Root Which ROM do I have?

[stad]

Hey Guys, after lurking and searching for a couple of weeks, I thought I had most of my n00b questions answered...

I have rooted my phone and sucessfully installed BuglessBeast V4 Froyo. I have since gone back to 2.1 because I hate Froyo:
-Pandora quality is terrible
-Bluetooth Controls for Audio Players (i.e. Pandora) were non-existent
-if you have any solutions to these, please let me know.

My question is.. WHICH ROM DO I NOW HAVE? I want to install a theme, and if I'm understanding correctly, it has to work with my currently installed ROM. The problem is that I don't know which ROM I'm working with. Is there a way to tell?

Sorry in advance if I have not provided enough background information.

 

[1054]

Go to your phone/system settings it will tell you, but you're probably running 2.1 stock.

Settings ---> About Phone...scroll down.

 

[stad]

Would it indicate something other than "2.1-update1" under Firmware Version if I had a ROM loaded?

 

[1054]

Would it indicate something other than "2.1-update1" under Firmware Version if I had a ROM loaded?

I'm definitely not an android OS expert but I'm almost positive that is stock (an OTA update)...not a custom ROM.

 

[stad]

sounds good enough for me. now i need to find a custom rom/theme combo...

 

[1054]

Before I took the froyo leap I was really happy with the redrum chaos roms you might wanna look into those.

 

[gnath9]

Would it indicate something other than "2.1-update1" under Firmware Version if I had a ROM loaded?

that may be the rooted update rom you loaded to get root. I use and like rom manager lots of good roms for free but you will need to buy for some others. It just makes life easier

 

[stad]

did you find any bugs or anything? how do you like froyo? you're not experiencing any issues?

 

[gnath9]

I love froyo !!!

I am on jrummysV4.0.7 right now with chevysNo1 LV1200 kernel

 

[1054]

did you find any bugs or anything? how do you like froyo? you're not experiencing any issues?

I literally have not had a single issue with any Froyo rom. Be it Wifi, the camera, or anything else people have mentioned hasn't worked. I guess I might be a lucky one...

I don't use Pandora or bluetooth (although I just ordered a car mount/charger/FM transmitter so I might start using both soon) so I can't help you on your Froyo issues, sorry.

 

[stad]

do you use pandora gnath? that was my big beef. ALSO.... do you lose all your apps whenever you change roms?

 

[William T Riker]

If you want to know what rom you are running, dont go off the android version, you want to look at the last entry in about phone, "Build Number".

 

[djkeller3]

Just went to Chevy's Simply Stunning, and I love it! Runs flawlessly and FAST!

 

[markc2]

No you don't lose all your apps, the Market remembers (usually) and re-downloads your apps for you, and/or you can use Titanium backup or Mybackup Pro, or another backup program to restore your apps and data. When I change roms to experiment I can be back up and running in 20 minutes, and if I find something I don't like, I can revert back to a nandroid backup using Rom Manager. Have fun, play.

do you use pandora gnath? that was my big beef. ALSO.... do you lose all your apps whenever you change roms?