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Anyone NOT root their device yet?

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here is another reason...

some of us... get bored with our toys .. fast..
and this can be pretty costly...

but with root.. for me ...
when I get bored.. every months..
i flash a new ROM.. they seem to come around with new ROMs .. just in time for me. (EVO dev is so fast and diverse: Thank you very much)

and it is like i have a new phone.. with new things to try out.
 
mauiblue said:
Howsit, brahda. Good to see the 808 state represented here. When I first got my original Incredible, I waited until four months before I decided I wanted to root my phone. I had it rooted for six months until a few weeks ago. I started to have random reboots happen on the phone and factory resets didn't help. I unrooted the phone and still the random reboots kept coming. I sent it back to Verizon and got a replacement under warranty. So the refurb I have now is stock and I decided to keep it stock. I kind of miss Titanium Backup Pro and ROM Manager but that's it. The stock phone does all what I want. Battery life is okay and it is about the same as when I rooted the phone.

A hui hou!
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rooting alone will not affect your battery life in any way, but by removing bloat and most importantly undervolting, you can see SIGNIFICANT battery life increase
 
Being a new Android user, I'm kind of scared of messing around and breaking my HTC desire s, which works flawlessly to me for the moment. Increasing battery life however is always very tempting to me, and I suppose to everybody . That could be the only reason I would consider rooting in the future
 
By rooting your phone, you get a full access to it. What does this mean?
* Fix the low internal storage problem - This has affected many phones, including my HTC Desire. Before rooting, I had only the Google app2sd which still didn't satisfy my needs. After rooting, I was able to combine some clever techniques so that I never have to worry about the shortage of internal memory. :)
* Remove carrier/manufacturer bloatware - as mentioned above.
* To get the latest OS updates - there is no official Gingerbread update for my phone, but I'm enjoying Android v2.3 already for couple of months thanks to custom ROMs.
* Ability to make a true backup of your phone as a complete image (nandorid backup).
* Ability to use some great applications that are only available for rooted phones. A good example is Titanium Backup.
* The fun to try new ROMs that can completely change the look and feel of your phone. For example, ASOP ROMs make my Desire look like a Google Nexus phone, while MIUI ROMs make it look like an iphone. :D
* Added features and functionality - some ROMs can enable HDMI output, enable ad-hoc WiFi connectivity, enable 720p video recording, enable WiFi tethering, be very battery efficient with adjusted kernels, ability to overclock/underclock your phone, etc.

In fact, I think I'll buy my future phones only if they are rootable!
 
zer0snap said:
I would like to root my Droid but I dont think it is possible to root the Incredible S yet.
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FYI: (and no biggie, just saying) 'Droid' is a lucas film trademarked word that verizon has purchased the rights to. They brand only certain of their phones with the 'Droid' tag.

Android= every other phone running google operating system :D

And no, there isn't root access for it yet it seems, keep an eye out here: Incredible S - All Things Root - Android Forums

AND here: Android Phone
 
Usta said:
...In fact, I think I'll buy my future phones only if they are rootable!
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+1

Rooting not only makes it more fun and productive to own a phone, it may make the phone more valuable when reselling as well. When I buy or sell phones on Craigslist or eBay, I've found that a rooted phone with an optimized ROM is worth more because a lot of people are "afraid" to root, and are willing to pay more for a phone that is done already with the optimized ROM.

Features like wifi tethering alone are worth the effort to root. I've used wifi tether in several places where there was no available wifi, to do something quick in a pinch on my laptop.

I will only buy future phones only if they are rootable, and no encrypted bootloaders (no Motorolas :mad: ).

PS - if you can root, you should be able to unroot as well. And after you root, put a custom recovery on the phone (ie ROM Manager), you can make a full nandroid back up, which then pretty much guarantees you can return the phone to stock at any time. Then you can play to your heart's content with after market ROMs. Truly there is virtually no downside. It's very very very hard to brick your phone, unless you're impatient and pull cables while you're flashing recoveries or ROMs.

Considering the awesome potential you can tap into when you root, versus the miniscule risk, there is almost no reason not to root.
 
LNMoton said:
I don't plan on rooting anytime soon. I don't even know how to root.
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There are great tutorials and videos on how to do it. Once you do it once, you'll know how rooting works. Don't let the fear of the unknown stop you.

I was like you once, afraid to root. I stayed on the stock Evo / Epic ROM for months, until I decided I wanted to try. Now that I have, there is no going back.

You'll learn quite a bit in the process about your phone, and you open up a world of possibilities that you never knew about before.

Rooting is easy. Nand backups are easy. Installing new ROMs can be a little trickier, but still very easy if you follow the tutorials.
 
The reason why I've not chosen to root my Galaxy S, is that it's my essential communications device and PDA, it's working just fine as it is, and the way Samsung has configured it suits me just fine for my uses. I don't really want to risk bricking the thing, because I don't know where I'd get another Galaxy S around these parts.

I'm not interested in hacking, customising, command terminals, changing kernels, and other geekery.

I did post previously that I rooted a friend's 'imported' LG phone. He had a good reason for me to do it, to remove the LG bloatware social networking crap, because he's not interest in it and it doesn't work in China anyway. Also he would take responsibility if his phone did get bricked by me attempting to root it.
 
Shocking how you guys don't consider it important to do a NAND backup, wifi tether, screenshots (important for me to document my phone's state and back up some data such as screenshots of web pages / notes / web purchases), or titanium back up of some factory apps / data like voicemail. Missing out fellas! :)

I hear your rationalizations. Kind of like the nervous new guy with a sports car not wanting to do any mods to it. That's ok, but you're missing out fer sure! :)
 
Rooting is cool, but not for everyone. What comes second nature to you and me is harder for others - nothing wrong with that at all. As a plumber, I'm one of the finest electricians you'll ever find, if you get my meaning. (An exact quote from my plumber! ;) :D)
 
Agree with EarlyMon.

Its my opinion that if you absolutely must never be without a phone (IE don't have a backup phone, etc), and are worried about doing the process, then perhaps rooting/flashing custom rom's isn't for you.
 
Liamo_210 said:
look it up in google i was trying to find out when 2.4 would be coming out and i came accros it
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lma0 twice.

First lma0 is - I'm going to let you slide, but it's against our rules to just tell people to google things. You're new here, so I'll cheerfully ask you to brush up on Da Rules, links are in my sig. :)

Second lma0 is - you got me, you're 100% right.

Streaming movie rentals from Android Market blocked on rooted devices

So far, this is only applying to the Xoom tho.
 
I haven't rooted my Desire because the stock rom does everything I need it to do.

If it's not broken, why fix it?

The only reason I would consider rooting, would be if I had a carrier branded phone, which blocked certain functionality or was full of bloatware.
 
(this is my first post on this forum)
I havent rooted my device yet because Android is just so much more open then iOS. AT&T has announced that they will allow sideloading now on my phone without the Sideload Wonder Machine, and generally Android has been peachy without needing to root. I have a good amount of apps and fun stuff installed from the Market, but rooting seems unnecessary. There is so much more you can do on Android than iOS without rooting, particularly considering Sideloading, Default Application Changing, and Plug-In support.
 
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