So you want to ROOT your Android Device that’s currently running the 2.1 firmware. If you follow my instructions step by step this is the easiest and fastest and less complicated way to ROOT your device.
The first things you are going need are the following, make sure you download and install before attempting to apply any other steps in this tutorial if you do not it simply will not work.
RSDLite v4.6 Download via DroidPirate.com
Motorola USB Drivers for 32Bit v4.2.0 Download via DroidPirate.com
Motorola USB Drivers for 64Bit v4.2.0 Download via DroidPirate.com
1. Download the SBF file that will flash your device you can download this file by Clicking here.
2. Connect your phone to the PC via USB and turn it off then while your phone is booting hold “up” on the DPAD. (Make sure when you are looking at your keypad it is up and not right this is a very common mistake)
3. Run RSD Lite 4.6 as Administrator (For all you Vista and 7 folks out there. If you are using XP you may not need to run as Administrator)
4. If your phone is not displayed in the “model” column you may need to do the following:
– Select the “config” option from the upper left corner of the tool
– Select DeviceId Options
– Select one of the two options available. By default neither are chosen, and my phone shows up fine with neither one selected.
5. Click the [...] next to the filename box and browse to where you saved the .sbf file you want to use and double click the .sbf file.
6. Hit start and below it should give you completion progress
7. Your phone will reboot and you will be on a stock 2.1 phone with SPRecovery installed
You now have the replacement boot-recovery app SPRecovery installed. You can use this tool to perform backups, restore those backups, apply update.zip updates, kernels, and flash full replacement roms.
Ok So What Do I Do Now??
Ok well the hard part is over you finished ROOTing your device. However it really didn’t change much as you notice your device is still the same with a new app/icon called “SuperUser Permissions“. Well now you get to choose which custom ROM you would like to install do some research on which ROM looks the nicest and has the most options.
Also be sure to check out the link below for how to install custom ROM and Update.zip files
Read How To install update.zip Files
