Root Droid 2.1 OTA vs. Bugless Beast: Need help choosing?

[Kirch21]

If and of you are wondering if you should root and go to bugless beast or beauty, heres a feature chart to help guide you decision.

The decision to root (FOR WELL-INFORMED USERS ONLY) is made easier by one simple fact:

You can always un-root and go back to stock 2.0.1, if ever the need arose. You won't find it so easy to downgrade 2.1 back to 2.0.1 so you can root.

in my opinion its a no brainer, but if your making your decision this may help you.

One more thing, these are only the rumored features of 2.1 OTA, but rumored from motorola is a pretty decent source.

If your wanting to go to bugless beast, ive posted a guide for beginners and will allow you to backup HERE

 

[iamloco724]

has it been confirmed anywhere that the ota isnt getting the 5 screens?

 

[Branndon]

I *almost* went back to stock stock 2.0.1 today but thought that they might have to re-root 2.1 and didn't want to wait for that.

 

[Mayze]

No way I'm unrooting. 2.1 doesn't offer anything that I don't already have with my custom rom. I would be essentially downgrading if I decided to go with 2.1

 

[Branndon]

i wanted to test it and check the speed and stuff of stock, just for fun before re rooting.

 

[Kirch21]

has it been confirmed anywhere that the ota isnt getting the 5 screens?

supposedly by motorola on there page they deleted but notice i put those are the rumored features

 

[YankeeDudeL]

I finally decided after Motorola made it official that we were getting a watered-down version of 2.1 that to get everything out of what this phone should be, that rooting is the way to go. I'm now on Bugless Beast and there's no looking back. However, I'm not ruling out the possibility, or even the likelihood, that this venture may prove to be co$tly.

 

[El Blacksheep]

While your chart is quite biased, the decision to root (FOR WELL-INFORMED USERS ONLY) is made easier by one simple fact:

You can always un-root and go back to stock 2.0.1, if ever the need arose. You won't find it so easy to downgrade 2.1 back to 2.0.1 so you can root.

 

[Darkwarrior006]

rooting is the way to go. Moto is taking forever with the update, plus you can always unroot whenever you want.

 

[rhyno]

Additionally, it's not like the rooting community isn't going to come out with improved 2.1 ROMs. I know there are a few already based on the nexus 1 rom, but I haven't had a ton of luck with them. In all likelihood, sholes, pete etc. will have something up in running within a week of the 2.1 release. With that, rooters will likely have access to anything and everything missing from the 2.1 upgrade (e.g., 5 screens<if missing>, 3d drawer, live wallpapers, OCing).

 

[CRPercodani]

Now that they have retracted earlier statements about when we would get 2.1 it is definitely time to root. Looks like we won't see the 2.1 ota till later this month or early march. I think it is pretty funny how excited everyone got when they thought it would be rolled out this week and now come to find out that is all false.

 

[jbarrett020]

i did some searching but i want to make sure i do the right thing.
I agree time to root. where i can find detailed instructions on how to root to the bugless beast. im pissed off by todays news, so its time.

i did some searching but maybe someone has a saved link that they have used with success.

thanks

 

[darrin2520]

Bugless Beast has voice recognition in all text fields? If that is the case I will have to take a look at it.

I've rooted and I am running Sholes 2.0.3 and quite frankly I am disappointed. It seems to lag quite a bit and it just felt slower than stock until I overclocked. Now it heats up and drains my battery if I do anything too serious. If it wasn't for the tethering, I would unroot. I may try Bugless Beast and see if it is any better.

I think their are 2 solid arguments for rooting. Tethering and overclocking. These are 2 features that will never be offered stock. In the case of tethering it will be offered but with a pretty ridiculous additional fee. Motorola will never support overclocking though.

 

[ruskiartem]

Kirch you forgot about the WiFi Tether, which the Beast has and was one of the biggest reasons i decided to root in the first place, the only thing i found its missing is the Pinch and Zoom in the native browser, but i dont really care cuse, Dolphin Browser rocks.

