Root I gots some questions . . .

[CYNICALifornia]

Hi party people. Seems there is a lot of knowledge floating around here, and I'm glad of it. I just graduated yesterday from my first smartphone (Palm Pre) THE smartphone. I am in love, and am wondering why I waited so long to hit up Android.

I did developer mode and all that jazz on my Pre, but feel a little overwhelmed on all this rooting talk, so if you can, answer a few questions for me.

1) If I root without flashing a new or even rooted ROM will that give me access to delete ring/alert/alarm tones from the system folders and replace them with my own?

2) If I do choose to flash a new ROM will I have to manually update my phone? Will this require a flash ROM each time?

3) I spent a really long time getting my scenes just the way I like them yesterday, is there any way to save and transfer them to my new flashed ROM?

4) I totally see the appeal, but why wouldn't I want to install a new ROM?

Thanks,
~Tom

 

[NovaFox238]

1) If I root without flashing a new or even rooted ROM will that give me access to delete ring/alert/alarm tones from the system folders and replace them with my own? Of course, rooting allows you to do that stuff, not flashing of roms.

2) If I do choose to flash a new ROM will I have to manually update my phone? Will this require a flash ROM each time? Yes, but its better this way. doing an official OTA update can patch ur root, so its always best to stay root, and flash new ROMs

3) I spent a really long time getting my scenes just the way I like them yesterday, is there any way to save and transfer them to my new flashed ROM? Honestly... I dont use SenseUI so im not 100% sure if my TitaniumBackup backs the Scenes up or not. I use LauncherPro. And it backs those screens up for me.

4) I totally see the appeal, but why wouldn't I want to install a new ROM?
If you want a reason not to, I guess because... you void warranty and risk bricking ur phone. (which is rare, if you dont know what your doing.)

My opinions. ^_^

 

[theebrownieee]

not trying to jack the thread but i have a question that kind of is along these lines.

I have a completely rooted phone right now... my question is what happens if i accidently reformated my sd card when it was attached to the computer?

 

[CYNICALifornia]

Alright, I bit the bullet and am rooted and working on installing the rooted ROM.

Now, do I need to keep the ROM files, both the one I renamed and the Stock Rooted ROM? or can I delete them?

 

[mrk]

thebrownieee: I dunno. Try it?

CYNICALifornia: You can delete them.

 

[NovaFox238]

not trying to jack the thread but i have a question that kind of is along these lines.

I have a completely rooted phone right now... my question is what happens if i accidently reformated my sd card when it was attached to the computer?

Then my friend, you would have a completly formatted SDcard... LOL no but really, it shouldnt affect anything unless your using a ROM that stores data on it. (readable data anyway)

and @CYNICALifornia, yes, you can delete them you will be fine.