[mordac]

I am a new user and read that last three months worth of data (back to before gingerbread )

I was an old DROID (Moto a855) user and got to enjoy a lot of the ways that custom ROMs can help ones phone. Now I have a new device and getting Root to start with has been a problem. I tried several options from different sources with no luck.
What I would really like to be able to do is this:
- get root
- install new roms/rotate etc.
- be able to flash back to current os/rom and unroot if I need to return for service.

I guess my biggest problem is that I am new the scene any help on learning what is going on with it would be greatly appreciated!

 

[mordac]

I found several posts that led me to different SURE FIRE ways to root.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056847

This one got me there.

Titanium is not installed and I can back up etc.

My next goal is custom roms. And looking at other possible activities - getting rid of the tmobile bloatware.

 

[Kwes1020]

Yup that's the way I used. Nvflash cwm. Make a backup of stock. Flash rooted rom of your choice. If you need to return it to stock use your backup..

If you want a solid stock rooted/debloated rom try weapon.

 

[mordac]

Now running weapon g2x. Solid
I can't figure out how to modify the home screen of twlaunchrr. Wanted to get rid of Messages andvadd others instead. Headed to the other forum to do some research
;-)

 

[Danishswag]

If you figure out how to modify the bottom four apps, please post it, I never was able to find anything.

 

[wendellc]

Open app drawer > open options > click edit.

I'm not on weapon at the moment so this is from memory.

 

[Danishswag]

Open app drawer > open options > click edit.

I'm not on weapon at the moment so this is from memory.

You sir are a gentleman and a scholar. I now feel noobish for the first time in a long time and am surprisingly ok with it.

 

[mordac]

This is a weird change
BUT tonight when I went to upgrade to a new rom. I went into ROM manager as normal, selected the new Weapon Rom. it downloaded....
Upon reboot - it threw an error and was in recovery mode.
That was when I noticed that I had /mnt/sdcard/clockworkmod AND /mnt/sdcard/_externalSD both have clockwork mod folders.

the external cd seemed to have the REPORT.LOG.

Does anyone know what this is meaning and I have looked at the log file,. but the only thing that stands out -
w:unable to get recovery.fstab infor for /sd-ext during fstab generation.

Anyone got a clue what could make this happen - and how do I fix it?

 

[dlamber7]

Which recovery are you using? you need 5.0.2.0 to use external to flash. Rom manager uses external to store the files, so it also needs 5.0.2.0 to flash the rom.