why root question?not a noob either - T-Mobile LG G2x

ive been coming here for a long time.ive rooted several of my phones using these forums.also ive always seen the benefits of rooting those phones.but since ive purchased my g2x it seems to me that it does every thing you could possibly want from it out of the box.please no flaming because i love this stuff.i just need a good reason to get behind rooting this phone.not just because its addictive.

Allowing you to use apps like
Setcpu
Droidwall
Adfree
SDspeed
Clearcache
Bloatfreezer
Sysctl config
Not to mention it will allow to remove bloat ware.
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My phone functions alot better with it running custom roms ... Currently running fitsnuglys kang ... Whenever I run a stock rom I miss calls and my phone seems possessed ...

Forgot to mention that I also use my phone as my mp3 player and the sound quality coming through my headphones is much better than stock... unbelievable sound.. And yes I'm addicted my wife says I need help and I can't go anywhere near her phone ... lol

swuln said:
Forgot to mention that I also use my phone as my mp3 player and the sound quality coming through my headphones is much better than stock... unbelievable sound.. And yes I'm addicted my wife says I need help and I can't go anywhere near her phone ... lol
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yeah im not allowed to touch my wifes phone either.lol..

fabricatedhero said:
Allowing you to use apps like
Setcpu
Droidwall
Adfree
SDspeed
Clearcache
Bloatfreezer
Sysctl config
Not to mention it will allow to remove bloat ware.
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guess im gonna need to learn what the heck bloat ware and bloat freeze is.

Your battery life and speed can dramatically increase, I'm still a beginner to rooting and all this good stuff so that's the most significant change I saw as of now.

It can be costly when you dont know what your doing but if you.do it right it can save you money(from mobile hotspot) and increase speed
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swuln said:
And yes I'm addicted my wife says I need help and I can't go anywhere near her phone ... lol
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I lol'd
Same here, but I still rooted her Samsung galaxy s 4g.
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Rooted, then can do wifi hot spot. Also froze evil CarHome.
Headphone jack sounds better with other ROMs, really? Really?

I am confused I used my phone as a mobile hotspot all the time before I rooted it comes witht he phone and I was never charged extra for tethering. Now that I am rooted it works the same as before I dont see any difference in that department. So could you guys elaborate on what you are talking about. Yes I am a TMO user

Well for me, rooted or not my hotspot dont work anymore unless i add the feature for 14.99. Sucks, i came from a G2, then next day i received my G2x and hotspot stopped. Called them and they said network has finally detected me using it..
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Well most phones wont let you use the hotspot without paying...actually can u connect.a.device to the internet from hotspot? Cuz on my friends evo 4g you can turn on hotspot but cannot connect to internet with it.
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ltlover21 said:
Well most phones wont let you use the hotspot without paying...actually can u connect.a.device to the internet from hotspot? Cuz on my friends evo 4g you can turn on hotspot but cannot connect to internet with it.
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Yeah, i turn it on and other devices can connect but no Internet access
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Yeah they definatley stopped you well I can mess with my friends evo and see what I can come up with to get around the network but you may have to wait till someone comes up with a new program
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ltlover21 said:
Yeah they definatley stopped you well I can mess with my friends evo and see what I can come up with to get around the network but you may have to wait till someone comes up with a new program
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Well one way is changing nunbers my girl got her g2x couple days after me.. And her hotspot didnt work eirher after changing phones. We had problems with her data that she would browse the internet, then out of nowhere sge gets redirected to web2go.com sating she has no data, and 1.99 charge to continue. We had this issue for 2wks, they didbt know what to do, had 4 replacement phones because thats all they suggested, 2 new sim cards, refreshed the network to many times, factory reset.. I told them it has to be the network because even if she swapped phones with me or tried another problem would follow, i suggested to change number, rep said no, supervisor said that wouldn't help. So he ordered another replacement, monday it came, same thing. Called again, this time demanded her number changed, few minutes later internet worked from there on. Even her hotspot well, working because network hasnt detected the new number.. But hers is working for now..
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Lol yeah unless you try.something new then theyll probably find it again..just try not to.brick your phone cuz that always sucks
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d12unk13astard said:
I lol'd
Same here, but I still rooted her Samsung galaxy s 4g.
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Yea. That was the only thing she let me do and I froze some apps to save her some battery life, also got rid of the fora files for some extra space.. She's tough, she doesn't like change... took me forever to get her to upgrade her PC... The only reason she has the sgs4g is it was a gift... She sees the customizations on my phone and says " why don't I have that ? " and I say. " Let me flash your phone and you will" and shes silent .... So there's a glimpse of hope... maybe the size of a dust particle but its there ...lol..

