How To Root and Overclock the Motorola Milestone (Android 2.1 only)

[boogalach]

mines says that its got firmware 2.1-update1 can i still root my phone?

[matthewwhitham3]

i hit root and it says no fugoo

[flu0676]

did it and everything worked just fine :D thank you very much :)

[schwertruf]

hellz! you sound like an american comes from greece ;G

[QAZ2453]

works for froyo now :)

[pcphobic]

Guys and gals, please stop asking me about this method. It was a workaround solution for those Milestone owners on Android 2.1

I have since abandon this method and went straight to custom ROMs like CyanogenMod and CRONOS and have never looked back to stock Android.

[anik424]

ya does not works for Milestone having Froyo..

[pcphobic]

It may not work for Android 2.2.

[nlaharnar]

TNX TNX TNX :D

[QAZ2453]

will this "motorola overlock" app work when 2.2 comes to the milestone ??

[justdopposite]

hi. Thanks for the video .. I've followed your advice .. i've set the frequency same as urs to 900Mhz and vsel to 56 ..have you been experiencing any problem so far ? like over heating n stuff ? thanks

[ChuckyCheeseNuke]

please someone answer can you put custom roms onto your phone in the new version of milestone overclock if you cant and you try to will it brick your phone?

[cesarloyo]

gracias, me ahorrastes 10 $

[hamletrulzz]

I can't fine the Universal Androot app on the market. Is there another like it?

[1GurU8]

Could anyone tell me how to proceed with overclocking ? If I set too low VCEL what will happen ? I don't want to dieeeeeeee !

[zoom2121]

will this work for my motorola xt720?

[costescuandrei1975]

isn't it getting hot?

[ChuckyCheeseNuke]

what does vsel mean

[skullfire83]

awesome man love ur guide!

[MRGAMERNEWS]

it does no work every time i put load module it says fail to load module.. plz help!!!!!!!!!

[pcphobic]

@MRGAMERNEWS Hi, are u using Motorola Milestone or Droid?

[xavierp0nce]

So I rooted my MT3G with this and un rooted because I heard there's a OTA update coming, so after I clicked un root I don't have super user and I restarted, is my phone completely un rooted so I can recieve the OTA? please respond

[pcphobic]

@xavierp0nce While my phone was still "rooted", I click on check system update and there was a minor firmware update by my telco which I managed to download and install with no problems. Then after the firmware was installed, the phone rebooted.

But after reboot, it was "unrooted" again. So I had to repeat the same process again to "root" and then overclock my Milestone to 900mhz 56vsel using Milestone Overclock (now with new version)

[gester27]

what are the benifits and cons of rooting your motorola milestone? Also are you able to watch youtube videos on the phone? I just bought one and realized that you need froyo but it is not out yet on the milestone and maybe won't even come out. thanks for the help.

[flareblitz007]

so is this a full root mean i can also change roms and do other things?

[flareblitz007]

@flareblitz007 also can the overclock break my phone more quickly? i mean like fry the cpu or something?

srry for the stupid questions i really don't know

[pcphobic]

@flareblitz007 So far so good running on 900mhz 56vsel

[KingDNH]

@flareblitz007 It will decrease the life of your phone, but by the time your phone dies there will already be another cool phone to get.

[pcphobic]

@flareblitz007 Sorry, this Universal Androot method only gives u superuser access or root access only. U cannot install custom ROMS with this method. Please google for G.O.T or Cyanogen custom ROM for Milestone

[stephiie11]

okay this might sound stupid but what does rooting and overlocking your phone do..??

[pcphobic]

@stephiie11 Rooting will give you Super-user or Admin access to your phone. Meaning no restrictions. U will need root access in order to run the overclocking app.

Overclocking simply means to increase the speed of the phone's processor (CPU) .

[Lazur120]

How's the battery when overclocked?

[pcphobic]

@Lazur120 The thing about Android is that the CPU speed is throttled. It doesn't run at full speed all the time. It will see the situation or if the app is demanding more processing power, then it will bump up the processor speed. So it may spike up to 800mhz or 900mhz for a second or two and then drop down to around 550mhz then slow down to below 300mhz . When the phone is idle, it hovers around the 267mhz region. It's hard for me to tell you. Perhaps u can try and monitor yourself.

[iainnixon]

Worked a treat thank you very much :-) , great work , Now can you tell me hot to load custom roms, i have read you need to flash the vunrable recovery or something, sorry for being a noob....

[pcphobic]

@iainnixon Forget it. Milestone's boot loader is locked unlike the original Motorola Droid. So for now, just enjoy the ability to overclock and run wi-fi tethering and install other apps for rooted phones.

[TheProTato]

Thanks man worked perfect.

[pcphobic]

@TheProTato No problem.

[tanittoo]

would it work on the 2.0.1 version on milestone ?

[pcphobic]

@tanittoo I'm not sure. Why don't you upgrade your firmware to Android 2.1?

[hefonthefjords]

The version of milestone overclock i have autosets frequency and vsel on boot.

[pcphobic]

@hefonthefjords Yes, u must have downloaded a newer version of Milestone Overclock. When I made this video, it was the old version.

[lobitoh]

hello How did you put that layout in your milestone.

[pcphobic]

@lobitoh I have replaced the stock interface with Launcher Pro. You can find it in the Android Market. It has both the free and paid version. Both version will make your interface much smoother when scrolling from home screen to home screen and also make the app launcher drawer much responsive when you scroll up and down.

[iacdxb]

Where are these 2 apps...? I searched the android market, its not where.

TIA

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[pcphobic]

@iacdxb Milestone Overclock can be downloaded via Android Market. The Universal Androot has been removed. But you can google for it and find it from other website/forum/blogs.

[vanares89]

its work :) THX :)

[pcphobic]

@vanares89 I'm glad that it was helpful to you.