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[Q] Root now or wait for Gingerbread?

Hey all,
I've been reading up on the forums, trying to figure out the best option to root my Inspire 4G and making sure there is a proven unroot method.
I guess my biggest question is whether I should root now or wait for the official Gingerbread update to come out and root then?? Any input about this question would be greatly appreciated along with suggestions to BEST root/unroot options to keep the phone as close to stock as possible yet have the ability to get rid of these bloated programs.
Anyway, love the site!

We really have no idea if/when AT&T will even release Gingerbread for this phone, so if you might have to root just to get it and install one of the Desire HD releases.
Rooting is not all that hard, the key is making the goldcard correctly. After that you can either do attn1's hack kit or Bubby's gui based method. After that install one of the stock rooted ROMS from the dev section.

cab121783 said:
Hey all,
I've been reading up on the forums, trying to figure out the best option to root my Inspire 4G and making sure there is a proven unroot method.
I guess my biggest question is whether I should root now or wait for the official Gingerbread update to come out and root then?? Any input about this question would be greatly appreciated along with suggestions to BEST root/unroot options to keep the phone as close to stock as possible yet have the ability to get rid of these bloated programs.
Anyway, love the site!
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I guess there are questions as to what your actual goal is. Do you need to install non-market applications, do you need to really remove the stock AT&T additions? I am not sure I would call the AT&T additions bloated, they serve a purpose in a way most people would rather have served by other programs and therefore bloat the ROM but they are fairly well behaved and aren't that big.
If you check the development section there are rooted stock ROMs available. This will keep everything very close to the original HTC ROM with much of the AT&T extras removed. The rooting process is fairly straight forward if not a bit painful at times, with the hardest part being the process of finding an SD card that will work as a Gold Card. I rooted my phone as I needed some non-market applications from my company that can not be side loaded properly as part of their installation requires accepting a system change and they will not work without this confirmation.
As to Gingerbread coming to this phone, if the amount of time it took the Aria to get Froyo updates is any indication, don't wait for the official release. AT&T drags its feet on updates to phones after they get potential updates from the vendors. This is because they claim to be doing heavy testing internally to make sure the update process is smooth. Not sure I buy that but it does take a long time between versions, so if you are eager for some change on your phone root it now because your wait for an AT&T release will be long.

Basically, I want to keep the door open to do any customization I want as I learn what this OS and phone is capable of.
I'm an avid tinkerer with PCs and the Windows OS and I enjoy not being restricted to one set way to do things. However, I like the setup this phone has originally. I just don't like apps such ad AT&T Familymap, Navigator, Code Scanner, the asphalt game, and the worthless blockbuster app. They are the devil.
Seriously though, I'm all about custom goodies. But I also need a proven way if the phone goes haywire or gets damaged that I can restore to factory and send it in since I have insurance on the Inspire.
Hope this helps fill in the blanks as far as questions to how I'm going to use it. Appreciate the answers so far so please keep them coming!

Oh and I read some rumor that gingerbread was coming in May or June. Good point though on carriers dragging their feet. More than likely going to root now.

Rooting is probably going to be the same no matter what so you may as well do it. As for gingerbread you can get that now with CM7 RC2 is pretty good. If you font mind no htc sense its great and getting better. You can always try it and then change.
Sent from my Inspire "4G" using Tapatalk Pro.

Regarding your questions about going back to stock after obtaining root/s-off, it is a very simple process. As for rooting, the hack kit has a very detailed set of instructions.
After reading what you are looking to do, I would suggest moving to one of the rooted stock roms and playing with that. Then flash one of the gingerbread roms whenever you want to check them out. Of course, do a nandroid to save time going back to your previous setup.

You want to go ahead and root dont wait for at&t
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA Premium App

I rooted my phone with bubby's rooting program and have downloaded Core Droid Gingerbread version 4 and it is working great, the extra effects that they have added make it all that much more fun to have. I would not wait for AT&T at all.

Waiting for AT&T is like going through a White Castles drive-thru. You only do it if you have a great deal of time to waste.
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[Q] To Root or not to Root?

Prior to my Inspire I was on a iPhone 3gs not jailbroken with lots of apps. First like to comment that I love the Inspire, HTC has made an amazing phone. I have been going back and forth on whether to root all day (I have an extra kingston 2gb in front of me to make my goldcard). It seems there are still problems with the root since the Inspire is new, and AT&T is just started offering android. I don't mind following step by step instructions, as I have seen provided by many amazing developers. However, I do mind if my phone is buggy and screen locks constantly. I really do want to unleash this thing with my grandfathered unlimited data plan, but I have never held a rooted android phone let alone a rooted Inspire. How is the rooting compatible with the inspire on AT&T? I've seen locked screens and other bugs in recent posts and am unsure if I should root, suggestions appreciated.

