Thursday, 6 June 2013

How to Root the Verizon Droid Charge (I510) running Android 2.3.x (FP5)

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Now that you have the required custom recovery, the next step is to root the Droid Charge to gain root access so you can customize your device the way your manufacturer didn’t want you to.  Rooting is fairly harmless unless you really botch up the procedure and this guide should make it much more easier to do so (not the botching, but rooting).

I.  Before You Begin

1.  You will need to have ClockworkMod Recovery installed on your device for this procedure to work.  Use our guide on how to do this to help you.
2.  Charge your device to 75% or more before you begin.
3.  Back up everything you feel is important just in case.
4.  This procedure only works on the Droid Charge running stock Verizon FP5 (Android 2.3) firmware.  Do not try this if you are running anything else.

II.  Necessary Downloads

III.  Rooting the Samsung Droid Charge

1.  Connect your device to your PC and copy Superuser-3.2-RC3-arm-signed.zip to your device.
2.  Boot into ClockworkMod Recovery.  To do this,
i.  Power down your device.
ii.  Press and hold the Volume Up, Home and Power buttons until you see the Samsung logo appear.
iii.  Release the Power button but continue holding the Home and Power button until you get to CWM
 
3.  Use the Volume Up and Down buttons to navigate to and highlight Mounts and Storage, and press the Power button to select it.
4.  Highlight and select Mount system.
5.  Go back to the main menu.
6.  Select Install zip from sdcard.
7.  Highlight Choose zip from sdcard and select it with the Power button.
8.  Navigate to the location of Superuser-3.2-RC3-arm-signed.zip on the next screen and select it.
9.  Select Yes – Install Superuser-3.2-RC3-arm-signed.zip.
10.  Go back to the main menu and select reboot system now to restart your device.
Once the device reboots, it should have root access and you will be able to run any root-requiring app you desire!

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