rooting an android..

racerboy71

racerboy71

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.. so, i'll start off by saying i'm not the most techy person around, far from it, but i have been learning some stuff from a few friends who have the patience of an angel ...
my question is, is it worth rooting my droid phone?? what are the chances that i will end up bricking the thing and end up having a $300 paper weight??
not looking for any links or anything, just any thoughts on the idea of a non techy person attempting to root their phone is all..
any and all advice as always is appreciated.. ty.. :)
 
KushXOJ

KushXOJ

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What does "rooting" mean ?
Is that like unlocking a phone so you can get all the apps and stuff free ?
 
mikmike

mikmike

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mmkay i root every single phone i get and run a differ modified OS. First i get better battery life because not as many apps are running threw modified OS. U only root your phone to modify the OS. My battery was getting about a day, now i get almost 3 days with new OS. Before i got download speeds of 11Mbps now i get 16Mbps. phone is alot smoother does not crash. I LOVE IT. what kind of phone do u have. U also dont get all the added software and running processes. Also why to battery life is better because lets say u have a 1ghz cpu if u are not using phone it will downclock it to like 300mhz so u save batter and if u start using your phone it will give u more power as u need it :)
 
Corbat420

Corbat420

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take Clonex

Take phone

Dip phone SPEAKER END into the clonex

Squish into jiffy cube

Profit from cloned smartphones :D

Am i right? PM me if i win :dunce:
 
skunkd0c

skunkd0c

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reluctantly i have to admit i too have spent too much time on the interwebz and understood that without thinking .. shameful :(

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racerboy71

racerboy71

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mikmike said:
mmkay i root every single phone i get and run a differ modified OS. First i get better battery life because not as many apps are running threw modified OS. U only root your phone to modify the OS. My battery was getting about a day, now i get almost 3 days with new OS. Before i got download speeds of 11Mbps now i get 16Mbps. phone is alot smoother does not crash. I LOVE IT. what kind of phone do u have. U also dont get all the added software and running processes. Also why to battery life is better because lets say u have a 1ghz cpu if u are not using phone it will downclock it to like 300mhz so u save batter and if u start using your phone it will give u more power as u need it :)
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yah, my battery life is awful.. i get maybe a full days worth of charge from my phone as is.. sometimes even less then that..
yah, i'd love to get rid of some of that bloatware as well while im in the process.
right now i have a motorola bionic.. i didnt like it much when i first got it over my old droid but i'm coming around to it..
 
The Cryptkeeper

The Cryptkeeper

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I don't bother rooting phones but I had to root the Kindle Fire. :lol: There were just a couple things that had to be modified before it was an acceptable device. =P
 
racerboy71

racerboy71

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mikmike said:
mmkay i root every single phone i get and run a differ modified OS. First i get better battery life because not as many apps are running threw modified OS. U only root your phone to modify the OS. My battery was getting about a day, now i get almost 3 days with new OS. Before i got download speeds of 11Mbps now i get 16Mbps. phone is alot smoother does not crash. I LOVE IT. what kind of phone do u have. U also dont get all the added software and running processes. Also why to battery life is better because lets say u have a 1ghz cpu if u are not using phone it will downclock it to like 300mhz so u save batter and if u start using your phone it will give u more power as u need it :)
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i forgot to ask how easy / hard is would be for a person like me to attempt to root my phone mikmike?? thanks for the info.. :)
 
DSB65

DSB65

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racerboy71 said:
yah, i have read that the warranty will be voided if you root a phone, but at the same time i have also read that unrooting a phone isn't that hard to do..
i'm more afraid of bricking my phone more then anything dsb..
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i still have a old style phone.......
 
racerboy71

racerboy71

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i remember when my ex got one of these and we thought we were the shit.. damn thing used to pull my pants down to me knees.. :(

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