Note has been an epic phone for the past couple of days. Absolutely love it. I am just wondering if I should root it. Never rooted before as this is my first android phone. I think it would be kinda of fun to mess around with roms and stuff. I am just worried that I will brick my phone and lose the awesomeness. Can someone help?
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There are no custom rom's yet, but if you want to read, overclock, remove crapware, backup your apps effectively, block ads, and void your warranty, then by all means.
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i would solely because I'm just curious as to how fast my phone can feel without the crapware from att and possibly some ocing and uving. I'm fearful of the counter though, but I might just do it this weekend once I'm done with midterms.
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Does it really make that much of a difference if you delete a few programs?
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Does it really make that much of a difference if you delete a few At&t crap programs?
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Willanhanyard said:
Note has been an epic phone for the past couple of days. Absolutely love it. I am just wondering if I should root it. Never rooted before as this is my first android phone. I think it would be kinda of fun to mess around with roms and stuff. I am just worried that I will brick my phone and lose the awesomeness. Can someone help?
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This is what I always tell people when they ask should the ROOT and ROM. I can't tell you weather you should or shouldn't. You need to make that choice yourself and know that no one is responsible for what you do to your phone.
But if you decided to ROOT and ROM your phone the first thing on your to do list is.....READ. Read everything. Read how to ROOT and how to ROM. Read about the tools and programs you are going to use. Watch youtube videos and tutorials. And when you're done with that......RE-READ and RE-WATCH all of it!
I can't stress how important it is that you understand what you are doing. If you don't get what you're doing you will end up on the forums begging for help to fix it.
I read up on Rooting and Roms for a few weeks before I tried to do it myself. I also asked questions in a respectful manner not expecting an answer RIGHT THEN. I also hit the THANKS button, that goes a long way!
So in a nutshell....EDUCATE yourself and have respect for the community when you ask questions.
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a thousand points to mortem very true and valid advice. no truer advice could be spoken about android mods and roms. My personal favorite is when people try to use international roms on things like the skyrocket.
Once you get the itch, you will do it eventually
But good advice above! And while you are researching, a flash counter workaround root method will likely be found.
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a thousand points to mortem very true and valid advice. no truer advice could be spoken about android mods and roms. My personal favorite is when people try to use international roms on things like the skyrocket.
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agreed.....people don't read, they just want and don't bother checking into things. And then they get all mad when they jack up their device.
heh there were atleast 40 bricked epic touch 4g's bricked when the isgs2 ics roms leaked lol people just wouldnt listen.
I would wait until you are past 30 days and know you are going to keep the phone or you have no exchanges. after that you will have to go to warranty support so you can flash back to stock. No need to make additonal work before 30 days.
Who know there may even be a super 1 click root by then?
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Hey all...I'm VERY new to all of this rooting stuff...still reading about it and I can't seem to wrap my head around it....Not sure if I'd be crossing a line by asking this, but here it goes....are there people on here that would actually root a phone for someone if they (ie..me) are to stupid to do so?
Of course there would be compensation involved.
Thanks for any info!!!
If you are new to the point that you are not comfortable following the steps needed to root your phone then I would say that you should not be worrying about rooting your phone at this point.
Why do I say this? It is because you will want to flash a myriad of Roms after your phone is rooted, which I guarantee will cause issues that you will not be able to figure out on your own.
You also need to ask yourself what it is that you hope to gain from rooting your phone. The stock Thunderbolt has bloat no doubt, but it is generally compatible with apps and is about to receive the Gingerbread OTA (non-root users theorize) fairly soon.
What do you want that can only be accomplished by rooting your phone at this point? If you cannot answer that question, then I hope you will take my advice and do some reading on this site, and one or two other sites, until you are ready to root your phone without paying someone to do it for you.
One other thing. Please do not create posts asking about the proverbial 'Best Rom'. There is no such thing.
Just my .02 cents!
I appreciate the info....Thanks!!!
