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[Droid X General] eth3rton:
Ok. I am having trouble. I followed the guide step by step. I can't get the ADB part to work. When I went to download the Android SDK I found :

android-sdk_r09-windows.zip instead of android-sdk_r08-windows.zip

I figured they just updated the file after you had written up your guide. I installed the SDK. It told me I needed a Java SDK on my computer (it provided the link) so I downloaded that as well. I put the SDK folder on the root of the C drive so it should be C:\SDK. I found the 3 files you recommended downloading.

The environment variables is where I think I am missing something. I found the PATH variable for the System. Added a ; then C:\SDK\tools

There is no C:\sdk\android-sdk_r09-windows\android-sdk-windows\tools folders. The tools folder is in the SDK folder.

z4root just tells me "Running exploit in order to obtain root access..."

I installed the Moto X drivers and my device manager recognizes the X. Running on Win7 - 64bit. Tried 3 usb ports. Any idea what I am doing wrong? Thanks everyone!

edit : I also tried just downloading z4root from the Market and installing with Astro.

re-edit: I was looking in the tools folder and noticed a txt document "adb_has_moved". Opened it up and this is what it says :

I downloaded the Android SDK Platform-tools and added the environment variable. I now get "List of devices attached" in the CMD prompt but nothing is listed. Its progress.

Re-re-edit: I am getting there. I tried z4root again (from my Applications not the CMD prompt) and it worked. I'm rooted.
[Droid X General] SysAdmin-X:
Thank you for all of this information! It looks like I will need to update my guide =)

Glad to hear you are making progress, but I am slightly stumped on the device not showing up. Are you sure that the phone is in Charge Only usb mode?
[Droid X General] eth3rton:
Almost there. I have got to the removing the bootstrap part of it. ADB is working but I am getting the following error on part number 5 of :

cp: /system/bin/logwrapper.bin: No such file or directory

#C:\Users\Travis>

edit : yeah its in charge only. Thanks for all your work! I'd never be able to do this without this kind of community support!

re-edit: The device now shows -

List of devices attached

015D77900C0***** device

(Minus the stars. Didn't know what that number was so I didn't post online :D )
[Droid X General] SysAdmin-X:
Glad to hear you got it working! Posts like yours also let me know when I need to update my guide, so I appreciate it! I will try to update it next week! Gotta impress the gf this weekend =)

As for the bootstrap removal, you only need to do this if you have installed the Droid X bootstrap from Koush and are trying to remove it! You do not NEED to do this for as a part of setting anything up. I will make sure to make a note of that in my guide as well. I apologize if that part was misleading. If you do not have the bootstrap installed, don't worry about this part. And I really don't recommend removing it in the first place, I only included it in my guide because I have seen several people ask for the steps.
[Droid X General] eth3rton:
Good deal!

I am getting an incredible amount of lag now though when txt'ing and swapping apps. Any ideas? I rebooted & pulled the battery for a few mins. No luck.
[Droid X General] SysAdmin-X:
Sorry, not quite tracking 100%, you have been getting lag since doing what? Just trying to narrow down the cause =)
[Droid X General] eth3rton:
Since I rooted this morning. Started right after I used z4root. Sounds like I need a custom Rom :D
[Droid X General] SysAdmin-X:
Hm... interesting. I'm not too sure about lag... I stayed stock (ROM wise) all the way up through 2.3.15 with Root. As soon as I got to 2.3.340 I hopped to custom ROMs.

If I can provide plugs.... Liberty 1.5 is great! Even if you don't stick with it, I would give it a try. Kejar31 and Jrummy16 did an AMAZING job with their release.

Are you wanting to stay with a Blur ROM or Blurless? I can try and offer some insight if you don't know much about them. I haven't been able to cover all the ROM's in my guide yet =( work has kept me busy
[Droid X General] eth3rton:
On the Incredible I used RomManager & ClockworkMod to install the custom Roms. I thought that I was installing something similar to Clockwork when I was working on the bootstrap earlier? How do I make a Nandroid backup in the event I need a rescue (I bet this is on the 1st page)? Will look into Liberty 1.5. I see alot of signatures supporting it...
[Droid X General] SysAdmin-X:
Yes, clockwork is the same as boostrap Clockworkmod=Droid X Bootstrap =)

I don't really include instructions for ROM Manager, mostly because I don't use it myself. I find it easier to just download to SDcard and install from there... Mostly because I download all my ROM's on computer and then move to the phone.

