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[Droid X Themes and Apps] aplechaty:
I have finally received my OTA froyo 2.2 update. I am considering rooting to be able to use custom themes and such. I have a few questions.

What is the best and easiest method to root/unroot my 2.2 droid X?

What all do I need to download in order to successfully root?

What is deodexed? ( I keep seeing this as necessary for certain themes.)

What do I need to download to deodex my droid X?

Thanks in advance.
[Droid X Themes and Apps] SysAdmin-X:
Best way to root/unroot:

Answer: EE THIS LINK: http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-x-hacks/82584-droid-2-root-dx-ota-2-2-a.html

or Rootz wiki has some links if you search for it on google. I'm not sure that links are allowed here, or I would provide it.

ANSWER: There is a one click root/unroot made by Sil3ntkill (could have spelled wrong) over on alldroid.org. I have not used this method tho. I used the step by step process.

This also has the link for what you need to download as well! =)

DEODEXING:

Deodexing your phone modifies the .apk files on your phone (for the framework and services) I believe, which allows developers to then make custom themes, as these "deodexed" files can be easily modified and replaced.

How to Deodex:

I recommend just doing some searching. I think if you look in the themes/app sections of the Droid X forum here you can find an update.zip such as the following:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=793664

This is the black glass deodex method. You use the update.zip with koush's recovery and then use his back to stock method to remove the theme (black glass) that comes with the deodex process.

There are a lot of links out there that will tell you how to do the manual process. I did it manually myself, but have had a decent amount of experience with linux/command line. If you don't have a lot of experience, I might recommend using a method such as the black glass method I mentioned above.

If you are confident you can do a manual process, go for it! I think it's always more gratifying to try things the manual way... but that's just me! Hope this all helps =)
[Droid X Themes and Apps] dr154:
Once you get rooted, check my thread out for easy deodexing... {Deodex OTA 2.2}
[Droid X Themes and Apps] jgraves120:
EASY ROOT WITHOUT ADB

you will need:

*rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin

*su

*Superuser.apk

*Some sort of terminal emulator in the market.

*enable USB debugging.

Settiings -> applications -> development -> USB debugging.

* EDIT: any line below that starts with a * is optional

- open up your favorite terminal emulator program

- cd /tmp

- cp /sdcard/rage*.bin /tmp/ (without "/tmp/" worked for me)

- chmod 777 rage*.bin

- ./rage*.bin

- ignore it's output, we are thinking outside of the box here, just wait for it to finish and return a $

- now go to settings -> applications -> manage applications -> running -> terminal and force close

- relaunch the terminal app and you should be greeted with the # symbol. you now have a root shell

- the rest is pretty much the same.

- mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system

- cp /sdcard/Superuser.apk /system/app/Superuser.apk

- cp /sdcard/su /system/bin/su

* cp /sdcard/busybox /system/bin/busybox

- chmod 4755 /system/bin/su

* chmod 4755 /system/bin/busybox

- mount -o ro,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system

- exit

Once your all done, go ahead and reboot your phone.

*if you decide to unroot.

- open your terminal app

- you should see a $ symbol, now do the following

- su

- now you should see a # symbol

- mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system

- rm /system/app/Superuser.apk

- rm /system/bin/su

* rm /system/bin/busybox

- mount -o ro,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system

- reboot your phone.
[General Questions and Answers] lokeytone:
I'm trying to unlock my

Sanyo Kyocera Zio M600

and I can't find the way...any suggestions...I will appreciate it...thank you
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] asctony:
I connect my Android HD2 to my PC via USB and copy files (APK) to my SD Card. I check to see that the files on on my SD Card and they show as being there. Then I disconnect from my PC.

1. Turn on USB Storage

2. Connect without Scan

3. Open Folder via Windows 7.

4. Recheck to see if the files are displayed on the SD Card - Yes they show again.

5. Close the SD Card view on PC

6. Disconnect USB

7. Sometimes I can see the files and install while other times I cannot see the files. It is not consistent. I have been trying to figure this out for over a week without any consistent results. It seems to be hit or miss.

