well apparently not everyone sees how easy it is to root! I have tried, failed, asked questions and gotten vague responses....so maybe we do need a Root for Dummies or even maybe a simplified way of hacking it. I would love to trick out my droid but since I am a dummy I am forced to watch all the 'geek talk' goin back and forth
There's some pretty straight forward guides out there, most linked directly to from the root section of this forums. As to the OP from 5 months ago, and your post, There definitely shouldn't be an "easy" button.
With no knowledge how any of the process works, or what you are doing to your phone what happens if something goes wrong. Whose going to be able to fix it for you? Not me, not any of the other forum members, not any of the developers. If simple guides can't be followed, how is that person suppose to be able to follow someone's steps on how to fix the problem. If, that is, that person even knows what to do without have the phone physically in front of them troubleshooting it.
What's Verizon going to say when you take them the phone and say you pushed the "easy" button and it failed like a "reset" button gift to Russia.
It's not out of elitism that I think I should have a rooted phone and you shouldn't. It because I think you should have a working phone, and if you aren't technically inclined enough to root your phone your not technically inclined to fix any of the problems that come up afterward. Look around any forums at all the posts of the people who need help cause they broke something or other by updating something or other. And these people were able to get root, but still need help sometimes.
Rooting is pretty much breaking all the security measures a company put into the phone and it's OS. It potentially is giving applications access to things that they should never have access to, opening up a big can of shit for someone that doesn't know what they're doing. If you open Internet Explorer and wonder how come every week there's a new toolbar up there next to your Yahoo and AOL toolbar, then rooting is definitely not for you. (And if you are someone wondering why you have all those toolbars, PM me and I'll be glad to help you out.)
(Note: All the "you" references is not directed at dboy_stien personally. It's everyone in general.)
That is what made the G1 and Mytouch3g community grow so quickly...what do you guys think?!
I did a ton of stuff with my G1. It's quite fun. But I think the one click would be sweet again. Just an idea. Thanks.
I've done a ton in the past with my G1.. but like someone said earlier its just this is the only process that COULD brick your phone and if I could get past that part on my $500 phone and be guaranteed brick free, I'll take it! That is what I'm trying to get to.
