Where in Dallas/Fort Worth can i get my phone rooted?

407 · Oct 13, 2011

Anyone know?

Crashdamage · Oct 13, 2011

No offense intended, but if you can't find and follow instructions to root the phone yourself then you probably should not use a rooted phone.

Why do you feel you need to root anyway?

407 · Oct 13, 2011

Crashdamage said:
No offense intended, but if you can't find and follow instructions to root the phone yourself then you probably should not use a rooted phone.

Why do you feel you need to root anyway?

1- because the first time I attempted rooting I bricked it.
2- because one of the benefits is keeping battery life longer, which i desperately need

Crashdamage · Oct 13, 2011

407 said:
1- because the first time I attempted rooting I bricked it.
2- because one of the benefits is keeping battery life longer, which i desperately need

1. What I said before still applies. Rooting is not for everyone.
2. Any increase in battery life from rooting will be minimal. Your hardware, type of uusage and correct setup for your usage are the factors that determine battery drain.

John Redcorn · Oct 13, 2011

I'd say some people might know what to do and what not do with root access but still be nervous about obtaining it in the 1st place. Unless you have a nexus, there's some type of hardware hacking involved almost surely, I have root access to my linux boxes, admin access on windows and have never screwed anything up with that access but I might be nervous about screwing up a PC (like I was my phone) if I had to run some firmware hack to get root/admin access on my boxes.

And think about it, if you did have to do fw hack to get root/admin on a pc, if you screw up, at worst it's a $75-$175 motherboard you have to buy, screw up a phone and it's $300-400 or more to replace.

edit: But I still fail to see how rooting itself is going to lead to any battery life gains.

wayrad · Oct 13, 2011

407 said:
1- because the first time I attempted rooting I bricked it.
2- because one of the benefits is keeping battery life longer, which i desperately need

Rooting just gives you the potential to mod your phone in ways that may improve performance or user experience, it doesn't do those things by itself. You can also mess the phone up while modding it. If you root it yourself, you'll have at least done a certain amount of reading and demonstrated a basic level of competence that will help keep you out of trouble during subsequent modding.

dan330 · Oct 13, 2011

to answer your question... you can go to craigslist.org and find people that will charge you to do it.

but....

i highly recommed you do it yourself... so that you know what is happening..and how to fix issues.. and change settings..

if you have someone else do it.. you are locked to going back to that person over and over again.. charge after charge!

and with root access.. the user can use better tweeked kernels and ROMs to help performance in both speed and battery consumption. there are many benefits to rooting your device... just because you dont see the need, does not mean that others cant find it useful.

a good resource for rooting info: www.xda-developers.com

Yeahha · Oct 13, 2011

What phone do you have? If you want to root your phone that is your decision and I am not about to try to talk you out of it but I will try to get you to save your money

Each phone has it's own section here with an All things root subforum in most of them there is very good instructions on how to root the phone, if there isn't then there are other resources at your disposal XDA has already been mentioned, www.rootzwiki.com is also a good resource

A.Nonymous · Oct 14, 2011

dan330 said:
to answer your question... you can go to craigslist.org and find people that will charge you to do it.

but....

i highly recommed you do it yourself... so that you know what is happening..and how to fix issues.. and change settings..

if you have someone else do it.. you are locked to going back to that person over and over again.. charge after charge!

and with root access.. the user can use better tweeked kernels and ROMs to help performance in both speed and battery consumption. there are many benefits to rooting your device... just because you dont see the need, does not mean that others cant find it useful.

a good resource for rooting info: www.xda-developers.com

I don't know about the battery thing. I rooted my DInc and spent time with different battery tweaks, kernels, roms, etc... trying to get more battery life out of it. It made little difference. I got several more hours at one point, but wasn't happy as that meant turning off background syncing, data, etc.... and I basically had a dumb phone on my hands most of the time. I don't know that rooting is going to fix battery issues. There are tons of reasons for rooting, but fixing battery life isn't one of them IMO.

dan330 · Oct 14, 2011

well that depends on the mods that are available for the phone.

with my EVO... there have been custom kernels that have helped with battery.. and performance.. some tied with particular custom ROMs..

chanchan05 · Oct 14, 2011

If your phone has a SuperOneClick method available, use that. Highly unlikely to brick it through that AFAIK.

Mr. Ed · Oct 14, 2011

If you need any help let me know. I am in that area often. I don't charge to help people learn more about their phones.

I will be helping a few people on Sunday at Fudruckers in Grapevine, 7ish....

We all have Subaru's ...so not easy to miss.

do try and give me a heads up about which phone you have...

Seahawk888 · May 5, 2013

Mr. Ed said:
If you need any help let me know. I am in that area often. I don't charge to help people learn more about their phones.

I will be helping a few people on Sunday at Fudruckers in Grapevine, 7ish....

We all have Subaru's ...so not easy to miss.

do try and give me a heads up about which phone you have...

Can I meet up with you guys to help root my phone? I have a nexus 4

Davdi · May 5, 2013

I rooted my Wildfire S about a year ago, it's running WildChild3 ROM, which is basically a rooted version of the Stock HTC Gingerbread ROM with all the bloat and most of sense UI removed. It's Overclocked to 806MHz and any improvment in battery life is down to the 2500mAH battery in it. (2 days normal use, 1 day with lots of WiFi/Bluetooth use)

El Presidente · May 5, 2013

Seahawk888 said:
Can I meet up with you guys to help root my phone? I have a nexus 4

http://androidforums.com/nexus-4-al...nexus-4-all-things-root-guide-12-18-12-a.html

Have a scan there, I'd recommend Wugs toolkit, it's by far the easiest and safest option.

If you have any more questions, head to our Nexus 4 root forum: Nexus 4 - All Things Root - Android Forums

We'll do all we can to assist.

flozell · Dec 24, 2013

Have galaxy s2 t-mobile need phone rooted

MoodyBlues · Dec 25, 2013

Welcome to Android Forums, flozell. We're glad you're here.

I see you've already found your way to the All Things Root board for your phone. That's a perfect place to start!

The general consensus is that if you cannot root a device yourself, you probably shouldn't use a rooted device. So I'd strongly encourage you to read up on how to root it, ask all the questions you need to ask, and then see if you're able to do it yourself. That really is the best and safest method.

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