Is there anything that would loose if I root my phone? Not loose but I wouldnt have acess to anymore like updates or anything?
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nope. all it does is give the phone admin rights.
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nope. all it does is give the phone admin rights.
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thanks man, I saw the other post for cwms and I was wondering if by that you meant custom roms? And are there any out there yet for the 4g. I bricked my phone last week putting a vibrant rom on
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Is there anything that would loose if I root my phone? Not loose but I wouldnt have acess to anymore like updates or anything?
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You void the warrenty by rooting the phone... but that's a standard idea
Like any "root" access to a system, anything you grant that level of access to can circumvent basically any and all security on the device. You basically give the "master key" to anything you grant root access to, but that is the intent -- just think before you grant.
If you only occasionally truly need root access (which is often the case), you can always "temp-root" the device with adb, do what you need from that shell, and never grant root access to user-land programs.
How do I temporarily root it? I only need to.delete some of the apps that came with the phone
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Just Admin rights.
Why would I loose acess to those
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Wrong context, All you gain with rooting is Admin rights...
However if you just want to clear some of the bloatware out then a temp root from the shell would be best way to go. You should be able to use the SuperOneClick method for that.
But by temp root you mean root take off bloatware then unroot
Right?*
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temp root, for me, means gain root through adb shell, do what you need to, then exit
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Hi,
I am using a Captivate not rooted. If something goes wrong with it and I use a market backup app for NOT rooted phones...
1) When I restore the apps will they appear in the Market under "My Apps" and will it detect updates when available?
2) Will it preserve the settings in each of my apps?
I have so many apps on my Captivate but just scared that something might go wrong and it'll be a pain to restore everything from scratch.
Thank you.
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Which app backups apps without root again?
Which app would you use for non rooted phone?
I know of only two good ways to keep everything and they are only good for root users.
As far as keeping your settings... again the only way to do that would be titanium backup which needs root (but does sync to dropbox)
I have deal with building my phone from the ground up with out TB or App backup....
If you find anything that works for you with out rooting I would love to know.
Rooting for the most part is easy and safe (if you not trying to do coustom ROMS) and very easy to unroot if you ever need to return the phone to at&t. I have dealt with it a few times... if you have any questions feel free to ask..
I'm not all about the ROMs but being able to backup and also install non market apps... like the amazon appstore... with out a computer is very nice
Good Luck
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Yeah you guys are absolutely right it seems like TB and others all require root. I was thinking of using apps like ES Explorer or Astro which has an app backup feature. I guess those don't work the same?
My Captivate is working like a beast right now and it scares me to think if something goes wrong then I'll have to spend hours setting up everything again.
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I would recommend rooting the phone, then you can use any backup method you want.
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Alright I am going to use z4root to root my Captivate on Rogers then use TB to backup.
Z4root seems to be easiest. Am I missing any steps?
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Z4root does not work for the Captivate. If you have a PC the best and easiest way to root is from XDA called Super One Click. I ahec used it to root and un root more than my fair share of time. It is simply and easy to use. And with just one more click it lets you do the off market app install thay I was talking about before. Which you would have to sideload the z4root anyway.
Good Luck
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Thank you for all your help. I will check out SuperOneClick.
I was reading the z4root thread and it said it works for all variants of Galaxy S so I thought that would apply to the Captivate.
I never had any trouble installing non market apps maybe because Rogers in Canada is different from AT&T.
Thanks again.
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Lucky for you to have Rogers... but just wondering how everything went?
Good Luck
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you can backup without root using "mybackup" its free and its in the market, and you can select to backup the app and the data, but if you want to root the "superoneclick" is the best!!
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Z4root does not work for the Captivate. If you have a PC the best and easiest way to root is from XDA called Super One Click. I ahec used it to root and un root more than my fair share of time. It is simply and easy to use. And with just one more click it lets you do the off market app install thay I was talking about before. Which you would have to sideload the z4root anyway.
Good Luck
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Z4 root does work for the captivate I used it numerous times before sgs one click root
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Have not had time to root yet but soon hopefully.
Thanks, maybe I'll try MyBackup first before root.
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Just tried Z4Root and it didn't work on my Captivate. Used it cuz it seemed like the simplest.
Going to use MyBackup but too bad it doesn't restore market links unless you are rooted.
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Yeah... I had the same thing happen to me... the super one click works great... all you need is a pc and be able to follpw simple directions... so I think you're good on that one
Good Luck
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Hello,
I'm returning my G2X to tmo due to many problems I'm having.
All I had done was root it using superoneclick and froze some apps.
So today I unfroze the apps and used superoneclick to unroot.
How do I check and make sure that the tmobile guys isn't going to do some boot sequence to see if it's rooted.
