Cool.
That's pretty much what I do, except for the root part.
I'm holding on the root, not because I'm afraid of it, after all I did root my prevail, and my warp1 both, as well as un-root them both, so I am familiar with the root process and roms and such. I just want to let the newness wear off some and play with the phone to familiarize myself with it before I delve into root.
I normally kept my brightness at about 50% most times, mainly because both those phones well, suked outside, couldn't hardly see them, and had to bump the brightness either all the way up or most of the way up. I found though at 50% it was a happy medium for battery life vs screen look.
I also keep my gps, wifi and blue tooth off except for the times I need or use them which wasn't a lot. I move cars from auction to dealer and dealer to auction so I'm out and about most the time, so I rarely used any of them.
I also disable any animation affects and live wall papers and stuff similar. To me all the visuals are really cool and all, and have that "ahhh" and "ohhhh" factor, but for me that lasts about 2 mins and I'm like "OK I'm done, thanks" and turn it all off to save battery.
Battery life to me is pretty vital, since I really HATE plugging in to charge it, except at night when I sleep. Just hate being attached I guess
, so the longer I can last without useing a plug, the better. I will probably end up getting a 3500mah extended battery, as I LOVED the one I had on my warp1, lasted a good 10hrs or better, without having to worry about using a plug in. Most days I rarely if at all used a plug in.
It would seem though that most everyone is getting a good 9hrs of battery life, even UN-rooted people, and those that are rooted can get even more with the battery stats tweaks in the rom......another feature I loved in the roms for the prevail.
So far in 1 yr I've had a prevail, warp1, and warp sequent, and now I will have the s2, is that excessive?
. Lets hope this is the LAST phone I upgrade to for awhile, getting tired of re-setting up my screens lol.