Any suggestions? Thanks!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] StephanV:
I generally boot into WinMo to transfer files to SD, takes a couple of minutes extra but saves me this kind of hassle
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] asctony:
Thanks, I have done that and still do. However, I was trying to find a solution. Apparently you and I have this problem and I am sure others do, too.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] sylau90:
LOL, Senior member please search....you are the 1000th person who asks this question...

You can see my replies to these questions n my profile....

Use droid explorer here...don't use the windows explorer

http://de.codeplex.com/

It is the most reliable way so far....

PLEASE SEARCH NEXT TIME OR IF YOU ARE LAZY,PRESS ALT+F4,it is the special feature....
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] 10507:
Once you've transferred your file to your phone, disconnect the USB cable, go into setting and unmount your SDcard and then mount it again. Now you should be able to see all your transferred files.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] asctony:
Thank you! However, when you enter a Title a screen does come up with suggested like titles. If I am the 1,000th person to ask this question, it must be buried amongst the other 1,000,000 postings that have been asked again. If we stopped all the BS about people going back and forth and simply provide a link instead of a lecture, maybe this forum would be cleaner. Example:

1. How would I or anyone else know to check your replies to these questions in your profile? Who R U????

2. Use Droid Explorer here instead of Windows Explorer. I use the search function.

3. Know your facts before you get bent out of shape the next time.

4. If you would have taken the time to try and help instead of trying to play 'KNOW IT ALL' you could have saved some time.

5. If you think I am lazy, Tough Stuff.

6. MYOB!!!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] asctony:
Thanks for your time and help. I will try that.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] fig_jam_uk:
You could always just go up a level then back down, dunno if this will work though.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] asctony:
Thanks, I did try that and it did not work either. I even unplug USB, then 5 minutes later, plugged USB back in and still it works (shows file) some times and not all the time.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] aarons6:
to be honest i never got this working.. when i want to transfer files i usually boot into wm or turn off the phone and take the card out..
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] asctony:
I have used the option of Rebooting into WM then copy files to SD and that always worked. However, I have never turned off phone and take out SD Card. Try it without turning off phone and removing card.

Just reboot into WM, USB to PC, copy files to SD then go into your File Explorer and install from there without - turn off phone and removing card.

Let us know if that worked for you.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] merkindude:
So i have a rooted evo via unrevoked 3.21. I have been having a problem where everytime i install a new kernel (other than the HTC kernel's that come with some ROMS) my evo just starts bootlooping. It has happenend with multiple ROMs and multiple Kernels. When i flash the kernel it boots up all the way, but after about 5 minutes of usage it locks up and then starts restarting over and over. I have to take the battery out and then restore a nand backup. I am not sure what is going on. I even tried installing a ROM with a custom Kernel and i got the same result. I am s-off and have everything updated. Any help on what i can do?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] merkindude:
anyone have any input on this?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] andreschardong:
I got the Galaxy S vibrant from Bell Canada. It was working fine in Canada with I9000XXJPK rom. Now back in Brazil, I'm trying to unlock using tutorials but seems that nv_data.bin is missing or file has zero bytes. Is there something I could do about? Thanks for any help.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
it might be best to go back to stock JH2

JPK has been killing some internal SD on those phones
[Galaxy S I9000 General] foxbat121:
All the new JP? Froyo ROMs modified the efs to prevent you from extracting the unlock code that easily. The unlock method only works with 2.1 ROMs. It will be quite difficult to get your unlock code file back even if you flash back to 2.1 ROM. But I hear it can be done.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
it's best to unlock it on 2.1 then use the code on 2.2
[Galaxy S I9000 General] andreschardong:
thanks! anyway, seems that no method works after update ... maybe the only way will be buying unlock code by IMEI.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
just flash it back to JH2 or any stock 2.1

then do the unlock, it works, people have done it before check the Dev forum
[Galaxy S I9000 General] andreschardong:
nothing.. even using .nv_data.bak
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daemorok:
So if I go into contacts and try to view certain ones, I have found 3 so far. I get this error message.

