Hey all,
Still would call myself a bit of an Android Noob. I'm technically savvy but don't want to jack up my phone. I also have a Mac, so figure that into the mix.
Anyway, I'm considering rooting for really the sole purpose of trying to better my battery life - I wouldn't consider myself a heavy user by any stretch and find myself with about 30% left on my Extended Battery every night around 9-10pm (off charger for 12-14 hrs). Not horrible, I know, but I feel like it should be better. I never ran that Social crap that kills batteries, and since Spare Parts' partial wake usage portion FC's with Gingerbread, I haven't been able to really delve into what's killing my battery. Seems messing around with the settings does a lot of damage.
Anyway, should I root? Wouldn't mind a better camera app either... but if the OTA Moto fixes update truly comes out in November, it might fix a bunch of stuff...?
I'm also having some goofy things happen on my phone, like notification settings not working properly (i.e. I hit some settings that yell "LOSS OF SERVICE" and "VERIZON WIRELESS" when I go in and out of coverage, and yells "VERIZON WIRELESS" before every incoming phone call. I turned everything off but they won't go away... have had a couple of BSODs but not for a while.
Maybe I should just factory reset and start from scratch again first?
Thoughts?
Thanks in advance.
Edit - I've never rooted a phone before. looks fairly simple even on Mac and I think you can unroot fairly easily if needed/wanted... right?
Still would call myself a bit of an Android Noob. I'm technically savvy but don't want to jack up my phone. I also have a Mac, so figure that into the mix.
Anyway, I'm considering rooting for really the sole purpose of trying to better my battery life - I wouldn't consider myself a heavy user by any stretch and find myself with about 30% left on my Extended Battery every night around 9-10pm (off charger for 12-14 hrs). Not horrible, I know, but I feel like it should be better. I never ran that Social crap that kills batteries, and since Spare Parts' partial wake usage portion FC's with Gingerbread, I haven't been able to really delve into what's killing my battery. Seems messing around with the settings does a lot of damage.
Anyway, should I root? Wouldn't mind a better camera app either... but if the OTA Moto fixes update truly comes out in November, it might fix a bunch of stuff...?
I'm also having some goofy things happen on my phone, like notification settings not working properly (i.e. I hit some settings that yell "LOSS OF SERVICE" and "VERIZON WIRELESS" when I go in and out of coverage, and yells "VERIZON WIRELESS" before every incoming phone call. I turned everything off but they won't go away... have had a couple of BSODs but not for a while.
Maybe I should just factory reset and start from scratch again first?
Thoughts?
Thanks in advance.
Edit - I've never rooted a phone before. looks fairly simple even on Mac and I think you can unroot fairly easily if needed/wanted... right?