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I appreciate the info....Thanks!!!
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You're very welcome. I hope that I did not scare you off of rooting, but it is something that should not be done without some careful thought before hand.
For $100 I'll root your phone.
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I've rooted several devices for friends that have no intention of using clockworkmod. They simply want the advantages of root and to run a new ROM like CM7. I'd be happy to do it for money, and I don't think the end user of a rooted devices needs to know jack about it rooting it to enjoy the benefits. In short, I'm happy to root a device for someone as long as I know they aren't going to get in there and brick the thing somehow and come to me to fix it like it's my problem. Most people are decent enough to do that.
if you look online(or in your local yellow pages), you can find shops locally that will fix, root, etc your cell phone.
just here in San Diego there's about a dozen places that offer these services.
although i will tell you... the first time you figure out you have a problem with your carb and it's bad enough that you can't drive your car... then a "friend" tells you, just bring the carb over here & we'll fix it for you... then you're just standing there looking at the carb and thinking "uhhh..."
now that's rooting a phone x 10 difficultly.
I'll do it for free, teach you how i did it, and give you the basic knowledge of how not to brick. Where are you located?
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I'll do it for free, teach you how i did it, and give you the basic knowledge of how not to brick. Where are you located?
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Good man. There is a one touch root available.. more like several clicks but its easy.
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I'll do it for free, teach you how i did it, and give you the basic knowledge of how not to brick. Where are you located?
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My offer still stands. Pm me if you're interested.
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^^^
You sir are a gentleman. I can honestly say that just about everyone who uses Droid theory 's roms are helpful nice individuals.
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You sir are a gentleman. I can honestly say that just about everyone who uses Droid theory 's roms are helpful nice individuals.
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I didn't have anybody to guide me when i first started and i know how frustrating it can be. And you never know, he may be the next great developer with the right start. I have been the "tech support" for my entire family who I converted to android. It would be nice to teach someone who will want to learn as opposed to my family who just says here you do it...
And you are right on the money when you say ppl who use Th3orys roms are nice and helpful. I have learned a great deal from that community.
I am not a dev, just someone who knows how to implement the awesome features created by the community here at XDA.
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I know we are going off topic but I feel the same way. If people did not get smart with other users and just be helpful people would have a great time learning.
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Dang if I was near my laptop which my dad has webx on I would do it for you. I have rooted a bunch of phones for friends and family and I find it especially fun teaching them what root, roms, etc. can help them achieve. Today I rooted my friends sensation so he would have the sensation xe (beats audio) options and speed. If you feel that your stock phone seems slow rooting, overclocking and debloating or changing the ROM can definitely help you!
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I would do it for 30 and make sure your phone gets back to you with lots of extra programs you will need. Plus 5 bucks shipping back.
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"If i helped you please thank me"
Halfcab was to root our phone - a simple process according to them. in 3 days they have managed to brick one of our phone and then not properly root the second. Now it is working very poorly. now they have blocked our emails and will not respond to us. According to them a simple download is needed so why are they not responding. Avoid as you probably will not get what you pay for.
Better taking the advice and know how from the xda site, rather than some dodgy phone guys...
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Halfcab was to root our phone - a simple process according to them. in 3 days they have managed to brick one of our phone and then not properly root the second. Now it is working very poorly. now they have blocked our emails and will not respond to us. According to them a simple download is needed so why are they not responding. Avoid as you probably will not get what you pay for.
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1.why would you pay for root??
2.we have had root since launch almost
3.those companies are s***
4. Why would you pay for root?
Wow there selling CleanRom for $60.. they even took scotts banner. Someone needs to report these people.
http://www.halfcab123.com/product-p/htc-rezound-sense36.htm
This is a real company?? Wtf. Why would you give them your phone?
The price of convenience
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They are ADX Developers. They never had possession of our phone. Any paid to have it rooted because we honestly don't know how to root the phone. We open to suggestions.
