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Originally Posted by quadjacks
I was reading OP and was going to download the files needed. As per >>>> http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing.html
The following statement was made. I am new to Android, so is it necessary to go that route to Root my phone? I have experience with Flashing my Touch Pro, and yes i am very aware this is very different, however the same risk, and need to pay attention to detail are similar. |
No, that's only if you are planning on writing software for Android. If you're just trying to root the phone (and install nandroid, etc) you just need to download the SDK (here
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html) and then extract it to a folder somewhere on your computer). You don't actually need to "install" anything from the SDK. The reason that you need to do this is because there's a program in the SDK called "adb.exe" that will let you issue commands to your phone from your desktop. As far as I know you don't actually NEED the program, but it makes it much easier than having to type a bunch of commands on your Droid.