Help Root Question

[Milliganjc]

So I wanted to hear it from actual xperia x10 owners. Should I root my phone or not? Why r why not? And if so, what is the easiest way to do it? I don't want to hurt my phone or fill it full of bugs. I just want to boost performance. Please help before I do anything I'll regret. Thanks in advance.

 

[Milliganjc]

And I'm knew to the forum here, so I was curious if could advise me on the best things to do to my phone, as well as the best apps. I've had my phone for a few months now, and I've tried out some battery boosting apps and task killers and such that were recommend for android phones, but I wanted to know what the best combination of apps were, as well as the best things to do to my phone. Thanks guys!

 

[beau420]

If you think your phone is slow and want to speed it up...install a custom ROM.

http://androidforums.com/x10-all-th...01-3-cm6-1-3-12thapr-new-kernel-2nd-post.html

But first, if you are hesitant, here are a list of apps that other have recommended.

http://androidforums.com/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10/98286-your-top-5-apps.html

 

[Milliganjc]

How do you install a ROM? And why would you do that over rooting the phone? Just wondering.

 

[beau420]

First you root the phone and flash it

xda-developers - View Single Post - [FLASHTOOL GUIDE] HOW TO for n00bies

Then you install xRecovery (kind of like a boot loader....lets you do backups and restore backups included special downloaded one's that have been streamlined to work with the x10)

[RECOVERY] xRecovery 0.3-release | UNIFIED - ALL X10 VARIANTS | 31/01/2010 - xda-developers

Then you can install whatever custom ROM you want...it is like a set of apps and themes all in one.

I currently can rotate between three....all I have to do is restart my phone and when it starts up I can chose which one I want by either leaving the current one or restoring another one someone else has created for me.

 

[Milliganjc]

Is one of your choices the option to go back to it's original form?

 

[beau420]

Is one of your choices the option to go back to it's original form?

Yup.

What I did was I eventually got bored and upset at the speed of my phone.

I then read up on this forum...I flashed....then I installed xRecovery to allow me to do a backup and restore other premade roms.

I did a backup of my cell phone provider default setup. So I have a Rogers backup...then I copied over a ROM....restored that ROM....if ever I want, I can go back to the original slow setup and unflash my phone.