Thanks for the tips! I was thinking that is probably the direction I should head in next. Since picking up catlog, I see tons of stuff running that I do not even use, and a lot of it is bloatware. Some of it is widgets I do not even have on my homescreen, but was included with Moto Blur. I read that you need to be careful not to delete any Moto Blur files, or you will brick your phone. So I will just have to be careful. It will be nice to get rid of all that extra junk though. That is bound to help me out some.
custom rom will have most bloatware removed for you already....
then when you are much more comfortable you can further remove things you dont ever use just to remove it....say email, bluetooth, whaterver.....
download to desktop computer
z4.zip
extract and put on sd card
- in phone go to settings applications and enable unknown applications then in to development and check usb debugging.
- use a file manager such as astro or whatever and go to your sd card and find z4root.apk and tell it to install it.
- open and run z4 root permanent install. if it doesnt work at first dont sweat it. close it and run it again. if it doesnt work at all, try another copy off the internet. (be somewhat patient while z4 trys to root).
then go to market and download super user and droid x bootstrapper.
use free copy of superuser, spend the dollar or whatever on bootstrapper.
then go around here and find your rom of choice.
download rom get it on your sd card. go to bootstrapper and click the top button then the bottom one....give it super user permission when asked.
once in recovery mode:
- go in advanced and wipe battery/dalvick
- back out to main menu and wipe data/cache
- go in to mounts and mount system and data (will say unmount once mounted)
- go in to insatll .zip, chose your zip, chose your rom zip and install
- tell it to reboot
once back in to android (expect a long reboot); skip through stuff and go in to settings/privacy and do a factory reset.
- once back in to android again set up your phone by following the directions.
once all done to a final reboot and then wait for google to reload your contacts/applications
- one big issue oddly when i see people root is to remember what their password to their google account is....youll need that to register again and get your contacts/applications back on your phone.
i recommend fission (2.5.7 check the xda website), liberty, or apex.
personally i use fission 261 (which is donate to get).