I'm just trying to wrap my head around what this does and does not do (forgive me if this is something I should already get by now - I'd rather not be one of those people posting yet another "I tried it with this app but it doesn't work" reply, while all the people who know what's going on smack their heads in frustration).
The registry editor and file explorer make perfect sense to me. They're also the two parts of the app I don't trust myself to touch. I'd been hoping this app would allow me to get around the whole issue with second gen devices not allowing apps to access the registry (ie, I'm trying to change the accent colors on my Focus Flash and was hoping to add notification sounds).
To this end, I was hoping to give Advanced Config. trusted app status and magically have the ability to do this. I'm realizing I was naive. Is there something I can do using this Root Tools app to successfully and relatively simply change these things on my device? Alternatively, is there an easy way for me to know what homebrew apps will work with this trusted app status and which will still be stymied by the second gen limitations?
First of all, YOUR second gen device does not have limitations now anymore!! With WP7 Root Tools you can potentially open up anything you want.
The only limitation is what the apps will do for you. You should be able to do most configuration tasks manually using the file-explorer and registry-editor of WP7 Root Tools. But that can be tricky. It would be better to have an app for that, which can do that for you. There are already some apps out there that can do such things, but currently most of them rely on their own hacks. And often, they are meant only for specific devices.
I hope that the developers of those apps will use my SDK to make new versions of their app, that can be used on any device that can be unlocked with WP7 Root Tools. Once a device is unlocked with WP7 Root Tools, there are no device-specific hacks necessary anymore. The SDK will work on any unlocked device.
So, in most cases, WP7 Root Tools cannot magically turn an existing app into something that can suddenly run on any device. But with help of the SDK, the developer of such app should be able to make a new version of that app, that will run on your device.
Just have a little patience and new homebrew apps will probably released soon. You will probably find that your device will be supported more and more by these apps.
Good luck,
Heathcliff74