Seriously. How is this device not rooted? Evo was rooted before it launched, the Dell Streak is rooted too. WTF is the deal with this?
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Be patient. Root is being worked on. Most of the roots had some insider help, the incredible is all on its own for the time being.
Also nobody owes you root. You aren't paying for it. I hate to sound all nerdrage but thats the general feeling I had from your post. Forgive me if I am wrong. It just seems that the majority feels its their right.
That I do agree with. It is very strange that these other devices had insiders, but this one remains on its own. Sorry for mis-judging your post.
I was wondering this myself, especially with the EVO being rooted right away. They have very similar OSes, right? I mean I know it's all Android, but the Inc and the EVO are very similar.
I was wondering this myself, especially with the EVO being rooted right away. They have very similar OSes, right? I mean I know it's all Android, but the Inc and the EVO are very similar.
My understanding is the EVO has/had a fairly large security hole/bug in its rom which allowed for the quick root.
I also understand that a OTA, fixed the hole. I haven't heard of anyone that has rooted a phone that has received the OTA.
update: I checked the EVO forums,the update did indeed fixed the ability to root the phone. So if you buy one don't let it update if you want to root.
The Evo was given away for free at Google I/O to all attendees; and considering you have some of the most talented devs all packed in one room with the device, well, you do the math. You can't compare Evo root access to ours because the Incredible wasn't handed out to devs free of charge. Even the guy that "supposedly" is making very good progress on root had to have one given to him by another person because he couldn't afford one at the time. The Eris was just as difficult to root so this comes as no surprise that the Incredible is taking so long. I feel that, unless you are working on root yourself, that you need to just chill out, be patient, and let people do their thing. Most devs have real full time jobs and typically do these things as hobbies.I was wondering this myself, especially with the EVO being rooted right away. They have very similar OSes, right? I mean I know it's all Android, but the Inc and the EVO are very similar.
If the developers are such total crybabies about someone asking whether or not the phone is rooted, then screw it, I don't even want it.Don't ask about root, it's being worked on. Just subscribe to the Root Notification thread. Then you will be notified when root is obtained. I'm sure the devs who are working on this are just so thrilled that you are wondering why they didn't root it yet.
If the developers are such total crybabies about someone asking whether or not the phone is rooted, then screw it, I don't even want it.
I'm fairly certain even with the OTA update the Evo can still be rooted. I have seen that it just takes more effort and you have to do it some other way.
The Evo was released to developers' at some Google event before it was released to the public so they had tons of time to play with it.
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Seriously. How is this device not rooted? Evo was rooted before it launched, the Dell Streak is rooted too. WTF is the deal with this?
Is there anywhere that says from a TECHNICAL perspective what's preventing root from happening versus the EVO or other devices?
I'm not impatient in the slightest, nor am I wanting to pressure the people working on it. I'm just curious because it IS such an anomaly.
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