stuck on the Samsung logo for 20 minutes before I gave up and did a battery pull.

What do I flash through odin to get it working again. Which recovery file?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] VJKotts:
Ok, I just used the method described in this article and I am still stuck at the SAMSUNG logo.

http://www.androidegis.com/how-to/unbrcik-your-us-samsung-galaxy-s3-how-to/
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] VJKotts:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1727443

Tried that. Still same problem. Noticed that the boot-stock-att-sgh-i7.tar is only 10.5 mb. I don't know much about this, but is that tar file enough to get me unbricked?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] shimp208:
usually the .tar file should be much larger than that. It's possible that the file you downloaded got corrupted. Try re downloading the file and than flashing it again.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] VJKotts:
If you look in the mediafire link inside ths artivle, you will notice that the download is only 10 mb

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1727443