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[Q] Bricked?

My wife works for US Cellular and is having a complete fit about me updating my phone and rooting it !!!! She is afraid of it being bricked or having some issue with it down the road that i would have to send it out and it having to be worked on and DATA TECH seeing that it has done.. has there been any issues with the froyo update bricking phones i've looked and looked and not seen that it has.. also rolling it back to stock hasnt had and issues either has it ...

None that I know about. Besides you can always do an odin restore to 2.1 and it will be like it just came out of the box.

Igotno said:
My wife works for US Cellular and is having a complete fit about me updating my phone and rooting it !!!! She is afraid of it being bricked or having some issue with it down the road that i would have to send it out and it having to be worked on and DATA TECH seeing that it has done.. has there been any issues with the froyo update bricking phones i've looked and looked and not seen that it has.. also rolling it back to stock hasnt had and issues either has it ...
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I work for US Cellular. This phone is my work phone, and I develop on it. I'm 99.9% positive that you cannot brick these phones by rooting and updating them, or flashing anything to them for that matter. As long as you follow directions you should be fine. When using Odin, don't flash anything to the Phone portion. Only flash to the Pit and PDA portions. Also, never flash anything that isn't for the Mesmerize. I don't care that other people have not had problems with it, It's not worth the risk to the average person. Also, read everything that you can and ask questions.
Come hang out in the irc room with us if you need anything.

Thank you...so far froyo is working well haven't rooted yet.. What are the benifits to rooting?
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Igotno said:
Thank you...so far froyo is working well haven't rooted yet.. What are the benifits to rooting?
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Rooting allows you the ability to get to the root directory, run apps that you couldn't run before, and other features that you normally would have. It's a hand thing to do.

Rooting shouldn't brick your phone.

iDroidFan said:
Rooting shouldn't brick your phone.
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If you have time, we could use some more devs here. You seem to have a pretty good grasp on things.

Once again thank you for all the info and input..
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Igotno said:
Once again thank you for all the info and input..
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That's why we're here. Well... that and the funny comments from the peanut gallery.

Well I've got one more question will rooting get rid of the ads and boating? As I read and read some more I think I get more confused.gotta take a step bak and just ask....
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Igotno said:
Well I've got one more question will rooting get rid of the ads and boating? As I read and read some more I think I get more confused.gotta take a step bak and just ask....
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Yes after rooting you can download from the market adfree that will remove most ads. The what I like to use is titanium backup to remove or freeze the bloatware. By freezing it is removes it from the app drawer. But is still on the phone encase you need it later say for warrenty. But now with the Odin files for our phones you can delete the bloat and do a resort in you must warrenty it.
-Just when you think you have it idiot proof, they come out with a better idiot.

phidelt82 said:
Well... that and the funny comments from the peanut gallery.
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See peanut gallery comment below. =)
Just when you think you have it idiot proof, they come out with a better idiot.

built2rail said:
See peanut gallery comment below. =)
Just when you think you have it idiot proof, they come out with a better idiot.
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You know you can setup a signature in your profile so you don't have to type yours every time.

It is. The xda app is awesome.
Just when you think you have it idiot proof, they come out with a better idiot.

built2rail said:
It is. The xda app is awesome.
Just when you think you have it idiot proof, they come out with a better idiot.
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You just need to add a line so that it doesn't look like i'ts part of a post (It must not do this automatically using the app, it does using the web)

Yes I know.
Just when you think you have it idiot proof, they come out with a better idiot.

I work for US Cellular and I use my work phone for rooting,development, and h4xing. I once messed up a flash when it first came out(no odin yet) and sent it into samsung directly and they reflashed it for me.

built2rail said:
Yes I know.
Just when you think you have it idiot proof, they come out with a better idiot.
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See I saw one with:
"- Just ... ..."
and one with no dash:
"Just ... ..."
So I assumed you were typing it different every time. Then I realized you were probably using the xda app since it said "Sent from my .. ..." haha

I started adding the - so people would know it was my sig. Now the new version of it.
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Just when you think you have it idiot proof, they come out with a better idiot.

Like the sig. I'm gonna do that with mine.
Adfree is awesome,
And another really good way to get rid of bloat is to use the pick'n'pack roms. All the instructions are on the post in the android dev section.
And rooting/ flashing shouldn't be frowned upon by a lot of people at us cell / samsung- a lot of those are people that have a passion for phones and do the same thing
Sent from my Froyo Mesmerize

CWM status?

