Root Finally took the plunge and rooted, BUT

[iamtooproud]

After much consideration and reading these forums, I finally rooted my phone...

I used the Plain Jane ROM, however, I am noticing that it really seems to drain my battery.... Did I do something wrong?

How can I tell that I am really rooted? I mean, if a person were to randomly pick up my phone, what could they look for to know that I am rooted?

I am new at this, so any suggestions would be appreciated, thanks!

 

[raphifix]

After much consideration and reading these forums, I finally rooted my phone...

I used the Plain Jane ROM, however, I am noticing that it really seems to drain my battery.... Did I do something wrong?

How can I tell that I am really rooted? I mean, if a person were to randomly pick up my phone, what could they look for to know that I am rooted?

I am new at this, so any suggestions would be appreciated, thanks!

I'm not sure if this will help, but I've heard that when using a new custom rom, it's a good idea to Wipe battery stats.

According to n2imagination over on XDA:

Well a lot of you have seen my posts on this subject but the op asked so...
I have no setcpu installed, no autokiller. The Froyo ROMs are default set to 710mhz and I enable JIT as it helps battery life. You also NEED to calibrate correctly to see best battery life.

CGriffiths86 summed up my long winded version of battery calibration like this...

1. Fully charge the phone
2. Shutdown, boot into recovery, and Wipe battery stats
3. Reboot from recovery and use the phone as normal until it completely dies
4. Fully recharge the phone

With battery cal, no setcpu, and no autokiller, I get 27-30hrs on a full charge with solid use all day including bt music playback, navigation, calls, texting, and minimal web access.

Here's the entire thread.

Obviously, YMMV, but I think this may be a good start.