Today I took the plunge into rooting... or at least I have started the beginning stages. I'm going to make this very easy for anyone reading so that you may be able to better assist me.
I currently have installed sprecovery to gain root on stock 2.1 nothing else.
I want to install one of the new 2.2 roms. Here are my questions.
1. Right now even though I have sprecovery installed I understand that my phone is not rooted. I need to install a custom rom that is rooted then my phone will be rooted correct?
2. If my first question is correct then just downloading one of the sprecovery 2.2 roms and changing the name to update.zip then installing the rom should be fine correct? But... how do I install one of the OC kernels... is that an option in sprecovery? Will I need to overwrite the old 2.2 rom with a kernel? Can someone point me to info on installing kernels (I've looked).
3. I downloaded a program called droid mod updater and when I ran it I was asked if I wanted to root my phone... surely rooting can't be that easy so I just clicked quit. What is this program?
4. Last but not least I see everyone talking about Rom Manager. Is this a program only available if you have root access, and if not then what prevents someone from just downloading it on a stock rom and installing a custom rom?
Thanx in advance root family
I currently have installed sprecovery to gain root on stock 2.1 nothing else.
I want to install one of the new 2.2 roms. Here are my questions.
1. Right now even though I have sprecovery installed I understand that my phone is not rooted. I need to install a custom rom that is rooted then my phone will be rooted correct?
2. If my first question is correct then just downloading one of the sprecovery 2.2 roms and changing the name to update.zip then installing the rom should be fine correct? But... how do I install one of the OC kernels... is that an option in sprecovery? Will I need to overwrite the old 2.2 rom with a kernel? Can someone point me to info on installing kernels (I've looked).
3. I downloaded a program called droid mod updater and when I ran it I was asked if I wanted to root my phone... surely rooting can't be that easy so I just clicked quit. What is this program?
4. Last but not least I see everyone talking about Rom Manager. Is this a program only available if you have root access, and if not then what prevents someone from just downloading it on a stock rom and installing a custom rom?
Thanx in advance root family