whats bad? using ROM manager to flash gnm's amonra recovery? or using CWM recovery?
http://androidforums.com/optimus-m-all-things-root/352401-do-not-use-clockwork-mod-rom-manager.html
There had been a variety of users who ran into the same basic problem, and if I'm not mistaken, it points mainly to the use of CWM. Simply installing ROM Manager itself causes no harm of course.
whats even worse for our phones (ANY PHONE) is rooting without understanding what your doing, but people do it ALL THE TIME.
Agreed.
like i said, i advise doing it the manual way and if thats too much, maybe dont root.
I'd like to provide an analogy for you to illustrate that
using a more efficient way is not, as you seem to imply, a bad idea. Take for example two different methods in basic Calculus on how to take a derivative of a function. The basic understanding in either case is that the derivative of a function yields another function that represents the slope of the original at any given point. If you're already familiar, cool. If not, just think of slope in common sense terms--skiing down a mountain that is sloped either steep or gently.
Taking the derivative the
manual way, you must take the limit of the function plugged into the difference quotient as h -> 0. For an example, I'll use a basic equation:
y = f(x) = x^2:
d(x^2) = lim
.. (x+h)^2-x^2 = lim
.. x^2+2xh+h^2-x^2 = lim
.. 2xh +
h^2 =
....dx.......h->0
....... h
........... h->0
.......... h
............... h->0 h
.......h
lim
.. (2x + h) =
2x
h->0
Or, you can take the derivative the
super fast way, by simply reducing the exponent by a value of 1, and applying the original exponent as a coefficient of your variable. Demonstrated with the same function as above,
f(x) = x^2:
d(x^2) = 2x^1 =
2x
....dx
Now if you're already familiar with this, you'll know what I'm talking about. If you're not, that's okay. Surely you can still see the MASSIVE difference in efficiency. In fact, the second method shown here is vastly used, and the first method is only taught practically as a formality to show where it comes from. You can learn what a derivative really is with either method. Once you start taking derivatives of much more complicated functions, it becomes impractical and illogical to use the long method.
Just the same, while
I recommend that all new rooters heavily investigate what they're doing, understand what it is that they're doing, have a backup plan and a way to revert what they're doing, and overall be completely aware of the consequences, both potential and guaranteed, I believe that a rooter can understand these consequences in this context without going through and manually typing a bunch of stuff in ADB. Just the same, I enjoy administrator access on any computer I own, but I enjoy it at the level of a competent user--not a Windows developer.
Efficiency is a good thing, and is sufficiently separable in this context from the issue of knowledge vs ignorance.
EDIT: All of the above said, while it doesn't take much typing to manually flash a recovery, I look forward to when ROM Manager compatibility issues are addressed, and/or someone makes a competing app that achieves the same goal.
