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Root how much space do I need on my SD card before rooting?

I have read and read and read. I want to take the leap soon. I hear it goes fast but I want to set aside am entire evening or afternoon.

How much space so I need to have on my SD card? Mine is almost full. Which means I'll probably get a bigger one soon. I want more music :)

If you are close to full now I'd just invest in the larger card now... I had about 1gb left and rooted..all was well until I started putting roms and kernels and backups on the sd card. I purchased a 16gb and try and keep a good 6gb free at all times (for now)_
 
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I'd say you'd be safe around 1GB, maybe a little more.

you'll need space for all the ROMs you want to have easy access to (meaning keeping them on your SD) and for backups


t0ast3d is doing great things!
I would say 1GB is very conservative, I save most of my ROM's on my pc and then add them to my SD to save some space. I think I have OCD!
 
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