Honestly its up to you. I have done nothing, but experiment and make boot animations which I flash probably about 10 times a day. If you like the phone as it is then don't root. If you want to have control of the phone and do what you want ie. custom roms with overclocking cpu, better battery life, (eng s-off) flash new radios that have better reception and battery life, custom boot animations... the list goes on. It is entirely up to you. Only you can decide if customizing and altering your phone is worth it.

Well that is my entire goal, I wanna get a better battery, reception, tether to my unlimited, and eliminate blockbuster!!!!! i hate that app. But yea I do want that control, but my point is how are these programs running as of now for Inspire? The patches to run other phones is great and has been well developed, but Inspire isn't a month old. What are ROMs running like, and has there been enough debugging to make rooting workable now?

If I am speaking for me, these rom's are working really well. The inspire may only be a month old but the Desire HD has been out for quite a while and almost all of the roms are based on the desire platform. From all the roms I have tried which is all of the ones in this dev section, the only ones I have found major bugs with are the CM7 ones, the other ones are pretty much the stock roms that are optimized.

I would root it. I followed the directions to the letter and flashed CM7...no issues at all except a few CM bugs. The speed alone is worth it.
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App

Definitely root, the advantages are too long to list.
Be bold and take full control of your purchase.

Root it
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But you'll lose Blockbuster and the Asphalt game!!!
ROOT IT!!!

Gonna root
I'm doing it....still problems with making my goldcard. Downloaded SDK, and trying to get ADB to work now. Having some trouble here though, any advice?

Hmmm.. I can't think of a reason not to root

snd5014 said:
I'm doing it....still problems with making my goldcard. Downloaded SDK, and trying to get ADB to work now. Having some trouble here though, any advice?
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i would recommend using attn1s hack kit. follow the readme step by step. if you have issues, visit the link in my sig.

root it!
never going back

[Q] Incorrect APN Available Inputs In CM based ICS and JB cause Data outage

I've been rooting phones since G1 and I try and hang on to them as long as possible by flashing more up to date roms, thanks to the resources here at XDA. I really like CM9+. I like the recent v9 kernels etc.. I kept getting data dropped until recently it pretty much went out completely (except for wifi). My phone is insured so I sent it back (which they won't charge you for rooting btw, the store guys even told me theyve sent back multiple bricked phones and never got charged any fee, just dont tell customer service.) I got my replacement with the antiquated rom and to the detriment of exam week, unlocked bootloader, wire trick, and flashed roms. The only ones that will work are Miki sense based and Virtuous Infinity (of the ones I tried, all the others were CM or CM based). I checked my APN settings as before and couldn't make anything work. I read about radios and it seems I have the most up to date. The big difference in the roms that work and the ones that do not is that CM is lacking a MMS Protocol input in the APN settings. Thats all I could figure out. I am gonna say that is the answer until someone verifies otherwise. If any developer knows how to add that option in the APN settings to test and see if this will fix our devices ability to operate via data on CM you'd be a personal hero to me. (Though several of you already are.) I went so far as to use APNsBU on an Virtuous Infinity, then reload a CM mode and applied APN back up and it sort of soft bricked the phone. So I reverted back to Virtuous Infinity and tweeked the heck out of it with V6 supercharger and pimp my rom, erased some of the bloatware and its running pretty strong, but would love the ability to run CM9 with the v9 kernel or CM10, with data. Any help in this area would not only benefit me but a bunch of others having the same issues. Thanks!

