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Root without flashing another ROM?

DroidJnkie

Android Enthusiast
Dec 23, 2009
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In a galaxy far, far away
Hi everyone!

I just had a quick question. I just got a Moto Droid and am interested in rooting. I'm not a genius in this area, but I'm not a moron either. I can follow step-by-step instructions with the best of them.

I just wanted to know if I can root without flashing a custom ROM onto it afterwards? All I want to do at this point is be able to delete stock apps that I don't want and will never use, and be able to run apps from my SD card.

That brings up another point. If I run apps from my SD card, does it slow down the performance of the app?

Any advice will be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks!!
 
Rooting and flashing are two entirely different things. My DROID is rooted, but I have yet to flash.


I too left my phone rooted for about a week before I flashed anything to my phone.

I didn't flash anything to my phone until yesterday. There are really only two flashes worth trying at this point and for each nice/cool feature they add, they add 2 quirks.

There are other great things you can do without flashing, i.e. screen captures
 
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So does that mean that you can uninstall annoying stock apps and still have the stock home screens/interface that came on your Droid when you first bought it??

Yes. The easiest, and most reversible thing to do is simply change the name of the stock apps. They reside in the /system/app folder. Below is little HowTo.


Removing Amazon MP3, Visual Voicemail, Multimedia Dock, and Corporate Calender.

Using Terminal Emulator, type the following:

su

mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

cd /system/app

mv VVMStub.apk VVMStub.bak

mv com.amazon.mp3.apk com.amazon.mp3.bak

mv CorpCal.apk CorpCal.bak

mv Dock.apk Dock.bak

mount -o ro,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

sync
reboot


The above is performed on the DROID using an app called "Terminal Emulator".

If you ever want to "reinstall" a stock app, just change the name from .bak to .apk. Voil
 
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Yes. The easiest, and most reversible thing to do is simply change the name of the stock apps. They reside in the /system/app folder. Below is little HowTo.


Removing Amazon MP3, Visual Voicemail, Multimedia Dock, and Corporate Calender.

Using Terminal Emulator, type the following:

su

mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

cd /system/app

mv VVMStub.apk VVMStub.bak

mv com.amazon.mp3.apk com.amazon.mp3.bak

mv CorpCal.apk CorpCal.bak

mv Dock.apk Dock.bak

mount -o ro,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

sync
reboot


The above is performed on the DROID using an app called "Terminal Emulator".

If you ever want to "reinstall" a stock app, just change the name from .bak to .apk. Voil
 
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