Help Pre-Rooting Questions?

[iamthrealmungo]

Hello,

I'm interested in rooting my new nexus 7 for the following reasons:

- I'd like to make full backups of my tablets storage should I need to completely restore it.

- I want to connect my tablet to a wi-fi network made by my phones 3g connection (I'm not sure if I need either device to be rooted for this?)

- I'd like to use a the ps3 sixaxis controller app to play games with.

- I'd like to try and increase the performance/battery life of the tablet by possibly underclocking when not in use.

Before I root the device though, I want to make sure I know how to unroot it should I need to return it to factory spec. How do you go about unrooting a rooted device?

In regards to making backups, I'm assuming as you can only use apps like titanium once rooted should you need to restore it you would need to wipe the device, then root again, then use titanium to restore from a backup?

I don't have much interested in flashing a custom ROM, I simply want root access to use some of the apps that require it. Is it possible to hide access to the root folder when using an app such as Astro file manager to avoid accidentally changing anything dangerous?

Thanks

 

[unnamedny]

-There are apps on market such as "my backup". rest of your docs/pics/etc. you can upload somewhere along with back up made.
-You mean tether? it all depends on your phone, plan and company. "Fox-fi" might work.
-can't help with that.
-To increase battery life you are going to need to flash a battery efficient kernel. [KERNEL][GPL][N72013][FLO/DEB][S2W/DT2W] franco.Kernel-3z - r3 - xda-developers this is a good kernel to start with. It's simple and safe, just what you need.

I don't thing you fully aware of root process. make sure you install all drivers and ADB. open cmd prompt and make sure your pc sees your tablet. here is a link to help you [Toolkit] Wug's Nexus Root Toolkit v1.7.2 [Updated 08/26/13]: Nexus 7 (2013) Thread - xda-developers