Root Why root

[bxtzd3]

ok i have changed roms , radios and such on window phones. so what does the rooting do for the betterment of the phone besides removing bloatware? better antenna? anything else?

 

[johnlgalt]

It depends upon the phone. Root privileges allow you to interact with the OS on a more basic level, so that you can remove the bloat ware, monitor temps, replace kernels (for faster booting / overclocking), replace ROMs, etc.

Currently, on the BIONIC, we're limited b/c of the locked bootloader, but with root privileges we can still freeze / lock / remove bloatware as well as backup system and user apps.

Once we have a workaround for the locked bootloader (either a new unlocked bootloader or a secondary way of re-initializing the phone after the bootloader to allow for custom ROMs and such) we can do some of the other things I mentioned above.

 

[messenger13]

I can't think of a single reason why I WOULDN'T root.

 

[johnlgalt]

I can - for example, I'm not rooting the OG that Imma give to my Dad - he's 70 and needs time to assimilate all the goodness that Android is, forget having to deal with rooted notifications and the like...

OK, so it's not *me* that's not rooting, it's him, but I'd be the one rooting it, so...

 

[messenger13]

I can - for example, I'm not rooting the OG that Imma give to my Dad - he's 70 and needs time to assimilate all the goodness that Android is, forget having to deal with rooted notifications and the like...

OK, so it's not *me* that's not rooting, it's him, but I'd be the one rooting it, so...

I call "Foul!". We're talking about your Bionic!
(My wife's got my ROOTED OG. She likes it that way.)

 

[johnlgalt]

Nah, he doesn't need it and will mainly be using it for GMail sync more than anything.

Mine (BIONIC) is rooted - and I already froze and app I shouldn't have (experimenting) so now has been factory reset too

Rooting again as we speak.

 

[messenger13]

Mine (BIONIC) is rooted - and I already froze and app I shouldn't have (experimenting) so now has been factory reset too

Lol

 

[bxtzd3]

well aside from the stuff above, if rooted and a new rom or whatever its called in android land, is placed on the phone. would there be a way to make the signal strength better? if i keep dropping calls at work like i am i need to go back to my bb s2.