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Root Hydro bloatware removed.

you can ditch music vizualization wallpaper (dont work in ICS anyway i dont believe) and the live wall papers, musicFX (though you might want a replacement or audio is kind of plain) Bluetooth share, all of the map/gps apps.
I froze rather than uninstall, until i can make a working back-up

I froze talkback by mistake (thought it was talk) did not seem to cause any issues.

Once we have a working restore, i will wipe them entirely, i am sure that ram could be put to some other use
 
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This was posted by Annieroid.

Thank you jmz!
Confirmed working on the Kyocera Hydro. I just did it successfully.
I take no credit for this - all thanks to jmz above, and Bin4ry, kamistral, Team FreeXperia, et al @XDA for making this happen!

Root for the Hydro -

** I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING THAT MAY GO WRONG WITH YOUR PHONE AS A RESULT OF USING THIS. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ROOT-RELATED ACTIVITIES YOU DO TO YOUR PHONE
It worked fine for me, but your mileage may vary, so - USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!**


http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1328668&d=1347724800

*Download the file above.

*Connect phone to computer, and select "Media Transfer" on the phone (go to "System", "Developer Options" and make sure "USB Debugging" is checked)

*Run the "RunMe" file in the "Root_with_Restore_by_Bin4ry_v2_win-linux" file you just downloaded, and select "3> Other" in the on-screen prompts.

*The phone will ask you to enter an encryption password... hit "restore my data" on the bottom of the screen on your phone.

*Follow any further on-screen prompts, your phone will reboot, and you're Rooted!

*NOTE*
(Still working on a Recovery atm... I will check back and report when I have it working - BUT UNTIL THEN, BE CAUTIOUS ABOUT WHAT YOU DELETE/CHANGE - WE HAVE NO RECOVERY AS OF YET)

Be careful, and enjoy!

*Edit* ~
It's probably best to wait - as stated above, we have no working recovery yet. If you add or delete something, and your phone goes nuts or you loose service, you'll be forced to do a factory reset and start from scratch all over again - IF you don't brick it altogether. Until we have a working recovery, rooting this phone should only be done by Devs and those that fully understand the risks involved, and are willing to take them while we work on getting a functional recovery.
 
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Stingrays, when you said:
*The phone will ask you to enter an encryption password... hit "restore my data" on the bottom of the screen on your phone.

*Follow any further on-screen prompts, your phone will reboot, and you're Rooted!
does this bring your phone back to a new state like when it came out of the box? or will my apps & configurations remain intact?
thanks
 
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ok, let me rephrase. I have added apps & set configurations- personalizing it.
If I root it will it resort to factory settings like it does in doing a hard reset?

thanks

No - as I said before, it should just give you root access.
BUT - if your crops die or roof falls in, don't blame me. lol

Seriously - I never owned this phone, and had access to it for only a few weeks. (just long enough to root and slightly de-bloat it. lol)
I can't help much in regards to issues some of you might have - but I'll help out all I can.
 
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