I just bought a Droid 2 Global and I am wondering should I root it, what benefits does rooting give me for this phone?
It basically gives you super user access. It is pretty easy to do now thanks to some great guides on here. Most people find it is worth the effort. It all depends on what you want to do with your phone.
dun root it if u r not sure wat r u doin
read more about "what after rooting"
+1 if you're not sure what you are doing, do some research before you decide to root
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larrybagina said:
It basically gives you super user access. It is pretty easy to do now thanks to some great guides on here. Most people find it is worth the effort. It all depends on what you want to do with your phone.
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Are the roms for this phone pretty decent? Any good Gingerbread's out there because if not I don't think I would find it worth it to root it
haroldz123 said:
dun root it if u r not sure wat r u doin
read more about "what after rooting"
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Oh I know HOW to root I just want to make sure it's worth it to go through it
If you ever need/want wireless tether or want to get rid of bloatware, rooting is definitely worth the price of admission. Plus with Z4root and the SBF, it is SUPER easy to root and SUPER easy to unroot the D2G.
Good luck!
jjdavola said:
If you ever need/want wireless tether or want to get rid of bloatware, rooting is definitely worth the price of admission. Plus with Z4root and the SBF, it is SUPER easy to root and SUPER easy to unroot the D2G.
Good luck!
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ill be honest I have no idea what sbf is lol
Find the app Z4 Root, install it and open it and that's it.
I un-rooted my d2g just because I wasn't gonna flash a rom, or freeze the bloatware since it doesn't bother me and I don't use it.
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Wireless tether
In my opinion, the wireless tether option is worth its weight in gold. Love it. I am a student an often have found myself in search of wireless service on my laptop. Now, it is everywhere as long as my phone is with me.
Yes you should definitely root. I would recommend z4root if you go about doing it because it is easy and I don't believe that it will mess up your phone
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I downloaded and rooted with z4 on mine and I still couldn't delete the pre loaded crap that verizon reloads. What's the trick? And how do I use the tether ?
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to delete the preloaded crap, use titanium backup, but i recommend freezing apps so you could update later, i use app freezer for root for that. to tether download the wireless tether app.
jjdavola said:
If you ever need/want wireless tether or want to get rid of bloatware, rooting is definitely worth the price of admission.
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That's why I rooted. Have the Evo and wanted the option of wireless tether. Switched to Verizon today. Getting the Thunderbolt for myself, the D2 for the wife and the Fascinates for my kids. Definitely gonna root them all. Like the options of getting games! Don't want to pay $20 for hotspot if I want to use it.
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Just got my TB and want to root to get rid of the bloat. WHich do you guys recommend to do this?
PS. Anyone looking to buy a Captivate?
There is only 1 root method, and you can do it yourself manually or do the "1-click" option.
Sell it on eBay or craigslist, that's what I always do with my old phones.
crupp said:
Just got my TB and want to root to get rid of the bloat. WHich do you guys recommend to do this?
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Yup, so far there is just one method.
But I used dbzfanatic's Easyroot + S-off to get the job done. Real simple. On Step 3, adb didn't "catch" on first click (just clicked again and voila!), otherwise it was flawless.
crupp said:
Just got my TB and want to root to get rid of the bloat. WHich do you guys recommend to do this?
PS. Anyone looking to buy a Captivate?
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I recommend Swappa to sell your phone. Sold my Evo there over the weekend. Smoothest sale I've ever done online.
Think we will get an update for it? Maybe the upcoming gingerbread upgrade will have it
http://www.smartphoneenvy.com/andro...-allow-non-market-apps-on-android/#more-14514
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Who needs an update I have side loading.
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Who needs an update I have side loading.
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We here at XDA are a minority among Android users. And not everyone wants root.
Yeah but come on so many benefits to rooting why not you know??
True but in my case I have not rooted because of the process. I do not want to redo all my settings and data and such....I am sure I am not the only one
I totally would but, its kinda tough to do that with a mac
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churro7 said:
Think we will get an update for it? Maybe the upcoming gingerbread upgrade will have it
http://www.smartphoneenvy.com/andro...-allow-non-market-apps-on-android/#more-14514
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I hope we do I have not rooted yet seems to complicated all these roms folks seem to have do a lot to get them to work right
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We here at XDA are a minority among Android users. And not everyone wants root.
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Well then good luck with that. Personally anyone who buys a phone that's missing a feature , especially one that's mostly used for nefarious purposes really should learn to read before buying. Then again one would think; all it takes to have root is said reading and therein lies the cusp.
Wouldn't be a problem if say the rooting process was like the hero or evo hell even my former samsung epic. No data loss
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Well then good luck with that. Personally anyone who buys a phone that's missing a feature , especially one that's mostly used for nefarious purposes really should learn to read before buying. Then again one would think; all it takes to have root is said reading and therein lies the cusp.
