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Root? Why not?

For what reason would I not root my phone, besides the possibility of owning an expensive paper weight...
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bertscookie said:
For what reason would I not root my phone, besides the possibility of owning an expensive paper weight...
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Voiding your warranty.
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Sorry noderat I got excited with my new xda app we could just delete this thread
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bertscookie said:
For what reason would I not root my phone, besides the possibility of owning an expensive paper weight...
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Biggest problem is you could brick your device. The other is yes technically it does void your warranty but I have never heard of anyone being denied warranty exchanges on a root device.

It's always been my experience that bricks aren't likely. I've flashed quite a few things. Is it any more likely in this case?
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If you can read then you won't have problem rooting. Everything is writing in steps. Unless you are a retard then don't try .

Hahaha I think I'll be alright. Other than almost dd'ing a hard drive the wrong way once I'm pretty astute. I'll probably root next week.
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Anyone have favorites on roms, while we're at it.
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Hey mate, if I can root anyone can, if u need help pm me. As roms go, u can't really go wrong. Iced and the DHD (desire hd) roms are much like what your running stock just with slightly improved graphics and other customizations. Miui is from another planet where android and ios had a baby, slick smooth and very dif from any other rom ive ever tried. I like it but its kinda like a plymouth prowler, kinda cool lookin but just not quick enough. Cm-6 is prolly the best and def the cleanest android experience. Ive had a couple issues with it but its still what im running.

Awesome reply srivers33 good info. I was leaning towards iced (seems pretty popular) I am looking for something more vanilla but def not a requirement. I might just flash a few and try them each for a little.
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Backups
Always make sure u do a true perm root and use rom manager and its clockwork mod recovery to back up the stock. That way if stock 2.3 releases before a good 2.3 rom releases you can just flash and update to 2.3!!!

Thanks dont think I read that in any posts, its a good idea. Definitely sounds easier to go back

Reason to root?

I was origonally using my vibrant which I bricked a couple days ago... Came back to my G2 and now I'm scared to try and root it. I need a little convincing. Can you guys help way the pros and cons?
PS - my warranty on the G2 is up.
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The latest (a long time ago) HTC updates killed the speed and performance of the device. Rooting and installing a new ROM will not only keep it up to date they will keep it running better than when you got it day one. Heck you can even install ICS if ya like.
DO IT!
P.S. You sure your vibrant is actually bricked?

For me it made all the difference in the world. You can remove the bloatware, overclock, and choose a rom you like. I've been going back and forth from andromadus ics and mexdroid atomic lately.
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opensourcefan said:
P.S. You sure your vibrant is actually bricked?
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Yep, absolutly bricked... Sendin it off to tmobile tomorrow.
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Sorry to be pedantic (it's my middle name though). But there's often confusion between rooting and S-OFF/unlocking.
S-OFF is the big thing to get, to open up the world of new ROMs (and S-OFF is far preferable to using the HTCdev bootloader unlock), new radios etc.
Rooting your ROM gives you access to extra stuff, like useful apps that need root (TitaniumBackup being a great example).
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Know what you mean, but I've rooted thing thing once. I couldn't get s-on at unroot.
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Need advice on new phone

I have a little dilemma. I have had this my touch 4g for a while now and love it. I am currently rooted running ics on my phone. The fact that I am a flashaholic and it seems lately new things are coming out for this phone every week or so, makes it even better.
My girlfriend just got added to my plan so we ordered a HTC amaze 4g because it was free. And after looking at the amaze section it doesn't seem likes there's much going on.from what I read they are stuck on drivers. Yet the amaze it set to get the official ics update.
All that being said my girlfriend had a flip phone so anything is an upgrade for her. Which phone should I take and which one should I give to her.
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I keep hearing that they have s-off on the Amaze, but it hasn't been released yet...but that's just what I read on here. I don't know it to be a fact. But I would probably take the Amaze if it were free, because I have found out recently that I don't prefer ICS. Not that I'm knocking mt4g, its still my favorite, but I feel like the Amaze will explode in development soon...
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jjbadd385 said:
I keep hearing that they have s-off on the Amaze, but it hasn't been released yet...but that's just what I read on here. I don't know it to be a fact. But I would probably take the Amaze if it were free, because I have found out recently that I don't prefer ICS. Not that I'm knocking mt4g, its still my favorite, but I feel like the Amaze will explode in development soon...
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I thought the same thing but then I saw that there isn't even çm7 for the amaze which kind of made me worry about development. Thanks for your reply though
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Ive heard that the Amaze is a great phone, but time is ticking and the development window is getting smaller by the day. Without development going on currently, people will probably move to a new device sooner.
Just my two cents.