namklak said:
Rooted, then can do wifi hot spot. Also froze evil CarHome.
Headphone jack sounds better with other ROMs, really? Really?
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Well that's what I think anyway... I love music and at night I'll put my headphones on to fall asleep and on the stock roms it seems idk kinda muffled, its not as crisp .. I use the earbuds that came with the wife's sgs4g... Bass Is awesome on them .. I crank up some Foo Fighters and I'm in my happy place.. I'm pretty picky about my music quality ... Musics in my genes, both sides of my family are full of musicians .... I'm the only one who can't read sheet music... I'm self taught bass player .. also play a little drums... Idk I can just listen and then play it... My brotherrthe same way but he can read sheet music...

swuln said:
Well that's what I think anyway... I love music and at night I'll put my headphones on to fall asleep and on the stock roms it seems idk kinda muffled, its not as crisp .. I use the earbuds that came with the wife's sgs4g... .
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Sorry to pester, but what ROM/ kernel fixed the "kinda muffled"? Did you use those earbuds on both stock and whatever your are using now? I used to be an audiophile - not that I expect that quality out of the cheap DACs they use in these phones, but free improvement is free, and I like free....

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htc and wifi's

From what ive noticed htc devices have weak wifi receptions. Unlike motorola i can be in my garage and still grab fair signal. With htc nothing even when im about to enter the garage. Do you guys think htc puts weak wifi antennas in our phones?
Wrong forum my friend.
Please move to general.
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Under advanced WiFi settings there's a setting for best WiFi performance, might help a little.
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Under advanced WiFi settings there's a setting for best WiFi performance, might help a little.
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Lol wow i never noticed that. Let me play around with that and see wats up. Thanks man...and to the dude who said wrong place...my bad man....relax
naaahhh
youngv408 said:
Lol wow i never noticed that. Let me play around with that and see wats up. Thanks man...and to the dude who said wrong place...my bad man....relax
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Advanced settings didnt work....i guess htc just has cheap antennas....
Not with my phone. My phone switches to my wifi when I'm coming down the road. Of course it is weak until I am near my house, then it is fair. Inside my home it is strong. I am running wireless N and have the router at the front of the home. I also have no interference from neighbors since none have wifi.
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new market

