Is there a way to back up our eDGe's as they are now? Can we image them somehow . . . or copy ALL files and folders by USB to our desktop computers from the root and deeper to be restored later by USB?

Is the eDGe registration with Amazon a matter of copying a file from somewhere on the eDGe?

Or I suppose if something happened and I "bricked" my device, I might try to root the eDGe with these instructions from "the Android Police"

http://goo.gl/S1PLh