If you want a device for development, go for some thing else like sensation or upcoming one s. If you want a great device that works, go for the amaze.
I got the amaze for my girl and Im switching to it too.

Honestly, if you want great developer support and lots of ROM options, you should go with a Nexus. Be it a nexus S or the galaxy nexus. They tend to have the liveliest dev groups. however, if you are into sense ui, it might not be the best choice.

Forget everything. Go for the amaze. They have s-off.

Amaze is a beautiful powerhouse
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The only thing I am worried about from taking the amaze is the battery life
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eqjunkie829 said:
Ive heard that the Amaze is a great phone, but time is ticking and the development window is getting smaller by the day. Without development going on currently, people will probably move to a new device sooner.
Just my two cents.
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I told ya...it just blew up today! ICS official... They going crazy over there..I been reading up a little. Thinkin of getting one myself, but keeping my mt4g...
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jjbadd385 said:
I told ya...it just blew up today! ICS official... They going crazy over there..I been reading up a little. Thinkin of getting one myself, but keeping my mt4g...
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Hell yes. Official ics. I'm grabbing me an amaze asap now. That's all I was waiting for. My girl already has the amaze, so I'm installing the official ruu as soon as I get home

I have been wondering why the Amaze had just about died before it ever lived...its just too nice of a handset to not be customized. Id absolutely rather have it than the OneS
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jjbadd385 said:
I told ya...it just blew up today! ICS official... They going crazy over there..I been reading up a little. Thinkin of getting one myself, but keeping my mt4g...
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Omg thx for the update just in time
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jjbadd385 said:
I have been wondering why the Amaze had just about died before it ever lived...its just too nice of a handset to not be customized. Id absolutely rather have it than the OneS
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+1 Word, never even considered the one series devices one bit. Long live AMAZE!

Any reason to root?

For the first time in owning an android device I'm asking this question. When I got my Captivate, Samsung and AT&T were jerking us around with our Froyo update, and it was about 4 months outdated already, so I rooted to put Froyo on, and later I put CM7 on it, as well as a million other roms lol. My Flyer I rooted so I could put faster roms, and ICS as it was on honeycomb and laggy, and my Vivid I rooted because sense made ICS look like gingerbread way too much and I wanted to tweak with the UI so Sense wasn't so intrusive.
But the Nexus had only one thing I didn't like, and that was the phone launcher, and I was able to fix that by just installing Apex. Now its pretty much perfect. No stupid Sense or Touchwiz skins ruining it, no bloatware, and its completley up to date at 4.1.1. So can someone give me a good reason to root? Not a bad problem to have lol,

Cor-master said:
For the first time in owning an android device I'm asking this question. When I got my Captivate, Samsung and AT&T were jerking us around with our Froyo update, and it was about 4 months outdated already, so I rooted to put Froyo on, and later I put CM7 on it, as well as a million other roms lol. My Flyer I rooted so I could put faster roms, and ICS as it was on honeycomb and laggy, and my Vivid I rooted because sense made ICS look like gingerbread way too much and I wanted to tweak with the UI so Sense wasn't so intrusive.
But the Nexus had only one thing I didn't like, and that was the phone launcher, and I was able to fix that by just installing Apex. Now its pretty much perfect. No stupid Sense or Touchwiz skins ruining it, no bloatware, and its completley up to date at 4.1.1. So can someone give me a good reason to root? Not a bad problem to have lol,
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You seem to be confusing rooting with custom recovery/system/kernel. Rooting has many benefits giving you greater system access and root apps. I won't go into detail because a Google search can tell you more.
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Cor-master said:
For the first time in owning an android device I'm asking this question. When I got my Captivate, Samsung and AT&T were jerking us around with our Froyo update, and it was about 4 months outdated already, so I rooted to put Froyo on, and later I put CM7 on it, as well as a million other roms lol. My Flyer I rooted so I could put faster roms, and ICS as it was on honeycomb and laggy, and my Vivid I rooted because sense made ICS look like gingerbread way too much and I wanted to tweak with the UI so Sense wasn't so intrusive.
But the Nexus had only one thing I didn't like, and that was the phone launcher, and I was able to fix that by just installing Apex. Now its pretty much perfect. No stupid Sense or Touchwiz skins ruining it, no bloatware, and its completley up to date at 4.1.1. So can someone give me a good reason to root? Not a bad problem to have lol,
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to make great even better.. why would you need a reason for that?