Sorry!

The process android.process.acore has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again. dumpstate_app_201010021904_android_process_acore.log has been saved. Use *#9900# to copy log out.

Force Close

I have been able to resolve this once, by completely deleting the contact from the phone and google and then manually re-entering the contact info in the phone. If i re-enter the contact info from google the crash re-occurs. I never had this issue once when I was using my G1, which leads me to think that TouchWiz may be to blame.

Any input would be appreciated. Thanks
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jnguyen07:
I had the same issue when dialing from the buddies now widget...thought it was just the stock ROM but this also occurred intermittently with Eugene373's Vibrant 9 as well. Also tried using Bionix 1.3 KK w/ OC and that one rendered my entire contact list and dialer inoperable...please help!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daemorok:
I posted on another forum and got this piece of info:

Contacts with a birthday entered, but no year for that birthday will crash.

I verified that adding a birth year allows me to view 2 of the contacts that would previously crash.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Razer(x):
Hi mates, is there any way to undervolt the SGS?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Razer(x):
Nobody can help me?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewluecke:
Simple search...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=743782&highlight=undervolt
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sogo87:
I used the unlocker from the market to unlock my Captivate for any sim, but after few days when I turned the phone on It was locked!

I unlocked it again and after few days it got locked again!!!

what can I do with this problem?:confused:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sogo87:
please help!! :(
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sogo87:
anyone? I googled it for hours and couldn't find an answer.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alphadog00:
Unlock it again?

Others have mentioned that this happens - I don't know if the unlock code from AT&T would be more permanent or not - i would think it would be, but not sure.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iceman4357:
call AT&T and tell them you have some international business you need to take care of, and that you need it unlocked. They should do it for free.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] zoubair:
I've got a Diamond from orange(Diam100) and I want to flash it with a new fra rom; I have tried HardSPL 1.40/1.93 OliNex, using the RUU, and by loading the device into the bootloader manually from USB, using the Diamond-sspl.exe, but it blocked at "Loading...", "0%" and nothing at all. I can't figure out what i's wrong!

the original on is : spl-1.37.0000
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] zoubair:
i found some one did use SSPL and he had the same problem diam100 orange spl 1.37

but i don't know how i can do it ??:confused:??
[Epic 4G General] shook187:
I updated last night to DI17 not sure why I'm on 4g anyways and didn't care about the upload speeds on 3g. Anysway its seems like I did something wrong now on my phone profile I list no modem also my upload speeds are not that much better. I do peek over 200kps at times.I also notice my epic lags a bit while typing. Will this get fix when or if I get the update from sprint?
[Epic 4G General] herbthehammer:
Do what you want ultimately. My suggestion is follow the fix the bricked phone thread and put di06 back on, root if you think it's necessary and put clockworkmod recovery on it. Then sit tight until the update officially gets pushed to your phone. If the update breaks crap then go back to 06 and wait until froyo 2.2 officially comes out. To me, I like(d) bleeding edge stuff but after awhile, I just need a phone that's reliable. I need it to work as a phone and not crash or lock up when I'm at work or away from home. I decided to go with stock, root, and recovery. These people that make roms and kernels are intelligent and have talent. I'm not knocking them at all. If the phone starts acting up when I'm out or at work all (long) day, then I'm dead in the water. I need a functioning phone. I will wait until the roms and such are more stable and have more bugs fixed before playing around.
[Epic 4G General] shook187:
Best of luck to all that did the manual update. Mine got so bad with bugs I ended up taking it back to Best Buys and getting a new one with the old DG27 or what ever its called. Mine you I did a few test with the DG27 and even then I was getting slow upload speeds.
[Epic 4G General] Firon:
DI18 worked perfectly for me. Managed upload speeds of 700kbps and everything's working great, except for the still occasionally broken GPS. Hoping Samsung fixes that in 2.2.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] troublecro:
I've used this guide for rooting and rooted him smooth :)

BUT,when I do this step:

5. Run "Terminal Emulator". Type (press and hold menu to get the keyboard up) in the following:

su (press enter and wait for the "Super User Request Prompt". Choose "Allow" and make sure its ticked to Allow every time.)

flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img

it replies: flash_image: not found.... (and i did typing OK,I tried with renamed and un-renamed file)....