Thanks
Download Terminal Emulator and type su into it.
If it returns with a #, you still have root.
Minker17 said:
Download Terminal Emulator and type su into it.
If it returns with a #, you still have root.
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Would it be the same if you just looked for the SU app in the app drawer?
OK, typing su returned an error about uuid, and superuser is not in the apps list.
Cheers
reapur said:
OK, typing su returned an error about uuid, and superuser is not in the apps list.
Cheers
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maybe putting this in the RIGHT section would help....
but just unroot with the oneclick root tool....then run tibu or root explorer or a app than needs su permissions
No superuser. Thats how to be sure.
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charlieb620 said:
No superuser. Thats how to be sure.
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+1. Superuser will be gone! Also you won't be able to use TB.
Unrooted today and it worked just fine! I had a rom and everything!
Went to stock and unrooted!
Good thing cuz rep looked at it up and down!
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Don't worry they wont even check. Superuser app is about as far as they would go.
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sooner0010 said:
Don't worry they wont even check. Superuser app is about as far as they would go.
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tmobile doesnt even power on the device. They just check the battery and bring u a new unit. Diff rep same process. U can prolly leave it rooted on stock and they wont know
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charlieb620 said:
tmobile doesnt even power on the device. They just check the battery and bring u a new unit. Diff rep same process. U can prolly leave it rooted on stock and they wont know
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Exactly they check for liquid and physical damage and that's about it.
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sooner0010 said:
Exactly they check for liquid and physical damage and that's about it.
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Yep. Thats y im holding out on the zagg full body. Still debating about the sensation
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LOL I returned mine with CM7... LOL the people at the store where soooooooo used to people returning G2x that they didnt even check
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Sorry I thought rooting and stuff like that was dev
somewhere along the line flashing roms I seem to have lost root access, no matter which rom I use titanium claims I don't have a rooted rom
Do you have superuser in the app drawer check it and make sure it has proper permissions
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mt3g said:
Do you have superuser in the app drawer check it and make sure it has proper permissions
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yeah I've been through that stuff. Nothing seems to be able to give me root access at this point. Really strange
Why compney not give root access by default in android phone
Because then people would mess with system files, brick it, and claim a warranty.
Unrooted you can't do that stuff, and when you root the warranty becomes void
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gagdude said:
Because then people would mess with system files, brick it, and claim a warranty.
Unrooted you can't do that stuff, and when you root the warranty becomes void
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Thank u again brobro
seems reasonable..
viditsr said:
Why compney not give root access by default in android phone
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gagdude said:
Because then people would mess with system files, brick it, and claim a warranty.
Unrooted you can't do that stuff, and when you root the warranty becomes void
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Look at it his way, it would be giving a Pre-Schooler your new super computer without any protection whatsoever... chances are that with his high level of curiosity your HDD will be formatted
My sister bought a michley 900 used from BrandsMart not too long ago and she tried to install Constant Guard from comcast and it won't allow saying it's rooted. I've not rooted it nor has my nephew and they aren't versed enough.
I've found no root method online. There isn't a super user app installed and I've run a root checker and a have fx file explorer with root add on installed and can edit at the root level.
Could it be that this tablet isn't locked down? Any ideas?
So no one has any info? Wrong thread? A slight push I the right direction?
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Well this threads about as useless as tits on a nun.
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phoenixfriend said:
My sister bought a michley 900 used from BrandsMart not too long ago and she tried to install Constant Guard from comcast and it won't allow saying it's rooted. I've not rooted it nor has my nephew and they aren't versed enough.
I've found no root method online. There isn't a super user app installed and I've run a root checker and a have fx file explorer with root add on installed and can edit at the root level.
Could it be that this tablet isn't locked down? Any ideas?
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Try framaroot. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2130276
If that doesn't work then try the tool in my signature.
It comes with a root command.
most of the time with these generic tablets they come prerooted, i dont think you can remove it (unless you know what your doing) but if you want to take ahold of it download superSU or Superuser from the martket.
It's rooted already. I'm trying to figure out how.
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phoenixfriend said:
It's rooted already. I'm trying to figure out how.
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like i said just install superSU or Superuser from the play store.
Our posts came in seconds apart. I have since installed SuperSU. She was trying to install some security suite apps available through her Internet provider and it wouldn't let her due to it being rooted.
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phoenixfriend said:
Our posts came in seconds apart. I have since installed SuperSU. She was trying to install some security suite apps available through her Internet provider and it wouldn't let her due to it being rooted.
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like i said i dont think theres a way to unbrick it on generic tablets, i think you can try to unroot via superSU or Superuser, one of them has the option i think and you might be able to find a apk for security suite that gets rid of the root checker or whatever its doing.