Nice Mr. Chaffin. We need a "No Thanks" button.
Denied!
Like PARick, I have a few questions on where to really go from here. SuperUser is correctly loaded, but I need help correctly operating ROMManager(premium) and setcpu.
I DL ROM Manager(premium) from appbrain as well as set cpu. But I heard you need to have specific kernels to safely overclock the phone. I instantly created a backup so I can feel free to play around from here. Late last night I in installed CyanogenMod but decided to go back to my backup after i was unable to sync my gmail and facebook accounts using CMG.
My question to you guys, is what ROM/Kernel should I DL to allow me successful overclocking as well as that WOW factor to make me feel like I truly made the right choice.
Thanks to everyone for all their help in here.
This will pertain to the OP as well as anyone else that is new to Root.
First of all, I was chillin with a rooted Droid in December and didn't really know why either. Why?...cause I could. If someone wants to root their phone and ask "now what"...no reason is needed...no justification required...nuff said.
Instead I will ask a different question.
What do you want to do with your phone that you couldn't before? You can load a new ROM, you can overclock (usually ROM's come with a 800MHz or 1GHz OC kernel already), you can theme it (with or without a custom ROM, you can move apps to the sd card using a variety of methods (I prefer Titanium Backup), you can run apps that require root access (like drocap2 from the market so you can take some screenshots of all those custom ROMs and themes
)...you can do lots of things.
What I think kennychaffin was trying to say is that you SHOULD know what you are doing before you do it. You now have root access...you now have super user status with your phone and your phone will "allow" you to do all kinds of stupid things
. You can delete things you shouldn't delete, you can create a lot of work for yourself fixing mistakes you make. It's okay...we all have been there...but you need to understand a few things before you move forward.
RECOVERY IMAGES!!! This is a biggie. Your custom recovery image (aka ClockworkMod, or SPRecovery) is VERY important. Read through some posts...do some searching...figure out how to make backups...how to restore backups and this is the most important thing...MAKE A BACKUP BEFORE YOU MAKE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO YOUR PHONE (new kernel, new theme, new ROM...you get the idea). If you only learn this...you will be fine
Overclocking is not the same for everyone. If you load a 1.25GHz or 1.3GHz kernel and then can't boot your phone up...I bet I know what your problem is
. My phone can be clocked to 1.2GHz but it's not usually 100% stable. 1.1GHz is 100% stable for me so that is usually what I run. OC'ing also = decreased battery life and increased cpu & battery temperatures. I'm running at 1.0GHz right now cause that's all I need and that extra 100Mhz could cost me 30 minutes of battery life...with no real gain. You should definitely play around to see what your phone can handle. loading a 1.3GHz kernel won't hurt your phone...it just probably won't run (or you'll see random reboots, force closes everywhere, etc.).
Hopefully this helps... Just remember that when people tell you to read the instructions...or to "know what you are doing", they are looking out for you. Now you may not brick your phone (it is pretty hard to do that anymore), but you will spend hours...frustrated...trying to fix things you broke. But if you are familiar with your recovery image...make periodic backups as well as timely backups (before you do anything significant to your phone), you should be just fine.