As far as taking a nandroid backup:

1) With Droid X Boostrap (clockworkmod) installed, launch the app

2) Press the top button (should come up with a box that says "success")

3) Press the bottom button that says "reboot recovery"

4) this will boot you into the clockword that you are (assumed) familiar with

5) use the volume up/down keys to navigate the menu and the camera button to select

6) go down to backup and restore (press camera button)

7) Choose backup, and watch it work.. should take roughly 5-12 minutes depending on how much data (apps, contacts, anything else saved to phone) you have

8) To restore this backup, use the same steps as above, except choose the "restore" option in bootstrap (clockwork).
[Droid X General] venumstrike:
noob rooter

I tried following your directions but when i got to the part about right clicking on my computer and then on environmental, you said to look for the path system and not the user right. but on my computer it says only varible is username and value is system, this is where is jacked up everything. Please help and i think i jacked up on the location of the sdk file to, origianly i put the SDK file on the desktop and later i put it in the C: drive. NEED HELP
[Droid X General] eth3rton:
^ What OS are you using? Win7?
[Droid X General] SysAdmin-X:
Yes, as etherton said, what OS are you using? I'm out of town for the weekend without access to my PC so all I have is my X. If you are having trouble setting environment variables, google instructions for your OS (i.e. Setting environment variables for windows XP).

Then just set the "value" to the path of where your sdk is installed.
[Droid X General] venumstrike:
hey venumstrike here i'm having trouble with first time rooter is their any video to show step by step? i did everything in your article but had trouble when i got to the environment varible. i'm no techi but i need to know how to put the file into the c: drive and the last point where i had trouble. thanks venumstrike
[Droid X General] venumstrike:
if i didn't do the first download of the sdk file right should i download and try from the begining?
[Droid X General] SysAdmin-X:
If you are just trying to root the phone, copy the z4oot file in my first post to your sdcard. Then use file manager or astro file manager (free on the market) to browse to the file on your sdcard. When you press on it from within a file manager it should give you the option to install the application
[Droid X General] SysAdmin-X:
Ps eth3rton thank you for the photo assistance!
[Droid X General] marculous:
Alright, I'm rooted. Got bootstrap. Backups. What is this about mounting? Can I install a rom this way? Just by entering recovery and mounting? Or is the only way to connect X to computer? I saw directions for mounting roms in the bootstrap guide. Will liberty or crystal x work this way? Waiting for answers before proceeding. And thank you.

Err I was just reading about deodexing, so I need to do that before flashing a rom? Are roms and themes the same thing?

Is there a way to do all this using only the X and not the computer?
[Droid X General] eth3rton:
You should just download Liberty v1.5 on your PC then transfer it to your X. After its on the root of your SD card use Astro file manager to navigate to to Liberty rom and install it.

edit: just use your data cable to connect to your PC.
[Droid X General] surfcat69:
After running the commands for xUltimate, I rebooted and all I got was the Motorola logo and the droid x would not boot. The one thing I noticed is that in going through the commands, after typing cp /sdcard/done_app/* system/app/ it ran through a bunch of things giving me Unknown error: 0 which may not mean anything but when it got to visualizationWallpapers.apk I got No space left on device. I then typed in cp /sdcard/done_frame/* /system/framework/ and got the same No space left on device. I can't imagine the device storage was used up as it's a two week old device. Any Ideas?

