This is dated and should only be used for learning purposes. I have updated videos on my youtube channel @ kraisydave Look for any vids with FP1 in the title for the latest in restoring and rooting the Droid Charge. Thanks.... Trying to keep up with the changes so you do not have to!
How to root your Droid Charge even after the updates from www.KDtech.org and @kraisydave. Warning:you may brick your phone. Backup first! Do at your own risk!
Completed on a Mac Air running Windows 7 64 bit
Plug phone into computer once before beginning to download the drivers.
Download the .tar file and Odin file from XDA before beginning.
The old xda forum thread has dropped off due to time. So I have now added updated links directly to the downloads needed. They are slow because they are free. Let me know if you have trouble and I will try my best to help. Thanks!
Or the .tar from http://www.multiupload.com/JWDLBJO4B2
New Odin link: http://megaupload.com/?d=M6CO8E1K
1. Open ODIN.
2. Put the phone into download mode. Do this by powering off your phone, pulling out the battery, and then holding volume down while connecting it to your pc. A giant yellow triangle should be on the phone's screen and it should say 'Downloading...' ODIN should say 'Added!!' and one of the boxes will be yellow and say '0:[COM#]'
3. Click the button labeled 'PDA' and locate the file you are wanting to flash. For emphasis: YOU MUST USE THE PDA BUTTON!
4. Click start. Do not disconnect the phone while it is flashing, it can cause some serious damage.
5. Wait.
6. When finished, unplug the phone, put the battery back in and power up the phone.
Every time I've flashed this, the phone booted straight into recovery. Just select reboot (press home) and it boots up normally. It should probably be recommended to wipe data and cache afterwards, but I didn't and all of my data stayed in tact.
Multiple people have reported that this works. Use at your own risk. I am not responsible for anything that happens to your phone if this doesn't work.
Thanks to imnuts for the HOW-TO thread on creating ODIN builds.
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