Discuss: DROID (MILESTONE, Tao, Sholes)

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- Verizon announces the Android 2.1 OS update for Droid
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1 reply / Originally posted by nosuch / Latest reply from nosuch / Topic is open
I'm attempting to root the Droid with these instructions:
http://www.sholes.info/howto-install-and-update-sprecove
ry/
I followed the procedure with update.zip and it appears it worked. When I fire up a terminal program on the device and do an su I get a prompt that says the terminal wants root, then I click yes to accept and get a # prompt in the terminal. I image that would mean I properly rooted the thing.
My problem comes when I try to do an su from adb. I type "adb shell su" and promptly get "Permission denied." It would seem that I somehow used the wrong update.zip file to root the device, but then why would i be able to su from the device terminal? Can anyone point me in the right direction? Small words please, I'm a *nix noob.
http://www.sholes.info/howto-install-and-update-sprecove
ry/
I followed the procedure with update.zip and it appears it worked. When I fire up a terminal program on the device and do an su I get a prompt that says the terminal wants root, then I click yes to accept and get a # prompt in the terminal. I image that would mean I properly rooted the thing.
My problem comes when I try to do an su from adb. I type "adb shell su" and promptly get "Permission denied." It would seem that I somehow used the wrong update.zip file to root the device, but then why would i be able to su from the device terminal? Can anyone point me in the right direction? Small words please, I'm a *nix noob.
Posted 2 months ago
Duh - there's a super user app that needs to be run to allow this to happen.
Posted 2 months ago
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