People who care can root and delete that stuff. People who don't care can, well, keep doing what they are doing and not care. Either way, I'd say that saying it "sucks" to be on Verizon right now is kind of an exaggeration. You get bloatware stuff like this on all the carriers.
People who care can root and delete that stuff. People who don't care can, well, keep doing what they are doing and not care. Either way, I'd say that saying it "sucks" to be on Verizon right now is kind of an exaggeration. You get bloatware stuff like this on all the carriers.
Wait a minute... that article seems to contridict itself!
First Engadget states that Verizon is going to push the V.CAST apps App store.
Then Verizon states that they are going to pre-install V.CAST apps.
Then Verizon states that the Incredible will be the first Android phone with the store.
So what are the DINC users actually going to get? Multiple pre-installed V.CAST apps loaded on their phones? Or a single V.CAST app store?
And within a few days a new way to root will be out. People have been jailbreaking iPhones for years, I'm sure Verizon hasn't figured out how to keep people from rooting. Besides, this isn't a Sense update from HTC, it's just an install from Verizon, I doubt it will affect root.
Scanning it, it looks as though "V CAST Apps" is the name of VZW's new market app, and that the market app itself is what they're talking about being bundled.
Right. With the path VZW is taking, it seems like just LOVE to break phones with root. Who knows, you could end up on a boot loop because of the update.
Which phone isn't rootable? Still thought they all were...have to admit I don't keep up as my Incredible has been rooted and bloat free for quite some time, don't think I've ever got an acutal OTA update on it.
VZW is the king of bloat, I will agree... I do hate sprints SPL lock though so....whatever they all have their + and -
Which phone isn't rootable? Still thought they all were...have to admit I don't keep up as my Incredible has been rooted and bloat free for quite some time, don't think I've ever got an acutal OTA update on it.
VZW is the king of bloat, I will agree... I do hate sprints SPL lock though so....whatever they all have their + and -
oh yeah the whole bootloader thing, MOTO has always whacky with their hardware, not sure I'd place all the blame on VZW. Even their dumbphones still require a driver to charge from a pc....
VZW was always known for crippling their phones so that every damn thing you wanted to do you were nickeled and dimed for. I'm not surprised that after preaching the openness of android with the Droid they're heading back in that direction. I won't be surprised if they eventually stop putting the android market on in favor of their own. Of course there will always be the wonderful tech guru's that discover how to root and post it for all of us to follow, but it sure sucks that you have to go that route.
VZW was always known for crippling their phones so that every damn thing you wanted to do you were nickeled and dimed for. I'm not surprised that after preaching the openness of android with the Droid they're heading back in that direction. I won't be surprised if they eventually stop putting the android market on in favor of their own. Of course there will always be the wonderful tech guru's that discover how to root and post it for all of us to follow, but it sure sucks that you have to go that route.
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