Root New User, root questions

[eatmydroid]

Hi All, I'm new to these forums, and I've been searching the internet all day for a solution to my problem and I have come up with nothing, so I'm reaching out to you guys for help, any of which is greatly appreciated.

The dilemma:
Back when I first got my droid, I had a friend root it for me and replace the Kernel with a ChevyNo1 kernel overclocked at 1.1 GHz, everything was happy and fluffy and I was enjoying my Droid very much up until I got an OTA update from google themselves saying it is a flash supported update and to download flash from the market afterwards blah blah blah...

So, I download the update thinking that it will make my phone even happier and full of unicorns and bunnies, but what I got was just the opposite...SetCPU now reads 550MHz and I tried looking everywhere for the problem or how to solve it, and got no help....

Upon my research, I ran across some Android terms including FRG22D, FRG01b, FRG22...I have no idea what these things mean, so if someone could help me out, I would greatly appreciate it...I want my bunnies back, damnit.

 

[Martimus]

Welcome to the Android Forums!

Normally it's best to post this sort of question in the subforum specific for your phone. What brand/model Droid do you have?

 

[eatmydroid]

Sorry about that, I tried to find the most appropriate section and this seemed like it.

I have the original DROID by Motorola from Verizon.

 

[woop]

Moved.

 

[johnlgalt]

Hi All, I'm new to these forums, and I've been searching the internet all day for a solution to my problem and I have come up with nothing, so I'm reaching out to you guys for help, any of which is greatly appreciated.

The dilemma:
Back when I first got my droid, I had a friend root it for me and replace the Kernel with a ChevyNo1 kernel overclocked at 1.1 GHz, everything was happy and fluffy and I was enjoying my Droid very much up until I got an OTA update from google themselves saying it is a flash supported update and to download flash from the market afterwards blah blah blah...

So, I download the update thinking that it will make my phone even happier and full of unicorns and bunnies, but what I got was just the opposite...SetCPU now reads 550MHz and I tried looking everywhere for the problem or how to solve it, and got no help....

Upon my research, I ran across some Android terms including FRG22D, FRG01b, FRG22...I have no idea what these things mean, so if someone could help me out, I would greatly appreciate it...I want my bunnies back, damnit.

OK, what happened was this: You reverted to a stock ROM, which does not allow for overclocking b/c you have no root access, which you need for overclocking.

bad news - this happens whenever you revert to stock.

good news - you can always root again and go back to the wonderful world of battery consumption and superfast screen swiping.

Read this thread for a lot more detail about what rooting is and how to go about doing it - then come back and post any new questions you have - and you'll have a lot....

http://androidforums.com/droid-all-things-root/136508-guide-all-things-root-related.html

Oh, and welcome to the forums!