Root Thoughts on non-EasyTether tethering

[RBEmerson]

Heres the method of using the built in tether app

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I wouldnt consider rsdlite a method of installing a new roms but a refresh. Its the same method Motorola would use if you told them your phone was acting up and they said to send it to them. It formats your phone and flashs the stock image back on so if anything has gone wrong in the last, its fixed now.

Most rooted users are either running a stock modified rom or an aosp rom by now so answers may vaty to your question.

That's an interesting hack, but one that, IMHO, works only until VZW closes the door. And, of course, it's closed to most mainstream users who want an out-of-the-box tethering solution that doesn't involve VZW's double-dipping fees. Again IMHO, EasyTether works well and supports at least 5 OS' - that ain't shabby.

I guess I'm in a very small minority of rooters. I rooted my phone only to change build.prop to avoid a problem with fast dormancy. The Bahamian 4G LTE service does not support fast dormancy, while most carriers do (the other exception I know of is Rogers in Canada). I change build.prop to disable fast dormancy as needed, and to restore it when the phone's being used where FD is supported. (There's a discussion of the issue in XDA).

Past that, root is not needed for anything else I do with the phone. I'm a Luddite on the issue of ROM's. I get the fun of taking things apart to see how the work, and to have something most people don't have, but the risk just isn't worth it to me. YMMV [/smile]