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[abhisheak]

I am very new to android stuff and all....
so after spending 2-3 days on different android site s
I have some questions in my mind:-
Q1:-What is bootloader?
Q2:- What is bootloader unlocking?
Q3:- What are the benefits of unlocking bootloader?

Q4:- What is Rooting and its benefits?

Q5:- Can arc be rooted without unlocking bootloader?
Q5:- How does unlocking bootloader voids the warranty of the phone?

Please Help
Also answering above questions will not help only me,but also other number android mooding starters(noobs)

HELP


COMEON somebody please answer

Edited by abhisheak, 31 May 2011 - 12:50 PM.

[Boysie]

Ever heard of patience?

[Lollylost100]

1. Part which loads main firmware at startup/allows firmware to be flashed
2. Allowing to flash unsigned images to the phone
3. Allowing to flash unsigned images to the phone
4. Admin access to the phone. Read/Write permission to the system partition
5. Yes
6. It does because you can't lock the bootloader after .

[abhisheak]

what is flash unsigned images?
What is custom roms?

[Lollylost100]

1. Firmwares not signed by a certificate from SE
2. Firmware made by thrid party developers (not directly from SE)

[abhisheak]

do u means flash unsigned images and custom roms are same things?
can custom roms bee written in phone without unlocking bootloader?

[Lollylost100]

1. Yes
2. Theoretically, but nobody has made a recovery for arc so unlocking the bootloader is the only way right now.

[ISpeedfreakI]

No (As mentioned in the second post).

[abhisheak]

Can SE preistalled applications like timescape be removed without unlocking bootloader?
What are the benefits of using custom roms?

Edited by abhisheak, 31 May 2011 - 01:22 PM.

[ISpeedfreakI]

1. Probably not (not sure)
2. What do you mean by benefits??? Isn't it cool enough to have multiple OS in your phone (WP7, Android etc). Plus, custom ROMs created by developers have other cool features similar to what we can use by patching our SE phones and using ELFs.

[Lollylost100]

1. Yes. Root the phone and do whatever you want .

[abhisheak]

oh my gosh....do speedfreak mean we can multiboot a arc or other android devices by using custom rooms?

Edited by abhisheak, 31 May 2011 - 01:38 PM.

[Lollylost100]

No, that's only on HTC HD2.

[ISpeedfreakI]

I guess that's what I meant. And btw, aren't custom ROMs enough for you that you also want to use Rooms? (kidding)

Hey Lolly, can't we boot ROMs from the card in phones other than HD2?

[Lollylost100]

We can boot ROMs from card, but not Windows Mobile/WP7. We can boot linux/Android (not sure if that will work on arc though).

[abhisheak]

custom rooms.......oh typing mistake...........
so custom roms are modified roms with extra features put in by developers

Also are custom roms available for arc?
how does they break the phone?

Edited by abhisheak, 31 May 2011 - 01:50 PM.

[Lollylost100]

No custom ROMs are available for Arc yet. Arc is not a very popular device IMO.

[ISpeedfreakI]

But will be

[abhisheak]

Lollylost since u said arc is not a popular device
So I want to know that one should buy arc ,provided,he likes customizing his phone

[ISpeedfreakI]

Simply ask if u should buy the phone or not! And I suggest you do buy it and get a hang of its cool features and during that time, quite a few customizations will have been made.