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tweaked said:
Well then good luck with that. Personally anyone who buys a phone that's missing a feature , especially one that's mostly used for nefarious purposes really should learn to read before buying. Then again one would think; all it takes to have root is said reading and therein lies the cusp.
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This means don't buy any AT&T branded device. Hopefully sideloading happens with the Inspire. With hsupa now enabled and with this, I would lose more reason to root. Although getting rid of the bloat would be nice. I just wish we could root stock without having to downgrade.
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If your phone is Stock rooted, you can always edit the settings.db file and enable side loading feature. I did it and works like a charm. I didn't want to take a chance with a custom ROM, so I updated the stock ROM with the latest HTC update and the rooted it with gingerbreak. So far so good.
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True but in my case I have not rooted because of the process. I do not want to redo all my settings and data and such....I am sure I am not the only one
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try using titanium back up, that helps out alot, if u really don't wanna waste the 15min it takes to reset up ur phone, or just root it b4 setting it up, right after you buy it. sure, some rom updates will require a full wipe but its always for the better, there's just too many benefits to rooting not to want to do it. removing bloatware, ability to sideload, tethering, being able to run any of the many roms out there and the list goes on and on and on.
epicKA8 said:
there's just too many benefits to rooting not to want to do it. removing bloatware, ability to sideload, tethering, being able to run any of the many roms out there and the list goes on and on and on.
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+1. If you're on AT&T, and have an Android phone, you are going to be missing out on all your phone could be. Even if you hack the living daylights out of a stock ROM, it won't compare to any ROM floating around here. It's not nearly as hard/bad as people think.
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Gingerbreak worked for you?
calin75 said:
If your phone is Stock rooted, you can always edit the settings.db file and enable side loading feature. I did it and works like a charm. I didn't want to take a chance with a custom ROM, so I updated the stock ROM with the latest HTC update and the rooted it with gingerbreak. So far so good.
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We here at XDA are a minority among Android users. And not everyone wants root.
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I have side loading without root. In fact, my Inspire is totally stock. And I've been able to side load apps from the beginning. That's one reason I don't understand this AT&T side loading business.
With sideload wonder machine?
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With sideload wonder machine?
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yea, you can sideload manually from the computer with out root, you just can't sideload directly from your devise. just make sure you have the latest drivers from HTC
Yea I currently use that
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yea, you can sideload manually from the computer with out root, you just can't sideload directly from your devise. just make sure you have the latest drivers from HTC
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I sideload right on my Inspire. I have the apks on my card and choose them with any file explorer and install them. I can even install apps that require root to function. Those particular apps will install, but they won't work without root. But all apps that don't require root to function install and work just fine.
It figures... right after rooting. I like root though. I'm a control freak and I like to determine what is on my phone. Deleted all of ATTs bloarware and just darn well like playing with ROMS. I was a Linux distro sampler too for a while before settling on Fedora.
Sorry if this is a stupid question but I thought the root guides would be in the sticky. if both guides are out of date, which one am I supposed to use??
Thanks!
You can still use the hack kit
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Just the videos are out dated, but you can still go along with them,. Use bubbys method, should be easier, the video is out of date but you can use it to go along with, if instructions in the video are different than the instructions in the command promt then just do what the command promt says, their not that different. just watch the video a few times before you do it. and dont get in a rush.
Neither ways say they are outdated. The videos might. The dates on the post just mean that was the last time they were updated. If they aren't updated that means that they haven't found any better way of doing it.
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Use bubbys method, should be easier, the video is out of date but you can use it to go along with, if instructions in the video are different than the instructions in the command promt then just do what the command promt says, their not that different. just watch the video a few times before you do it. and dont get in a rush.
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This. I did this yesterday, watched the video, ran the program while watching the video with it and I got root, s-off, and everything just fine, all the instructions were the same as the video. Running CM7 Stable now and after some modifications I couldn't be happier. Good luck with your rooting, just follow the instructions exactly and you'll be fine.
Thanks guys! This is the gf's phone and she wants wifi tether so she can use my iPad to watch Desperate Housewives while she's traveling, lol.
She loves Sense and the stock ROM but wants to ditch the bloat. I'm thinking one of the new gingerbread sense roms would do nicely.
How long did this take you guys?
Phateless said:
Thanks guys! This is the gf's phone and she wants wifi tether so she can use my iPad to watch Desperate Housewives while she's traveling, lol.
She loves Sense and the stock ROM but wants to ditch the bloat. I'm thinking one of the new gingerbread sense roms would do nicely.
How long did this take you guys?
