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How To Root Motorola Droid Running Android 2.0.1?

by | Wednesday, 09th Dec 2009 | 5 Comments | Share

Earlier today Motorola Droid received and OTA update version 2.0.1. If you have updated to the latest version, you might lose all your hacks.

All Droid has come up with a tutorial which will allow you to root Motorola Droid running Android 2.0.1 or earlier. Rooting Motorola Droid will allow you to run sufrom your adb shell.

Steps to Root Android 2.0.1

  1. Download the zip file from All Droid.
  2. Rename to "update.zip" and copy to the SD Card
  3. Power off the DROID and power back on while holding the X key
  4. When you see a "/!" symbol, press both volume+ and camera
  5. Use the onscreen menu to install update.zip

Visit All Droid to read the rest of the tutorial.

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  1. Bottlecap on December 14th, 2009 at 10:25 am #

    Okay while it's cool they've rooted it, to quote a professor of mine. It begs the question, now what?

    • Dominic on January 18th, 2010 at 5:41 pm #

      Download wifi tether from the internet and it allows you to use your phone as a modem for your laptop… or put cyanogen's mod on your phone… or, search google for apps for rooted phones…

    • Dominic on January 18th, 2010 at 5:47 pm #

      Download wifi tether from the internet and it allows you to use your phone as a modem for your laptop… or put cyanogen's mod on your phone which allows for pinch zoom (multi-touch) or installing apps to your sd card for more storage space for apps or cache… dramatically change the overall aperance of your phone with free skins or more than 3 home screens… or, search google for apps for rooted phones… or google: 10 reasons to root your android…

  2. bounce house on May 24th, 2010 at 7:17 am #

    Soooo, any word on getting 2.2 for Droid yet? Looked around online and didn't see much. Also, which mod do most people use when rooted?

  3. Will on June 5th, 2010 at 6:12 pm #

    The link to AllDroid is not valid. Pay attention to the validity of your links!!!!!!!!!!