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Root [AT&T] Do you think this will be rootable?

Verks said:
Got my at&t G2 today and I'm pretty impressed. Beautiful screen, fast and I really like the button arrangement along with the knock on feature.
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Very cool. How'd you get one so early? Full review with pics a possibility? Congrats on the new G2, hope to join you later this week.
 
I'll put a mini review together later. I ordered mine Friday when att made it available and it shipped Saturday got it Monday.
 
Verks said:
I'll put a mini review together later. I ordered mine Friday when att made it available and it shipped Saturday got it Monday.
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Good ol' Verizon screwing their customers again. I got my Incredible pre-order 3 days before launch because it shipped early. I guess they decided to play it low key on LG. They seem to play favorites with what they do and don't promote, and that's probably because they're charging a premium to phone manufacturers to do so. Maybe I can walk into a store tomorrow and get them to sell me one.
 
kyler13 said:
Good ol' Verizon screwing their customers again. I got my Incredible pre-order 3 days before launch because it shipped early. I guess they decided to play it low key on LG. They seem to play favorites with what they do and don't promote, and that's probably because they're charging a premium to phone manufacturers to do so. Maybe I can walk into a store tomorrow and get them to sell me one.
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Verizon was supposed to have them a day before AT&T. The above poster clearly shouldn't have received his. I'm sure it was a glitch.

Not sure how this instance is Verizon screwing their customers (although they do plenty of that anyway).
 
nj02vette said:
Verizon was supposed to have them a day before AT&T. The above poster clearly shouldn't have received his. I'm sure it was a glitch.

Not sure how this instance is Verizon screwing their customers (although they do plenty of that anyway).
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At&t released it to those who ordered it online/telesales. A bunch of people have theirs over at XDA.
 
nj02vette said:
Verizon was supposed to have them a day before AT&T. The above poster clearly shouldn't have received his. I'm sure it was a glitch.

Not sure how this instance is Verizon screwing their customers (although they do plenty of that anyway).
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Because they didn't make it available for pre-order. That's how. Getting pre-orders delivered ahead of the official release date is fairly normal regardless of carrier. This wasn't some freak glitch at AT&T. Why Verizon treats this like a run-of-the-mill feature phone release when the other carriers are offering pre-orders like you would expect for a flagship is beyond me. Actually, it's not. Motorola and Samsung paid gobs of money to be the lead dogs. Everything else can take a backseat.
 
If there are any Verizon G2 users, you might want to keep an eye on or contribute to this thread .

Seems root might be a possibility.

If so, I might just pull the trigger. That screen is gorgeous! But I need to get rid of or make those buttons smaller.
 
I was one of those who spent enumerable hours in the GNex thread as well. I went with the Droid Maxx (for the battery mostly, but it turns out that while only 720p, the screen is incredible imo). Anyway, I am already rooted, and many said the new Droids may never get rooted. It's only been a few weeks. I am sure the G2 will get a quick root as well (probably quicker!)

My brother picked up a G2 today, but I won't get to play with it until Sunday night. Seems one hell of a phone though and congrats to all who purchased!
 
^^^^This is awesome!!! I just ordered mine and it will be here Tuesday. Was hoping I wouldn't have to go without tethering too long....
 
Looks like there is a Rooting Status in About Phone- Status. I will still root and if I have an issue with the phone unroot and hope that status reverts back to Unrooted.
 
It's been recommended to NOT use the Chinese root app that became available several days ago as it's believe to have some capability to send personal data to a 3rd party. Instead use this root method:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45692679#post45692679

Works on all variants running 4.2.2. As always, don't accept future updates from your carrier if you want to maintain root and/or the loki exploit to allow custom recovery and roms/kernels.
 
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