Ok, the 90,000,000th topic on this I expect, I do apologise, it's just that you all seem to helpful and I thought someone might answer me some questions... (buttered up enough yet? )
Ok so, first off, I have manually upgraded to Froyo, which I like, but I have been thinking of getting a bit more adventurous and rooting.
To do the Froyo upgrade I used the GoldCard maker program for Windows to make a GoldCard. I used my everyday SD card as my GC so I assume this will be Ok to use for rooting?
I realise I will need to downgrade (after only two days!!) but that is fine, read the topic over on xda and it seems fairly easy, so I can cope with that.
Also, fairly confident I can follow the steps to root.
Now, a couple of question I have are;
1 - I have seen a few themes I really like the look of. What I can quite seem to get a handle on is, if I want to install a theme, will I need to be on a custom ROM?
2 - I'm not to fussed about Sense as I use LauncherPro and have done since I got the phone. So is there a stable ROM that will give all the functionality of LP but that I can use a custom theme on? (does that even make sense??)
3 - What are the chances of bricking my phone? Really not up for that. If it goes a bit wonky, is it easy to sort?
4 - Probably tying into question 2, do I need a custom ROM to install new fonts?
5 - OTA updates, I take it these won't be available on a custom ROM?
6 - And lastly, should something go wrong with the phone and it need sent back to T-Mob UK, is it easy enough to get the device back onto their ROM? Is it widely available on the net?
I think that's all for just now, any help, muchly appreciated.
If I can get to grips with the above, I reckon I will be root toot tooting!!
Ok so, first off, I have manually upgraded to Froyo, which I like, but I have been thinking of getting a bit more adventurous and rooting.
To do the Froyo upgrade I used the GoldCard maker program for Windows to make a GoldCard. I used my everyday SD card as my GC so I assume this will be Ok to use for rooting?
I realise I will need to downgrade (after only two days!!) but that is fine, read the topic over on xda and it seems fairly easy, so I can cope with that.
Also, fairly confident I can follow the steps to root.
Now, a couple of question I have are;
1 - I have seen a few themes I really like the look of. What I can quite seem to get a handle on is, if I want to install a theme, will I need to be on a custom ROM?
2 - I'm not to fussed about Sense as I use LauncherPro and have done since I got the phone. So is there a stable ROM that will give all the functionality of LP but that I can use a custom theme on? (does that even make sense??)
3 - What are the chances of bricking my phone? Really not up for that. If it goes a bit wonky, is it easy to sort?
4 - Probably tying into question 2, do I need a custom ROM to install new fonts?
5 - OTA updates, I take it these won't be available on a custom ROM?
6 - And lastly, should something go wrong with the phone and it need sent back to T-Mob UK, is it easy enough to get the device back onto their ROM? Is it widely available on the net?
I think that's all for just now, any help, muchly appreciated.
If I can get to grips with the above, I reckon I will be root toot tooting!!