I rooted my Optimus V several months ago and so far so good. I followed the directions every step of the way but I have to say I had no idea what I was really doing and I still don't completely understand what I did or what "flashing a rom" really means. I did it only because of memory issues and I needed to keep my apps on the external memory card.
Shortly after I did it I found out there's an issue with calling VM for customer service after the phone is rooted. I had a problem with reception and called VM and they had me type in a strange code into the phone (dialer) and it didn't do what they expected. I got scared they would find out I rooted my phone, pretended the battery died, and said I would call back.
Then I read that you can't/shouldn't call VM customer service if your phone is rooted. But someone mentioned that there's a way to switch back and forth to a different setup, and I could temporarily go back to the orginal setup or something similar that would enable me to call VM and the special test codes would work. I could be wrong but I think this is the "flashing a ROM" concept, and I could flash a different ROM before I call VM, and then flash back to the one I have now (Backside IHO Cyanogen).
I'm a little nervous, what will happen to all my apps that are on the external memory if I switch to a different ROM that doesn't allow this? And will my data be OK? I know I have a titanium backup program I installed as part of the rooting process but I haven't used it.
Sorry I am not more knowledgeable about this. Can anyone explain how I can do this (or point me to the instructions). Thanks.
thanks very much
gary in vermont
Shortly after I did it I found out there's an issue with calling VM for customer service after the phone is rooted. I had a problem with reception and called VM and they had me type in a strange code into the phone (dialer) and it didn't do what they expected. I got scared they would find out I rooted my phone, pretended the battery died, and said I would call back.
Then I read that you can't/shouldn't call VM customer service if your phone is rooted. But someone mentioned that there's a way to switch back and forth to a different setup, and I could temporarily go back to the orginal setup or something similar that would enable me to call VM and the special test codes would work. I could be wrong but I think this is the "flashing a ROM" concept, and I could flash a different ROM before I call VM, and then flash back to the one I have now (Backside IHO Cyanogen).
I'm a little nervous, what will happen to all my apps that are on the external memory if I switch to a different ROM that doesn't allow this? And will my data be OK? I know I have a titanium backup program I installed as part of the rooting process but I haven't used it.
Sorry I am not more knowledgeable about this. Can anyone explain how I can do this (or point me to the instructions). Thanks.
thanks very much
gary in vermont
