I am new to android and this phone and was wondering what were the benefits of rooting it?
did they come up with 2.2 root that i didnt read about?
did they come up with 2.2 root that i didnt read about?
It's really fantastic, I don't see why anyone wouldn't root
I have Jailbroken an Itouch before and loaded several cracked os's onto my blackberry. I am pretty tech savy but messing with android is new for me! Also have they come up with a way to move text messages from blackberry to android yet?
Much faster performance, I've almost doubled my battery life, the look and feel is much more customizable, free wirless teather, the list goes on and on. But honestly it's a whole new phone after you've rooted and found the right rom and kernal. Plus if you get bored you can just change it up again.
It's really fantastic, I don't see why anyone wouldn't root
I got a great reason not to root. If you don't even understand what rooting is, you shouldn't do it. Plain and simple.
I jailbroke an iPhone for a friend. Phone was working perfect until she decided she wanted to go play with things she didn't understand. So a week later she starts messing around and removing things that are needed and killed the phone. And no, she didn't do a backup before messing around.
I have another friend who rooted his Moto Droid. He bricked his first one while trying to root. Decided to try it with his replacement and actually got it rooted, but managed to brick it the next day while messing around.
it looks like i have free wireless teathering on my unrooted 2.2
And the stock battery is increased? why wouldn't this be standard in the phone if it possible to do?
If you're talking about the "3G Mobile Hotspot" app, no you don't. That requires a $30 monthly fee to Verizon to make use of.
On rooting, I can't believe I waited as long as I did. It's like an entirely new phone.
i could be wrong about if i am getting charged, but i just opened the 3G mobile hotspot and set a password for it. it never said it would charge me a fee. my coworker just pulled up the WIfi. I do plan on rooting in the future, but it looks to me like there is no $30 fee on my phone.
Keep in mind one thing...
You're using Verizon's app. It is a closed source app. You have no idea what code is going on in the background. My hunch is that it does some side communicating to VZW's servers as you use it (and it most definitely would if I designed it to stop little work arounds like this).
Better to root and use an app that you can trust a lot more than something that VZW preinstalled on your phone.
i could be wrong about if i am getting charged, but i just opened the 3G mobile hotspot and set a password for it. it never said it would charge me a fee. my coworker just pulled up the WIfi. I do plan on rooting in the future, but it looks to me like there is no $30 fee on my phone.
yep yep.
Just wait until you get your bill and see that $20 charge
All the information you need it right on Verizon's website.
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