Another newb..

[Vnuk1]

Hello just got a my touch 3g with android and have to say I am pretty impressed. The free apps are very cool and all the free ringtones is sweet cause I am obsessed with Transformers and there are so many. I do have one question, how do I get my name on the unlock screen where it says this phone belongs to?

 

[guidot]

Welcome!

Not sure about the MyTouch question you asked, hopefully someone can chime in with the answer!

 

[dlwhtrose]

Welcome to the forum. I too have to pass on the my touch questions. Hopefully if we keep this thread alive someone with my touch knowledge will pop on and help out.

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[DF Smod]

I will help keep it alive...:welcome:

 

[Vnuk1]

Oh well it's no big deal really, just thought I would ask. So what is rooting?

 

[spaz33g]

Rooting is giving yourself administrative rights so you can acces areas of your phone otherwise blocked.

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[Vnuk1]

Well since mine is not a real droid I suppose I cannot do that?

 

[spaz33g]

I believe its for all android phones it just might not be available for yours yet. Don't really know. Not familiar with my touch.

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[Vnuk1]

Guess I will just need to wait then, there are quite a few things I want to delete like all the google chat crap that I will never use..

 

[spaz33g]

I'm not up to date, how long has your phone been on the market approx?

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[Vnuk1]

Im not too sure I just got the phone so its probably old now that I got it lol...

 

[guidot]

Im not too sure I just got the phone so its probably old now that I got it lol...

looks like it came out last summer.

 

[spaz33g]

I would imagine there's a root method out there then.

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[Bilgediver]

Hello just got a my touch 3g with android and have to say I am pretty impressed. The free apps are very cool and all the free ringtones is sweet cause I am obsessed with Transformers and there are so many. I do have one question, how do I get my name on the unlock screen where it says this phone belongs to?

Howdy! Welcome to the Droid forums!
Regardless of whatever many pretentious Droid owners tell you, a Droid is just an Android phone, so our phones are dang near the same as yours (with a few tweaks that the carriers/manufacturer put on).

Did a quick google search and the XDA geniuses have rooted a mytouch 3g!
[How-To] Root and un-root the T-Mobile myTouch 3G - xda-developers

However you haven't said which mytouch 3g you had.
There is huge lettering which says:

Proceed on your own risk, you might brick your phone!!!
This method is written for the original MT3G back in 2009, DONT USE IT on the Fender/MT3G 1.2!!!

 

[Bilgediver]

You can also try Visionary, available on the market.
VISIONary - Android app on AppBrain

VISIONary is now confirmed working on the T-Mo G2, Desire HD, Desire Z & MyTouch 2.2.1.

If you do not know what this is, do NOT download!

Further details are available at 03/Nov r10: VISIONary - one click root - Android @ MoDaCo

This application is undergoing continual development, please feedback issues on MoDaCo rather than in comments.

\o/

Recent changes:
* Now permanent rather than temp on non NAND/EMMC locked devices
* Default launch now loads preference screen, where 'run on boot' can be configured
* Other minor fixes

Latest version: r10 (for Android version 2.2 and higher)