Android Forums - View Single Post - Guide(s) to EVERYTHING Root related! Updated for 2.1

istolvampire · March 16th, 2010, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Knitewulf

You don't have to install a Custom ROM to root your phone. It is very simple actually here is a guide: Obtaining Root | Root Your Droid
or if you don't want to do it yourself have DroidMod:DroidMod - Index do it for you. Either way they are both simple.
Now if you would like to install a custom ROM I suggest doing a little research before you do that.
Here is a great guide for it as well :
How to Install 2.1: The Easy Way Refined with New 2.1 ROM - Droid Forum - Verizon Droid & the Motorola Droid Forum

Hope that helped a little

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So can I just root(which looks simple enough) and get a wifi tether apk or something?

But what about a back-up?

what I really need is a day where someone holds my hand through this and explains it all in the process. I want to learn but get lost in the lingo. I know I can do it but don't really want all that other stuff in most of these roms plus I don't really understand what most of it is even after doing my homework on it.lol

Thanks

ps. i am not afraid of bricking my phone. Just don't want a lot of that other stuff.