OK,then I tried with Flash rec from this tutorial BUT.... Flash custom recovery is missing. There is only: download recovery image button,but blanked.

I just don't get it,img file is in /sd/recovery.img or longer version: /sd/recovery-RA-hero-v1.5.2

problem similar to this one

Thnx,Regards
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] btdag:
You haven't placed the recovery on your sd card, or you've put it in the wrong place, or you haven't renamed it correctly.

Alternatively, download super user from the market and try installing busybox (titanium backup is probably the easiest way).
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] troublecro:
Or maybe I did everything right and the problem was here :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] btdag:
interesting. i'll adapt it for the hero and add it to my guide.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bnavqm:
I searched all over the forum for anyone who know how to install Dolby Mobile on the Droid Incredible. I have listened to sample of the sound difference and it is extremely better with Dolby.

Anyone know how to get Dolby Mobile for the Incredible.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Epicardium:
Is this what the hd rom by id has? I wonder...
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bnavqm:
The HTC Desire has Dolby Mobile. Someone has to be able to build it in a ROM.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Epicardium:
yeah, I'm just wondering if it hasn't already been done. People are going on and on about the improved speaker and headpiece volumes on the HD Sense ROM by IncredibleDoes. Maybe it's the Dolby portion that is doing that. If so, then your question is answered. Maybe you should check out that ROM and see what you think. I haven't tried it yet.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bnavqm:
I did see that ROM, however I don't know if it has Dolby Mobile or not. But i am a little skeptical to use it because the cam and video does not work yet.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wrightrocket:
Is this the DSP Manager in Uncommon Sense?

I'm running the Uncommon Sense ROM and it has a DSP Manager app that lets me adjust sound profiles for Bluetooth, Speaker and Handset. It has an EQ, the ability to turn on and off dynamic compression, and select a room type. I don't see any Dolby references in it, but it does make the sound better.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bnavqm:
Cool, i will try that ROM. Does the cam and video work in the ROM you are using?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wrightrocket:
Camera and video work well.

Yep. You can even choose whether to use the Incredible camera or the Evo camera.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bnavqm:
i was looking at the Uncommon ROM and it looks pretty basic.

Any bugs that you know of.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pjd2011:
Yeah, I've noticed that. The Cam issue keeps me away from it, though. I'm content with Virtuous with the IncREDible Theme. I've got DSP manager too and it helps A LOT. The bluetooth EQ is janked, though.

Still I'm curious about the Dolby aspect. I've tried to figure out what it really adds besides better bass response. That mixed with DSP Manager might be a hit. Now if only they could get Pro Logic II decoding! :p
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hatman41:
I am running Uncommon1.1 and I do not have any bugs or issues. This is a very good rom.
[Vibrant General] rkwarner2:
Hey!

First I have to say Thank You for all the contributions you have made to the forums. My girlfriend and I both just bought Vibrants 2 weeks ago, and being the techy I am, have been reading all sorts of stuff in the forums. I actually have been visiting the XDA forums since last year when I got my MyTouch 3G. I haven't posted anything, because usually by the time I have a question, I come to the forums and find an answers then in the moments of happiness, fail to say thank you to the community.

So it's time to start contributing.

I've been reading about the numerous processes on how to get into the Recovery mode for the Vibrant, and the possibility of the Hardware Locked phones.

After exhausting all options, I decided to call Tmo and see if they could help. Well long story short I went back to the store, and they gave me a new procedure (at least one that I have not seen on the forums so far) to test out. And it works!!

I've been doing it over and over for the last hour and each time I've been able to get into recovery mode.

Here it is...

Start with the phone ON and NOT plugged into the computer OR wall for charging.