Oh and btw, lucky for me I performed a backup an hour before and was able to restore. ;)
[Droid X General] Shavi:
i have a noob question...

will i have problem with my data/voice configs if i try to use one custom rom form this forum ???

im using the Droid X but im in mexico with Iusacell .. droid x is called motoroi x here in mexico...

what do u think about ?
[Droid X General] SysAdmin-X:
If you download liberty on your phone from like a web browser, it will download into the browser's download file on your sdcard. You will install through recovery and the "install zip from sdcard option". You can then use the volume up/down keys to move the selection and the camera button to select. If you post how you downloaded thia to your ohone, I or someone else will be able to tell you how to.install liberyy
[Droid X General] SysAdmin-X:
Im not sure how the different ROMs affect data/voice capabilities on other carriers. My guess is that it shouldnt have any effect
[Droid X General] SysAdmin-X:
Edit:duplicate post by accident
[Droid X General] marculous:
Maybe I downloaded the wrong one, I tried it a bit ago and got stuck in a boot loop. Recovered and restored, deleted file I tried to install, liberty x2... About to find original liberty 1.5 post and try it again. Also deodexed earlier, not sure if that helped or hurt.
[Droid X General] SysAdmin-X:
Deodexing shouldnt make any difference for a ROM install. Post for liberty 1.5 should be under droid x android development section
[Droid X General] dholmes1317:
Liberty/Noob question

In the effort of continuing Research and Development on our Android devices...out of sheer boredom I elected to do the following:

Wipe data factory reset

Flash from liberty 1.5 back to my first backup (2.2)

Execute the OTA to 2.2.1 (sys-ver 2.3.340) and lose root

Use z4root to regain root access

Essentially it was just to see if I could do it successfully, which I did, but the issue is this:

after I executed z4root, my phone booted into recovery. I selected "reboot system now" and before the stock reboot animations occured I saw the LIBERTY boot screen where the moto "M" usually is.

How can I fix this? Hopefully this helps your guide! :confused:
[Droid X General] marculous:
Well I got liberty on there but without my data so I went back to the way I had it before with root and launcher pro. Is there an easy way to have liberty and my data back? I may have missed it.

Also liberty logo at boot before m.
[Droid X General] SysAdmin-X:
This is because I believe the update doesnt overwrite the location of the boot logo. Let me do some searching and I can get back to you
[Droid X General] SysAdmin-X:
You can.use titaniim backup to backup apps and data and restore it after switching rom's
[Droid X General] marculous:
I may try that also. Thanks.
[Droid X General] dholmes1317:
Figured it was something deep; take your time. If it helps I still have the liberty1.5.zip on my sd card. Phone is stable and blurry, but surprisingly fast for being rooted stock. Thanks again for all the help!
[Droid X General] surfcat69:
So I downloaded Liberty 1.5 through the browser and installed the zip through recovery and now sitting at the Liberty screen with the spinning eagle and nothing else. Any idea how I can get back to a recovery screen? Rebooting brings me right back to the same Liberty logo. :(
[Droid X General] marculous:
Backing up now, going to try liberty again.
[Droid X General] marculous:
I was stuck in a boot loop earlier, I got to recovery by battery pull, power/home, release home at m, wait for android/exclamation, then search key. Should bring up menu, then reboot. This time you should boot into recovery, not stock. Found tip by googling it.
[Droid X General] surfcat69:
Thanks marculous. Is my only option to run the 'Wipe data/factory reset' or is there a way to recovery using the backed up image on my sd card? Sorry for all the nooby questions.

Edit: Nevermind, I selected to reboot from that recovery screen and after seeing the Liberty logo I pressed the camera button and the ClockworkMod recovery screen came up. Whew. I think I'll spend a lot more time reading so that I can understand this device better before attempting again. lol
[Droid X General] marculous:
Sorry maybe it was camera, been messing with mine all evening. Finally got liberty and most of my stuff back, msn missing. Have to look around and see what else. If anyone has some tips with liberty let me know, anything that may be missing or buggy. Thanks.
[Droid X General] SysAdmin-X:
What do you mean by missing? Most roms will not have a lot of the apps and features that the stock Motorola rom has.
[Droid X General] marculous:
That's good, what I was trying to get away from. My msn acct didn't come back somehow, but it's a simple fix. I like liberty so far, but I may have not setup titanium right. I had to grant permission to each app individually, but I had the free version.