Lets get this going imnuts!!! cmon!!! lol

tkdboi said:
Lets get this going imnuts!!! cmon!!! lol
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I'm sure it's difficult to figure out without a Droid Charge in hand. Did you donate to the cause?

Goronok said:
I'm sure it's difficult to figure out without a Droid Charge in hand. Did you donate to the cause?
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how much does imnuts need for his charge? i will most definately donate if i know how to lol

Man, I wish my cost wasnt so dang high on the charge. I'd sell him one at mt DC, just to help, but its honestly not much less then most places full retail.
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Is he buying it outright, or with a new line of service?

thunderstruck! said:
Is he buying it outright, or with a new line of service?
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outright...look on his signature..he updates his donation statuses

jt1137 has just released a cwm recovery image along with his kernels... i am very excite!!!!!

CWR included here (update 4):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14055390&postcount=1
Use at your own risk. Do NOT use ROM Manager yet per author:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14085256&postcount=118

Yeah, I got the sdcard problem fixed just as jt put that together last night. I'll get the "Go Back" menu option enabled then to make navigating easier, or try to get the bottom buttons working (or both).

Stock clock and calculator and thinkfree

Can someone please upload the stock calculator and clock apps from EE4? I was putting on gummy and I accidentally deleted my titanium backups instead of restoring them...
EDIT: Also I seem to be needing the thinkfree apk as it is $9.99 in the market :O

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blueis300 said:
This is the charge system dump of all the apps that I have. See if it works for you.
http://depositfiles.com/files/ckw35x8cp
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Are you on stock? Also, why would you upload to such a retarded website (nothing personal against you)? Hitting the enter key in the captcha box takes you back to the wait timer.
Edit: The bandwidth is.... roughly 68kB/s... Are you trying to waste my time?

sorry can't link from phone but look in the roms/kernels/mods sticky in general section for imnuts' thread with debloated stock roms, they're in .zip format so just open it up take what you need and replace/push to /system/app then reboot and profit
blazing through on my 4G Droid Charge

JihadSquad said:
Are you on stock? Also, why would you upload to such a retarded website (nothing personal against you)? Hitting the enter key in the captcha box takes you back to the wait timer.
Edit: The bandwidth is.... roughly 68kB/s... Are you trying to waste my time?
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OK those are all Odexed. Either you don't know what you're doing or are trying to troll me...
anoninja118 said:
sorry can't link from phone but look in the roms/kernels/mods sticky in general section for imnuts' thread with debloated stock roms, they're in .zip format so just open it up take what you need and replace/push to /system/app then reboot and profit
blazing through on my 4G Droid Charge
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Thanks, didnt think about it.

Yeah I trying to waste your time. It's just a site I usually use and it's better than rapidshare. Here is another website for the ee4 download.
http://www.multiupload.com/6WJ2SFUKO6
http://www.mediafire.com/?p5s3ayddcp2vspd
http://www.multiupload.com/MG4H7JJMPN
http://www.filesonic.com/file/2866146545
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1172182&highlight=stock+ee4
Far be it from me to atleast try. I'll remember to put you on ignore in the future.

Sorry,
I did not mean for this to become a flame war or anything, but i screwed so much up today i was getting impatient and reacted badly.
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So Imnuts' zip got me all my apks, but the calendar is having problems. I copied "TouchWizCalendar.apk" to /system/app and renamed "Calendar.apk" to "Calendar.apk.bak". Now the original calendar is gone, and I do not see the TW calendar anywhere. Not surprisingly the widget isnt available either. What do I do with this?
EDIT: I also broke the gummycharged boot animation but its not really a problem.

