How-To: Root your Droid

**z0mbiexx** · #1 (**permalink**) 12-23-2009, 12:29 PM

Alright i do believe i am now rooted and i flashed the new recovery and made a nadroid backup all without bricked my new phone PHEEW.

how does one take off the unused icons now im rooted?

parkjam · #2 (**permalink**) 12-23-2009, 12:36 PM

YAY!!!!! Congrats zombie! It seems a bit daunting at first, but it really isn't that hard, and your chances of bricking your phone are really low, much like flashing new spl's on WinMo. As far as getting rid of the apps your not using. Try this in a terminal:

su
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
cd /system/app
mv Email.apk Email.bak
mv VVMStub.apk VVMStub.bak
mv com.amazon.mp3.apk com.amazon.mp3.bak
mv CorpCal.apk CorpCal.bak
mount -o ro,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
sync
reboot

**banden** · #3 (**permalink**) 12-23-2009, 11:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by parkjam

YAY!!!!! Congrats zombie! It seems a bit daunting at first, but it really isn't that hard, and your chances of bricking your phone are really low, much like flashing new spl's on WinMo. As far as getting rid of the apps your not using. Try this in a terminal:

su
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
cd /system/app
mv Email.apk Email.bak
mv VVMStub.apk VVMStub.bak
mv com.amazon.mp3.apk com.amazon.mp3.bak
mv CorpCal.apk CorpCal.bak
mount -o ro,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
sync
reboot

Forgive me as I'm not a Unix guy. Wouldn't it be more prudent to rename the files to something like Email.apk.bak ? I'd always been taught that as best practice in Windows environment and I don't see the reason for completely removing the old extension. (Just curious)

**breakmyfootoff** · #4 (**permalink**) 12-24-2009, 12:58 AM

Does anyone know if there is a compiled list of what things can be done with a rooted Droid at the moment? I figure I'll probably root it eventually, but I want to hold off as long as possible until there are some things that will really benefit me.

parkjam · #5 (**permalink**) 12-24-2009, 08:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by breakmyfootoff

Does anyone know if there is a compiled list of what things can be done with a rooted Droid at the moment? I figure I'll probably root it eventually, but I want to hold off as long as possible until there are some things that will really benefit me.

That link I posted about modifying the framework-res file is actually to a thread on alldroid called "what I have done now that Im rooted?", or something of that nature