I'm a newb to rooting. Had the Charge since May and have done a lot of research and reading but have not yet made any mods to the phone. Now w/EP4, I would like to get rooted. trparky, your instructions are quite helpful and seem pretty simple. I do have a few questions:
1. What is the difference between rooting with and without custom kernels. I see you've explained the following:
"You don't necessarily have to load a kernel to root your Droid Charge. The only thing you really need to do is flash the Superuser package and then you'd be rooted. Just remember that if you don't load a third-party kernel, the moment you boot back into your Android OS CWM (Clockwork) will be replaced with the default recovery environment."
So in layman's terms, whats the difference between CWM and the default recovery environment?
2. Howcome the same files can be used to root Gingerbread as were for Froyo? I thought phone companies try to stay one step ahead and therefore with EP4, would make modificiations, thus rooting would require either new files or a new procedure.
3. What does each file downloaded in the process do? I've looked in the download section of your site and I see the file descriptions. So since i don't fully get it, I would think all you would need is Odin and then the Superuser file to gain superuser access. What do the SDCard Fix and Clockwork Recovery files do?
4. Does this method of rooting make any modifications to the phone other than giving super user access?
Thank you, any input you can provide would be helpful.