We just wanted a simple root but they have messed up. We were naive I guess.
correction: these guys are XDA developers.
They work under different names and email addresses so watch out.
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This is a real company?? Wtf. Why would you give them your phone?
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i didnt done remotely
hahahaha i can't believe they're selling ROMs...wow. what a joke
Wow how stupid. Root is super easy, we have had it for like a year, cleanrom is free, etc. Scam anyone?
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You have been trolled. For hard cash no less.
I find it no mere coincidence that if you look at their forum, this is the most recent post:
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Halfcab was to root our phone - a simple process according to them. in 3 days they have managed to brick one of our phone and then not properly root the second. Now it is working very poorly. now they have blocked our emails and will not respond to us. According to them a simple download is needed so why are they not responding. Avoid as you probably will not get what you pay for.
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I'm so sorry for you, I was able to root, s-off, run the latest ics ruu, and install nils Rom within an hour for free.
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holy **** sorry man that sucks. How do they get away with selling this?
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Are you sure it's bricked? You can't get into recovery or use adb?
Personally, I wouldn't let someone I've never met remotely flash my several-hundred-dollar phone (if that's how it was done). But that's just me.
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Are you sure it's bricked? You can't get into recovery or use adb?
Personally, I wouldn't let someone I've never met remotely flash my several-hundred-dollar phone (if that's how it was done). But that's just me.
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I would let the unlimited.io crew or con247 toy around with mine remotely; such has been done during the initial release of the JuopunutBear S-off method. But only because I have observed them to be legitimate developers seeking to better user experiences and knowledge for knowledge's sake. Definitely not some random XDA reader with a website storefront and access to other people's ROMs and tools.
Edit: read the post below this one. Then read it again; it pretty much sums up the situation.
I a firm believer that if you can't root your own device, you should be stock... Hell I'm even against the one click root utilizes for inexperienced users.. part of having root is the understanding that you are now tech support..the only way your going to learn is to do it the hard way. Not by plugging in and clicking root... Ever notice on any forum for a phone with a one click, there's a ton of "help I'm bricked" threads... Funny thing is you never see these before one click is available...kinda hard to become tech support if you have zero knowledge of what a Linux OS is and how to move around with terminal..
Basically I almost don't feel bad for the scam, shoulda took the time to learn what's involved with being rooted...sorry
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Guess this is one time I'm glad I didn't make the cut.. advise to OP next time ask someone for help and then donate to them if you want..
that sucks...but it honestly is partially your fault...i cant rembember the last time i handed someone money or bought somthing without doing research...google is your friend ...if you would have done research you would have realized you were getting a kick in the nuts for 60 bucks...take it as a lesson...
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...take it as a lesson...
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Oh I think he already has. Kudos to him for warning others though.
So, I am new to rooting and kind of worried about rooting and worried about screwing up my device. I found this on google and the youtube reviews seems pretty legit. Anyone here try it before, I make the jump? Thanks a dollar. http://www.halfcab123.com/
Why would you pay someone to mess with your phone
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There are lots of guides here on the forums that will walk you through the process. We were all noobies at one point in tome and there's lots to be learned from one another.
Just read everything over a few times before you try anything. And if you get stuck, just ask for help everyone here is very helpful.
Hope this helps.
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Just look up Hasoon's all in one tool kit in the dev section. It's pretty much foolproof for noobs to get unlocked and rooted.
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donothurtme said:
So, I am new to rooting and kind of worried about rooting and worried about screwing up my device. I found this on google and the youtube reviews seems pretty legit. Anyone here try it before, I make the jump? Thanks a dollar. http://www.halfcab123.com/
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Dont do it, get yourself an iphone.
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Dont do it, get yourself an iphone.