simms22 said:
to make great even better.. why would you need a reason for that?
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And to add to that sentiment... because we can
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Metallice said:
You seem to be confusing rooting with custom recovery/system/kernel. Rooting has many benefits giving you greater system access and root apps. I won't go into detail because a Google search can tell you more.
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But it all starts with root access and whatever means it takes to achieve that because if you don't have root access you can't modify anything!
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Any reason to ask this question in a new thread? You've already answered your own question.
I had the exact same feelings as you...after 7 Android devices, this is the first time I had no desire to unlock/root/flash my new toy.
Feeling that the N7 was set up beautifully, the ONLY reason I had to root was for the REAL TABLET UI. Using a custom launcher with rotate enabled is not true tablet mode. I figured I'd try it, since my N7 would be rooted eventually anyway.
So that's a good reason...true tablet mode.

Yeah I actually kind of like the hybrid mode, I kept bumping the virtual buttons with my fingers on the Flyer while I was typing or gaming.
But I just was curious as to why people were rooting, made the thread for suggestions more than anything lol
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jaycustom said:
Any reason to ask this question in a new thread? You've already answered your own question.
I had the exact same feelings as you...after 7 Android devices, this is the first time I had no desire to unlock/root/flash my new toy.
Feeling that the N7 was set up beautifully, the ONLY reason I had to root was for the REAL TABLET UI. Using a custom launcher with rotate enabled is not true tablet mode. I figured I'd try it, since my N7 would be rooted eventually anyway.
So that's a good reason...true tablet mode.
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also, if keeping the stock rom/launcher, you need root to edit the build.prop file so that you can have autorotate on the home screen.

Two apps... Titanium Backup and Stickmount.
Yeah, there are more, but these two root only apps are awesome.
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I am considering rooting for ps3 controller compatibility, does it work on the nexus?
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Cor-master said:
I am considering rooting for ps3 controller compatibility, does it work on the nexus?
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works great tried with dead trigger and gta3...
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Yeah my freaking flyer didn't work even rooted because of some stupid HTC specific Bluetooth standard, would be great for a super nes emulator
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I root my phone for apps like adfree, so you can't see adds on apps and this is epic.
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Just got my HTC One..

And I would like some suggestions on what ROMs to start with
I loved a lot of the AOKP stuff (paranoid android was my favorite), but I'd like to stay with stock based for a while.. So what would a good place to start be?
Thanks XDA!
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Just try different things, everyone has different opinions.
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in before the lock....
This is just one of those ROM comparison thread.
Just try them all out and make up your own mind
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Morganmachine91 said:
And I would like some suggestions on what ROMs to start with
I loved a lot of the AOKP stuff (paranoid android was my favorite), but I'd like to stay with stock based for a while.. So what would a good place to start be?
Thanks XDA!
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I would say stick to stock but if your phone is still is 4.1.2 I would first s-off because you loose the possibilty to easily s-off with 4.2.2, I would then suggest ARHD, it's pretty close stock. I don't recommend running stock on s-off devices because these devices have usage reporting to HTC on by default and it can' t be turned off and it can cost you a lot of battery and data. If you are already on 4.2.2 I suggest you just try plain stock, unrooted and locked because stock is pretty good and you can get a better feel of the device, be sure there are no hidden defects for which you need to send it back to repairs

Just try the ROMs for yourself
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