Edit: don't see an option to add msn, but I have quadrant benchmark score of 1400!

liberated droid x
[Droid X General] Gja88:
Help, phone is stuck?

So I followed the easy way to deodex the droid x so I can install some custom roms and it keeps resetting when I try to turn it on. I see the droid logo, then the eye, then it goes back to the droid logo and back to the eye. What can I do? I tried rebooting with home/search but it still does this. Must I factory reset? Or try to reinstall through recovery mode? Please help!
[Droid X General] SysAdmin-X:
Sorry to hear things aren't working correctly. You do not need to deodex to run a custom ROM. I will update this info in my guide. My guess is some of the files when you ran the commands did not copy back to the /system partition correctly, which would be causing the bootloops. Did you install the Droid X bootstrap from Koush and take a backup?

If so, I can get you back to a stable state. If not, then you will probably need to sbf your phone. This sounds scary, but really is simple. Post back to let me know whether or not you have a backup.
[Droid X General] SysAdmin-X:
For MSN, do you mean MSN email account?
[Droid X General] Gja88:
I do got a backup from bootstrap. I ended up factory setting and I'm just now installing my backup again. I'm real new to this stuff, so their probably was a faster way to do this, but again, I'm new to this.

I guess I am a bit confused with the deodex part of ur guide. I want to install liberty. Ive rooted the phone, created a backup (which installed perfectly and recovered my phone b4 i tried installing the deodex). I did have that adb devices issue as well but I was still able to root. My question is, what is left as far as getting myself installed with liberty? Thanks for everything!
[Droid X General] SysAdmin-X:
Sorry for any portion that is unclear in the guide, I will try to clean it up. As far as being able to load Liberty or any other custom ROM. You do not need to deodex prior to a ROM change. Deodexing just allows those who stay on a stock VZW update the ability to load themes easily.

All custom ROMs that I know of come deodexed, and overwrite your existing /system/framework /system/app portion of your phone with the deodexed files. To install Liberty 1.5, just throw the zip file on your sdcard, then boot into bootstrap recovery--> install zip from sdcard--> choose zip from sdcard, then browse to the Liberty file =)

let me know how that goes.
[Droid X General] Gja88:
Ahh ok, guess the part that said that you need to deodex your phone to install themes part or u run into problems is what confused me. Either way I will go ahead and try the liberty installation and let you know how the process went once its complete. Thanks again for the assistance, i really appreciate it.
[Droid X General] marculous:
Yes, I can't find an option to get it back

Liberated Droid X
[Droid X General] SysAdmin-X:
On Liberty, you will probably need to go into your App Drawer--> Email then you will need to manually configure MSN manually. Try this link:

https://motorola-enterprise.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/58200/~/droid-x---msn-email

I haven't personally tried this, as I don't have an MSN account, but if you google something similar to "setup MSN on Droid X" I'm sure you can find something. If you still have trouble, let me know, and I will try to dig up an old MSN account and give it a go.
[Droid X General] Gja88:
Tried installing liberty

So i tried installing the liberty rom and completed the whole installation process with the zip file. Seemed like it got stuck in the liberty logo, but after 3 restarts clockwork recovery came up and I was able to get it to work. The only problem I am having now is that I cannot access the settings for liberty, since everytime I try to it force closes. The other thing that it does is when I shut down or reboot the phone, it starts off in clockwork recovery, so I have to click reboot system now before my system starts, is this normal?

Any assistance on this issue would be greatly appreciated, thanks!
[Droid X General] SysAdmin-X:
I had issues with Liberty Settings one of the times that I flashed Liberty on my phone. I did a factory reset/wipe data (this will wipe out all your downloaded apps, user accounts/email accounts etc). and then Re-installed Liberty again and this took care of my issue.

As far as the reboot into recovery, be VERY thankful for this! It will help if/when your phone gets messed up. It may be slightly annoying, but trust me, the one time something goes wrong, you will be glad it boots to recovery =)
[Droid X General] marculous:
Found it.

