ROOTING YOUR PHONE IS A WONDERFUL WAY TO MAKE IT MORE FUN AND WORK BETTER!
Attrubution: Many thanks to joser116 for all the help he gave me which allowed me to be able to put this information together! Hopefully it will be helpful to many in the
future!
WARNING: There is no advantage to rooting your phone unless you want to customize your phone using apps which require root or you want to improve the performance of your phone by removing unnecessary stock apps (bloatware) that came with your phone that you cannot uninstall otherwise or you want to add some that will only work on rooted phones. If you do not follow the instructions exactly as they are outlined you can cause your phone to malfunction or even not work at all. If you have any doubts about your ability to do this PLEASE STOP NOW!
Also - due to difficulties that some users have when restoring with Titanium Backup, it is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED that you purchase the PAID FOR version of Titanium Backup and FREEZE the apps you want to remove rather than uninstall them. This is VERY important for those who are not technically savvy!!!
From the creator of this thread: I KNOW the following procedure works! But if you break your phone in the process, please do not blame me. Do this at your own risk!
ROOTING GUIDE:
CAVEAT: This will void your warranty!
1. First,
enable USB Debugging on your phone.
(You can enable USB Debugging by
opening Settings on your phone,
selecting Applications, then
Development, make sure the USB Debugging option has a
bright checkmark beside it, a faded checkmark generally means it is disabled.)
2. Using your phone's browser go here and download the file
z4root.1.3.0.apk
3. Save it to your phone.
4. If the download is unsuccessful,
download the free app: Dolphin Mini Browser and try that. It should work.
5. If you don't see the app after it is installed,
go to file manager in the app drawer and go to your sd card icon and go to the dolphin browser mini folder. You will find it there.
6.
Open up z4root and when it asks for permissions, be sure to click on 'allow'.
7. Then
do a PERMANENT root. You can always unroot later.
8. After you start the process
your phone will turn off. This way you know it is working. When it turns back on it will be rooted. You can check to be sure by opening up z4root again and it will give you the option to: reroot
9. You have now finished rooting!
The Steps Hereafter Are On How To Delete Bloatware and Overclocking
Due to difficulties that some users have when restoring with Titanium Backup, it is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED that you purchase the PAID FOR version of Titanium Backup and FREEZE the apps you want to remove rather than uninstall them. This is VERY important for those who are not technically savvy!!!
IMPORTANT: Before using Titanium Backup (nicknamed: Titu) please read this post by UBRocked (moderator here)! If you don't understand it you may want to think twice about uninstalling your STOCK APPS with it.
Backup and Restore using Titanium Backup (Attribute: UBRocked)
1.
Download Titanium Backup Pro from the Market.
2. Open it and be sure to
give it permissions by clicking on Allow.
3. Tap the tab in the middle that says
Backup/Restore:
4.
Back up any apps you want to FREEZE first. VERY IMPORTANT!
5.
Follow the directions in the link above to backup and remove stock apps before you continue.
6.
You can FREEZE just about any stock app that came with your phone that you do not use
except the browsers, with Mobile Web being an exception. Also do NOT remov ANYTHING named google (e.g: google talk) In addition, especially for MetroPCS users,
do not uninstall any of your stock email apps as it can create problems.
(See the second and third posts below this one for a complete list of things you can and cannot FREEZE, depending on who your carrier is: Cricket or MetroPCS.)
7. Next, download
SetCPU or
CPU Boost from the Market and
reset your CPU to 600 Mhz.
That's it!
Good luck and let me know if you have any questions.
~ Jazz
Attrubution: Many thanks to joser116 for all the help he gave me which allowed me to be able to put this information together! Hopefully it will be helpful to many in the future!
CAVEAT: This will void your warranty!
(However, you can always unroot it!
)