superoneclick root do I need to factory reset 1st ?

[BERN-ie5]

I have a Captivate with 2.2. ~ I want to root it trying the superoneclick root method. What precautions do I need to take ? I have probably over 200 apps installed & NO, I dont have them backed up ( I dont know how ~ yet ) Will I lose everything & then have to re~install it all again & im also afraid of my phone reverting back to 2.1 ?

 

[kcrandall758]

I have a Captivate with 2.2. ~ I want to root it trying the superoneclick root method. What precautions do I need to take ? I have probably over 200 apps installed & NO, I dont have them backed up ( I dont know how ~ yet ) Will I lose everything & then have to re~install it all again & im also afraid of my phone reverting back to 2.1 ?

rooting the phone does not delete anything, nor revert your back to previous software verisons. it opens up the phone to allow you to do things such as back all your apps up using software like Titanium Backup. but as far as deleting things, thats not something you have to worry about.

 

[pittsm]

200??? Wow that's a crazy amount of apps!

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[chrisphoenix9]

DON'T DO IT. I used that root and it nearly killed it. Use Odin. I also recommend installing Cyanogen. Since i installed Cyanogen, my phone has better battery life and is more responsive than my Atrix. Seriously, don't use super oneclick. It doesn't work correctly on the Captivate. It will for a couple of weeks and then poof, your phone is slow as fudge in syrup.

 

[pittsm]

DON'T DO IT. I used that root and it nearly killed it. Use Odin. I also recommend installing Cyanogen. Since i installed Cyanogen, my phone has better battery life and is more responsive than my Atrix. Seriously, don't use super oneclick. It doesn't work correctly on the Captivate. It will for a couple of weeks and then poof, your phone is slow as fudge in syrup.

actually if you revert back to 2.1 first it works great. 2.2 and later.....not so much.

 

[chrisphoenix9]

actually if you revert back to 2.1 first it works great. 2.2 and later.....not so much.

I did revert back to the 2.1 and it worked great. But I went to the leaked 2.2 not long after and it had issues.

 

[pittsm]

I did revert back to the 2.1 and it worked great. But I went to the leaked 2.2 not long after and it had issues.

odd, i've never had any problems with it.

 

[kcrandall758]

Neither did I

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[ajonesma]

DON'T DO IT. I used that root and it nearly killed it. Use Odin. I also recommend installing Cyanogen. Since i installed Cyanogen, my phone has better battery life and is more responsive than my Atrix. Seriously, don't use super oneclick. It doesn't work correctly on the Captivate. It will for a couple of weeks and then poof, your phone is slow as fudge in syrup.

Installing cyanogen pretty much bricked my captivate! it didnt have the market installed so i installed it then I couldnt use it because it wouldnt let me sign in with my gmail account, only account support was exchange. So I used odin to flash stock back and now its bricked. I'll probably never use cyanogen again!