Rooted now what?

[toorima]

Using the long method I rooted my phone. Now what?

Sorry this is my first droid.

What are roms and kernels per say?

Thanks.

 

[simpdogg]

Roms and Kernels are little pieces of puffed wheat made from post cereal.

SimpDogg

 

[hookbill]

I often wonder why people root their phones and have no idea why they are rooting them.

Custom ROMs, overclocking, access to a large selection of applications that require rooting.

Be careful please. It's not a great idea to jump into the pool before you look to see if there is water in it.

 

[alboboy10]

I often wonder why people root their phones and have no idea why they are rooting them.

Custom ROMs, overclocking, access to a large selection of applications that require rooting.

Be careful please. It's not a great idea to jump into the pool before you look to see if there is water in it.

Lol reminds me of a college experience freshmen year. Some kid jumped in the pool where it said eight feet...he almost drowned and they pulled him out. When I asked what happened he said "i can't swim".

I haven't done any custom roms and kernels yet but I have been using the apps that are for rooted phones

 

[Natey2]

I often wonder why people root their phones and have no idea why they are rooting them.

Custom ROMs, overclocking, access to a large selection of applications that require rooting.

Be careful please. It's not a great idea to jump into the pool before you look to see if there is water in it.

The main reason is that rooting is over-hyped all over the place. Nobody really explains the dangers/ disadvantages of rooting, overclocking, undervolting, flashing an unknown ROM, etc. Only the possible benefits are highlighted, and this presents a very biased view to the newbies.
Good thing is that there are people around to bail anyone (many people, actually) who run into problems.

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[Tallica]

#1 thing to do once rooted....Make a backup with Clockwork recovery!

 

[Natey2]

#1 thing to do once rooted....Make a backup with Clockwork recovery!

Is that better than a nandroid backup, or a Titanium backup?

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[Tallica]

#1 thing to do once rooted....Make a backup with Clockwork recovery!

Is that better than a nandroid backup, or a Titanium backup?

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It is a nandroid backup. They are done from recovery.

A TiBu backup is good for restoring apps with data when switching between Roms. A nandroid is a backup of your ENTIRE phone, in case you mess it up, a lot like a windows restore point.

 

[Natey2]

#1 thing to do once rooted....Make a backup with Clockwork recovery!

Is that better than a nandroid backup, or a Titanium backup?

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It is a nandroid backup. They are done from recovery.

A TiBu backup is good for restoring apps with data when switching between Roms. A nandroid is a backup of your ENTIRE phone, in case you mess it up, a lot like a windows restore point.

I may have been misinformed, but I heard that nandroid will not back up anything on a SD card, and that includes anything that was App2SD, so a nandroid recovery could leave one with some missing components.
I gotta read up on this Clockwork thing... I thought nandroid was a part of the standard Android system; no 3rd party app needed to run it. Carriers should allow nandroid backups/restore without the need for root.

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