Root rom manager sugestions

[AARONONE]

Still relatively new to rooting and was reading up on Rom managers. I wanted to get some of the experts feedback on their function, reliability, etc. Saw clockwork on the market and seemed like its an easy way to flash roms and kernels. I'm always looking for easy ways to flash as I'm a mac user and am tired of borrowing my buddy's pc whenever I need to do something. As always, feedback is appreciated.

 

[9to5cynic]

I'd say avoid it completely. ROM Manager has been known to be buggy from time to time, and when push comes to shove, you'll eventually *need* to know how to do this all manually through recovery. Much better (in my opinion) to get in the habit of using recovery.

 

[Rxpert83]

Stay away from ROM manager like the plague. It may seem convenient and easy, but spending 5 minutes manually wiping and flashing your ROM will save you hours of troubleshooting and headaches.

 

[Rxpert83]

Also:
Why are you having to borrow your friends PC in order to flash? All you need to do is put the file on the SD card and the mac should be more than capable to be able to do that

 

[9to5cynic]

Yeah, I missed that. From this point on (if you are already rooted) the mac should be just fine. You just need to turn on SD in recovery or enable USB / data drive mode if phone is booted. Then (I believe [not a mac user]), the phone should be added to the desktop.
I'd guess somewhere around here: /media/YOURPHONE/ is where it'd be mounted (if you're into the command line)

 

[ocnbrze]

+1 on not using rom manager. do everything manually. i have seen way too many issues with it. also i would switch your recovery to either amon ra 2.3 or the new amon ra style recovery. they are way better then clockwork mod. also keep in mind that with clockwork mod 3 or higher, you will not be able to flash certain zip files.

basically, clockwork mod 3+ supports a script called edify. however, most zip files (roms, kernels, mods, and things like vr superwipe) uses a script called amend. there are only a few recoveries that supports both scripts. amon ra2.3, the new amon ra style recovery, and clockwork mod 2.6. if you want to switch you can go to the http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-all...ooting-dummies-guide-gingerbread-edition.html. there is a section on how to switch recoveries.

 

[andygu3]

Still relatively new to rooting and was reading up on Rom managers. I wanted to get some of the experts feedback on their function, reliability, etc. Saw clockwork on the market and seemed like its an easy way to flash roms and kernels. I'm always looking for easy ways to flash as I'm a mac user and am tired of borrowing my buddy's pc whenever I need to do something. As always, feedback is appreciated.

If you're going to use Rom manager, I would ONLY use it for downloading of roms. It's not recommended to flash any rom with rom manager and like everyone has said, flash roms in recovery. You'll save yourself from headaches in the long run

 

[AARONONE]

I'm glad I asked before downloading. Thanks for the feedback. I'm actually already on amon ra recovery. As for using the mac, its just so much easier using pc. Mac automatically unzips any download and seems to add extra steps along the way. Also most guides and support are written from a pc point of view and there doesn't seem to be many mac owners using Android. It just is easier using pc I guess.

 

[Rxpert83]

Its also possible to use linux on the mac and then you wouldnt need to bug your friends about using their windows pc

I would also search around the internet, im sure theres a way to disable the auto-unzip feature

 

[mikem0269]

I'm glad I asked before downloading. Thanks for the feedback. I'm actually already on amon ra recovery. As for using the mac, its just so much easier using pc. Mac automatically unzips any download and seems to add extra steps along the way. Also most guides and support are written from a pc point of view and there doesn't seem to be many mac owners using Android. It just is easier using pc I guess.

Not sure about this but maybe you can install linux so you have a dual boot system on the mac. I know it works on a pc.

 

[9to5cynic]

^ True, but dual booting a mac seems a bit of a waste yes? Though, you could try it (linux) in a VM (avoids the power off and all that)... And it's just a program so your mac is still all apple.

Is there possibly a setting you can turn off in the mac to *not* unzip zip files? I hear about that a lot and it seems pretty damn annoying. Not really an 'ideal' user experience to me....
Good luck!