JihadSquad said:
So Imnuts' zip got me all my apks, but the calendar is having problems. I copied "TouchWizCalendar.apk" to /system/app and renamed "Calendar.apk" to "Calendar.apk.bak". Now the original calendar is gone, and I do not see the TW calendar anywhere. Not surprisingly the widget isnt available either. What do I do with this?
EDIT: I also broke the gummycharged boot animation but its not really a problem.
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its not just the calendar apk there's also a 'calendarprovider.apk' or something you need to push in there as well (I don't know much about the stock apps or transferring them as I usually either don't use them or just stick with the ones that come with the rom )
hmm I don't think any of this should break the boot animation though..
blazing through on my 4G Droid Charge

anoninja118 said:
its not just the calendar apk there's also a 'calendarprovider.apk' or something you need to push in there as well (I don't know much about the stock apps or transferring them as I usually either don't use them or just stick with the ones that come with the rom )
hmm I don't think any of this should break the boot animation though..
blazing through on my 4G Droid Charge
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Calendar provider doesn't work either
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Erikmms dianxinOS/tapasOS Q&A

The usual q&a thread for the ROM dianxinOS/tapasOS by erikmm
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heh, so, first question: Is there anyway to change the location of the DX weather to somewhere outside China?

youtube video failed, green screen .
but MX works fine .
wifi is good! gps is good!

johncdn said:
youtube video failed, green screen .
but MX works fine .
wifi is good! gps is good!
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Try the fix posted in the mokee thread it should fix green screen I guess I switched them up from build 1 to build 2 lol
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erikmm said:
Try the fix posted in the mokee thread it should fix green screen I guess I switched them up from build 1 to build 2 lol
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Thanks!
My bad, in youtube play, no green screen, with following error message:
"There was a problem while playing."
It seems /system/lib/hw has right file (18064 bytes in size). Here is a log.
Thanks for looking into it .

erikmm said:
Try the fix posted in the mokee thread it should fix green screen I guess I switched them up from build 1 to build 2 lol
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I tried it and it didn't work
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johncdn said:
Thanks!
My bad, in youtube play, no green screen, with following error message:
"There was a problem while playing."
It seems /system/lib/hw has right file (18064 bytes in size). Here is a log.
Thanks for looking into it .
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got it thanks for the log i'll release the fix when i get home.

does this rom have settings/display/tv-out

m4127440 said:
does this rom have settings/display/tv-out
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no for my install.

Really liking this one so far. The power management tools are really nice, and so are the themes, I just wish I could read Chinese - the theme manager is great, but the TapasHot app store or whatever seems to confuse me Also, whenever you update the OP, you might take out "wifi" under major bugs, since it's fixed already.
Thanks for another bad ass ROM!
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Ok I followed the instructions for installing the rom and love it but, I lost all contacts on sim card. I'm guessing I might have made a mistake. Can anyone suggest a way of recovering them? By the way they were saved to sim.

You didn't save them to Google?
There's no recovery if they're wiped from you're sim .....try saving them to Google next time,you'll be glad you did.

just flashed a different rom and they are on the sim and show up but for some reason they wouldnt show up in tapasOS even when I tried to import them from sim it would say there wasnt any.Would like to use this rom.

Like I said....back them up on Google...and use this rom if that's what your hang up is...if your not gonna use this rom based solely cuz it wont read your contacts from your sim...then your comment about really wanna use this rom isn't true when there's several ways of backing up your contacts and making it happen.
That is such a BS statement if I ever heard one..."I would like to use this rom". But do nothing on your own to make it happen..
Come on people use some common sense and do something on your own without someone holding your hand.

I have been trying to remedy this on my own all day by reading and trial and error. I guess you can feel like a tough guy behind the internet.

Dyin' over here! I
To rephrase the advice given earlier (since sixstring will likely cut out all of those posts later) in whatever rom will read your contacts, back them up to your Gmail account. That way, you'll always have access to them on any rom.
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BRICK0044 said:
Ok I followed the instructions for installing the rom and love it but, I lost all contacts on sim card. I'm guessing I might have made a mistake. Can anyone suggest a way of recovering them? By the way they were saved to sim.
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This is a known issue with cm7, cm7 is the base if this ROM. A little reading in the forums and you would have know what to do...
No need to knock the ROM, it's your 'ish
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eb13 said:
This is a known issue with cm7, cm7 is the base if this ROM. A little reading in the forums and you would have know what to do...
No need to knock the ROM, it's your 'ish
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I by no means was knocking the rom, I said that I probably made a mistake. All I was doing was asking a question and things got blown way out of proportion. I have read on here everyday. Again I like to experiment with things. I will never ask another simple question.

lets keep it civil here people. no name calling. no replying to name calling either. just makes matters get out of hand quickly.
thread cleaned.

is it worth buying?

