How-To: Root your Droid

[nerdherd]

Originally Posted by quadjacks

Ok thank you but still where am i typing all the commands, on the phone or pc. As previously stated, i am using Eclipse, or should i use ADB? Which ever i use, how do i get to the area where i type stuff in?

Don't use Eclipse. That's only if you want to write apps. You'll need to use the command prompt from Windows to run adb. Before doing that you'll want to add adb to your system path (that makes it so you can run adb from any subfolder on your computer, otherwise you would have to navigate to the Android SDK folder every time you wanted to use adb) following these instructions:

Windows users:

(XP and earlier): Right-click My Computer > Properties > Advanced tab > Environment Variables. Look for the one that says PATH, and double click on it. Add this to the end (after the last semi-colon):

C:\path\to\android\sdk\tools;
(Change the folder to the actual location, obviously. You need to add it another semi-colon afterwards). Click OK, then OK again.

(Vista and 7): Start > Control Panel > In the search box in the upper right of the window, type “system path”, then click on “Edit the system environmental variables.” Click on the button that says "Environment Variables...". Scroll down the list on the bottom and look for the one that says PATH, and double click on it. Add this to the end (after the last semi-colon):

C:\path\to\android\sdk\tools;
(Change the folder to the actual location, obviously. You need the semi-colon afterwards). Click OK, then OK again.

Enable USB Debugging:

Settings > Applications > Development > Check “USB Debugging” then tap “OK”.

Once you've done that you can open command prompt and type in the adb commands shown above. Your phone will have to be connected and USB debugging will need to be enabled as mentioned above.

[quadjacks]

Originally Posted by nerdherd

Don't use Eclipse. That's only if you want to write apps. You'll need to use the command prompt from Windows to run adb. Before doing that you'll want to add adb to your system path (that makes it so you can run adb from any subfolder on your computer, otherwise you would have to navigate to the Android SDK folder every time you wanted to use adb) following these instructions:



Once you've done that you can open command prompt and type in the adb commands shown above. Your phone will have to be connected and USB debugging will need to be enabled as mentioned above.

I feel like such a freaking noob it aint even funny.... I have the path correct. When i open a command prompt, i typed in adb but it only gave me like a table of contents or something.... What am i suppose to type to get to my phone?





Edit: Ok i figured it out, wen to cmd prompt, typed adb recovery shell, bam, Droid went to recovery, then typed in command to flash, but no help, went to mount options on phone, mounted the sdcard, ran commands again... BAMM! thanks yawl, now have lastest recovery thingy. OK no how to flash custom roms... any help????

[nerdherd]

Originally Posted by quadjacks

I feel like such a freaking noob it aint even funny.... I have the path correct. When i open a command prompt, i typed in adb but it only gave me like a table of contents or something.... What am i suppose to type to get to my phone?

Edit: Ok i figured it out, wen to cmd prompt, typed adb recovery shell, bam, Droid went to recovery, then typed in command to flash, but no help, went to mount options on phone, mounted the sdcard, ran commands again... BAMM! thanks yawl, now have lastest recovery thingy. OK no how to flash custom roms... any help????

Yea, don't worry about it. I was in your same boat just a couple days ago and it only makes sense now because I had to figure it all out. If you want to try a ROM I would say give this one a whirl: http://www.sholes.info/2010/01/08/an...ition-1-0-rc1/. It's a 2.0.1 ROM that has been optimized and it's working well for me. Wifi tethering is included also. It's really cool because when it's installing it gives you options of what things you want to install with it.

[quadjacks]

Originally Posted by nerdherd

Yea, don't worry about it. I was in your same boat just a couple days ago and it only makes sense now because I had to figure it all out. If you want to try a ROM I would say give this one a whirl: http://www.sholes.info/2010/01/08/an...ition-1-0-rc1/. It's a 2.0.1 ROM that has been optimized and it's working well for me. Wifi tethering is included also. It's really cool because when it's installing it gives you options of what things you want to install with it.

Thanks nerherd, but i attempted to flash this however it says no .tgz files found, i even tried the virgin oem rom that is linked to the page at the bottum, but says file nor file location exist... Man why cant i get this?

[nerdherd]

The file should be in the /sdcard folder, not in any subfolders. Assuming that's the case then it should find it when you go to "Install" then "Choose ROM from sdcard".