Looking for advice. I've been considering rooting for a while (since before Sprint officially released 2.1). I've also considered just going to Sprint to get them update my phone. Not sure which approach makes more sense for me.

A few factors:

- Battery life on my unit is not too good. It generally needs to be plugged in at some point to make it through a full day. Not sure if I have too many apps loaded or if I just have some bad settings.

- Most apps work okay. However, Google Maps force closes (stops unexpectedly) every time I launch.

- A big reason I haven't moved forward on rooting is I don't really have much time to look into how to do it right and it seems like there are a lot of choices to make on ROMs. Thus, I choose inaction.

- Haven't gotten around to having Sprint update it, since I'm not sure how easy it is to get all my apps back on and to get my data back on. Sounds like things like Nandroid backup are only for rooted phones.

- I don't have any use for the Sprint stock apps (Nascar, NFL, etc).

Given this background, any advice on which route I should take?

Appreciate the advice.

Dave

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Mahalo Mahalo.

Is Universal Androot similar to Fresh Kitchen? Are there advantages of one versus another? Are there good instructions out there for using Universal Androot?

Also, on stable ROMs, how does one pick the best one for them? It seems like there are a lot of them out there.

Thanks,
Dave