How To: Root your Motorola Droid

by Greg Rickaby on August 7, 2010

I wasn’t going to root it, because stock Froyo promised faster UI speeds and Wi-Fi Tethering. That was until, Big Red stepped in and said, “...the Motorola Droid doesn’t have the hardware to support mobile hot spot…“.

What a load of crap.

Rooters have been using the Wi-Fi Tether feature since February.  The hardware DOES support it! (conspiracy theorist insist Big Red wants you to upgrade to a Droid X or Droid 2). Psssh.

Now that rooting (unlocking) phones is 100% legal, plus Android is Linux and open-source. There are plenty of high-quality custom ROMs (operating systems) out there. You DON’T have use the one Big Red GIVES you. It’s just like buying a computer that came pre-installed with Windows Vista. You CAN upgrade to Windows 7 or to Linux or to Windows XP.

Once you root your phone, you can install those custom ROMs (and apps) which will enable full access to all the features Android offers…not just the few Big Red wants you to have.

My goal here; to provide easy-to-understand-english-n00b-instructions. I was pulling my hair out because all these “how-to” sites, assume you’ve already rooted.

It’s not as hard as you think…

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