Should I Root My Phone? - Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)

Hello everyoneee well quick question? I got this galaxy s 4g 2 days ago I dnt like the home launcher cause it lags. and I was windering if I should root this phone but what are the good sided of rooting it. our the downside of rooting it HELP please get back to me and help me make my decision.
Btw What Can You Use Too Root It H E L P
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Flash valahalla, audiophile or icbinb gb and that will fix all your problems. I got so used to the smoothness and speed of these roms that stock is just not usable for me anymore.
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you need to repost this in Q and A
this is a place for developers not questions, move your thread the the Q and A section of the SGS 4G forums.

Stick it in potting soil and water it well. In about a year you can pick the ripe cellphones off the tree.
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First thing is that this is not the place for questions. Second is that there are too many reasons to root your phone to list here. Just read all the threads to get an idea. There are 2 bad sides to rooting. 1 you loose your warrenty. It becomes void. 2 if you mess up your phone beyond repair you have no warrenty.
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Exodian said:
First thing is that this is not the place for questions. Second is that there are too many reasons to root your phone to list here. Just read all the threads to get an idea. There are 2 bad sides to rooting. 1 you loose your warrenty. It becomes void. 2 if you mess up your phone beyond repair you have no warrenty.
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Just to add a bit to that: you really have to do something stupid to hard brick your phone. The worst case scenario for flashing the proper things would be soft bricking. Flashing the wrong things would hard brick you.

nazcalito said:
Stick it in potting soil and water it well. In about a year you can pick the ripe cellphones off the tree.
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Lol. Will this method produce multiples? I'm not much of a green thumb so how hard is it?

Thank you all the rest below are douch bags and getting mad over a question but umm what method u use too root it
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Does the word GOOGLE tells you something? Ugh... also, READ... another good word.

Wtf
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Uniquee210 said:
Thank you all the rest below are douch bags and getting mad over a question but umm what method u use too root it
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Superoneclick is easiest.
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Before you Get flamed anymore be sure to read the three sticky threads. Mr. Clown and lufc are the mods for this forum and will move this thread to general where it belongs. They also lay out some of the ground rules to help prevent flaming. The Bible finally got stickied, there you will find all the info you need about rooting, custom roms, themes, and mods for our phone. There is a great tutorial on how to root a well. Finally This device its very unique so don't stray too far from gs4g forums, that its how most get into trouble. Lighten up and Happy flashing

Uniquee210 said:
Thank you all the rest below are douch bags and getting mad over a question but umm what method u use too root it
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I used to be a Dbag as you said...But ever since God creates ppl like you I have become more like an arsehole to deal with ppl like you...Well, God has given me that power to deal with dumb ppl like you,"Unique with the extra e"...

DON'T. DO IT
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Rooting is bad for your Phone

Please don't root your phone.
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Moved to proper forum.

Yeah don't do it, rooting is bad. Especially custom roms. Get an iPhone
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Insane. Root the damn thing. You can always go back.
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And god makes only **** talkers cause tgsts all they can d ok but god made few thats uses his hands to fight nd im one of themm!
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Cpu info

I just got my slide and I'm looking for an app that can tell me what my dual cores are running at. I've been using android system info but out does not show me cpu speeds and percentages. Is there any app that can do this?
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R u rooted? Try setcpu if u r
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Not rooted yet. Was with my mt4g. My dad just passed away 3 days ago. Not much time our energy to learn to root this phone right now.
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billwinkle said:
Not rooted yet. Was with my mt4g. My dad just passed away 3 days ago. Not much time our energy to learn to root this phone right now.
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I don't know what each core's clocked at out of the box, but the device in general is at 1.2Ghz.
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billwinkle said:
Not rooted yet. Was with my mt4g. My dad just passed away 3 days ago. Not much time our energy to learn to root this phone right now.
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Its really easy.
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DistrictDigital said:
Its really easy.
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What is rooting our mourning the loss of my dad. Sorry, my humor gets very strange when I'm stressed.
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Sorry guys, I use jokes when I'm really depressed and need to get myself back onto this world. I miss my dad so much.
I have looked but I don't know which is the best way to achieve s-off and root.
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Just followed this one, it was SO simple. Sorry for your loss. I can't imagine. It'll all be okay tho don't worry!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1286324
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billwinkle said:
Not rooted yet. Was with my mt4g. My dad just passed away 3 days ago. Not much time our energy to learn to root this phone right now.
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Sorry to hear about your loss.
Its not too tough to s-off/root... look in development section,
Take a look when ur ready. It will take your mind off of things too
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Thank you all for your kind words. It is a really tough thing to think my Dad is not with us any more.
On another note, I did achieve root today. It was pretty easy. Thank you again.
billwinkle said:
Thank you all for your kind words. It is a really tough thing to think my Dad is not with us any more.
On another note, I did achieve root today. It was pretty easy. Thank you again.
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Glad to hear you had it in you to focus on something else. That's important. Also great to vent to someone, as I'm sure you know.
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Cyanogen (Official AND Experimental)

