Let me start with a little background info. Wanted the Droid since it came out but had to wait until T-Schmobile contract was up(not willing to pay ETF). Finally got my Droid 2 weeks ago knowing that it could be rooted and with intentions to do so. Before I did root I wanted to get familiar with the Android OS in general. I've had smartphones before(BB, Palm, WinMo, but not iPhone). Now that I'm familiar I'm ready to take the plunge. I've read up on a lot of root stuff lately and for me it looks like I'm going to flash the 2.1 SPRecovery file since of course I'm running stock 2.1. From there I was going to install the stock ESE81 ROM with root, su and baseband. After that I was going to install one of P3Droid's kernels for overclocking, etc.
Questions are:
1-Should I do a factory reset before I flash the SPRecovery SBF? Is it beneficial to have a clean slate to work with? I'm not worried about recovering apps and such, I have everything backed up with Astro.
2-Would the above mentioned ROM and kernel work with each other?
To tell you the truth I really love the stock Droid look for now. I use Helix for my home replacement and like the layout and icons as they are. In the future, probably sooner than later, I'll probably flash to whatever Bugless ROM is popular at that time. Just looking to get my feet wet and get started for now.
Thanks for any help provided, it is greatly appreciated.
T
Questions are:
1-Should I do a factory reset before I flash the SPRecovery SBF? Is it beneficial to have a clean slate to work with? I'm not worried about recovering apps and such, I have everything backed up with Astro.
2-Would the above mentioned ROM and kernel work with each other?
To tell you the truth I really love the stock Droid look for now. I use Helix for my home replacement and like the layout and icons as they are. In the future, probably sooner than later, I'll probably flash to whatever Bugless ROM is popular at that time. Just looking to get my feet wet and get started for now.
Thanks for any help provided, it is greatly appreciated.
T