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maybe 20 mins?; after I watched the video 3 or 4 times. loading the roms takes the most time. you dont have to root to get free tether, there is a guide in the dev section somewhere.
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Thanks guys! This is the gf's phone and she wants wifi tether so she can use my iPad to watch Desperate Housewives while she's traveling, lol.
She loves Sense and the stock ROM but wants to ditch the bloat. I'm thinking one of the new gingerbread sense roms would do nicely.
How long did this take you guys?
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It took me a bit longer then I expected cause i had some minor problems. But the general time is round 30 min. Took me about an hour.
It too me about 45 minutes total to do everything. But just FYI, if you only want to root for tethering you can get tethering for free on unrooted stock by setting your own VPN settings, search the forums and you'll be able to find a guide easily.
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It too me about 45 minutes total to do everything. But just FYI, if you only want to root for tethering you can get tethering for free on unrooted stock by setting your own VPN settings, search the forums and you'll be able to find a guide easily.
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No kidding?? Wifi tether or usb?
Jake33108 said:
It too me about 45 minutes total to do everything. But just FYI, if you only want to root for tethering you can get tethering for free on unrooted stock by setting your own VPN settings, search the forums and you'll be able to find a guide easily.
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Thats apn settings not vpn. But yea just search for tethering.
Thans for the correction, it is indeed APN, but you can do both USB and WIFI tethering with it. Found a link for you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=980591
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Thans for the correction, it is indeed APN, but you can do both USB and WIFI tethering with it. Found a link for you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=980591
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Beautiful! I would much rather keep her phone stock so I don't have to **** with it, lol.
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Beautiful! I would much rather keep her phone stock so I don't have to **** with it, lol.
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Trust me mess with it once and it never stops lol. My gf is constantly asking me to do stuff to her phone. That's what I get for showing her xda lol. Maybe I should tell her the same thing I tell the other noobs lol search read read search lol.
Carlrobling said:
Trust me mess with it once and it never stops lol. My gf is constantly asking me to do stuff to her phone. That's what I get for showing her xda lol. Maybe I should tell her the same thing I tell the other noobs lol search read read search lol.
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Haha yeah that's why I was so happy to get rid of her captivate. Inspire stays all stock and is worlds better than the captivate ever was.
Btw that apn thing did the trick! Thank you all!
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Phateless said:
Haha yeah that's why I was so happy to get rid of her captivate. Inspire stays all stock and is worlds better than the captivate ever was.
Btw that apn thing did the trick! Thank you all!
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Hit the thanks button thats all I need for a thanks.
I'm a long time user of HTC phones but recently switched carriers (today) to Ntelos. They are a local job here in Central VA but have a decent network.
I picked up the Galaxy Showcase which seems to be the same as the mesmerize as far as forums would show.
My questions are these:
Are there really no differences from the US Cellular sch-i500 and another i500. My phone is not branded in any way.
Being that I used to use unrEVOked to root what is the best method to root this puppy. I really am missing some MIUI on my phone.
SuperOneClick for root... your phone doesn't have much development though.
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Yes there are differences. Don't flash anything not built for your phone unless you know how to fix it if it breaks.
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sageDieu said:
SuperOneClick for root... your phone doesn't have much development though.
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Yeah I have noticed...I'm not too worried about the custom roms as I had miui before I switched to this phone and the two are similar enough. Really I'm just trying to delete some crap I don't want and tether.
Also I haven't figured out how to fix the dang gps lock problem and I thought root might give me more options
I just got a note 5 on sprint and I love it, but I'm really not sure if I want to root. Every device since I got my Samsung moment has been rooted (htc evo 4g lte, s3,s5 for the day I had it, and then the g3). Anyways, my question is losing Samsung pay worth rooting? I mean I love all the things I can do with root, I just wanna know what everyone's opinion is, so I can weigh pros and cons of rooting.
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***get any available promotions before you root. I only got the free charger promo back in September***
-Root is useful all day everyday
-Samsung Pay is slightly useful at most a few times a day if ever
954wrecker said:
***get any available promotions before you root***
-Root is useful all day everyday
-Samsung Pay is slightly useful at most a few times a day if ever
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On that note, I can't get the $200 promotion to work... But what other promotions are there?
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Nevermind, turns out it was my Internet not uploading my receipt... So i did it on lte, and it was fine
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What's the $200 promo can someone share?
NotLinusTorvalds said:
What's the $200 promo can someone share?
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https://samsungpromotions.com/celebratefootball/Mobile
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I'm waiting on my promotions to go through, once they do, this thing is getting root treatment
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how to root
does anyone know how to root the sprint note 5. looking for a way thats the easiest and wont brick my phone. thanks
Antrock23 said:
does anyone know how to root the sprint note 5. looking for a way thats the easiest and wont brick my phone. thanks
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There is a thread on it here over in the general forum.
