Root Wireless Tethering

[photoman95]

I do not want to root my Eris because I merely have no need to other than for wireless tethering. Surely there is a way to wirelessly tether and use the phone as a hotspot without rooting? Does anybody know, cause having to plug the phone in to tether is annoying beyond belief. Help?

 

[thrawn86]

as far as a "wifi" tether I'm not sure, but pdanet will let you do bluetooth which would at least save you the cord.

I can understand the hesitation to root, but on a phone like the eris almost necessary to get anywhere close to the way the phone is supposed to work.

 

[photoman95]

I can't find a crystal clear instruction list to root and it bothers me that I may have to change it back so it can go back to Verizon

 

[thrawn86]

always check the stickies

http://androidforums.com/eris-all-t...ed-18-november-2010-10-47-am-central-u-s.html

http://androidforums.com/eris-all-t...is-app-apk-no-pcs-no-scripts-needed-easy.html

http://androidforums.com/eris-all-things-root/127861-universal-eris-root-dummies.html

I've used both methods, and there are also tutorials on flashing. It may seem like a lot of work, but if you're unhappy with the performance of your phone its worth a try if you're not eligible to upgrade yet.

unrooting and flashing back is pretty easy, but from what I hear most people don't even bother.

 

[photoman95]

Thanks a bunch

 

[photoman95]

Rooted. Now what? any good stuff to do.with a rooted Eris? Anything good to flash?

 

[crackface]

Rooted. Now what? any good stuff to do.with a rooted Eris? Anything good to flash?

If you duct tape it to the bottom of one shoe, then jump off something really high, a rooted Eris will transition to rocket booster mode and you can fly!!

On a serious note - many people seem to be recommending CELB Froyo:
[ROM][GPL] CELB Froyo 4.3(Plain CM Rom)1-21-11 - xda-developers

I personally am running Floyo, and find it performs quite well for me:
[ROM]Floyo Tazz 5 1/14/11/mui music/gb keyboard - xda-developers

And some others are listed here:
http://androidforums.com/eris-all-things-root/220905-best-2-2-rom.html

And of course, you can now wireless tether.

Welcome to Roots R Us!!

 

[photoman95]

Froyo is a ROM like PlainJane right? I don't mean it works like it, but it is indeed a ROM? How do I get rid of the ROM I already flashed so I can flash Froyo?

 

[thrawn86]

"froyo" is android 2.2. celb, froshed, etc, are different froyo ROMs. xtr, for example, is a 2.1 rom.

I always end up coming back to 2.1 (mainly xtr) no matter what I try. There always seem to be issues with 2.2, however celb is pretty great.

1)boot recovery (clockwork or amon)
2)backup
3)wipe
4)flash
5)horray?

see this post for flashing/wiping instructions (illustrated) credit to eu1. in fig.40 you'll simply click on the .zip of whatever rom you downloaded.

http://androidforums.com/eris-all-things-root/127861-universal-eris-root-dummies.html#post1186824

in case anything goes wrong, simply boot recovery, wipe, and reflash your backup. its pretty much foolproof.