what does power button do normally on stock?

does it give power options like when rooted? my power button was sticking like crazy and then when i tried to pop it up the whole thing flew out...
want to know what to say to VZW when i call for replacement...ie my power button was sticking and i couldnt do anything cuz power options kept coming up
would that be correct?
thanks

I think it shows hibernate and airplane mode and reboot. Its been so long since I've seen it I can barely remember. I've been rooted since the day I got this phone lol.
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djcyph said:
does it give power options like when rooted? my power button was sticking like crazy and then when i tried to pop it up the whole thing flew out...
want to know what to say to VZW when i call for replacement...ie my power button was sticking and i couldnt do anything cuz power options kept coming up
would that be correct?
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I would just tell them it isn't working anymore. I've actually had that happen on another phone and they replaced it. I wouldn't send it back rooted though.
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I would just tell them it isn't working anymore. I've actually had that happen on another phone and they replaced it. I wouldn't send it back rooted though.
And it's just a standard menu on stock when holding power, nothing like a rooted custom from menu.
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heath2805 said:
I would just tell them it isn't working anymore. I've actually had that happen on another phone and they replaced it. I wouldn't send it back rooted though.
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yea def wont send back rooted...yea think ill say something like that, wont turn on all the time and when does shuts down cuz power button is in

yea i was curious to what the standard menu consisted of so i sounded more like i was on stock

I sent an Eris back rooted, s off and unlocked before and heard no complaints so you may get lucky but I wouldn't do it if I could avoid it.
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disconnecktie said:
I sent an Eris back rooted, s off and unlocked before and heard no complaints so you may get lucky but I wouldn't do it if I could avoid it.
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i know not to send back rooted, ive unrooted b4....just want to know whats on the stock power menu lol

Verizon can see if you are rooted and any custom rom or modified kernel you are using. They have full access to all the information in the "about phone" screen in settings. If they wanted to deny a warranty claim due to being rooted, all they would have to do is look on their systems and see what you were running.

bastards said they will charge me 300 something if i send back without the power button
if i jam it in am i screwed either way if i send it back since i already callled??
asurion only has tblolts id rather wait till they out of stock and get rezound

djcyph said:
bastards said they will charge me 300 something if i send back without the power button
if i jam it in am i screwed either way if i send it back since i already callled??
asurion only has tblolts id rather wait till they out of stock and get rezound
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Id call back and talk to a different person, then tell them the button fell out (you did not pop it out) if that dont work get escalated (talk to their manager.

Milimbar said:
Verizon can see if you are rooted and any custom rom or modified kernel you are using. They have full access to all the information in the "about phone" screen in settings. If they wanted to deny a warranty claim due to being rooted, all they would have to do is look on their systems and see what you were running.
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that sounds like a load of crap
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androidsupra said:
that sounds like a load of crap
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I agree. I have been over my about phone with Verizon several times and even returned rooted phones to them and they never said crap. I think they ask because they want to see if you're going to slip up and tell them some wrong information.
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that sounds like a load of crap
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+1 lol Verizon has no way to tell your rooted unless they have your phone in front of them. If they knew, you would be warned as soon as you root your device. Where do these people get their info?? Lol
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I agree. I have been over my about phone with Verizon several times and even returned rooted phones to them and they never said crap. I think they ask because they want to see if you're going to slip up and tell them some wrong information.
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Yeah most of them don't really care anyway. I had a touch pro 2 from Sprint, first phone I ever rooted. I panicked because I had to send it back, didn't know how to re-lock! Finally after searching and reading and searching I figured it out! Lol
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They can see your radio version every time you connect to their towers, They can see your software/kernel/baseband if they like through the information your phone sends to them as you use it. Also they still have stuff like Carrier IQ on phones that COULD even read you your text messages if they wanted. Dont think they cant see it because they can. They just dont let you know they can because it could be considered illegal.

