Do I need to update hboot?

[cloak.n.dagger]

I am currently running hboot 0.9.000. I see that the latest out there is 2.10.0001. Is updating hboot important? What do I get from updating it? I have tried out a few ROMs (CM6 and VaelPak 3.0) and could never get CM6 to run for more than a few days without going south on me. Does having an old hboot play into this?

 

[2CupsWithString]

I am currently running hboot 0.9.000. I see that the latest out there is 2.10.0001. Is updating hboot important? What do I get from updating it? I have tried out a few ROMs (CM6 and VaelPak 3.0) and could never get CM6 to run for more than a few days without going south on me. Does having an old hboot play into this?

You have a good hboot. See the thing is with hboot 2.02 or higher the phone is a lot more difficult to hack, but really long story short is if your hboot ain't broke, don't fix it. You shouldn't think of it like the rest of the software on your phone, it's very low level.

What were some of your CM6 problems? (and what version were you on?)

 

[cloak.n.dagger]

I started out with CM6.1.1 and would have lots of problems using a bluetooth headset with the music player. A lot of the time the music just wouldn't play and then the music player app would force close. A couple of time the OS just rebooted. Then CM 6.1.2 came out so I thought I'd give that a try to see if these problems would go away. Keep in mind, I was using ROM Manager to flash these ROMs and this was around the time when clockwork recovery 3.0.0.1 (?) was having lots of issues. I was able to revert back to an older Amon_RA recovery that I had when I rooted my phone. So, I then updated to CM 6.1.2 and tried a couple of different Kernels. But this build was only stable for a day or so, then I would start seeing issues with my bluetooth headset, OS reboots, etc... The final straw for me was when I was on a flight I powered off my phone and when I powered back on it wouldn't boot back into the OS. I didn't even bother trying to do a Nandroid restore, I was so fed up at this point. I installed VaelPak 3.0 and it has been running solid for over a week now with no issues. I would love to go back to CM I just can't afford the instability. CM7 is looking promising but I will wait for full functionality before flashing.

Thanks for the hboot explanation. I will not update it if it's not needed.