What does rooting actually do? Like I know it allows you to install non-market apps, but are there any downsides to it? What else does it do though?
Really? There's no app that can take screen shots or record the screen without rooting?im doing some research on this too because apparently you can only take screen shots after your device has been rooted. ( or do some complicated developer java computer only option which is ridiculous)
I'm a newb to the Android world and just rooted my Inspire following some YouTube videos. Went surprisingly smooth. Installed the Android Revolution ROM. Now I have hotspot ability as well as side loading abilites and then some. Yes, the speaker sound quality can use some improvement buts its acceptable.
To answer the question above my post, yes you can install non market apps using
Sideload Wonder Machine.
Guys, check out the CM7 kernel @ xda.
If you thought the Inspire couldn't get any smoother ... well it just did.
Gingerbread leaps off this phone.
There's a Gingerbread ROM? Did you do anything special to get the BUZZ 1.6Ghz kernel on the phone? I've flashed it twice and setcpu won't let me go past 1.2Ghz.
Yea, they have a kernel up that works with Cyanogenmod 7 aka Gingerbread 2.3.2. Only thing not working yet is GPS but the rom is blazing fast and you can overclock up to 1.5 gigs
There's a 1.2 and 1.6 BUZZ kernel. You just have to flash the appropriate one.
Cool I'll check out CM7. I was close to getting the Atrix but I'm loving all the ROMs and kernels I can flash to the Inspire.
Does CM7 not come with Google apps? I saw that attn1's instructions said to flash Google apps. Also what does it mean to flash GAPPS?
Yea I know. We won't be seeing CyanogenMod on the Atrix anytime soon.LOL
Nah, he can't include the Google apps in the rom because Google didn't want him to. Therefore you have to flash them separately. They're all packed together in a flashable zip file called a "gapp" file which is short for google apps.
You can download the right one from the cyanogen wiki
Latest Version - CyanogenMod Wiki
Ok I think I have everything. Here are the files I have.
kernel-cm7-inspire-dhd.zip
gapps-gb-20110120-signed.zip
update-cm-7.0.0-RC1-DesireHD-signed.zip
Now I flash CM7, then gapps, then the kernel correct? Also CM7 is only 80MB?
Sorry for all the questions I'm new to Android.
The device in our hands we (generically) call a phone. The specific class is smartphone. However that label can be very misleading, since it's really a handheld computer which includes a phone.
My point?
These devices are not as simple or easy to root & modify as many portray.
To root is to get to the base of the Linux based Mobile Operating System known as Android.
It allows a trained user to modify how the computer functions. It also allows the untrained user to render the computer useless.
Quite often people that root have a much higher understanding & much more experience than you do. To them it's easy to forget just how much they know.
No one here is likely to intentionally mislead you. But if they leave out one crucial step by honest mistake, you're screwed. Think about it.
So - before you are quick to mess with your phone, invest some time in educating yourself (not just believing others). You'll be extremely glad you did.
Try SHOOT ME in the android Market...
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