[Q] Preparing for G2 (VS980) Rooting

[urhos]

Hello all. Finally upgrading from the Droid Incredible 2 and I am expecting my G2 to be delivered on Saturday. My carrier is Verizon and I would like to know if I should not allow OTA updates on my phone since I plan to root it. I am contemplating playing around on it before I root and install a custom rom, but I know that updates can sometimes mess up the ability to root a device. Should I avoid OTA's?

Also, there seem to be many rooting methods, recoveries, and roms out there. What should I look for?

I can't wait to receive my device and move over to this seemingly thriving community!

Any help would be greatly appreciated

 

[datechnerd]

Hello all. Finally upgrading from the Droid Incredible 2 and I am expecting my G2 to be delivered on Saturday. My carrier is Verizon and I would like to know if I should not allow OTA updates on my phone since I plan to root it. I am contemplating playing around on it before I root and install a custom rom, but I know that updates can sometimes mess up the ability to root a device. Should I avoid OTA's?

Also, there seem to be many rooting methods, recoveries, and roms out there. What should I look for?

I can't wait to receive my device and move over to this seemingly thriving community!

Any help would be greatly appreciated

11A is less trouble than 12b
12b has recoveries and root, but each rom needs to patched and bypass part of its script

 

[urhos]

11A is less trouble than 12b
12b has recoveries and root, but each rom needs to patched and bypass part of its script

Forgive my ignorance... what exactly does 11A and 12B mean? How can I make sure to have 12A?

 

[datechnerd]

Forgive my ignorance... what exactly does 11A and 12B mean? How can I make sure to have 12A?

they're the different updates, yours will probably be shipped with the most recent, being 12b. you'd have to check out the thread on flashing back to "stock" which would put you back an update or two

 

[urhos]

they're the different updates, yours will probably be shipped with the most recent, being 12b. you'd have to check out the thread on flashing back to "stock" which would put you back an update or two

How will I tell which update my phone has? Will it be as simple as looking on the "About Phone" screen?

 

[datechnerd]

How will I tell which update my phone has? Will it be as simple as looking on the "About Phone" screen?

It should tell you under Setting>About phone> Software update

 

[ffejy462]

I got the g2 about a month ago. The root method ioroot worked really well for me. Personally, I'd recommend staying on the stock rom after rooting. Imho, you'll lose more features with a different rom. With xposed framework you can add nearly any feature and customization to the stock rom. It'll probably be shipped with 11a most likely, but I'd recommend declining the update. It is relatively minor. Go ahead and flash which ever recovery you prefer (I use twrp). Or keep the stock recovery if you choose (if you plan on taking the ota). When the big update comes (4.4.) I plan on flashing the ota manually after somebody posts it to xda. As far as kernels, keep stock, download trickster and change gov to interactive. As of right now, I don't see a need for a different kernel, except maybe force fast charge, but with this phone running out of battery (or charging) isn't an issue. Just top it off when you go to bed, and you're probably good for a couple days!

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