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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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.
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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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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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FTFY
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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?
I thought I'd do essential topic for Noobs out there, okay well in here or outside if you're outside.
So these are the essential things you must do after getting your shiny new scratch free powerhouse mobile.
1. Root your mobile
This is essential if you want to learn what your phone can do and believe me it can do loads, I've still not learned everything and already I'm amazed.
2. Download the xda toolkit, I have no link but do a search here. It's like a step by step to rooting and the other things I'll mention.
3. Install directory bind as it will enable you to move some of your apps to your sd micro card if you have bought one and buy one if you haven't it will help.
4. Learn about roms and kernels and visit the developers forum as these are great for modifying your mobile the way you want it, I'm turning mine into a mini entertainment system. It would be great if could modify the other things like the s voice to programme it to say what you wanted it to every time you wanted to do a task and add a sexy woman's voice too.
5. Once you have modified it the way you want and made it your very special friend (okay I'm exaggerating) do a nandroid backup as it will back up the way you have your device and it's quite simple to do.
This is to make sure that if at some point you have to do a factory reset and believe me you will as I had to do one today when this annoying message kept popping up to say something about a Google gapps isn't working so I just gave up and did a full wipe, it doesn't save game sd data but if you've already learned how to use directory bind you won't worry about that.
Oh and install the xda app as it's much easier to to type than using a browser and easier to find your way around this site.
6. Do a search about the things I've talked about as there are step by steps to help you along the way.
I'm sure I've forgotten some things but these are things I've found are essential.
That's all I've learned really so I've run out of numbers.
I'm off now to learn some new things.
Farewell my fellow Noobs.
OP your telling people how YOU like to use your device. All of what you listed is only essential if that's what you want to do. And if you do want to do it, there's guides walking you through all the steps. No need to tell "noobs" what they should be doing. I know users on here that stay stock non-rooted..
OP, I applaud your intent but I am with Coreym on this one.
Any advice to noobs that starts with '1. Root your mobile' is staggeringly misguided and borderline reckless. There are increasing numbers of noobs on this site for whom 'walk in a straight line' would be a challenge.
If you really want to help noobs perhaps your advice would be better rephrased as follows:
Do nothing for now
Read
Keep reading
Read some more
When you think you understand re-read everything to ensure you do understand
Do the thing
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OP, I applaud your intent but I am with Coreym on this one.
Any advice to noobs that starts with '1. Root your mobile' is staggeringly misguided and borderline reckless. There are increasing numbers of noobs on this site for whom 'walk in a straight line' would be a challenge.
If you really want to help noobs perhaps your advice would be better rephrased as follows:
Do nothing for now
Read
Keep reading
Read some more
When you think you understand re-read everything to ensure you do understand
Do the thing
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Thank you.. you worded it much better than I
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I believe, this is already covered here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1881220
But anywho, i admire your effort :good:
Was only trying to help
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Was only trying to help
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Samsungnooby,
Thanks for your well intentioned post.
The posters above you Coreym & Gustopher are right, maybe edit your post with Gustopher suggestions would be sounder advice.
I've had my phone 3 weeks, on the second day I leaned how to root it and I've learned and done everything else.
Found it all pretty straight forward to learn it all and do them, maybe I'm just a quick learner.
Don't know what else there is to learn.
Maybe I'll just take a look around for something else.
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Was only trying to help
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Thanks make a guide someday to help all the other users as well
I see you already made a help topic, wouldn't have done this topic if I knew.
Just want to get the best from my phone and help others if I can and I'm having so much fun learning it all.