You need to use ODIN to flash TWRP and then flash a custom kernel, or just flash TWRP with ODIN and then flash a custom ROM. They are already rooted.
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***get any available promotions before you root. I only got the free charger promo back in September***
-Root is useful all day everyday
-Samsung Pay is slightly useful at most a few times a day if ever
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Why do you say Samsung Pay is only slightly worth it?
clockedtouch said:
Why do you say Samsung Pay is only slightly worth it?
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How often does anyone go out without your keys and wallet and drivers license. I mean really, I used it a bunch when I went jogging, but it's not 100%. The first time it didn't work I luckily had my wallet and my regular card swiped just fine. I rooted my phone the second I got home that day.
It's totally up to the user to root if need be. I, however, chose not to root this phone only because everything I needed root for I can accomplish without it whilst keeping Samsung Pay and Android Pay intact. I use the latter more than the previous so root is a no go for me based on that. However, I've tried Samsung Pay a few times and it worked with no issues. You just have to ask yourself what exactly do I need root for? These were my needs for root and the fixes I found to accomplish what I needed without rooting:
Camera Shutter Sound fix( Enforced Stream Silencer app)
Hotspot Mod( APN Settings mod. Need MSL # for this which can be gotten through Sprint Chat)
Ad Remover( AdGuard Premium App)
APK Backups/Restore( App Backup and Restore app)
System UI Backup( Smart Switch on PC)
Bloatware Removal/System App Disabler( Package Disabler Pro)
Add any app to MW( MW- Pen App Enabler Pro)
Themes( Samsung Theme Store)
These can all be achieved without root. More importantly, everything works as it should and when you need it to work without getting the dreaded FC and doing trial and error to fix it. If the Pros outweigh the Cons then do it. If not, don't root.
I honestly don't miss it. I have more time to spend with my family and not trying to find what a developer took out to make a feature of the phone work. I get updates on time without waiting for a rooted rom to be posted. I'm not trolling XDA or any other blog seeing when the next update is to whatever rom I'm using to see if hopefully the issues I had with the rom were addressed with the new build. Do I miss root? Sometimes. But ultimately I'm glad I didn't root. This was my choice. As I said, everyone is different. You have to do what works for you. I love that I have full functionality of my phone and confidence knowing if I try a feature it will work as advertised.
I stayed stock for exactly 4 weeks and used samsung pay a few times a day with 5 different credit cards. I've been rooted for the past 3 months and i do NOT miss samsung pay at all. I reap the benefits of root all day everyday because of the amazing ROM dev @tdunham and the amazing KERNEL dev @UpInTheAir.
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It's totally up to the user to root if need be. I, however, chose not to root this phone only because everything I needed root for I can accomplish without it whilst keeping Samsung Pay and Android Pay intact. I use the latter more than the previous so root is a no go for me based on that. However, I've tried Samsung Pay a few times and it worked with no issues. You just have to ask yourself what exactly do I need root for? These were my needs for root and the fixes I found to accomplish what I needed without rooting:
Camera Shutter Sound fix( Enforced Stream Silencer app)
Hotspot Mod( APN Settings mod. Need MSL # for this which can be gotten through Sprint Chat)
Ad Remover( AdGuard Premium App)
APK Backups/Restore( App Backup and Restore app)
System UI Backup( Smart Switch on PC)
Bloatware Removal/System App Disabler( Package Disabler Pro)
Add any app to MW( MW- Pen App Enabler Pro)
Themes( Samsung Theme Store)
These can all be achieved without root. More importantly, everything works as it should and when you need it to work without getting the dreaded FC and doing trial and error to fix it. If the Pros outweigh the Cons then do it. If not, don't root.
I honestly don't miss it. I have more time to spend with my family and not trying to find what a developer took out to make a feature of the phone work. I get updates on time without waiting for a rooted rom to be posted. I'm not trolling XDA or any other blog seeing when the next update is to whatever rom I'm using to see if hopefully the issues I had with the rom were addressed with the new build. Do I miss root? Sometimes. But ultimately I'm glad I didn't root. This was my choice. As I said, everyone is different. You have to do what works for you. I love that I have full functionality of my phone and confidence knowing if I try a feature it will work as advertised.
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Thanks for your insight, is there a bloatware List that you referenced?
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Thanks for your insight, is there a bloatware List that you referenced?
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No. I usually just remove the stuff I know about like Nascar, Ebay, etc. The system apps I disable are usually like the Calculator, Picasa maybe and a couple other things.
still waiting for my promos to go through, once they do, im gonna root it