1. bhedwards0822's Avatar
    I'm new to the world of Android, I just purchased a used Motorola Droid from the Crakberry Market place. The guy selling it said it was running a optimized 2.1 build (whatever that means) but my question is how do you tell if it is rooted? When I go to the phone info it says build number : bugless beast 0.7, firmware version : 2.1, Kernel verison : 2.6.29-omap1-gb5cd919android-build@apa26#1.....Can someone help me here??
    05-12-10 10:28 AM
  2. spotmark's Avatar
    If it's running Bugless Beast, it's rooted.
    05-12-10 10:35 AM
  3. xliderider's Avatar
    There will also be a Superuser app in your app drawer with a ninja icon.
    05-12-10 12:45 PM
  4. bhedwards0822's Avatar
    Yep there is a superuser app. Now how to I download roms and kernels?
    05-12-10 03:02 PM
  5. xliderider's Avatar
    Easiest way is to download the app ROM Manager/ROM Manager Premium from the Marketplace.
    05-12-10 03:53 PM
  6. bhedwards0822's Avatar
    Ok I've downloaded that and now where do I find these ROMs and how do I save them to my SD card?
    05-12-10 06:09 PM
  7. hondateg91's Avatar
    There really is no specific place to get them. Just check out like androidforums.com and search around google from there. I just rooted my phone and added the smoked glass rom last night(1st time rooting).
    05-12-10 07:10 PM
  8. bhedwards0822's Avatar
    Gotcha.....how did you back your factory stuff up though to your SD.
    05-12-10 08:55 PM
  9. hondateg91's Avatar
    I didnt perform a backup cause I dont have alot of apps and its easy to set it back up. Next time I will use the nandroid backup before loading the roms, etc..
    05-12-10 09:39 PM
  10. xliderider's Avatar
    If you use rom manager, it will give you the option to back up everything before loading the new rom. There are also images of the factory roms that you can load if you ever need to get back to stock.
    05-12-10 10:26 PM
  11. bhedwards0822's Avatar
    Can you guys suggest any good reading material about kernels & overclocking? I'm not familiar with that at all.....
    05-12-10 10:58 PM
  12. bhedwards0822's Avatar
    Nevermind....I checked out androidforums.com and they have pretty much everything I need there. I still dont know if I understand it but they have a lot of material there. Thanks to everyone for there input.
    05-12-10 11:53 PM
  13. luvjones305's Avatar
    I have a motorola droid that already been flashed too metropcs but the enternet & my picture messaging don't work any more on my motorola droid rooted 2.1 android they all was working earlier today i deleted a file in my sd memory card by accident an it reeboted my phone and took of my enternet an picture messaging settings by mistake i had too look for a wi-fi connection to sign in to use my phone again over the wifi connection but the phone still can make calls an regular text but no more mms messaging or internet any more if you can help me to put it back on send me a message on here
    07-27-10 06:32 PM
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