Root Thinking about rooting

[cjl100gs]

Since I don't think my Incredible will be seeing gingerbread anytime soon I have been thinking about rooting. I haven't done it yet because it seems like a high risk, high reward kind of thing but this delay of the ota has been giving me a lot of time to think about it.

What are some of your favorite things about root and what should i know

 

[sdrawkcab25]

Everything you need to know:
http://androidforums.com/incredible-all-things-root/335953-how-incredible-root-guides-threads.html
Most important thing to know is how to recover from a "broken" phone.


Best part of rooting is not waiting for updates.

Lastly, you have the support of this forum for any problems you run into, don't be afraid to ask stupid questions, but please read through the guides first.

 

[iowabowtech]

I haven't done it yet because it seems like a high risk, high reward kind of thing

I think that's a very common misconception. I'd call it a low risk, high reward thing if you take certain precautions. Most important, don't ever flash anything that was intended for a phone other than the Inc. Also, learn how to check MD5 sums (totally easy) which serve to verify file integrity. If you do these few things, the risk is reduced to very little IMO.

 

[sdrawkcab25]

Agreed... VERY low risk of permanently breaking your phone. The most major issue a few people have ran into is a partially corrupt SD card or app storage, which are easily fixed. So just make sure to back everything up that is on your SD card in case of that unlikely problem.