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« on: January 17, 2010, 10:22:59 PM »
I finally rooted my phone today! It wasn't easy but its safe. I got Fresh1.1

The phone is really fast now and I was able to uninstall some of Sprints applications that I never used, changed the lock screen and bottom bar.

For those of you that want to try it, go to
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« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2010, 10:58:14 PM »
can you post a video? how will this affect 2.1,would you have to root all over again.does it really make that much difference?
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« Reply #2 on: January 18, 2010, 03:45:09 PM »
I rooted mine in November. When you update, well, it defaults your phone...so why update? Update your root. Never heard of Cyanogen?

www.cyanogen.com

'nuff said, give me a cookie please.
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« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2010, 03:51:09 PM »
Quote from: Bnice on January 17, 2010, 10:58:14 PM
can you post a video? how will this affect 2.1,would you have to root all over again.does it really make that much difference?
Oh, 2.1 is light years behind cyanogenmod, by the way. REMEMBER, android IS open source. Me and thousands of others, are developing new roms, apps, and whatever, for this phone.
This isn't Samsung Instinct.
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« Reply #4 on: January 18, 2010, 04:13:19 PM »
Quote from: daimajinbuu on January 18, 2010, 03:45:09 PM
I rooted mine in November. When you update, well, it defaults your phone...so why update? Update your root. Never heard of Cyanogen?

www.cyanogen.com

'nuff said, give me a cookie please.

Phew, i was going round and round trying to figure out what was going on with that site....

The Cyanogen for android is http://www.cyanogenmod.com/.

Thanks for the tip Daim!!!!!  Gonna check it out.
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« Reply #5 on: January 18, 2010, 06:01:15 PM »
Quote from: daimajinbuu on January 18, 2010, 03:51:09 PM
Quote from: Bnice on January 17, 2010, 10:58:14 PM
can you post a video? how will this affect 2.1,would you have to root all over again.does it really make that much difference?
Oh, 2.1 is light years behind cyanogenmod, by the way. REMEMBER, android IS open source. Me and thousands of others, are developing new roms, apps, and whatever, for this phone.
This isn't Samsung Instinct.
This isn't the Samsung Instinct... Lol
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« Reply #6 on: January 18, 2010, 09:21:48 PM »
I dont regret rooting and flashing my phone. I'm tethering right now with it... wireless! This is so cool! I know this is not so "legal" but what the heck... I'm tethering right now.

This is my speed...


I'm in Puerto Rico, but for some reason it detected that I was in the states... go figure... maybe something with the IP...

Quote from: Bnice on January 17, 2010, 10:58:14 PM
can you post a video? how will this affect 2.1,would you have to root all over again.does it really make that much difference?

This does not deserve a video. Everyone is rooting their phone at AndroidForums and there's a lot of videos on YouTube... Here is one:


<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/K_mpi84GXnU&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/K_mpi84GXnU&rel=1</a>
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« Reply #7 on: January 19, 2010, 06:07:02 AM »
does rooting it voids the warranty at all and is it safe?
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« Reply #8 on: January 19, 2010, 11:05:49 AM »
Quote from: danidiva on January 18, 2010, 04:13:19 PM
Quote from: daimajinbuu on January 18, 2010, 03:45:09 PM
I rooted mine in November. When you update, well, it defaults your phone...so why update? Update your root. Never heard of Cyanogen?

www.cyanogen.com

'nuff said, give me a cookie please.

Phew, i was going round and round trying to figure out what was going on with that site....

The Cyanogen for android is http://www.cyanogenmod.com/.

Thanks for the tip Daim!!!!!  Gonna check it out.
I stand corrected, thank you. Rooting this phone
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« Reply #9 on: January 19, 2010, 03:56:16 PM »
Quote from: zenen37 on January 19, 2010, 06:07:02 AM
does rooting it voids the warranty at all and is it safe?

Yes it void it... but you can revert it and (allegedly) there is no way to tell if you rooted it...
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« Reply #10 on: January 20, 2010, 03:14:14 AM »
Love the dog, btw!
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« Reply #11 on: January 20, 2010, 07:27:36 AM »
Hehe... His name is Perris.
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« Reply #12 on: January 20, 2010, 09:09:49 AM »
Quote from: joseamirandavelez on January 20, 2010, 07:27:36 AM
Hehe... His name is Perris.
HEHEHEHE!
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« Reply #13 on: January 21, 2010, 07:46:29 AM »
What does "rooting" accomplish?  Sounds efficient and anything that will reduce the intrusiveness of certain Sprint applications will be helpful as all I want from Sprint is basic phone functions and text.
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« Reply #14 on: January 21, 2010, 07:53:44 AM »
The you don't need to root... Rooting is for modifying your phone's look, removing stuff you don't want and adding some new capabilities.

In fact... you don't even need a Hero (or any Android phone) for basic stuff...

That's an error I see a lot in my workplace. They buy 200-300 bucks phones just to make calls and and some text messaging... You can do that with a free phone!
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