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Disadvantages To Rooting the phone.
- Thread starter akosnitzky
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akosnitzky
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I have the phone 72 hrs and didn't know what root meant until yesterday. This is a work in process.
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It took me 2 days to build up enough courage to root my phone, another 3 to install a rom. Been constantly changing something ever since, been an android user for about 2weeks now
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Bob Dammit
Super Moderator
A custom recovery will block OTA updates. This is a good thing, becase most updates will break root, and patch the exploit used to obtain root. As UltraDroid said, by the time an update is released, the developers have worked it into their ROM's, and usually have had them in a couple updates.
Once you root it will become an obsession though.
brando56894
Active Member
Cons: you void your warranty while its rooted(warranty can be restored by unrooting), very slim chance of bricking your phone.
Pros: too many to list
Pros: too many to list
Yeah, what starts out as a hobby, or an interesting diversion quickly turns into a full blown OBSESSION. Welcome to the club!
-Mike
Even though I'm not rooted yet, I grabbed the Froyo update (full version) from this site and installed it manually. As others have said, there's no drawback there.
To me it's like buying a new car. Some like it stock and others want to customize it. Even then some are content just to add seat covers and others want to install a glass pack exhaust.
Yanks33Jets
New Member
OK so I've had my Droid 1 since last November and have been thinking of rooting for over a year but I really don't know what the advantages are, even after reading about it for hours and hours on here...so what exactly are the advantages besides changing the appearance and being able to get rid of unwanted apps that come with the phone? My phone has been very slow and laggy lately, will rooting make it run more smoothly?
Yanks33Jets
New Member
That would be the main reason for me to root. This is changing the clock speed of the CPU.
For example, normally the fastest it can go is 600mhz (with 800mhz for Flash). At least that's what the System app tells me. If you overclock, you could set it to run at 1,000mhz, or even 1,200mhz. The phone will run faster, but at the expense of battery life and the risk of burning the CPU out faster. Of course, the CPU will take more than 600mhz, but that keeps it longer. Also, it would be unlikely that the phone would burn out in the time you own it.
Also there are times when you don't want the CPU to run that fast so you underclock it. For rooted phones there is an app called SetCPU that would allow you to do this.
Yanks33Jets
New Member
Thank you both...
Now which is the best way for me to go about rooting, using Z4root or the long way?
Now which is the best way for me to go about rooting, using Z4root or the long way?
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