 

[Kirch21]

Kirch you forgot about the WiFi Tether, which the Beast has and was one of the biggest reasons i decided to root in the first place, the only thing i found its missing is the Pinch and Zoom in the native browser, but i dont really care cuse, Dolphin Browser rocks.

figured this would be included in rooted software, but yes i should have had this as a main point

 

[dprk]

Yea I agree with most of the posters that root is the way to go especially since our original belief that 2.1 was going to come out this week is now even more uncertain than ever.

 

[DmHsk39]

While I do really want to root my droid now that there has been a delay, is there any way to create a backup BEFORE I do this? What are the chances that it gets "bricked"? Is there a way to undo this if it happens? I'm just a beginner, but excited about all the possibilities.

 

[Kirch21]

While I do really want to root my droid now that there has been a delay, is there any way to create a backup BEFORE I do this? What are the chances that it gets "bricked"? Is there a way to undo this if it happens? I'm just a beginner, but excited about all the possibilities.

http://androidforums.com/all-things-root-droid/44390-stock-2-0-1-bugless-beast-rom-beginners.html

 

[Kirch21]

While your chart is quite biased, the decision to root (FOR WELL-INFORMED USERS ONLY) is made easier by one simple fact:

You can always un-root and go back to stock 2.0.1, if ever the need arose. You won't find it so easy to downgrade 2.1 back to 2.0.1 so you can root.

i updated the chart a bit to make it less biased

 

[jbarrett020]

based on todays news, i chose BB7.5
freakin awesome so far. i have wifi tether already


my first root and rom, couldnt be happier.
oh and i OC'ed the processor to 800.

 

[Kirch21]

based on todays news, i chose BB7.5
freakin awesome so far. i have wifi tether already


my first root and rom, couldnt be happier.
oh and i OC'ed the processor to 800.

haha good stuff!

 

[DroidSuks]

based on todays news, i chose BB7.5
freakin awesome so far. i have wifi tether already


my first root and rom, couldnt be happier.
oh and i OC'ed the processor to 800.

Who's guide did you follow?.... if any. I was thinking of doing the SMUpdate route then just recovering to BB.

 

[jbarrett020]

this dudes, he keeps post 1 updated which is nice.

[How To] Easily install Bugless Beast using only SPRecovery, Terminal Emulator, & zip - Droid Forum - Verizon Droid & the Motorola Droid Forum

from start to finish
if im not allowed to post this link, please someone advise. its just a link to another thread

 

[penguin3d]

First off, I am fighting with an audio bug in 2.0.1 that irritates the piss out of me. If I use the button located in the microphone housing on my headphones to start or stop my music the internal ear speaker goes out to lunch until I reboot the phone. This forces me to use headphones for calls after that, or if I have unplugged the headphones and none are available the other option is to use speaker phone, which isn't always appropriate depending on the environement. Any chance moving to 2.1 will fix this issue? I figure this question is a long shot, that is why I ask it first. The other two are really one and should be easy for anyone that has done this an uses the media dock and/or the navigation dock. Will I still get the navigation home and media home? or are they not part of the basic android image? Yes to all three, and I think that this weekend will mean a rooting/update party.

 

[Kirch21]

First off, I am fighting with an audio bug in 2.0.1 that irritates the piss out of me. If I use the button located in the microphone housing on my headphones to start or stop my music the internal ear speaker goes out to lunch until I reboot the phone. This forces me to use headphones for calls after that, or if I have unplugged the headphones and none are available the other option is to use speaker phone, which isn't always appropriate depending on the environement. Any chance moving to 2.1 will fix this issue? I figure this question is a long shot, that is why I ask it first. The other two are really one and should be easy for anyone that has done this an uses the media dock and/or the navigation dock. Will I still get the navigation home and media home? or are they not part of the basic android image? Yes to all three, and I think that this weekend will mean a rooting/update party.

as far as your headphones bug, i have no clue sorry. Yes you will get the navigation and home in 2.1 ROMs and bugless beast(which is a 2.0.1 rom modified to add all the 2.1 features and is more stable than 2.1 roms)
most rooted roms will have all the features of stock 2.0.1 plus much more, but i wouldnt go straight into a 2.1 rom if i were you they are all pretty buggy