[Verizon Droid Charge] rice923:
Disclaimer: I am far from being a dev of any sort, so take this post with a large serving of information reading elsewhere. I am not responsible for anything that happens to you or your phone, good or bad.

**If this thread helped you, simply click the "thank you" button and leave a reply if you wish.**

I had a really hard time entering the rooting and ROMming scene when I first got the phone, but I am now relatively confident in my rooting and ROMming. One of the reasons I had a hard time at first was simply not knowing what anything was or meant. Even after a lot of reading, I still didn't feel like I knew what I was doing (I simply followed instructions and did things to my phone aimlessly). Nonetheless, everything I post here can likely be found in a sticky or in another thread, but probably in more technical terms; I simply want this thread to be informative to a new user.

With that being said, here are a few things to help the truly new-to-the-scene guys (and gals) here:

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Definitions:

Root: essentially gives you the ability to access every nook and cranny of your phone and customize lots of stuff.

ROM: kind of the like the operating system on computers; there are many different ones, but find the one suitable for your needs.

imunts: some really cool dude who developed some really cool stuff for our really cool phone; he's done much for us, so he gets his own line here :)

kernel: the link between your phones software and hardware; comparable to the nervous system of animals by relaying info between the mind and body

flash: basically like installing something on your computer; everything installed or flashed onto electronics has its dangers and risks (and benefits).

recovery: kind of like the "safe mode" on your PC. Incase SHTF, recoveries can be used to save your phone in most cases.

dwitherell: another cool dev who made a really cool ROM by the name of Tweaked

OTA: Over The Air; typically refers to the updates being pushed upon our phones wirelessly from the heavens... or wherever data comes from

Odin: a program used to flash things onto your phone by using your computer; I personally see this as your computer being the brain and your phone being a temporary zombie that takes commands.

CWM (ClockWorkMod Recovery): a custom recovery that must be flashed onto your phone to replace the stock recovery if you want to flash ROMs, backup or restore your phone.

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Links

To Root: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1832040

To UNroot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPocqv9qWyw

Tweaked 3.2: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1895049

Everything you need (all files and instructions) to go FROM BONE STOCK TO ROMMED WITH TWEAKED can be found within those three links above. Please take the time to read/search a bit before asking questions. It's likely been asked 654354 times before and it will even help you learn a lot in the process.

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I have not developed anything for the phones, nor am I taking any credit for making the tutorials or providing the files associated with the above material.

I will update this as I have more time.

Again, if this helped you, just click the "thank you" button or leave a reply. Also, go and let the devs know how much you appreciate their work and time by visiting their threads and thanking them with a reply or something also. Otherwise, we may never get any advances to our software (like I dunno... ICS or something:confused:)