N1 owner, a few newbie questions...

[Guest leecasey]

Hi, so I am pretty new to all of this, coming from an iPhone.

I purchased a N1 off ebay which was running the euro vodafone firmware (EPF30). I found a tutorial to downgrade to a stock version then updated to FRF91.

At this stage, my bootloader is now unlocked and I am not rooted.

I would like to root my phone and currently waiting for the superboot to be released for FRF91.

I have a few questions though which I'm confused about....

1. What is a custom recovery?

2. Why do I need a custom recovery?

3. Can I install a custom rom without a custom recovery?

4. I have seen Lox's tutorial here http://htcpedia.com/forum/showthread.php?p=67676 will I be able to use that update.zip to root my stock FRF91 via the stock recovery method which I have previously used to downgrade / upgrade my phone?

Thank you for your help :)

Lee

[Guest MDAC3N1]

Hi, so I am pretty new to all of this, coming from an iPhone.

I purchased a N1 off ebay which was running the euro vodafone firmware (EPF30). I found a tutorial to downgrade to a stock version then updated to FRF91.

At this stage, my bootloader is now unlocked and I am not rooted.

I would like to root my phone and currently waiting for the superboot to be released for FRF91.

I have a few questions though which I'm confused about....

1. What is a custom recovery?

2. Why do I need a custom recovery?

3. Can I install a custom rom without a custom recovery?

4. I have seen Lox's tutorial here http://htcpedia.com/forum/showthread.php?p=67676 will I be able to use that update.zip to root my stock FRF91 via the stock recovery method which I have previously used to downgrade / upgrade my phone?

Thank you for your help :)

Lee

Lee,

1. A custom recovery is a method used to flash the update.zip's from the SDCard and wipe the Userdata and Cache partitions, similar to a Stock Recovery. Main difference is no signature check is done.

2. You will need a custom recovery to install any update.zip that has not come direct from Google.

3. No, a custom recovery eliminates the signature checks and allows you to flash any update.zip.

4. No, a stock recovery will not allow you to flash a ROM that has been edited. The ROMs when you up/downgraded in the past using a Stock recovery would have been Official Google ROMs.

Thanks

Carl