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They can see your radio version every time you connect to their towers, They can see your software/kernel/baseband if they like through the information your phone sends to them as you use it. Also they still have stuff like Carrier IQ on phones that COULD even read you your text messages if they wanted. Dont think they cant see it because they can. They just dont let you know they can because it could be considered illegal.
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This is BS because if that's the case they would have made me pay full price on two different occasions for phones that were rooted when I sent them back.
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Milimbar said:
They can see your radio version every time you connect to their towers, They can see your software/kernel/baseband if they like through the information your phone sends to them as you use it. Also they still have stuff like Carrier IQ on phones that COULD even read you your text messages if they wanted. Dont think they cant see it because they can. They just dont let you know they can because it could be considered illegal.
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Seeing the radio version doesn't tell any carrier that someone is rooted. Being rooted is software related not radio related. Not unless custom radios are around, which is not available for the tbolt and im sure not for any other phone for that matter.
The only info phones send to the network is account information so the tower knows whether or not to provide service. That's it.
If they knew more details about a device then they would have no reason to ask us about our phone. They wouldn't waste their time as the info would pop up on their computer screens. If they saw anything other than the latest official OTA, then they would tell you that they can't do anything and that you voided your warranty so even switching back to stock won't make them change their mind.
The fact they would "waste" time to find out every detail from you pretty much sums up that this info is NOT available to them. CSRs like to help the customer as quickly as possible to get them off the line and help the next. And at this moment, asking customers about their phones is the quickest way.
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So you think that those little forum signatures that can tell you what OS you are running, what browser and even your IP know more about your phone than your carrier?
Must be nice to be that gullible.
Think what you will, I know for a fact they can see the information. They literally don't care. The warranty is through another company and has nothing to do with Verizon. It is also perfectly legal to root your phone and do what you want with it as of July 26 2010 http://www.androidguys.com/2010/07/26/rooting-android-phone-longer-crime/
The only thing it does is void any extended warranty you bought. So do restore to stock for returns to asurion and the likes.
They ask you because the lower tier CS people do not have access to your phone information, if you are escalated enough you will eventually find someone who can and will rattle off all your information to you.

If you can provide proof then I will take back what I said and apologize. I've played dumb before in the past just to see if it was possible for tier 2 and 3 (technical departments) to know this information. I simply stated that I didn't know how to access the about phone section. They tried to "help" me access this section and i pretended I was getting frustrated. I asked them to see if there was a way for them to see it on their systems and they told me no. They couldn't "help" me with my pretend issue unless I gave them this info. So all I was given was generic troubleshooting tips. They then stated to take it to the store for the CSR to look at my phone for the software version. I did this on a couple of occasions just to get a different Rep each time.
Yes, your mobile browser sends browser info to a website, and OS info. User agent strings are sent so that a website will know how to display the website on the browser. You can easily set the user agent to the stock HTC user agent. But this is irrelevant to Verizon as I can install different browsers on my phone which have unique user agents for each one. Just because my phone sends a dolphin user agent or maxathon user agent and not the stock HTC user agent, this does not imply I am rooted.
OS version is very easy to hack. You can edit this by going to the build.prop and change the OS version to the stock version and I'm sure there is a hack to fake the kernal (you might have to recompile the kernal to change the name)
All the IP address provides is the owner of the IP address (i.e. verizon) and in some cases, the general location of where the IP is being used. Verizon's LTE/EHRPD network use private IP addresses so it would be difficult to pin point a phone or information based on IP. This network uses Dynamic IPs so your IP will not be the same all the time. You have to pay extra to get a static address (business account). It is illegal to use an IP to gain access to any additional information unless a court order demands this.
The point of this is that you can pretty much make your rooted phone appear stock if it was really necessary to do so. Its a variant of Linux and Linux is very easy to work with if you know what you are doing.
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OS version is very easy to hack. You can edit this by going to the build.prob and change the OS version to the stock version and I'm sure there is a hack to fake the kernal (you might have to recompile the kernal to change the name)
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Yup, does anyone just randomly do this though?
Sorry to cause the topic to get sidetracked like this, I was just trying to point out that Verizon don't care if we root or not.

Milimbar said:
Yup, does anyone just randomly do this though?
Sorry to cause the topic to get sidetracked like this, I was just trying to point out that Verizon don't care if we root or not.
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If you can root your phone, then its a start. Your typical average user doesn't know what root means or even care what possibilities exist. I am pretty much the only person at my job who is rooted and I've had people ask me how I got my phone to look a certain way and they want their phone like this. When I explain the root process, they say screw that. Most people I know who are rooted know exactly what they can do with a rooted device. And new comers to rooting eventually pick up speed. Linux may be intimidating at first, but once you play around, you see how easy it is.
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