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closed - we already have a help thread. good intent tho
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Tutorials are sorely lacking around here. I'm fairly technically savvy, much moreso than the average person. But even for me it's pretty daunting for somebody that's relatively new to rooting and flashing ROMs to actually follow through with it. Most of the step by step guides require a masters in Android before you can even understand them. Between kernels, radios, AOSP/AOKP, CWM/TWRP, nandroid, dalvik, Odin, GAPPS, format/wipe, different kinds of backups... it's pretty crazy. I know it sounds so simple to people who are familiar with it, but trust me, to many people it's not. Especially with a device that costs so much money and you have to make sure everything is compatible with one another. The developers in here do a great job of creating a ton of this stuff to use but it doesn't seem like the most welcoming place for beginners or "n00bs". Seems most questions or problems are treated by saying "you didn't read enough" or "you screwed up" which isn't very helpful. Part of the problem is that guides and tutorials become obsolete and out of date so quickly, yet people don't want to give new advice because something similar is covered in a 6+ month old tutorial.
So long story short... any new tutorials are welcome! I'm considering rooting and putting liquid JB on my Note but feel like it's safer to just wait for the stock upgrade at this point. I "upgraded" my old HTC Magic back in the Cupcake/Donut days to a CM build with new radios/kernels/SPLs or something, and could never un-do it and ended up making the phone useless.
Another excellent thread ....
With your permission I'll gladly add this into the super thread.
It is tireless work like this, that sets the note section apart as the Premier place to be.
I have every intention of using the note 1 for several years to come for the very reason I stated above.
The members and contributors are beyond compare ...
Many thanks ....g
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Tutorials are sorely lacking around here. I'm fairly technically savvy, much moreso than the average person. But even for me it's pretty daunting for somebody that's relatively new to rooting and flashing ROMs to actually follow through with it. Most of the step by step guides require a masters in Android before you can even understand them. Between kernels, radios, AOSP/AOKP, CWM/TWRP, nandroid, dalvik, Odin, GAPPS, format/wipe, different kinds of backups... it's pretty crazy. I know it sounds so simple to people who are familiar with it, but trust me, to many people it's not. Especially with a device that costs so much money and you have to make sure everything is compatible with one another. The developers in here do a great job of creating a ton of this stuff to use but it doesn't seem like the most welcoming place for beginners or "n00bs". Seems most questions or problems are treated by saying "you didn't read enough" or "you screwed up" which isn't very helpful. Part of the problem is that guides and tutorials become obsolete and out of date so quickly, yet people don't want to give new advice because something similar is covered in a 6+ month old tutorial.
So long story short... any new tutorials are welcome! I'm considering rooting and putting liquid JB on my Note but feel like it's safer to just wait for the stock upgrade at this point. I "upgraded" my old HTC Magic back in the Cupcake/Donut days to a CM build with new radios/kernels/SPLs or something, and could never un-do it and ended up making the phone useless.
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Thank you very much and that makes what I do even more important to me. It let's me explain to those of you who know not what they are doing. I was and am tired of people saying "your doing it wrong" and "just Google it", well my friends worry not for I will teach and answer all you need to know. No question will go unread or unanswered. Thank you for these comments and subscribe for more easy information on ROMs and tutorials.
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Another excellent thread ....
With your permission I'll gladly add this into the super thread.
It is tireless work like this, that sets the note section apart as the Premier place to be.
I have every intention of using the note 1 for several years to come for the very reason I stated above.
The members and contributors are beyond compare ...
Many thanks ....g
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Again thank you so much and can't wait to help you with whatever you need in the future. And would love this to be added into the STICKY SECTION. THANKS again gregsarg and hope to seen you subscribed on my channel.
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Excellent..
This thread has been added to the super thread, at the top of the general section..
Again, Thank you...g
Can you do a review of the Padawan rom? TIA
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Can you do a review of the Padawan rom? TIA
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Have you come across any apk´s or zip files for gnote 2 for the gallery and the multitask feature?
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As a matter of fact the ROM sitting over in our development section Black Star IX HAS THE NOTE 2 gallery in their ROM which looks really sweet. If you ask them I'm sure there might be a way they could tell you how to get it. Or let me know and I'll do digging around for you my man !!
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Thanks...
will get it rolled out to OP's tomorrow
Its way past my bed time. lolz
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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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tmach said:
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.