Three questions before I root....

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Ok guys I am coming from a Samsung Moment (of hell...) anyways, I really want to root this device and remove all the Sprint bloatware. My first question is on the moment loading the root and recovery onto the device for the first time would cause a complete data wipe, which meant a complete system rebuild. Is this the case here? In other words if I use toasts method of rooting will I lose all my data and programs and have to reinstall or will my data be fine?

Second question is if I downgrade to install Toasts root, after I remove the sprint garbage software will I be able to reinstall the HTC update? (as I believe it fixes some of the issues with the camera, etc).

Third there are so many threads its hard to nail down whats going on with rooting etc, is there any negatives to rooting right now? I.E. any features on the phone I will lose?

Thanks for the help...

Originally Posted by Adanedhels

Ok guys I am coming from a Samsung Moment (of hell...) anyways, I really want to root this device and remove all the Sprint bloatware. My first question is on the moment loading the root and recovery onto the device for the first time would cause a complete data wipe, which meant a complete system rebuild. Is this the case here? In other words if I use toasts method of rooting will I lose all my data and programs and have to reinstall or will my data be fine?

Second question is if I downgrade to install Toasts root, after I remove the sprint garbage software will I be able to reinstall the HTC update? (as I believe it fixes some of the issues with the camera, etc).

Third there are so many threads its hard to nail down whats going on with rooting etc, is there any negatives to rooting right now? I.E. any features on the phone I will lose?

Thanks for the help...

To my understanding, you would lose nothing in the process, functional wise. Prolly lose all apps installed.

The threads you need are:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=696961 (downgrade)

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=690762 (toast root)

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=697636 (flipz rom)

Again, as I understand it (with help from joey), you downgrade, root/gain recovery, flash rom. this new rom is supposedly the update (radio and system) just with root enabled.

I can't be any clearer really as I have yet to do this and am learning/searching as well.

Or you could use unrevoked to remove all of the bloatware. Unless you are concerned about needing a full time root.

Re: Three questions before I root....

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Unrevoked will NOT allow you to remove bloatware! Only toast method will let you remove apps for good.
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If you have full root access, can you not remote the system folder in RW?

Re: Three questions before I root....

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If you have full root access, can you not remote the system folder in RW?

Umm you should probably read the sticky instead of me explaining what's already there.
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What will happen if you accept the OTA update after the phone has already been rooted (to fix the camera)?

Also, let's say that someone comes out with a custom 2.2 version that works well on the Evo (rooted obviously). If I wanted to put that on my phone, would I have to wipe everything? Or is there a way to just upgrade from 2.1 to 2.2 without losing anything?

Originally Posted by MrDSL

Umm you should probably read the sticky instead of me explaining what's already there.
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Found what you are talking about in another thread. It deals with the NAND protection.