Root Rooted now what?

[Nick021]

OK so now I'm rooted by using the one click root. What else do I need yo do to flash a rom? How do I flash a rom correctly? And what are some nice fast roms that are most popular?

 

[Scur]

OK so now I'm rooted by using the one click root. What else do I need yo do to flash a rom? How do I flash a rom correctly? And what are some nice fast roms that are most popular?

You need Bootstrap installed on your phone. It's the Droid X2's ClockWork Mod, more or less. It will let you flash a custom ROM onto your phone (navigate with vol buttons, select with power button.) But it has other tools too, such as the system backup, which you should always perform before flashing a ROM. This can NEVER be stressed enough. Backups can save you plenty of headaches. You should also backup your apps separately using an tool app such as Titanium Backup or Appkik so you can install them onto your new ROM without losing the app's data. I've been using AppExtractor lately though, as it simply pulls these right out of the system backups themselves.

To actually flash a ROM, you need to be sure to have the correct stock Android version on your phone first. While this probably isn't always true, it's saved me many headaches since I've began doing it. Check out the Newbie Start Point sticky for this kind of info. You'll have to reroot and such, but if you've done it once, you've got it down. Then it's just a matter of downloading the custom ROM you want, copying the zip file onto your sdcard (don't unzip it!), and booting into Bootstrap to find the option to install zip from sdcard. Before you actually install it, you'll want to wipe data and cache, and afterwards I have a habit of fixing permissions, though it's probably unneeded in most cases. Use whatever app backup system you wish to install your apps, and that should be that.

As far as ROMs go, you can find most of them in the Custom Droid X2 ROMs sticky. Just make sure to read their respective posts fully, as some of them have quirks and workarounds. So far my favorites have been Alien, Eclipse and Liberty.
I may have missed something since I'm in a hurry here, but someone will correct that if I did. Good luck!

 

[Mads575]

I just rooted my X2 also. What are are some apps help take full advantage of the phones potential? Also were is a good thread to install the Liberty ROM, I keep hearing so much about it!

 

[Scur]

As far as ROMs go, you can find most of them in the Custom Droid X2 ROMs sticky.

Read the post above you to find ROMs.

As far as apps go, there is really very little you can do to it. You can't overclock it (if you can, I haven't found out how yet) and with the internal sdcard you don't need to create a sd-ext. I have a ton of apps and haven't needed to expand my memory yet. As far as I've read, most people use scripts to tweak their phone, and several of the custom ROMs include the popular ones. Read the specs on them in their respective threads.

Personally, as long as I have scripts, ROM Toolbox, and AppExtractor I need very little else to affect the performance of the phone. Everything else is just stuff to play with.