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basically. Lol.
donothurtme said:
So, I am new to rooting and kind of worried about rooting and worried about screwing up my device. I found this on google and the youtube reviews seems pretty legit. Anyone here try it before, I make the jump? Thanks a dollar. http://www.halfcab123.com/
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Honestly it's not as horrifying as some may think. It's quite simple. Just read the guides and make sure you have everything you need at your fingertips. It would be good for you to learn since you will be flashing roms and such. It's almost like shaking hands and saying hello to your phone. (lol)
Just stay s-on until you get comfortable flashing and its virtually impossible to hard brick your phone.
Search and read...
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Hmm halfcab you say?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1756321&highlight=half
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Hmm halfcab you say?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1756321&highlight=half
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wondered if someone was going to bring that up. No way I'm letting someone who profits from other's devving touch my phone.
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Just stay s-on until you get comfortable flashing and its virtually impossible to hard brick your phone.
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Or just never S-OFF. I never did, and have been doing great with ROMs and kernels.
Also, to the OP, just do it yourself. It's a valuable lesson in not wasting money, and you learn something new.
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Or just never S-OFF. I never did, and have been doing great with ROMs and kernels.
Also, to the OP, just do it yourself. It's a valuable lesson in not wasting money, and you learn something new.
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Chad himself is even very against s-offing. Fastboot doesn't really take that long, but I do most of my flashing away from the computer. To each their own I suppose. (I'm s-off btw)
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Agreed with everyone man.. Im by no means dev, or even a themer just a user but just simply reading and chatting with people on the forums being polite will get you along way.. if there's anything your wanting to learn I'm always available to simply chat to, like I said I'm no one special but I know the simple things, flashing, fastboot commands, I can even walk you thru simply rooting or going the whole nine yards with the s-off thing.. I do promis you tho in the end any thing you learn will be useful in the future.. you'll always wanna flash a new Rom, or kernel, or even a new mod for sense 4.x you like.. but, YOU will wanna be the one to do it not send it in again, or something silly like that.. my gtalk [email protected]. But my advice is always read, search and read some more.. and if you still can't find what your looking for ask a questio. Good luck bro.
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I was unsuccessful with getting S-Off on my phone (about 120-ish attempts) so I just use an app called HTC dumlock. It works by copying my recovery to my boot partition and booting to that. It allows me to flash kernels as if I had S-Off. The only disadvantage is that it's an app and does require a working ROM so a borked flash means I have to fall back to fastboot.
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First, for them to root your phone remotely you'd have to give them remote access to your pc. No way I'd trust these clowns with that.
Second, rooting the phone is easy, all you really need to do is get your unlock code from HTC and follow the instructions here on XDA. It's really easy and there are a lot of people here who will help if you need it. The only really tricky thing is s-off, and they can't help you with that remotely since it requires access to your phone.
Now, if you're new to rooting you probably shouldn't go s-off just yet anyway, but that's another topic altogether. Regardless, if these guys root your phone you'll be s-on. The extra steps for s-on flashing aren't difficult, but unless you want to pay them to flash every rom you try you need to learn how to do it yourself. I don't know about everyone else, but I go through phases where I'll change roms several times a week or even daily just to try stuff out.
Third, these halfcab guys are selling other people's roms. Under terms of open source that isn't illegal, but that doesn't make it right. You can download them for free and if anyone deserves money for a rom its the dev who worked on it. They'll take donations! (I think I even saw where halfcab was selling unlock codes. HTC would probably take issue with that.)
Fourth, they're selling WiFi tether. Again, it's free to download. Most ROMS come with it anyway.
So short answer to the OP is no, it isn't legit. It's a ripoff and could leave you with major headaches if you don't learn how to do this stuff yourself anyway. It certainly won't be as convenient as it may sound.
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Is that legal to root and charge for a free tethering app Lol, what a joke of a site.
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First, for them to root your phone remotely you'd have to give them remote access to your pc. No way I'd trust these clowns with that.
