I am new to these threads and I have tried to find the answers to the questions but I cannot find them. I just have a couple of questions, I am trying to figure out what to do with my eris. I currently have the 2.1v1 leak and my questions are:

1. How close are the 2.1 leak versions to being rooted?
2. Could you downgrade from a 2.1 leak, then upgrade to the 2.1 official update, then root?
3. Could you overclock an eris without rooting?
4. If I upgrade to 2.1v3 leak, am I going to lose all of my apps and everything again?

Basically I am looking to get a little bit better performance out of my eris. And so at this point I am trying to figure out what to do. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

 

Dang. I guess that is what I get for wanting to be cutting edge lol. Thanks for all the help and the link for backing up my eris, I am going to upgrade to 2.1v3.