I bricked my phone early this week. Froze at the Moto logo when you restart. Verizon was able to flash the ROM and get me going again. I played dumb as to how it happened. They weren't too concerned about it.

 

At this point, theres no reason to root, not much has come out to do with a rooted phone yet.

 

When that Milestone ROM eventually gets released, I'll be very tempted to try it out.

 

Unless they come out with the rom soon, you got only a few weeks till the 2.1 update that might very well do the same thing without rooting.

 

Sholes

Be prepared for some serious Linux-tech talk.. but the process is there..

 

Back in the good old days of flashing linux on the compaq ipaq, bricking meant you have a really pretty paperweight. That's the correct definition. Most people call borking your os on the phone "bricked". If you, or the guys at the Verizon store can flash the device, it's not bricked, just screwed up.

 

Oops, works pretty well.

 

With the recovery console installed properly and a good nandroid backup. you should be pretty brick-proof.

 

Indeed, if you have the custom recovery installed and make a nandroid backup then you can't brick it. However if we get into flashing new SPL's then you have the potential to truly brick it.

 

Just to be quite clear. With the new 2.0.1, if I accidentally screw something up, or want to go back to a non-rooted version of the OS, I could do the following and start my OS from scratch, but with my verizon plan still in tact:
-shut down
-Power+x
-Camera+Vol+
-Format