[Q] To Root or not to root, that is my question - Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Alright, so, now, I want to know if I should root my note n8000. I want to get the apps2sd to work for me( not the app but the script) and I was wondering if:
1) I have to be rooted
2) what are the pros and cons with rooting my n8000( any issues at all)
3) what do I need to download or get to go about doing the apps2sd thing working on my n8000
Thanks for all those who were able to help me with my issue with my memory card

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Rooted my Xoom 3.2...now what?

Let me start off by stating that I'm not totally new to rooting android devices. I own a EVO 4G and have been messing around with root for a while on it. The DEV community is huge and there are a overwhelming amount of options available.
Like I said, I already rooted my stock 3.2 Xoom and have d/l all the essential ROOT apps like Titanium, MyBackUp Pro and a few others. However, I'm not quite sure where to go next. There doesn't seem to be too many options in term of ROMS and I'm not quite grasping what the ROMS have over rooted stock.
I'm not asking this in a nasty way, I genuinely want to know what the next logical steps are to maximize the use of my Xoom.
Besides that general question I have a few more specific questions:
1. Can I download ClockWorkMod Recovery through the app?
2. Can I overclock using SetCPU?
3. Haven't put a MicroSD card into this thing yet but am I able to save apps to the SD with rooted stock?
Sorry for the noobiness!
SantinoInc said:
Let me start off by stating that I'm not totally new to rooting android devices. I own a EVO 4G and have been messing around with root for a while on it. The DEV community is huge and there are a overwhelming amount of options available.
Like I said, I already rooted my stock 3.2 Xoom and have d/l all the essential ROOT apps like Titanium, MyBackUp Pro and a few others. However, I'm not quite sure where to go next. There doesn't seem to be too many options in term of ROMS and I'm not quite grasping what the ROMS have over rooted stock.
I'm not asking this in a nasty way, I genuinely want to know what the next logical steps are to maximize the use of my Xoom.
Besides that general question I have a few more specific questions:
1. Can I download ClockWorkMod Recovery through the app?
2. Can I overclock using SetCPU?
3. Haven't put a MicroSD card into this thing yet but am I able to save apps to the SD with rooted stock?
Sorry for the noobiness!
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1. No. You have two choices and you can find them by looking here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1074979 and here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1235170
2.Yes, once you are rooted and have installed either a Tiamat rom or kernel or Rogue kernel. You will find them in the Xoom Heaven thread in the begining of the General section.
3 Not without doing 2., above. That's one reason to root and mod. FYI, most Honeycomb apps aren't initially setup to write to the external sdcard and require a bit of fooling with, and most, if not all apps need to be run from internal storage (sdcard). I couldn't do without the external sdcard though...I use it to flash fliled, backup nandroid, and have TB backing up my apps and data to it, as well as playing my music, and video collection from it.

[Q] root & webtop2sd technical question

Hi,
I am new to the Atrix, but have a background in software development and was a sys admin on unix for a number of years.
I would like to know if, after a phone is rooted, do all apps run as root? or does routing simple install a setuid "su", and root apps call that when they need root access?
The webtop2sd post looks very complete and also something I will try soon. Do I need to unlock the bootloader to run a modified webtop from my sd card?
I would like to keep my phone as stock as possible, but enable a hacked webtop on the sd card.
Also there are 1000's of root threads, what is the safest canonical method (that can easily be undone)?
Many thanks and sorry for asking for your time. I have not found these answers around, but then again, there is a great amount of mis-information out there.
thx,
Scott.
Don't take this as "authoritative" but I don't believe they do, for 2 reasons.
1) If all the apps were running as root, we wouldn't run into permissions problems and have to run "Fix Permissions" to fix the resulting FC's. But we do.
2) If all the apps were running as root, none of them would need "su" to gain superuser permission but I still get that for certain root apps (Samba, Titanium Back, Rom Manager, etc, etc, etc).

[Q] should i root my tablet?