Second, rooting the phone is easy, all you really need to do is get your unlock code from HTC and follow the instructions here on XDA. It's really easy and there are a lot of people here who will help if you need it. The only really tricky thing is s-off, and they can't help you with that remotely since it requires access to your phone.
Now, if you're new to rooting you probably shouldn't go s-off just yet anyway, but that's another topic altogether. Regardless, if these guys root your phone you'll be s-on. The extra steps for s-on flashing aren't difficult, but unless you want to pay them to flash every rom you try you need to learn how to do it yourself. I don't know about everyone else, but I go through phases where I'll change roms several times a week or even daily just to try stuff out.
Third, these halfcab guys are selling other people's roms. Under terms of open source that isn't illegal, but that doesn't make it right. You can download them for free and if anyone deserves money for a rom its the dev who worked on it. They'll take donations! (I think I even saw where halfcab was selling unlock codes. HTC would probably take issue with that.)
Fourth, they're selling WiFi tether. Again, it's free to download. Most ROMS come with it anyway.
So short answer to the OP is no, it isn't legit. It's a ripoff and could leave you with major headaches if you don't learn how to do this stuff yourself anyway. It certainly won't be as convenient as it may sound.
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Couldn't of said it better
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Left those idiots at that site a nice little message and emailed WiFi tether and HTC.
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Hmm halfcab you say?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1756321&highlight=half
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Soooooo glad you brought this back up! I was gonna search for it! Lol! Halfcab...... silly
I will say however that those were dark days for the rezound and it was quite impressive how the community came together to hack and shut down his website, find out his name and address, spam his email, post pictures of his house, and basically just destroy him. Lol!!! Good times good times.
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First, for them to root your phone remotely you'd have to give them remote access to your pc. No way I'd trust these clowns with that.
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So short answer to the OP is no, it isn't legit. It's a ripoff and could leave you with major headaches if you don't learn how to do this stuff yourself anyway. It certainly won't be as convenient as it may sound.
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Please don't support someone who sells someone else's work as their own. There may be no law against it, but that doesn't make it right.
And no, rooting / s-offing your phone isn't easy the first time, but you can do it if you read and then ask questions like everyone else has said.
If you're that interested in rooting, you'll be glad you learned to do it yourself.
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Don't pay people to do it, you'll be calling them weekly on how to fix stuff. You need to know how to look at an issue solve it and perform the steps necessary to keeping the device going smoothly. If you don't learn the terminology and what each thing does you will be lost forever. I did it for my brother and I get calls all them time How do i do this? its terrible. If your not willing to put some time into it then like they said buy an Iphone. Once you learn though its exciting and fun and its a community everyone here wants more people to learn it makes the platform great.
I just got my DNA today and it is pretty smooth other than a few poorly optimized apps. I would like to get the thoughts of some folks that have unlocked and loaded custom Roms and kernels if it was worth the trouble and risk of bricking. Is there really a speed/smoothness difference?
Succinctly, YES.
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I just got my DNA today and it is pretty smooth other than a few poorly optimized apps. I would like to get the thoughts of some folks that have unlocked and loaded custom Roms and kernels if it was worth the trouble and risk of bricking. Is there really a speed/smoothness difference?
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Yes there is a difference. But honestly the key reason why I rooted was to remap the recent button.
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I've rooted all my previous phones to remove bloatware and to tether my tablet on occasion. With this one, Jelly Bean lets me disable most of the bloat and the rest I can hide from the app drawer so that is taken care of and the built in hotspot works just fine. I have no desire to root this one. Maybe in a year or so when somebody develops a safer root procedure and gets S-off I'll be bored and start rooting again.
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Yes there is a difference. But honestly the key reason why I rooted was to remap the recent button.
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Ill drink to that
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Ill drink to that
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I'll join you in that haha
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The only things I need that I don't get from the stock Rom is wireless tether and a long-press 'back button' function that kills the current process.
This phone is so good, as-is, that I have barely felt the desire to root at all. And I must say that coming from the Rezound, that is a huge thing for me.
