Given my limited amout of technical skill, what would be a list of 5 easy thing you would do on your new, rooted D1?
If you haven't already... get ROM Manager and download a rom that looks good (make sure it will work with your system). On top of that, I went ahead and got Wifi Tether, downloaded a theme to customize my phone a bit, and picked up SetCPU to kick things up a bit.
Well, it's like why would you even do the root thing if you didn't have some idea of what and why you want to do it?
Well, it's like why would you even do the root thing if you didn't have some idea of what and why you want to do it?
Do you have to have a reason? Everybody is learning how to have more control of their phone. No reason why that person should have to explain why they rooted their phone if they don't know what to do and why.
I would imagine he would root for the same reason a lot of people did. Options. I personally had specific reasons in mind, but I'm sure some people just don't want to drive their bright, shiny, new Ferrari in 1st gear. So they root to expand possibilities.
And before it starts a war, I personally think that anyone rooting should have a firm understanding of exactly what they are doing to their device to save others the redundancy of answering questions, but more than that, so they don't mess up something that's pretty great right out of the box.
I understand where a lot of the frustration comes from, but trying to make someone feel bad for asking a question, any question, is not what this forum is all about.
List of firsts:
ROM Manager (support the dev)
Titanium ( gotta be protected)
WiFi Tether (Great for showing off)
Custom ROM (Goes with ROM Manager, but you'll try a dozen before settling on one!)
SetCPU is great, fortunately I have found a ROM that, for my phone, makes it unnecessary, but every phone is different.
Have fun, and don't forget to Nandroid!
Thanks Anderson. I guess we have somebody who likes to start trouble and I'm not for it.
Particularly when it is possible to get into trouble by not knowing a bit about what you are doing at the root level.
There's so many people on each section of these forums telling people how amazing it is to root. Part of the function of these forums is to get help from other users on the possibilities of their phones. Many are here to help. That's what he's looking for. I'm sure he knows the reason he decided to root, you don't need to know his reason. As long as he's rooted, why not see what else a rooted phone can do? Either offer some help/suggestions or don't post, please.
How silly.
Something useful like this post.
You know know nothing of the sort, which is why I brought it up. I don't think he knows either - just that it's something "cool" to do.
Clearly if he knew then he wouldn't be asking -- that's my point. And that too is the purpose of "these" forums.
I'll refer you to your own advice in your last sentence above.
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