Root I'd like WiFi tethering and to overclock only. Recommendations?

[colornshape]

My phone has the 2.1 OTA and no other modifications. Does anybody here know a simple way to get those two things? Also, I'm giving this to my sixty year old father in November and should be sure I can undo anything so it works right for him.

Thank you,

Matt

 

[Jazza09]

Just follow the one click root (http://androidforums.com/all-things...is-app-apk-no-pcs-no-scripts-needed-easy.html) and flash his rom that you download. Then you gotta get a hold of setcpu to overclock, and download one of these onto your phone (Downloads - android-wifi-tether - Project Hosting on Google Code). It's unbelievably simple once you do it

 

[colornshape]

Thank you. The one click thread is horribly complicated and difficult tn follow. If I stop after step 5 and install an overclock and wifi tether program from the source you recommended, will I then have those two capabilities?

If I only do those things is there a reasonable chance of bricking my phone? Can those things be undone and my phone returned to factory settings?

Is a Nand backup advisable if I don't intend to use any custom ROMs? Is there any reason for me to wonder what a bootloader is?

Again, thank you.

Matt

 

[LED]

After step 5 you have root privileges and can then install SetCPU and something like WirelessTether (just download it from the Market). SetCPU is a couple bucks on the market, or free from the xda forums if you are a member.

It's highly unlikely you'll brick your phone. I've never heard of it happening around here.

Yes, a nand backup is essential whether you load a custom rom or not. I would do a nand backup immediately after step 5. After doing this, then go ahead and install SetCPU and a tethering app of your choice.

 

[colornshape]

Okay, thank you. If I may trouble you for one more clarification, why do the backup after step five and not before step one?

Matt

 

[LED]

A nand backup is only available once you root. It is part of the Amon Recovery that you get when you root.

 

[colornshape]

Ah. Splendid. Thank you. If this is my last post it means my phone has been transformed into am expensive battery protector.

Matt

 

[LED]

Ah. Splendid. Thank you. If this is my last post it means my phone has been transformed into am expensive battery protector.

Matt

I'm sure you'll be back

 

[colornshape]

Seems to have worked fine. Now I just have to figure out how to use setcpu.

Thank you very much.

Matt

 

[LED]

This should help.

http://androidforums.com/all-things-root-eris/153501-setcpu-step-step-instructions.html

 

[colornshape]

Thanks, but the slider is stuck at 528, which looks to be the max. Anybody know what the problem is? That tutorial from the setcpu dev page offers no guidance on that. I reinstalled, it but am reluctant to start deleting files whose purpose I don't understand. Is the rootme rom compatible with setcpu?

Thank you

Matt

 

[scary alien]

Thanks, but the slider is stuck at 528, which looks to be the max. Anybody know what the problem is? That tutorial from the setcpu dev page offers no guidance on that. I reinstalled, it but am reluctant to start deleting files whose purpose I don't understand. Is the rootme rom compatible with setcpu?

Thank you

Matt

Matt,

Just a few quick clarifications from the above. The stock kernel for the Eris (and the phone itself) has a base clock speed of 528MHz. So thats why you can't overclock (yet).

You actually have one more step to do before you can overclock and that would be to replace / update the stock kernel with a patched kernel that is capable of being overclocked.

This is done by flashing Zanfur's overclock patch. Here's a link to a post I made instructing how to do this: http://androidforums.com/all-things-root-eris/135849-how-do-i-flash-oc-patch.html#post1253948

Good luck and let us know if you have any other questions.

edit: Also forgot, the "rootme.zip" is actually not a ROM but an "update.zip"-type file that installs the su program and the SuperUser.apk application. This is what actually gives you root. You do the other stuff about getting Amon_RA's custom recovery installed so that you can flash the rootme.zip file to get you actual root access (or to flash other things, and make Nandroid backups, etc.). Hope that clarifies some things for you.

Cheers!

 

[LED]

Oh, I know what's going on... rootme doesn't have the overclock kernel that you need. You need to grab "kernel-overclock-update-v3.zip" from the bottom of post 1. You'll need to flash this zip file using amon recovery. The zip files is to be placed at the root of your sdcard.

Overclock Patch and update.zip - xda-developers

Edit: scary beat me to it...

 

[scary alien]

Edit: scary beat me to it...

[usually, its xx_bishop_xx that beats me!, lol]

edit: +1 to you, LED for going back and taking care of Matt. Kudos to you.

 

[LED]

[usually, its xx_bishop_xx that beats me!, lol]

edit: +1 to you, LED for going back and taking care of Matt. Kudos to you.

Thanks scary, I was kindly helped out by others prior to rooting, and the least I can do is return the favor to someone else. This whole rooting thing has been a blast and I'd hate to see someone shy away from it for lack of support.

 

[colornshape]

Fashizzle. I'm about to download v 3 of the recommended kernel. This would go faster if my phone was overclocked.

Matt

 

[colornshape]

Um... well, I tried to do a Nand backup and got the following message:

Error : Run 'nandroid-mobile.sh' <page break> via adb!

Anybody have any idea what that means?

Matt

 

[LED]

Your battery is low... plug it in and try again.

 

[scary alien]

Um... well, I tried to do a Nand backup and got the following message:

Error : Run 'nandroid-mobile.sh' <page break> via adb!

Anybody have any idea what that means?

Matt

Make sure you have a full charge (or at least 75% or so) on your phone and/or are connected to a power supply. You can just try it again...I've gotten this error before you can safely just retry the backup.

If it fails again, well, there might be an issue with your /sdcard perhaps...

Let us know.

edit: touche', LED...you win this round!

 

[LED]

lol, we're even now!

 

[colornshape]

I'll try over and over with the charger connected until the seas boil and the sun fades to nothing. I have had trouble with this SD card. Songs sometimes fail to load, eta. Here we go.

 

[colornshape]

Nope. Once the row of periods made it all the way across the screen before it stopped. On every other try it gave up after the first one. What about the BART option?

Thanks,

Matt

 

[LED]

Hmmm, are you low on free space on the sdcard? You need roughly 250 MB for a nand. I don't know what bart is other than it stands for backup and restore tool.

 

[scary alien]

Hmmm, are you low on free space on the sdcard? You need roughly 250 MB for a nand. I don't know what bart is other than it stands for backup and restore tool.

+1 re. the free space.

I can't imagine that if a Nandroid backup won't work that a BART backup would either--I think the difference is in what partitions each backup. You've got to figure that the BART backup would also be transferring a lot of data (i.e., 250-plus MBs) just like Nandroid would.

So, I would be suspicious of your current /sdcard and probably try a different /sdcard when you can get your hands on one. A good Nandroid backup is like a life-preserver...you won't appreciate it until you really need it .

Also, once you make a successful Nandroid backup, it is probably a good idea to transfer (save) the Nandroid backup "off-site" to your computer / another disk drive...especially one that is taken on a card that might be a little iffy.

Good luck...take your time and be safe.

 

[colornshape]

Oh. Yeah, 23 meg available. I can make room , but I need that space. Will that be used forever, or can I move the backup data to somewhere else? And, how? I should have asked.