Root quick question about rooted DX

[jyarbrough20]

so I am a new DX owner and am rooted..... I am familiar w/ root as I owned a rooted droid and was very comfortable flashing ROMs/Themes or whatever... recovery was easy to get into....and if there was a glitch (i.e. a bootloop) I could get into recovery by first doing a battery pull and then hold power and x to get into recovery and install a nandroid backup.... I have been reading about bootstrap and I guess my question is is how do you get this up if you are in a bootloop to install a backup? I'm a little confused about this process and how it goes kind of hand in hand w/ ROM manager now.... a little different now.... could someone please explain? Thanks..... it may be in another thread and I just haven't come across the answer...sorry if that is the case

 

[colchiro]

If you get in a boot loop, pull the battery, wait a few secs, put it back in, then plug in your usb cable. The phone should then boot into recovery.

 

[jyarbrough20]

to the computer or wall or does it matter? and it will go into recovery automatically? Also, i'm trying to back up this stock rom w/ ROM manager....do I have to have bootstrap to back up too? thanks

 

[colchiro]

I've only used computer.

Rom manager uses bootstrap to backup so if that works, you can actually name it something meaningful first off. O/W you'd have to go back with Root Explorer and name it to something like: Rooted_OTA_2.3.15 or Deodexed_2.3.15 or whatever. You can use underscores or hyphens, but no spaces.

 

[jyarbrough20]

easy enough....thanks

 

[bladebarrier]

If you're bootstrapped with Koush's, it's a matter of re-boots in under 2 minutes.

I just pull the battery. Boot up. As soon as it starts, pull the battery again. Boot up. As soon as it starts, pull it again. Give about 10 seconds between pulls. I don't use a USB connection during the trip-recovery trick.

So, as soon as it hits "M logo", pull, wait 10 count, repeat. If you're bootstrapped, it will force it into Koush's recovery on the 3rd reboot (just let it go).

You can even end up there by accident, this way, because you re-booted, then swapped batteries, and wondered why it ended up in recovery. Using the re-boot option, after, will allow it to boot like normal.

/I believe it should happen on the second, but on occassions I've had it take three re-boots (maybe I didn't wait long enough, or another user error).

 

[bladebarrier]

I've only used computer.

Rom manager uses bootstrap to backup so if that works, you can actually name it something meaningful first off. O/W you'd have to go back with Root Explorer and name it to something like: Rooted_OTA_2.3.15 or Deodexed_2.3.15 or whatever. You can use underscores or hyphens, but no spaces.

Just to repeat what Colchiro said; NO SPACES IN THE NAME.

Whether you use ROM Manager, or re-name it after. You will not be able to restore from one, if you do (unless you re-name it manually again).