Increase your reputation - please help with the rooting FAQ

[Jerry Hildenbrand]

RE Sholes or any auto-root/update/ROM install app-

At the risk of being sent out on a rail, I suggest things like this stay OUT of your FAQ. Imagine if there was an app for the TP2 (since yer a WinMo convert) that you could load from the sd card and it would automatically start swapping out cab files or merge registry hacks. Johnny Consumer finally saves enough to get his new TP2 and sees someone talking about that app. He of course loads it, runs it and begins to ask a metric assload of questions about what he did, or even worse changes his mind and tries to delete things from the FS.

I don't want to sound elitist, but people unwilling to read and try to understand what they are doing have no business doing it because they will have no idea what to do if everything isn't perfect when it's done. (candidate for worst run-on sentence in history!). Your experience today is a perfect example. If the app you used was open source and you could look at the syntax of the scripts, you could probably figure out which step fouled up and fix it. Instead you're left to scratch your head and try something else, or even worse - you have a 500.00 metal brick.

I'd say leave Sholes Updater for the Sholes team to support, and try to suggest the end user get a grasp of what they are doing with your FAQ instead.

Please, this isn't a dig at the folks who use, used, or will use the Sholes app. Just a generalization.

 

[Cory Streater]

You should like the rom. It had the fastest boot I've experienced

Except it appears to be missing the Corporate Calendar application, which I must have

 

[Cory Streater]

I'd say leave Sholes Updater for the Sholes team to support, and try to suggest the end user get a grasp of what they are doing with your FAQ instead.

I agree and will leave it out of the FAQ.

 

[prometheus]

ok. I was warned that this would happen once I rooted.... that I'd never be satisfied and would constantly try new roms. I guess I need to do the Sholes 2.0.6

That should be one of the FAQs... "what will happen once I root?" you'll end up spending even MORE time than before tweaking and playing with your phone, your sleep will be disturbed, your friends will be ignored, your wife will be mad at you, your eyes til get sore, you'll be obsessed, you'll try to install custom roms on your children, you'll ask your wife when she's gonna get an upgrade....

 

[thebizz]

Except it appears to be missing the Corporate Calendar application, which I must have

Nope it doesn't have it I always remove it anyways. You can always pull it off another rom if you really like this one. Just restore to a rom with it. Go into astro system/apparently find corp. Cal and long press on it click send email it to yourself if you have multiple accounts now go back into this rom and download the attachment. Or just have someone email it to you

 

[droidweasel]

ahhhh, i like what i see here. evryone putting in their knowledge, imagine what we can do if we all work together......nice. thx everyone.

 

[Flyguide83]

So Id like to update my list of root necessary apps..Now that I have really become obsessed with everything root...
AndExplorer--Changing root files,renaming..
Astro-- Installing, moving,
RootExplorer-- same as AndExplorer... I like using both
DroCap--Screen shots
Quickboot-- gives you three options ( reboot, recovery,Boot loader) one button gets you there
Temp monitor--monitor battery and or CPU tamps
Wireless Tether--self explanatory
Set CPU--OC your droid
BatteryLife-- battery monitor, shows extended data ie battery temp
--------Optional--------
Metamorph(questionable bugs but need it)- theme installer
Titanium backup( I stopped using it because of corrupt files but others still use)