I'm new to all of this, so for me, I started with a toolkit. Now that I have gotten that under my belt and have learned more about it, I'm ready for manual.
I had set a goal of learning how to root for the month of December, when grad school was out of session. The toolkit was a good first step, but now that I understand the terms and process more, m looking forward to manual. I think they provide a good model or example of the process. I got to watch what is supposed to happen throughout the different steps.
Tonight, m going to unroot and relock my Nexus 7 and do it manually, and see if I can restore everything with titanium to save time. Once I have some experience doing it, I'll do it with my phone. I also hope to try a couple different user guides to see if there are any differences in approaches, all in the name of learning.
So, I think toolkits provide a good starting place, but I think of you're going to root, you should learn the manual way in the end.
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