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Kellex its not that hard dude u should do a tutorial even though i ardy got mine but anyways im wondering how i delete city id my verizon etc.

i got mine rooted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Im having a slight problem with my Droid....Im running Kangerade(Green Theme) and for some reason when i turn my phone landscape it doesnt go to landscape....but when i slide the keyboard out it goes into landscape mode...even while i was doing the sign in process I did in landscape....after the sign in its right back to portrait though I'm holding the phone sideways....is there anything i can do to fix that???

Hmmmmmm. I will make a deal with you. You tell how to crack the bootloader on my Droid X and I will tell to fix your droid 1 problem. hehe!

make sure its checked in display settings in the menu different roms have different things turned off or on by defualt

Thanks a lot!!!

No problem

I'm going to have to skip this for now. ADB isn't going onto my computer, and while I'm sure it's operator error, I just don't have the guts to keep messing with it right now.

i got mine rooted!

I wonder how long it will take for somebody to put 2.2 on the X now. JIT FTMFW!!

okay me and my friend want to know.... Can you over clock?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!? someone please answer

No. Without bootloader access you can't change the kernel, so you can't overclock. You can, however, set up underclocking profiles to try to get better battery life, but that's of questionable value.

.. man.... how can you underclock but not overclock?!?!!? this is reallly disappointing... something everyone probably but me knew.. but are the kernels what that bootloader lock protect?

You can overclock, wifi-tether, anything you want to. just not custom roms. why would you root if u couldnt overclock? lol

You can't overclock if you can't install a custom kernel and you can't install a custom kernel if the bootloader is locked. That's why simply rooting isn't that big a deal. You need to crack the bootloader to be able to load customs ROMs and custom kernels.

Underclocking is simply taking the stock kernel and throttling it down to run at a slower frequency. As I said, it may save some battery life, but it's of questionable value.

eehhh. you're right. wasnt thinking about the bootloader and kernels. use to a rooted droid where i can do whatever i want to to it. lol

its probally pretty possible to overclock since root has been obtained and i believe that the had a kernrl workaround for the milestome that may work with the x well have to wait and see though i believe if you search root in the market, you will find an app called milestone/droid overclock which allows you to overclock

Errrr, yup, you're right. The app you're talking about overwrites cpufreq in the stock kernel to overclock the Milestone up to 1.2 Ghz, so that should also be possible with the X. That's why I love this group. Learn something new all the time.

JesuS christ so the answer is???? Kellex care to weigh in??

can someone buy an i*hone 4 and put android on it then send it to steve jobs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQKfeDnMVQ8 oh add this as a rintone too http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fy-_WaNSdtc

please tell me this is real

What does "root" mean?

Birdman JUST updated his root process with a video!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLT1DX4N96A&feature=player_embedded

Good Luck Everyone

But don't you still need to get past the efuse issue even after you gain root access? What are the benefits of simply having root access to the phone?

Goodbye City ID!!!

That is amazing! Does that mean you can remove the Bloatware?

I test drive the DX over the weekend and was shocked at the sluggishness compared to my D1/1G/2.2. Isn't the DX an upgraded processor? Is anyone else having weird wireless issues. It got a little better after the Verizon patches, but it was still bad. I think removing the bloatware and of course Froyo will fix most of the problems.

no clue what your talking about.. my droid x is light years faster than my D1 running 0.4 bb froyo 800mhz clock.. it is crazy really

For most users, root without unlocking the bootloader is useless. It is a start though...

are you guys going to put up a full Droid X root guide soon??

Since this phone is FINALLY rooted, it will help boost the sales because I know afew people that didn't want to buy it if they weren't able to root it.

Woot! Now enable internet streaming through the hdmi out

What's the easiest way to delete the Bloatware??? Is there an app that makes this easy??

On the D1, titanium backup was the ticket

Can you really wifi tether? I thought this was stomped on by verizon?

Yes you can, use Barnacle tether in the app store

Well, so much for Moto's attempt at locked bootloaders...

The bootloader is still locked. Root =/= custom ROMS, overclock, FroYo, etc. Now you can do things like get the wifi tether app and the LEDs hack app. It's cool, but it's really not that big of a deal (from what I can see).

ok now I'm starting to really want one.

sorry im new to this ...
but if you root you phone does that voids your warranty? can you do anything to reset you phone back so verizon wouldnt know?

It "does" in theory but verizon employees won't check so there is nothing to worry about.