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Rooting HTC HERO

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imfrickenfoofy

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I am trying to get a full blown understanding as to why it's so great to root your htc hero. I am not a phone expert, but I am willing to learn the necessary skills to root my hero. However, it seems like a little bit of work (especially considering I own a mac) and for me personally (I don't know of any programs I would really use that aren't available via market) I cant see any true advantage other than maybe a speed boost? Is the speed boost REAL, or is it just a placebo affect for those of you who are big phone fans?

Not trying to be a debbie downer what so ever, just looking for real info. If HTC is coming out with an android 2.0 software update soon, or rooting my phone makes firmware/software updates a pain in the butt, then this definitely isn't for me. I'm looking to speed my phone up, and add any cool features that I would use (mainly anything related to financial markets).

Thanks again!
 
I looked through the sticky...

I may be completely blind, but several times throughout the discussion the question is simply asked "why?" , and no direct response is really ever given.
 
TF1984 said:
You must be new here.

Rooted means you have manipulated the Operating System to gain full access to the system itself. Meaning you can execute commands and run programs as a Root access process. Basically.

So after rooting your phone, you can do things like installing items not previously allowed, or change your ROM or remove sprint software or Store apps on an sd card i/o on phones internal memory.
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Post 202 in the sticky.
 
Yea I saw that..

For a guy like me just looking maybe for a speed boost (im not looking to access the root system itself) is it worth it?

Sorry to be a pest
 
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