Liberated Droid X
[Droid X General] SysAdmin-X:
It work correctly? If so, glad to hear you are back to where you need to be! =) Let me know if you have more questions.
[Droid X General] Gja88:
So I've finally got liberty installed and working on my phone, and I must say it looks amazing, the settings issue was fixed with the reinstallation of the theme and everything works great now. I know I should be asking this question in the liberty forum, but is it possible to get battery increments with this theme? I cant seem to find it and I've looked everywhere. Either way, I want to thank you again for the guide and support.
[Droid X General] SysAdmin-X:
What battery increments are you looking for? There are no 1% increments for the Droid X. The smallest it can do (that I have seen and read about) is 10%.

I believe there may be widgets or other apps that can calculate different % increments, but i'm not 100% sure on that one...I believe it is just a downside to the configuration of the X...
[Droid X General] Gja88:
Well I was thinking maybe the 10% increments could be displayed on the top right corner where the original battery is at now,(like inside the battery icon that's there already) or if I would need to install a separate app for that?
[Droid X General] SysAdmin-X:
I'm guessing right now it is just the default yellow battery indicator? If so, you could search droid pirate for some you like:

http://droidpirate.com/category/metamorph-2/battery-icons/

Then you would just need to use metamorph to change the icons.

MetaMorph ONLY installs the current theme files to the app that exist in the /system/app/ if there is no file you must find the .apk on your phone and place it into the /system/app/ directory.

1) pick the icons you want and download the .zip

2) The file should be a “.ZIP” extension, make sure you do not unzip the file.

3) Connect your device via USB and mount

4) On the root of your SD-Card you need to create a folder called “AndroidThemes” IT MUST LOOK EXACTLY LIKE THAT OR IT WILL NOT WORK

5) Copy the .ZIP file you downloaded and place it in the “AndroidThemes” folder.

6) Assuming you already have the MetaMorph application installed on your phone. Open the MetaMorph app.

7) Click on “Unzip/Extract New Theme”

8) You should the .zip file you have added to the AndroidThemes folder like in the image shown below.

9) Click on the file inside of MetaMorph a MetaMorph install screen should come up telling you about the theme you are installing like shown below (just click Close)

10) Now you should see a button located on the bottom click on “Apply All” this will begin the process of the application skinning.

11) You should see a message box that pops up that says “All Themes Applied” like shown below

12) Reboot your phone and make sure whatever app you where skinning is now skinned.
[Droid X General] aberrant0ne:
SO I just rooted my Droid X with the latest z4root 1.3.0 and the phone is noticeably slower. It lags occaisionally in menus and when scrolling lists.. I've rebooted twice and unplugged the battery but no difference. Any ideas?
[Droid X General] SysAdmin-X:
Are you still on the stock motorola rom? Do you run a lot of background processes such as a live wallpaper, taskkiller, or antivirus?
[Droid X General] owenbeals:
In the liberty toolbox go to liberty mods>icon picker>battery icons

This will change your bsttery icon to 10% increments in the top right hand corner
[Droid X General] SysAdmin-X:
Totally forgot the latest toolbox had the battery icon options! Thnx owenbeals!
[Droid X General] marculous:
I lost my ability to use the microphone function at the keyboard, with liberty. Didn't have the issue before. Can I get the microphone and liberty at the same time?

Liberated Droid X
[Droid X General] SysAdmin-X:
I think this might have been a blur feature, as I didn't have it either. I've noticed that since switching to Darkslide 4.2 (which still has minimal blur, even in the blur-less version) that it works... I will do some looking into this and try and post back.
[Droid X General] owenbeals:
Just download google voice search from the market :)
[Droid X General] SysAdmin-X:
Haha I thought it was just another google app, but wasn't sure... thanks owen!
[Droid X General] marculous:
Took a reboot to get it to work, but it's back, and thanks guys

Liberated Droid X
[Droid X General] Shavi:
How can i deodex my droid x whit iusacell ( mexico ) rom?
[Droid X General] SysAdmin-X:
I would think you could use the same deodex method. If you are running a custom ROM I would think that itbis already deodexed