So, I'm looking to clarify a few things regarding unlocking the bootloader/rooting/alternative recovery (CWM)/and backups. I've been reading all over these forums for a while now and finally feel ready to participate.
First off, I'm on a Dinc right now (still loving it, running latest MIUI.us ROM) and fully understand what rooting and unlocking the bootloader does and how to use CWM, I even helped some friends with their Fascinate and Captivate.
My questions are:
-Once I oem unlock the bootloader I can replace it with something else, say CWM without having to root, right?
-Assuming I can replace to bootloader without having to root, will I be able to do backups and restore from backups without root? (I understand the rom manager app requires root but I am fine doing things manually)
-regardless of wether I need to root to use CWM, will flashing (and wiping cache/data reset/etc.) wipe backups made in CWM or only affect the "partition" with the system files (not to sure it is an entirely different partition of the drive, but the location of the system file, please feel free to clarify how this portion of the phone storage works) Essentially I'm also asking if things like app data stored on the Gnex will get wiped as well.
-What specifically will probably prevent me from getting OTA's (unlocking the bootloader, changing the bootloader, rooting) I know flashing something other than the stock ROM (radios etc) will stop this but I don't plan to do that in the near future.
-Assuming I do put another bootloader on the Gnex (like CWM), will I still be able to manually flash the OTA files once google releases them online? I read that is the best option for rooted Gnexii, but I wanna know if the bootloader used will make a difference. I'm guessing I would need something like CWM as the stock bootloader AFAIK can't flash files like that.
Sorry for so many questions with so many variables, I just wanna make sure I get the facts straight and hopefully many other people can benefit from this. I'm surprised the folks with pre-release and review units haven't posted more details on either the droid life or android central blog (best blogs ever).
Thanks in advance everyone. If not in this thread, I'm sure a lot of you have helped answer a lot of my questions in other threads. If I can get all these facts straight I'll write up a good article and publish it on my google+ account.
First off, I'm on a Dinc right now (still loving it, running latest MIUI.us ROM) and fully understand what rooting and unlocking the bootloader does and how to use CWM, I even helped some friends with their Fascinate and Captivate.
My questions are:
-Once I oem unlock the bootloader I can replace it with something else, say CWM without having to root, right?
-Assuming I can replace to bootloader without having to root, will I be able to do backups and restore from backups without root? (I understand the rom manager app requires root but I am fine doing things manually)
-regardless of wether I need to root to use CWM, will flashing (and wiping cache/data reset/etc.) wipe backups made in CWM or only affect the "partition" with the system files (not to sure it is an entirely different partition of the drive, but the location of the system file, please feel free to clarify how this portion of the phone storage works) Essentially I'm also asking if things like app data stored on the Gnex will get wiped as well.
-What specifically will probably prevent me from getting OTA's (unlocking the bootloader, changing the bootloader, rooting) I know flashing something other than the stock ROM (radios etc) will stop this but I don't plan to do that in the near future.
-Assuming I do put another bootloader on the Gnex (like CWM), will I still be able to manually flash the OTA files once google releases them online? I read that is the best option for rooted Gnexii, but I wanna know if the bootloader used will make a difference. I'm guessing I would need something like CWM as the stock bootloader AFAIK can't flash files like that.
Sorry for so many questions with so many variables, I just wanna make sure I get the facts straight and hopefully many other people can benefit from this. I'm surprised the folks with pre-release and review units haven't posted more details on either the droid life or android central blog (best blogs ever).
Thanks in advance everyone. If not in this thread, I'm sure a lot of you have helped answer a lot of my questions in other threads. If I can get all these facts straight I'll write up a good article and publish it on my google+ account.
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