delete if already posted. after making this i thought i saw it already on the charge forum. Works good on 2.3.4 look fabulous!
epic forum :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1166238
scarygood536 said:
delete if already posted. after making this i thought i saw it already on the charge forum. Works good on 2.3.4 look fabulous!
epic forum :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1166238
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Was just reading about this on Engadget. After the headache it took to get the leak for the last market working properly. Ill wait for the official release.
Honestly its clean and I haven't seen any problems. It isn't like roms. I installed it. I really like it lol
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I loaded this up then just went in and deleted data on the market app and this is running great!
Then I screwed up and got excited about the google movies and download the new google video's. Rented Battle LA and started to play. then BAM... "cant access this video with a rooted device"... What a bunch of horse ****!!!.. I really hope someone figures a way around this.
THe DRM coding is what keeps it from running. not even sure how you would go about tricking it into thinking you have DRM
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THe DRM coding is what keeps it from running. not even sure how you would go about tricking it into thinking you have DRM
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Well, I'm a newb when it comes to most of that. I just hope one of the many great dev's can tear into the .apk and figure out a way to mask the app from see that the device has root access.
I have no desire to steal or pirate movies. Just wanna watch an occasional movie on my tweaked phone yeah know.
They should be happy we arnet pirating the movies. Who cares if we root if we are paying
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Works great GB 2.3.4 leak, now I want audio books in the market
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I got it today too, thus far i havent had any problems. Im rooted and i feel your plight Ive not a movie watcher so i didnt really care about that part. I gotta admit the first page seems a little busy and jumbled, the rest of it looks great
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On supercurio tweeter acc it shows that's already fix. Lol. Also on bigxie. Epic fail on Google plan!!!
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How do you accept an update now? The only option is to open or uninstall...
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CLTatenza said:
How do you accept an update now? The only option is to open or uninstall...
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Had the same issue. Just went in to app manager and cleared data on the market app and rebooted the phone for good measure. Once the phone booted up I acceptef the market t&c and went back to my apps. Still could update so I just left it alone. A few minutes later I noticed the app updates available icon in the notification area and clicked on it. Once I selected the app that need to be updated it gave me the opotion to update, instead of open, or uninstall.
Dunno if I like the ui...kinda hard to navigate and find stuff.
It sure is a major change, almost wp7ish.
Guess I will get used to it.

AT&T Busted me for tethering. Solution?

Is there any way for me to disguise my usage so they can not see that I'm tethering or am I busted and should give up?
Thanks!
jdbeitz said:
Is there any way for me to disguise my usage so they can not see that I'm tethering or am I busted and should give up?
Thanks!
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How much data were you using?
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You do the crime, you pay the time.
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How much data were you using, what APN, and in what location?
Switch to sprint?
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jdbeitz said:
Is there any way for me to disguise my usage so they can not see that I'm tethering or am I busted and should give up?
Thanks!
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Hard to do! The data usage patterns of a mobile device n that of a computer vary a lot. The bandwidth used within a period of time is a sure shot indicator of the same. Best would be to get a home internet.
It seems like they are wising up --- or determined some new way of detecting it. Give us more information.
I also tether a lot and now im concerned! I was just discussing this on the Captivate forum. Another user recently got caught: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1269283
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How much data were you using, what APN, and in what location?
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Im using the s7 rom with the new ki modem. So whatever the default apn is for that.
I've used 8gb this week
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I am not sure if they do it off data usage or mac address. I know when I stream Siruis radio that is uses the same data that my laptop does. I have hit 5mb of usage in a month with I play about 6-7 hours of Siruis each day at work.
jdbeitz said:
Im using the s7 rom with the new ki modem. So whatever the default apn is for that.
I've used 8gb this week
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8GB this WEEK???? Give up and pay for tethering. There's no way you're going to be able to play that off as phone usage.
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AT&T has the ability to do deep packet inspection to determine what OS is sending the packets - there are some fingerprints they can use to tell that it isn't an Android device.
This is a resource-intensive process so they normally don't do it.
But if you use 8GB in a WEEK, you can be sure they're going to investigate if that usage actually came from just the phone.
So I should be OK tethering for my kids infuses when we are away from wifi?
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carhigh said:
So I should be OK tethering for my kids infuses when we are away from wifi?
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How did you reach that conclusion from this thread?
carhigh said:
So I should be OK tethering for my kids infuses when we are away from wifi?
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Maybe. I haven't gotten a nastygram yet and I tether my tablet all the time, but that's it.
I'm responsible about data usage though - even with moderate tethering I've never gone more than 500-700 MB per month.
I haven't gotten anything yet either (knock on wood) but I did get one of those "you are in the top 5%" emails this month. So I will be watching my usage a lot more considering multiple, members on various forms here are recently reporting this from AT&T.
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OMG. 8 gigs in a week. Lulz. How? No torrents on teathering. My 2 cents
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I know this seems like a joke, but really, switch to Sprint. Unlimited means UNLIMITED, on 3G or 4G (although you're much safer tethering on 4G since they don't give a damn how you use it). That, and we have the GSII.
All carriers have a teathering plan in the works, even sprint. Soon teathering will only work with the proper plan. People have taken this for granted and abused the unlimited data which was not designed for 8gb a week usage. I know that is extreme. Think about it. The unlimited was made when the average person had no idea a phone could do it. Hell I ran my whole shop off a teathered connection to my tilt when our internet went down. But that was rare. Now every kid in the world has a phone that can do it, do they use it responsibily? Nope they are streaming movies in class, music.....you get the point lol. I can't blame the carriers. As more and more people live their lives with their faces buried in a phone or tablet, the data network that runs these device will need to be changed from what we are used to. With the new system you will not be able to hide what device is using the connection. So now its time to man/woman up and either get home internet or pay for the teathering.
I got the email ....i dont tether.
I tethered 1 time last week to test functionality on gtgs new thrill rom....
Is there maybe an apn issue where they think i am tethering when i am not????
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Tethering a infuse thru a infuse would make it look as though I'm not tethering at all, no? No Pc or different operating system involved.
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[Q] STOCK HTC Sensation?