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ronbon said:
I've been rooting phones since G1 and I try and hang on to them as long as possible by flashing more up to date roms, thanks to the resources here at XDA. I really like CM9+. I like the recent v9 kernels etc.. I kept getting data dropped until recently it pretty much went out completely (except for wifi). My phone is insured so I sent it back (which they won't charge you for rooting btw, the store guys even told me theyve sent back multiple bricked phones and never got charged any fee, just dont tell customer service.) I got my replacement with the antiquated rom and to the detriment of exam week, unlocked bootloader, wire trick, and flashed roms. The only ones that will work are Miki sense based and Virtuous Infinity (of the ones I tried, all the others were CM or CM based). I checked my APN settings as before and couldn't make anything work. I read about radios and it seems I have the most up to date. The big difference in the roms that work and the ones that do not is that CM is lacking a MMS Protocol input in the APN settings. Thats all I could figure out. I am gonna say that is the answer until someone verifies otherwise. If any developer knows how to add that option in the APN settings to test and see if this will fix our devices ability to operate via data on CM you'd be a personal hero to me. (Though several of you already are.) I went so far as to use APNsBU on an Virtuous Infinity, then reload a CM mode and applied APN back up and it sort of soft bricked the phone. So I reverted back to Virtuous Infinity and tweeked the heck out of it with V6 supercharger and pimp my rom, erased some of the bloatware and its running pretty strong, but would love the ability to run CM9 with the v9 kernel or CM10, with data. Any help in this area would not only benefit me but a bunch of others having the same issues. Thanks!
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It seems that tmobile has recently done some tweeking to their network, at least that is what the cs people said. Make sure your sim card is recent. But I also think this is why these roms use to have some data and now hardly get any ever at all except wifi.

my radio is
11.59.3594.00P_11.16.3594.20_2
I am S-Off juniperbear

[Q] Hotspot... Stock Rom vs Custom Rom

I have no problems using my hotspot with any custom rom i put on my phone. But any stock rom even the modded stock roms stop working after my allotted 5 gb. I have tried the hotspot fixes, changing the tether dun value to 0 and i am still blocked. I am on the 80$ unlimited t-mobile plan on the d850. I have no problems with pdanet tethered with stock. I can even make the laptop a hotspot tethered. Whats the difference and can i implement that mod alone in a stock rom?

I am a newb I admit. No script or code in my my language although I would love to speak Klingon. But it looks pretty clear that I have stumped the pros. Lol No I'm sincerely being a whole lot of not serious. But if I'm in the wrong forum... Maybe I should be in trouble shooting? Anyway I know I'm not the only person frustrated by wanting to use LG stock apps and not being able to use the Hotspot unlimited as done with a custom rom. No worries. I will chase the solution down.

[Q] Return to "sort-of" stock, how to proceed?

So I would like some opinions on how to proceed. I have two SGS3's, mine and my wife's. My wife's phone has always been stock; NE1, 4.4.2, locked bootloader and never been rooted. My phone however: currently has TWRP installed; has the Baseband flashed to NE1; is currently running SlimKat 9 (4.4.4); is rooted and use it mostly for certain Tasker applications, AdAway, TiBackup, TexDroider (DPI), and GSAM statistics.
As many know, Custom ROM's aren't always the most stable things and sometime there are usually glitches. Lately I've been plagued by the "volume too loud" bug in phone calls and frankly, I'm getting to the point where I'm kinda tired of "messing with" my phone and have considered returning to stock. I understand returning to stock is a one-way street. In returning to stock, I am not concerned about root, I understand I can achieve root using TowelRoot on a Stock NE1 phone (I am actually considering seeing if I can live without it.) If I return to stock ROM, I am not concerned about custom recovery as I won't be backing anything up to switch ROM's.
The one thing I do want is tethering and it appears the stock ROM doesn't allow that as VzW wants to charge you for it. My tablet is WiFi only and would like the option to use my data plan tethered to my phone while out and about. The flip side of the coin is that I want a stock ROM cause I want everything to "just work" and I'll tweak things to my liking from there. So to that end, I'm looking at either Superlite ROM or PaulPizz as two roms that are stock plus tether.
So the burning question is do I need to fully "return to stock" in order to use these ROM's? If I just flash these ROM's, will I be screwing up my phone? For instance, do I ...
1. return to stock by using Triangle Away and relock the bootloader, load the stock ROM and then let the OTA updates happen, then go through the process of loading Safestrap? I really don't want to do this, seems like more "messing with" then I want to do these days.
OR
2. Just flash these ROM's considering I already have an unlocked bootloader. Will flashing these ROM's cause it to acquire OTA updates, will these re-lock my bootloader and I'll be screwed cause I didn't use Triangle Away? The phone is LONG past warranty so I don't expect any support, I don't really need Triangle Away right?
What's my best course of action to get a TW-based ROM with tethering since I don't plan on screwing with phone much after this? Also I don't plan on being with this phone much longer, I'll likely get an S6 Edge inside of a year (they're just so pretty!)
I'm HOPING the answer is since I'm already unlocked, I can have the best of both worlds, use a TW based 4.4.2 ROM and return to custom if I decide I don't like it, but I don't want to pull the trigger until I know for sure. That one-way street looks dark and scary to me.