I just finished following the directions at that link you gave me. I was able to get GingerBreak installed on my phone, but I can't seem to get rooted. I've downloaded the APK from
this link, but no dice. According to Knightdulac on
this page of the forums, s/he was able to get it work, and s/he has the same phone and version as I do. I have no idea what I'm doing wrong now.
Sincerely, I have no idea why this has to be so difficult, or why it is so difficult and dangerous to either "performance tune" a phone, or to jump through all these hoops just to get a battery to last longer than 4 hours.
(sorry about the whining. told ya I was a n00b at this
)