Screw the OTA, why don't you ROOT?

[doogald]

As long as my phone is covered under warranty, I will not risk the warranty just for the sake of rooting. I don't feel like paying $500 for a new phone if this one fails.

That's why I will not root.

 

[char561]

As long as my phone is covered under warranty, I will not risk the warranty just for the sake of rooting. I don't feel like paying $500 for a new phone if this one fails.

That's why I will not root.

You can go back to unrooted from rooted so if for some reason something goes wrong you can just go back and the people at verizon will never know.

 

[NickDroid86]

If you root your phone what software will we have? How would i root without a computer?

 

[char561]

If you root your phone what software will we have? How would i root without a computer?

It would be very hard to do without a computer though there are only a few steps to rooting that actually require a computer. My advice would be to borrow a computer for like 10 minutes and follow the directions.

 

[NickDroid86]

I have a computer but no internet, would that be fine?

 

[char561]

Well there are 2 things that you need to download but once you have those downloaded you will be fine. You could always steal wifi or find some other way to get the files (flashdrive maybe) and then just follow the directions.

 

[NickDroid86]

And what are those two things? I cant download onto my sd card? Sorry a lot of us dont really understand the concept of it, how it works.

 

[Tarheel_Rambler]

You were doing ok there until the "..enjoy your bugs."

No bugs on my stock 1.5, although I've seen some postings here with buggy stock 1.5s.

I've re

I was referring to the bugs in 2.1 v3, but I'm sure having a useless YouTube app isn't considered a bug (in 1.5). In my opinion, the added usability of root surpasses the bugs included.

Also, just to add, I now know that people who've OTA'd can still root. Guess it'll always be an option?

You are assuming everyone on 1.5 had problems with Youtube.I didn't have any problems.Just like I have not seen most of the issues with the OTA.

My weather app never FC'd, for instance.I have installed Beautiful Widgets, so the weather app bug is completely a non-issue.

I also have no interest in Root.I see no benefit for me personally.In my opinion, those who are sold on Root do so mostly for the same reason people climb mountains...because they can.Not because they have any real need to do so.

And ads to tethering, there are apps in Market for that. In most cases, I won't tether when WiFi is available because it's just too slow.

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[Stagnation]

Alright, so I've been wondering for forever and a half, why's everyone on 1.5 so ADAMANT that OTA is the way to go?

I got a refurb yesterday after having prematurely leaked (before root was found) and am now running a custom ROM. Having been on V3 leak, which is being said is almost identical to the OTA, root blew me away.

So what're your reasons?

-Fear of bricking? (There's an Eris Master App that'll pretty much root your phone for you, no command lines necessary. Easy)

-Fear of missing out on future updates? (Root is reversible)

-Love the feeling of "official" software? (I guess I can't argue this one, but hey, enjoy your bugs)


So, fill me in.

How about:

-Installed the 2.1 leak which seems to be a ploy by Verizon to stop the majority of the people that would want root from getting it.

 

[doogald]

You can go back to unrooted from rooted so if for some reason something goes wrong you can just go back and the people at verizon will never know.

I think I remember reading in the thread about the manual OTA install that somebody who had rooted but went back to 1.5 could not complete the manual OTA procedure, so clearly something changes. And once you root, you have invalidated the warranty, whether somebody at Verizon Wireless detects it or not.

That said, just as an example, if I have a failure of the volume buttons, my guess is that I would not be able to unroot the device, so if it was brought back for warranty work, I'd risk being told that the device was altered and could not be exchanged under warranty. That may be a rare case in the extreme, but rooting is not worth $400+ for me.

Root may add benefits that you want, and that's great, but it adds nothing that I need and takes away too much that I prefer. When a year has gone by and the warranty is over, I'll start thinking about rooting the phone.