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Root Consequenes of rooting for Bell users ??

weasel

Android Enthusiast
Mar 5, 2010
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Renfrew, ON
Having done quite a bit of rooting and flashing on my Galaxy before I think I already know the answer to the question. I know that I can't use the GingerBlur rom just yet because of some slight differences between AT&T & Bell installed fimwares. I want to root so that I can get back to using Titanium backup and Adfree. I can't see an issue with it, but I just wanted to make sure before I do.
 
good to know lol

btw did you get it from bell with a contract ? I took it from bell last week without a contract " I paid the full price " but they refused to unlock my phone, they said I must wait one month before they unlock it for me, short story " is it OK to do the rooting thing without unlocking the phone ?
 
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Well, Snazzy, myself and others on XDA have yet to get Adfree working. Manually editing the hosts file seems to do nothing either. For whatever reason, it seems to be a Bell specific problem. Now just go get your Atrix. My god what a difference. You'll be blown away. Oh ya, you do get "superuser" when you root.
 
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Well, Snazzy, myself and others on XDA have yet to get Adfree working. Manually editing the hosts file seems to do nothing either. For whatever reason, it seems to be a Bell specific problem. Now just go get your Atrix. My god what a difference. You'll be blown away. Oh ya, you do get "superuser" when you root.

Must be a weird bug that effects Atrix and Bell 3G. My N1 runs AdFree just fine on the Bell network.

I really like the specs but the encrypted bootloader goes against what Android stands for and thus I cannot buy the Atrix. I applaud HTC for discontinuing this ugly practice and once a Tegra HTC phone hits Bell I will purchase it.
 
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