Hey! So my girlfriend is going to upgrade to her first Android device. She's coming from a Blackberry Pearl.
Anyways, she's not into rooting and all that jazz, so I'm just wondering how good is the STOCK HTC Sensation? No mods or anything like that. I know there will be trouble with the battery a lot, but is there anything else?
Thanks in advance!
Hello! Don't warry bout that, battery is ok for 18-24 hours, using WiFi, music playback... Anyway you can try juice deffender at the Android market. Some mates say, it helps, not to much, but....! I've got mine for almost 4 month, and I'm happy with it...
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voronin.sergey said:
Hello! Don't warry bout that, battery is ok for 18-24 hours, using WiFi, music playback... Anyway you can try juice deffender at the Android market. Some mates say, it helps, not to much, but....! I've got mine for almost 4 month, and I'm happy with it...
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Hey, thanks! That sounds good then. Haha. I've been reading around and a lot of people said they got around 6-8 hours. I got kind of worried there. Thank you for your input! [:
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In depends on what you want to do with your phone, but you can safe your battery during fourty hours, even if you do some calls, send a lot of sms, listen music, use a little Wifi and GPS, and also internet navigaton. But if you play, you will not be able to safe battery, even if it is normal with the awesome game on our days.
It is just a question of good settings, and you can be sur you are able to find everything on XDA Forum.
or you can root it for her and install a stock 1.50.531.1 rooted rom that has all the bloatware removed. I am working on one and should be completed by thursday night. I will have all the apps in the data folder so you can uninstall them as well. I am new to modifying roms but have already done a few for the evo.

Nexus S 4g problems

The problem is with my wife's phone.. In the last two months or so her phone has been having trouble with random restarts and apps force closing, Triple Town for example.. She feels like her phone has a virus, should I download an AV app and try?
Her phone is completely stock, running 2.3.7.. I am not super tech savy by any means. I know how to flash roms (with a bit of research of course) and whatnot but her phone is her life. She's so close to throwing her phone out of the window on the freeway.
I am completely baffled.. And could really use some help from the XDA community. Thank you in advance, if any more information about her phone is needed feel free to ask.
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Not a virus.
Sounds like you need a good old fashioned factory reset.
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+1 on the factory reset.
Sync everything to ur Gmail account then just try the reset.
If ur stock then it should be get back to where u were once u resync Gmail contacts and market apps.
Good luck
Vs Nexus S 4G
Thanks for the input. I will have to do that in a while.
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My wife is very fussy with her phone ... has little tolerance for issues which may develop. I simply rooted her Nexus, installed Oxygen rom ... problem solved. Never even so much as a hiccup.
wmdunn said:
My wife is very fussy with her phone ... has little tolerance for issues which may develop. I simply rooted her Nexus, installed Oxygen rom ... problem solved. Never even so much as a hiccup.
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Hmmm sounds good to me. Thanks.:thumbup:
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