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Root Concerns

AGAV13

Newbie
I am new to android and the rooting process, I have a couple of concerns. How likely am I to brick the phone? I have read many of the articles about rooting and have watched a bunch of videos on doing so. Also once i select the new ROM I want how do i go about uploading and running it on the phone. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
 
I am new to android and the rooting process, I have a couple of concerns. How likely am I to brick the phone? I have read many of the articles about rooting and have watched a bunch of videos on doing so. Also once i select the new ROM I want how do i go about uploading and running it on the phone. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Next step would be to read up on how to install ROMs :rolleyes:

You can d/l the ROM from your PC, mount your phone and then place it on your SD card or d/l the ROM from your phone. D/L ROM Manager, install ClockworkMod Recovery from within RM.
Boot into CWM>Backup and restore>Backup.
Wipe data>wipe cache partition>wipe dalvik cache (under advanced)
Install Zip from SD Card>chose zip from sd card
 
I am new to android and the rooting process, I have a couple of concerns. How likely am I to brick the phone? I have read many of the articles about rooting and have watched a bunch of videos on doing so. Also once i select the new ROM I want how do i go about uploading and running it on the phone. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

The process is so streamlined now it is extremely UNLIKELY that you will brick your phone as long as you can follow simple instructions. And I mean simple instructions like "press power button and then press this button".
 
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