Hello,
I have got my TF300T for about a week now and i already used up 9,5gb from the 16gb it has so i bought a sd card just to find out you cant move apps to sd card(so far i know). so i did a little more research and found out that you can move apps to sd when your tablet is rooted, but i am a little scared that i am gonna wreck my tablet when i do that because i read that many people stumble on bricked tablets, and because i have never rooted anything before.
do you guys think i should root my tablet?
and when i root my tablet do i have to instal roms and all that stuff basicly all i want to do is move apps to sd.
or does someon knows a way of transferring apps to sd card without rooting
sorry for my bad grammar
ps: Does someon has a link to a dummy guide for rooting
Rooting is very easy, people have bricked their tablet because of a bad flash: this requires unlock, root doesn't, just download motochopper extract it, on your device go to settings>developer options and enable USB debugging (if you are on android 4.2 you have to go to: settings>about tablet>press build number about 10 times>developer options>enable USB debugging)
Now connect your tablet to your PC and go to the directory where you extracted motochopper and open run.bat (windows) and press any key
Done your tablet should be rooted
Download: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2228613
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I think i am gonna root my tablet.
Do you have any recommended apps i should use for moving apps to sd or meaby some other usefull apps?
One last question is there anything i should watch out for when i rooted my tablet?
I would suggest reading EVERYTHING about rooting your tablet and flashing a recovery. I would also recommend using TWRP as your recovery.
The 2 apps I use the most are Titanium Backup and Root Explorer.
Again, I cannot express how important it is to READ ALL of the info related to rooting and flashing a recovery. This section is filled with threads people have posted because they have bricked their tablets rendering them totally useless.
Good luck!
Added. A recovery is not needed but highly recommended. Your choice.
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Thanks for the help
I successfully rooted my tablet
but i am stuck with a problem and that is moving apps to sd
the apps that i have seen so far are:
- link2sd ( don't really know if i should use this because u need to 2 partitions on your sd and people lose data all the time)
- GL to SD ( does not show all my games)
if someon knows a good app for this that would be great
I will join this topic, couse i wanna root my tablet to , but i want to overclock it. Can this be done, just by rooting, or do i have to instal rom?
Tnx
I am noob with rooting, so dont be short with explaining
Boriss31 said:
I will join this topic, couse i wanna root my tablet to , but i want to overclock it. Can this be done, just by rooting, or do i have to instal rom?
Tnx
I am noob with rooting, so dont be short with explaining
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You need different kernel because stock doesn't support overclocking, for which you need to have custom recovery which obviously needs unlock, so, sadly no... but rooting allows you to customize your CPU freqs., turn off some CPU cores for battery saving,...
Mich3lin said:
You need different kernel because stock doesn't support overclocking, for which you need to have custom recovery which obviously needs unlock, so, sadly no... but rooting allows you to customize your CPU freqs., turn off some CPU cores for battery saving,...
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Tnx for your answer. Could you please tell me if i root by this method (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2228613),
how and which custom rom is best for my tablet? I am on stock, 4.2.1
Any step by step info would be aprishiated, beucose i am LOST by all this topic and info, by being beginer.

[Q] Denver TAC-70051

Hey guys, I'm just interested if anyone knows how to root a Denver TAC-70051 tablet... I know it's a rare and cheap tablet, reason for which it is not actually known or bothered with, but I really would like to root it to change some of the stuff that bug me about it...
I have tried RootX but it did not work (also could not install the drivers offered by the rootx thread, and I was unable to find any others to fit my needs).
If anyone has any suggestions, I would highly appreciate them
uhh... anyone, please?
oh c'mon, please, someone?
hellloooooo? anyone here?
I also have this tablet and would love to know how to root it. Does anyone have a method that could be used?
Google is your friend try to find who makes the board and cpu and try to find another tablet that is identical idk if you will but that'll probably be your best jope
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Rooted denver tac-70051 with android 4.1.2 universal rooting method. Just curious if theres any kernels with memory swap option for this tablet or cyanogenmod that works with allwinner tablets like this one.
Very Simple
It is very simple, I managed to make a program for rooting this tablet, the script is not mine, I just modded it to work with this tablet.
Step 1. Install Android ADB drivers from adbdriver.com/upload/AdbDriverInstaller.exe , then extract the zip attached to this reply
Step 2. Open RunMe.bat (Make sure you DONT run it as admin!)
Step 3. Make sure your device is unplugged, select method 1, then after "Daemon Ports running" appears plug in the device
Step 4. Follow on screen instructions, it will ask you to make a backup and to restore, this is noremal you will no lose any data
Step 5. If all goes correctly you will SuperSu App on your Tablet
USE THIS AT YOU OWN RISK!!!
Have fun :laugh:
Does anyone know how to FACTORY RESET this tablet?

sd card & root access under fresh installed cm12?

So i finally found out that i clouldnt install cm12 on my D6606 just because of the "leo" "z3" bug in the script updater! Everything works like a charm now!
after getting my first lollipop experience there are 2 questions to ask:
1. how can i get the sd card access for all my apps? is there a fix for it?
2. how can i get root access back on cm12? is this even possible?
thanks for this great forum it helps me a lot to understand!
n1ete said:
So i finally found out that i clouldnt install cm12 on my D6606 just because of the "leo" "z3" bug in the script updater! Everything works like a charm now!
after getting my first lollipop experience there are 2 questions to ask:
1. how can i get the sd card access for all my apps? is there a fix for it?
2. how can i get root access back on cm12? is this even possible?
thanks for this great forum it helps me a lot to understand!
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To get to root access in CM12, go to the "about" in settings. Tap on the "build" several times and you will get notification that you have opened developer mode. Exit about... go to developer mode and there you can access Super User for root.
As for the SD card issue... I came here because I am also looking for answers. It is apparently a problem for many of us that is not being addressed by the folks at CM.

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