DroidMod 1.0 Boot-Loop Workaround
It seems that a percentage of Droid phones are having a problem updating to the latest version of DroidMod (formally SholesMod). The current consensus is that this problem is stemming from a difference in how some of the Droids are handling different clock rates, and the fact that the newest builds are defaulting to an 800MHz overclock.
Thanks to the fact that my father’s phone has this issue (brand new Droid), and I’ve been spending three days trying to root it via directions over Skype; I have put together a ROM package that works around this bug.
All this package contains is the DroidMod 1.0 ROM, with the boot.img replaced with the SholesMod 2.0.3 kernel/boot image. Copy it to your SD card, and choose it with the Install option of SPRecovery. All of the menu items and available options from DM 1.0 are intact exactly as is; and I have not updated any versioning whatsoever (other than the file name).
With my dad’s phone, the first boot after install went into boot-loop on the Motorola logo. After one battery pull and restart, it booted up as expected (note that it will sit at the DroidMod logo for 5-10 minutes).
No promises that this will work for all; but hopefully it can get a few people by until the DM team can come up with a more permanent solution.
Download DroidMod 1.0 w/ boot-loop Workaround
March 23rd, 2010 at 2:55 pm
I was having this problem and after an hour of searching droidforums.net without any solution, I stumbled across your fix. It worked perfectly. Thank you for taking the time to put this fix together and getting it posted.