I am looking to root the phone. Are there basic things I need to know? I see a lot of threads but seem advanced. I assume I should install a backup app just in case. How do I know which apps I can't touch? Any links on this people can recoomend as well? Sent from my DROID PRO using DroidForums App
You have a better chance at getting correct information over here then in the Droid General Forum which primarily consists of original Droid discussions. Hopefully we will have a hacking section set up soon.
Check out z4root. You should be able to download the apk from xda, seeing as I don't think it's on the market anymore. That will root your phone for you. As far as backing up, once you're rooted download and backup with titanium backup. Once you do that I would recommend going through and uninstalling some of the blur bloatware that's pre-installed on the device. Sent from my DROID PRO using DroidForums App
Blur is what comes with the phone from Motorola. It's running froyo with blur Sent from my DROID PRO using DroidForums App
Someone sent me this youtube video on rooting. I guess then I would have to figure out what apps I can or should remove and what settings to change
If you want i'll make a list of what I uninstalled with titanium, so you have an idea of what works. I have z4root on my phone so would be able to get it to you as well Sent from my DROID PRO using DroidForums App
Give me a second to hop on my computer and give you the list of what I removed after backing everything up. Sent from my DROID PRO using DroidForums App
Using Titanium Backup, go menu > batch > then backup all user apps/system apps once that's done, here's what you can remove. at least this is all I've removed and had no problems. Amazon MP3 City ID Google Talk NFS Shift AdService BluetoothDun Yahoo Contacts Social Networking 2.2 Help Center 2.2 Social Status 2.2 News 2.2 Manage sim card 2.2 Social Messaging 2.2 Weather 2.2 Emergency Alert 1.0.0 DLNA Files 2.2 Global Unplug 1.0 Mediashare 1.0 3G Mobile Hotspot Task Manager Photowidget 2.2 Home Screen tips 2.2 Toggle Widgets 2.2 Voicemail 1.1 Voice Commands Skype VZ Navigator My Verizon Mobile When I uninstalled one of these, (I don't remember which) I just got a force close loop, all I did was battery pull and everythign was fine. If you don't know how to uninstall the apps, just click on it right in TB and click uninstall. hope this helps!
