After having spent the entire day working on rooting my phone,
I found it to be an interesting experience, and I learned alot.
Overall, success was achieved. I downloaded the files, read
the instructions over, and read all the posts that I could
find. Having done so, I was at times still surprised. One
must follow the directions carefully!
The whole point of this seemed to me to be a process in which
to create what I will term the 'equivalent of a bootable
sdcard,' from which I could wipe the phone, install the new
ROM, and reboot. The 'Recovery' program seems to act as a
shell running on the phone which facilitates everything else.
As soon as I can convince my fiancee that I like it and that
she will too, I'll use this sdcard to upgrade her phone quickly
and easily. It all worked well when I was done on my phone, so
I tried all the ROM's on this site.
The end result was amazing! I can't recommend it enough!
After having been let down by MotoShaft, I discovered that this
truly is like having a new phone. I find that I'm missing
MotoBlur somewhat; I don't know where to go to do the Facebook
things I was doing before. I think I'm suffering from some
sort of social integration withdrawal... It has been a new and
interesting experience.
Having loaded all the ROM's I could find, I found that the
'BBMM278-B2' works the best for me. The MMBB278-B2-StockTheme'
works well for me also, easing my transition into a non-Blur
world and relieving my minor anxiety about feeling disconnected
from the world. Strange, I used to shut my phone off on the
weekends before I got a smart phone, and a fiancee, for that
matter...
I had trouble with the 'BarelyBlurredXTA2SDMM278-Beta2-signed'
ROM. After loading and rebooting, the furthest I could get was
the 'M' symbol, with a tiny black rectangle in the upper left
corner. Also, although the overclocking ROM seemed to work, I
did notice that the Market had difficulty with connection to
internet when using wi-fi.
A couple of observations: some of the Moto MSM ROM files, when
unpacked, were installed in to two directories; one set for
1.5, and one set for 2.1. Thinking incorrectly, I chose to use
the 'su' and 'superuser.apk' files in the 2.1 directory, while
I was really still running 1.5. Don't make the same mistake I
did! In addition, when I launched SuperUser after installation,
I discovered that I had to decline the upgrade it offered me,
and set the notification setting to 'Notification' instead of
'Toast.' Beyond that, no problem.
I have to say, as an engineer, it is marvelous to see a few
whiz kids upstage an oversized corporation. Good stuff! I
can't help but think that if you guys were at Motorola, we
would be here now...
Thanks again to all of you who have worked hard to make this
possible. I wish I was rich, so I could shower all of you with
money, but I am not. Instead, you'll have to settle for my
heartfelt gratitude. If I can share my experience with this
process in order to help someone, please don't hesitate to ask.
WELL DONE!!!
Time to get at it now since I can't even get google voice anymore or even ringdroid.
