Insecure kernel

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I am on the Odin one click UCLE2 leak. I am rooted with busybox installed and of course cwm touch. I am wanting to flash a insecure kernel so I can change boot animations etc etc.. I found a insecure UCLE2 kernel from the one stop for all things ics post in sticky on the dev section so I have a few questions if someone would be so kind to answer.
1. Does just flashing the kernel only in cwm will it wipe my data? Apps pics music etc etc??
2. Will I lose root???
3. Will I lose cwm touch?
4. With what app can I back up just my kernel and zip it in case I want to flash it back in cwm?
5. What is meant by insecure kernel?
Thanks ahead of time. I've been a flashaholic for a long time now but I have not ever just flashed the kernel only its been either rom thru cwm or or firmware or recovery image in Odin so I'm not real sure if data will be lost. Better safe than sorry.

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Originally Posted by garydv2002

I am on the Odin one click UCLE2 leak. I am rooted with busybox installed and of course cwm touch. I am wanting to flash a insecure kernel so I can change boot animations etc etc.. I found a insecure UCLE2 kernel from the one stop for all things ics post in sticky on the dev section so I have a few questions if someone would be so kind to answer.
1. Does just flashing the kernel only in cwm will it wipe my data? Apps pics music etc etc??
2. Will I lose root???
3. Will I lose cwm touch?
4. With what app can I back up just my kernel and zip it in case I want to flash it back in cwm?
5. What is meant by insecure kernel?
Thanks ahead of time. I've been a flashaholic for a long time now but I have not ever just flashed the kernel only its been either rom thru cwm or or firmware or recovery image in Odin so I'm not real sure if data will be lost. Better safe than sorry.

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1) No
2) No
3) No
4) Don't know, never used an app for that. You can extract the stock kernel from the rom, or I have the stock kernel if you need it.
5) Allows different boot animations and a couple other things

All you do is wipe cache and dalvik cache and then flash the kernel. I flash a kernel, wait 30 seconds, flash it again, and wait another 30 seconds before reboot to ensure it sticks correctly.

5. It means that ro.secure=0 is set in default.prop and adb daemon that supports it is installed so that adb shell has root privileges at first login.