Guide to Root Motorola Droid 2 (Windows, Mac OSX, Linux)

Root Motorola Droid 2

avatar Root Android 2.2 Froyo on Motorola Droid2 with One-Click Root Tool – Do you hand-on a Motorola Droid 2 Android powered smartphone? The Moto Droid2 is the successor to Motorola Droid smartphone and is currently running Google Android 2.2 Froyo operating system (OS). For you who want to maximize the full advantage of Motorola Droid 2 to work beyond its limit, you have to root your phone (don’t forget it may cause your phone brick). Luckily there is a One-click Root utility to help you root Moto Droid 2 easily. This One-click Root tool is available for Windows, Mac OSX, and Linux platforms.

Download Needed Tools

[+] Google Android SDK
[+] Motorola Mobile Phone USB Drivers with MotoConnect
[+] One Click Root Motorola Droid 2 v2.1.3 and v2.1.2:
DoRootWin_2.1.3.zip (Windows) – doroot.sh (Mac & Linux)

How to Root Motorola Droid 2 on Windows

1- Extract and install or update Android SDK package to computer. The file comes in a zip file. Just open it up and drag and drop the android-sdk-windows folder to local C drive.

2- Next, extract the files from the DoRoot zip file to the Tools folder of Android SDK. You should be moving 7 or 8 files into the Tools folder.

3- Install Motorola Mobile Phone USB Drivers with MotoConnect.

4- Make sure the phone is in PC Mode with USB Debugging enabled:

PC Mode:
Notification blind >> USB connection >> PC Mode
USB Debugging:
Settings >> Applications >> Development >> USB debugging

5- Double-click and run doroot.bat.

6- The Droid 2 will be automatically rooted once process is completed.

How to Root Motorola Droid 2 on Mac OSX / Linux

1- Download and execute adbdl.sh >> extract it >> and start it up for updating, and finally download the doroot.sh file.

adbdl.sh is a simple script that will download Android-SDK

2- Make sure the phone is in PC Mode with USB Debugging enabled.

PC Mode:
Notification blind >> USB connection >> PC Mode
USB Debugging:
Settings >> Applications >> Development >> USB debugging

3- Navigate to the tools folder of Android SDK with the following command:

cd /android-sdk-linux_x86/tools

4- Now Type the following command:

chmod 0755 doroot.sh

5- Then run the script with the following command:

./doroot.sh

6- The Droid 2 will be automatically rooted once process is completed.

[via XDA Forum]

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