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Yeah, as others have stated, it's pretty phenomenal right out of the box. There are still tweaks I'd like to have, but the main reason i went ahead and rooted was so I could enjoy wi-fi tether. I use it fairly often when I travel.
ROMs and kernels are in development and get better and more interesting almost every day. I can feel the need to flash a new one coming on....
I've never rooted and won't until I this is my secondary phone lol
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So I tried the unlock method and bricked my phone.... Fun stuff.
Nasty, mate. good luck unbricking it, let us know how that goes. unfortunately I have no idea how that works so can't offer any advice but mate hope you can do it easily.
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Nasty, mate. good luck unbricking it, let us know how that goes. unfortunately I have no idea how that works so can't offer any advice but mate hope you can do it easily.
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I'm pretty sure that if you do actually brick it whole unlocking, you can't fix it.
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Go to the DNA channel on irc for help.
Sweet! Cant wait to try!
Bricking happens when you don't pay attention . You can brick anything.. drive down the road with your eyes closed? Bricked car...
Light some candles and put them them on the window seal but forget to move the curtains from dangling in the flame? bricked house....
Try to root a phone and don't read directions before flashing, type wrong command at wrong time? bricked phone...
Sure.. things happen.. your power goes out right as you start to flash a boot loader. kitty walks across your keyboard and types "bricked phone" with his cute little feet..
**** happens, but MOST of the time when bricks happen, its user stupidity.. guys.. my 11 year old daughter rooted her rezound with the paperclip and did her DNA all on her own..
seriously, don't not root your phone because you are afraid of it bricking. This isn't a friggen lottery.. you are 100% in control..
It always amuses me when people say "its not worth the risk".. the risk of what? you being a moron and facerolling your keyboard while watching obamaporn?
Sorry for the rant.. not really.. but whatever. its 3am.. been up doing physics. And not kiddy HS physics, the kind that melts your brain and steals your little swimmers.
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Yes it's worth it but I recommend having the IRC channel ready if you have any issues. The first time I unlocked (I had to file an insurance replacement so I did it twice) it took me 3 hours because I had problems. I was in the IRC channel the entire time and since I explained exactly what errors I was getting people were able to help me.
All I can say is yes it's worth it but be careful during the unlock and be ready to ask for help if you need it.
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Bricking happens when you don't pay attention . You can brick anything.. drive down the road with your eyes closed? Bricked car...
Light some candles and put them them on the window seal but forget to move the curtains from dangling in the flame? bricked house....
Try to root a phone and don't read directions before flashing, type wrong command at wrong time? bricked phone...
Sure.. things happen.. your power goes out right as you start to flash a boot loader. kitty walks across your keyboard and types "bricked phone" with his cute little feet..
**** happens, but MOST of the time when bricks happen, its user stupidity.. guys.. my 11 year old daughter rooted her rezound with the paperclip and did her DNA all on her own..
seriously, don't not root your phone because you are afraid of it bricking. This isn't a friggen lottery.. you are 100% in control..
It always amuses me when people say "its not worth the risk".. the risk of what? you being a moron and facerolling your keyboard while watching obamaporn?
Sorry for the rant.. not really.. but whatever. its 3am.. been up doing physics. And not kiddy HS physics, the kind that melts your brain and steals your little swimmers.
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Haha couldn't have said it better myself.
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Weak sauce, rooting is fun
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I root for the sheer fun of it, and I'm learning how to build custom ROMs.
Serinety said:
Bricking happens when you don't pay attention . You can brick anything.. drive down the road with your eyes closed? Bricked car...
Light some candles and put them them on the window seal but forget to move the curtains from dangling in the flame? bricked house....
Try to root a phone and don't read directions before flashing, type wrong command at wrong time? bricked phone...
Sure.. things happen.. your power goes out right as you start to flash a boot loader. kitty walks across your keyboard and types "bricked phone" with his cute little feet..
