Hello all,
Tons of threads here about root, and I'm reading a lot of them. I'm really considering rooting my phone. I'm a patient person and waiting for 2.1 OTA and the update also came OTA. For the most part, my Eris is pretty trouble free. I haven't suffered from the no ringer bug and some of the other crazy things I've read here on the Forum.
But... the lag of the phone is starting to get on my nerves. The dialer is the biggest issue, like most have stated here many times already. But even just scrolling thru People, opening Email, waiting for the keyboard to "pop", etc... this phone is just plain slow.
I've read thru the rooting for dummies thread and I'm sure I can do this. Been reading up on the xda forums and there are a lot of ROM's that look cool, and obviously the ability to OC is huge.
So I'm asking you guys... am I really gonna see all that much improvement from Rooting this thing?
Thanks.
8/24 UPDATE: SO I ROOTED MY PHONE THIS MORNING! USED THE 1 CLICK METHOD THAT WORMDOES LISTED FURTHER DOWN THIS THREAD. IT WAS SUPER EASY AND I FLASHED XTRROM 3.0.3, AND DL'd LAUNCHER PRO.
THIS IS A REAL EASY PROCESS. THERE'S ONLY ONE THING I NEED TO TELL PEOPLE, WHEN YOU BOOT INTO "RECOVERY MODE" (AS PART OF THE INSTALL PROCESS), ALL THE INSTRUCTIONS HERE WILL TELL YOU TO PRESS THE UPVOL+PWR. WELL WHAT'S NOT SAID IS THAT YOU NEED TO HOLD BOTH OF THOSE KEYS DOWN UNTIL THE RECOVERY SCREEN COMES ON! UM, YEAH... SMALL DETAIL THAT MOST OF INSTRUCTIONS LEAVE OUT. IF YOU SIMPLY PRESS THE BUTTONS AND RELEASE, THE PHONE BOOTS AS NORMAL. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO FRISCO TO GETTING ME THRU THIS VIA PRIVATE MESSAGE (PM) THIS MORNING.
I'VE ONLY BEEN PLAYING ON IT FOR ABOUT AN HOUR. IT'S MUCH FASTER AND THE DIALER IS QUITE A BIT MORE RESPONSIVE. ALTHOUGH I WILL SAY THAT THERE'S STILL A TOUCH OF LAG. FOR THOSE WONDERING, I HAVEN'T DL'd SETCPU AND MOD'd THE CLOCK SPEED YET. I'M GOING WITH THE STANDARD OC RATE DELIVERED ON THE ROM TO SEE IF THAT WORKS FOR ME. I'LL SAY THIS, I GOT REAL USED TO SENSE UI OVER THE PAST 8 MONTHS AND MOVING TO LP IS A DIFFERENT ANIMAL. GONNA PLAY WITH IT A WEEK AND SEE HOW IT GOES. ALL IN ALL, IT WAS EASY AND I'M HAVING FUN PLAYING WITH MY PHONE AGAIN
Tons of threads here about root, and I'm reading a lot of them. I'm really considering rooting my phone. I'm a patient person and waiting for 2.1 OTA and the update also came OTA. For the most part, my Eris is pretty trouble free. I haven't suffered from the no ringer bug and some of the other crazy things I've read here on the Forum.
But... the lag of the phone is starting to get on my nerves. The dialer is the biggest issue, like most have stated here many times already. But even just scrolling thru People, opening Email, waiting for the keyboard to "pop", etc... this phone is just plain slow.
I've read thru the rooting for dummies thread and I'm sure I can do this. Been reading up on the xda forums and there are a lot of ROM's that look cool, and obviously the ability to OC is huge.
So I'm asking you guys... am I really gonna see all that much improvement from Rooting this thing?
Thanks.
8/24 UPDATE: SO I ROOTED MY PHONE THIS MORNING! USED THE 1 CLICK METHOD THAT WORMDOES LISTED FURTHER DOWN THIS THREAD. IT WAS SUPER EASY AND I FLASHED XTRROM 3.0.3, AND DL'd LAUNCHER PRO.
THIS IS A REAL EASY PROCESS. THERE'S ONLY ONE THING I NEED TO TELL PEOPLE, WHEN YOU BOOT INTO "RECOVERY MODE" (AS PART OF THE INSTALL PROCESS), ALL THE INSTRUCTIONS HERE WILL TELL YOU TO PRESS THE UPVOL+PWR. WELL WHAT'S NOT SAID IS THAT YOU NEED TO HOLD BOTH OF THOSE KEYS DOWN UNTIL THE RECOVERY SCREEN COMES ON! UM, YEAH... SMALL DETAIL THAT MOST OF INSTRUCTIONS LEAVE OUT. IF YOU SIMPLY PRESS THE BUTTONS AND RELEASE, THE PHONE BOOTS AS NORMAL. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO FRISCO TO GETTING ME THRU THIS VIA PRIVATE MESSAGE (PM) THIS MORNING.
I'VE ONLY BEEN PLAYING ON IT FOR ABOUT AN HOUR. IT'S MUCH FASTER AND THE DIALER IS QUITE A BIT MORE RESPONSIVE. ALTHOUGH I WILL SAY THAT THERE'S STILL A TOUCH OF LAG. FOR THOSE WONDERING, I HAVEN'T DL'd SETCPU AND MOD'd THE CLOCK SPEED YET. I'M GOING WITH THE STANDARD OC RATE DELIVERED ON THE ROM TO SEE IF THAT WORKS FOR ME. I'LL SAY THIS, I GOT REAL USED TO SENSE UI OVER THE PAST 8 MONTHS AND MOVING TO LP IS A DIFFERENT ANIMAL. GONNA PLAY WITH IT A WEEK AND SEE HOW IT GOES. ALL IN ALL, IT WAS EASY AND I'M HAVING FUN PLAYING WITH MY PHONE AGAIN