Available from the source itself. (CM9)
http://get.cm/
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Really?
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omg cm9!!!! i had no idea that our phone had it lol maybe the thread below this marked cm9 and the one in the general section for the nightlies might have gave it away
Its already been posted.
So this mean everything is working 100 %?
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Mods please close this.
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Old news...
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- wrong section
- old news
- obviously didnt read the rules
3 strikes....your out
Before the hammer falls down, I want to say thanks for this useless information. You couldn't see the 2 threads about this? Another waste of space. Read the rules. Obey. Do. Thanks, needed to vent. Bastards.
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Cm9? I didn't get an update notification! :banghead:
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This is a bad thread and you should feel bad.
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This guy is the true meaning of the word FAIL! Please log out, hit alt+f4, turn off your computer, give me your address, Ill bring my trusty sledgehammer and destroy your computer to pieces so you won't post crap like that ever again!
whitesox311 said:
This is a bad thread and you should feel bad.
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Ya'll cold blooded killas.
I'll step lightly.
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Locoman_ said:
Ya'll cold blooded killas.
I'll step lightly.
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I feel like I should grab a torch and pitchfork before reading this!!!
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Please do not make thread to post work that isn't yours AND is work that is already posted by the developing team. Locked for duplicate and flaming.
Cheers

Why is it physically impossible to ask for ETAs without getting a barrage of insults

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Because the devs are doing this for free in there spare time. Your not paying them for this, they do it cuz they want to. If they dont put out ROMs or updates fast enough for you than go build a ROM yourself.
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Amen!
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I tell my why because
1 I don't like it I'm not a super computer that makes rom automatic
2 its kinda insulting asking only me why you don't ask Bryan or Thomas and see their reaction
And 3 and is bad bad bad (yes that bad) because maybe I have patience sometimes but when you ask to other devs probably get you blocked so they will never see your msg or post
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They get donations! (Not enough to make a living or anything but still) Not everyone that asks for an eta is an impatient douche sometimes its a curiosity thing. Its a compliment even! " I like your work so much I can't wait to see what else you have in store for the community"
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lonoguge said:
They get donations! (Not enough to make a living or anything but still) Not everyone that asks for an eta is an impatient douche sometimes its a curiosity thing. Its a compliment even! " I like your work so much I can't wait what else you have in store for the community"
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They really don't get much in donations. Most of the users on these forums are under 18 and can't donate.
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Cough like me cough
And I don't think big devs (more than 18 years) gets to much money here
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solrac1212 said:
Cough like me cough
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Ha, I appreciate your contribution to the development of this device and I'm sure a lot of other people do. Wish I could donate. Here, have a thanks
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lonoguge said:
They get donations!
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Fair enough. I'm sure any developer would be happy to give you an ETA in exchange for a $20 donation.
Haha I'm more than willing for the next JB rom
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lonoguge said:
Haha I'm more than willing for the next JB rom
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Oh great now he mentioned jelly bean......this thread is done.
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This is flame bait if I ever saw it. I believe there is a no ETA rule for XDA to answer your question.
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gregcapps said:
Oh great now he mentioned jelly bean......this thread is done.
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Yea sorry for wanting a good thing
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lonoguge said:
Yea sorry for wanting a good thing
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Imagine that you're working on a project that you don't even have to, you just do it for fun and for other peoples enjoyment. Nobody needs you to do it, and they can all live just fine without it.
Now imagine every other day there are people nagging you on how they want x and y to be done, and how slow you are. Wouldn't you be pissed?
That's how the developers of this device feel when JB threads come up. Have some respect, please.
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Can we get this thread locked before things get more out of control?
lonoguge said:
They get donations! (Not enough to make a living or anything but still)
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Yeah, right. Do you have any idea how many hundreds of hours it takes to port a kernel to a device?
Furthermore, stop opening threads for every new question you have. Spend some time reading or nobody will ready anything you post.
lonoguge said:
Haha I'm more than willing for the next JB rom
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Lol...eh hem...team acid echooo...ooo...tech support: $999..muahahaha
Heh, okay ppl, don't need to get flame on this, just inform him and that is enough lol
@OP: u can't ask for an eta as it is quite bad u know, instead, just help us out or ask/request sth else in a good manner cause once the devs not releasing a build mean either he/she is damn f*cking busy or the new build is not good enough ^^…or u can find sth more interesting in ur own life and do it and wait hehe
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See if they're doing it for us they should at least do it right and listen to the requests! It's not practical to satisfy everyone's demands but suggestions should be encouraged. And its not like the devs are obligated to listen to anyone
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But your demanding too many!! Chill out learn to develop and you can do your own stuff
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lonoguge said:
See if they're doing it for us they should at least do it right and listen to the requests! It's not practical to satisfy everyone's demands but suggestions should be encouraged. And its not like the devs are obligated to listen to anyone
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You just earned a spot on my ignore list. I'm never going to honor anything that only you request because you're ridiculously self-entitled. We don't owe you anything. You don't deserve anything. It is a privilege you're getting anything at all.