**** happens, but MOST of the time when bricks happen, its user stupidity.. guys.. my 11 year old daughter rooted her rezound with the paperclip and did her DNA all on her own..
seriously, don't not root your phone because you are afraid of it bricking. This isn't a friggen lottery.. you are 100% in control..
It always amuses me when people say "its not worth the risk".. the risk of what? you being a moron and facerolling your keyboard while watching obamaporn?
Sorry for the rant.. not really.. but whatever. its 3am.. been up doing physics. And not kiddy HS physics, the kind that melts your brain and steals your little swimmers.
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Most times, I would agree with you. However, I have unlocked, rooted and rommed many phones over the years and never had an issue. I followed the directions to a T and it still became a brick. I even asked questions in IRC as I was doing it to make sure I wasn't making any mistakes. As one of the mods on the channel said: "The restore doesn't always take, bricks happen".
I'm sure *most* people will be fine using this method. Unfortuantely for me, I'm one of the minority of folks where it didn't work. Lesson learned. People saying that there isn't a risk if you do everything right are simply wrong.
I'll definitely be waiting until more safe methods come out before attempting to unlock another phone.
Hi, okay so i have a non-rooted Note 2, and i've seen videos in which people has some apps (such as twitter, kakao talk, facebook, gmail.. etc) in their multi-window tab but i don't have them in my multi-window tab.
and also i want to know something about rooting:
Risks:
Why would i want to do it:
Do i lose my warranty doing it?
Thank you.
So I see you're new here... Prior to signing up for an account, XDA required that you watch a video about being a noob. It was well done, I recommend you watch it. If I remember correctly, one of the main points was that the people contributing to the site that make it what it is (awesome) spend a lot of time researching and sharing what they develop and find. It is in everyone's best interest for you to research your questions prior to wasting everyone's time asking the same questions that have already been answered. In your case, they have been.
But enough chastising and... Welcome!
IMO you should just assume you have to root your phone in the very least to apply a majority of the customizations here. That may not be the case all of the time, but it applies often enough. Xda University might have answers to your questions there, otherwise so some more searching on this site.
There are multiple options to your question about the multi Window. Here is one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2028535. Note that you must be rooted.
Always assume that everything voids your warranty. I don't know if it is necessarily true with regards to rooting, but that's because you can remove the root. If you brick your phone, assume the warranty is void.
Final recommendation; stay logged on to XDA and subscribe to the Galaxy note 2 forum. After a day or so of cruising around you will have enough information to make your head explode. You will also appreciate the folks that contribute to the site, specifically by user name as you realize how much work they invest in helping the community.
Good luck!
Alright thank you very much, I'll root my phone ASAP. And sorry for that haha
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joseandre_ said:
Alright thank you very much, I'll root my phone ASAP. And sorry for that haha
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No worries! There's a lot of support with rooting your phone. Although it's a bit scary at first, once you're done you'll feel a lot more comfortable monkeying around with it. After you root and have either Clockwork Mod Recovery, or TWRP recovery installed (part of the rooting process), back it up immediately before playing with any of the Mods. Part of the process usually involves getting into a boot loop. Doing this will save your blood pressure and lower anxiety levels.
I know I'm a little worried about rooting because I just bought my phone so I don't want anything to happen to it lol but yeah thanks for everything.
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You don't have to root for get other apps available for multi view, there's a write up on android central and YouTube video that walks you through altering the apk file to make it work in multi view, I'm just out searching to see if anyone's already done it and posting the apks
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You don't have to root for get other apps available for multi view, there's a write up on android central and YouTube video that walks you through altering the apk file to make it work in multi view, I'm just out searching to see if anyone's already done it and posting the apks
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Yes i did that but neither kik messenger nor twitter work. So i just rooted my phone, did a backup and installed a ROM called Jelly Beans, in which you can usa ALL apps on the multiview and is also pretty cool. Thanks though.