1. Power down the phone as usual. Wait until the "Goodbye" disappears and then wait a few more seconds. DO NOT TOUCH ANYTHING DURING THIS TIME.

2. Press and hold Vol+,Vol-, & Power.

3. Wait for the Vibrant logo to appear.

4. Wait for the Vibrant logo to disappear.

5. Wait for the Vibrant logo to appear again.

6. Release ONLY Vol+, & Power, and continue to hold Vol -.

RECOVERY MODE!!!

Most of the process I have seen tell you to hold down and keep holding both Vol+ and Vol-, but I could never get it to work.

Please let me know if this works for you.

And I also want to say that I"m sorry if I have posted this in the wrong spot, or this procedure is some where that I haven't read yet. But I finally found something that worked and wanted to share.

Good Luck!

Reg.
[Vibrant General] SamVib:
Didn't work for me. Lemme try again.

EDIT: Works! Awesome. I never heard of this way to enter recovery, but it's good. +1.

But I don't have a hardware locked Vibrant so maybe it's different for me.
[Vibrant General] acjames:
I get in every time with every VIbrant i have used.

Power off phone

Power on holding power, vol up and vol down

When the Samsung logo appears let go of power and continue to hold vol up and vol down.

Works everytime for me..... *Shrugs*
[Vibrant General] skesseks:
Granted. But this procedure does not work for all vibrants.
[Vibrant General] cwoodworth:
I think OP is saying this method would work with hardware locked phones, where the normal recovery mode method doesn't work.

I'm trying this on my hardware locked phone right now. Third time's a charm?

*Edit* Nothing, 10 times unlucky.
[Vibrant General] N8ter:
Tested on Hardware Locked Vibrant, doesn't work.

The Vibrant screen disappearing and coming back is nothing but the phone powering on and off, because you are holding down the power key.

I had already tried this in the T-Mo store (the CSR walked usthrough it on the phone - we tried it about 50 times, mind you), and I just tried it again about 30 seconds ago.

I wish these threads would stop.

If you get locked out of your phone, brick it, whatever, and it's hardware locked.

Just get a damn replacement.

You're not going to get into recovery or download mode on it.

Seriously.

You won't.

I've been waiting for a replacement for like 5 days now, and I've been basically living on this forum. I've tried everything there is to try. Making new threads is not going to do anything but frustrate more people, because none of these magic methods will allow them to get into recovery/download via the hardware keys on a boot-up.

Edit: Exception is if you root and can disable the lockout via adb, of course. Most consumers who find this site via Google will already have this issue, and will likely not be rooted with USB debugging enabled. The phone makes it way too easy to disabled USB debugging that even if it came enabled by default, most people who charge with a laptop will see the notification and click it ignorantly (ignorant of the benefits it can provide in the event of a catastrophe like mine).
[Vibrant General] rkwarner2:
I actually saw someone in a reply mention something like this, but nothing ever came of it. They were looking for boot.bin and another file, which I can't remember at the moment.

Do you have any other info regarding a method to do this?

Reg
[Vibrant General] nermie:
I think this is the latest fad for trolls. Post some crazy key combination that is supposed to work for hardware locked phones, claim it "WORKS 100%"! Bottom line, don't get your hopes up, it didn't work for me either.
[Vibrant General] rkwarner2:
I"m not trolling, just trying to help. If it only helps one person, I'll be satisfied.
[Vibrant General] N8ter:
it will only help you look like a troll, because the hardware locked phones domt evem attempt to read those key states on boot. The only way to fix it is with a firmware update.

there is no magic method to gettimg these phones in dlm/recovery.

so stop making threads about it.

to the person above: if u have usb debugging on u can use adb to disengage the lock, but in that case why even have a lock. the main issue is the android bug not allowimg legit owners to unlock their owm phones using their own google cred en tials.

if tjat didn't exist we wouldnt have to worry about these patt er n lockout threads.

a legit owner who gets the phone replaced would never sell the locked phone, unless they wanma pay t-mo or asurion an extra $300+ USD
[Vibrant General] Bendezium:
Didn't work for me. I've tried everything.