ics source code released :D

http://www.lg.com/global/support/opensource/opensource-detail.jsp
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I think we know this by now.
RIP
man i feel sorry for you lol you are going to have alot of people saying stuff to you
Especially since he posted in the development section... Lol
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talk about a noob move
wow lol
Lol this thread just started getting funny...talkk about having 4g and getting the news all late about it **** u must be on aol
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This thread is bad and you should feel bad!
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Personally I've always thought it worse to belittle the op in threads like this rather then ignore it or politely correct him or her. He may be ignorant of the rules but his intentions were much better than yours.
johnwazhere said:
http://www.lg.com/global/support/opensource/opensource-detail.jsp
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I'm still surprised people would think they would be the first ones to find "hot" information before devs.
My keyboard is bigger then yours!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rage
damngood98 said:
Personally I've always thought it worse to belittle the op in threads like this rather then ignore it or politely correct him or her. He may be ignorant of the rules but his intentions were much better than yours.
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Everyone is entitled to at least one mistake.
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Not me.
Pfft I'm allowed to 10000 mistakes. Sometimes more on my good days.
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U got a good point there nothing wrong with that but i gotta admit that wass funny
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I sort of feel bad for the OP for getting bashed like this. But yea, this thread is useless.
Bashing really isn't my intention. I was trying to throw a little humor in here. This thread is both useless and misplaced, and as other threads on this forum have recently shown, there are some horrible people here. Reading my post again, I can tell the humor was probably not so evident as I intended.
I was a noob once, too. And I know I've sure surpassed my one mistake allowance
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Lol ok lets just move on sorry for bashing u on the dial up 4g network u have lol
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Seriously people, just stop posting in here. Two pages already telling the OP how big of a mistake he made and in some instances intentionally making fun of him should be more than enough to make sure he will not create a post on this forum ever again. Just let this topic die. Think about the bandwidth for once.
Bandwidth??? Now we can make fun of you!
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Lol now i feel like a dumbass xD
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So let me get this straight

You guys are all hanging around the XDA forum with a phone that has a locked bootloader? lmao... It sucks to be locked down.
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3, 2, 1....locked
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This is an all time low in the android community, where we start to have fanboys within fanboys.
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shook187 said:
You guys are all hanging around the XDA forum with a phone that has a locked bootloader? lmao... It sucks to be locked down.
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So lemme get this straight..
You have nothing better to do than take the time to come to s4 forums, and make yet another bootloader thread?
I bet you greet people at walmart.
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Show me how to remove your battery...or use your sd card slot...or easily repair your device when you drop it...and score higher than me on benchmarks. . :thumbup:
I'll never understand what compels people to troll...it's a great phone. So is the HTC one. Please leave and don't come back unless you have something useful to say.
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Show me how to take pictures that don't suck in daylight.
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This is the pinnacle of pointless threads. Literally all this is meant to do is flame an entire android forum. Mods please lock this.
You have over 2,000 posts, which would normally imply that you're an established and respected member of the community, yet still post threads like this. Nice to know you try to instigate childish fights. Play on your side of the playground and we'll stay on ours. Even with a locked bootloader, let's compare sales and see who's on top .
shook187 said:
You guys are all hanging around the XDA forum with a phone that has a locked bootloader? lmao... It sucks to be locked down.
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hey papa smurf....smells like troll around here....skedouche:cyclops:
I've seen some silly posts & threads, but starting this thread is the ultimate low.
Making us who have the One look bad. If you didn't know, the One X had a locked bootloader for months. Get outta here with this crap.
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