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Ready for root
- Thread starter rickerbilly
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superkeest
Member
Yea Fring works fine for me, i think the video was upside down on the other persons phone though. made a few calls trying it out when i got it back on the 9th.
I wouldn't call that working "fine" then, my friend.
Far as I'm aware, there are currently no apps that work for the Droid 3 where two people can video chat with each other where (a) the FFC for both devices show the video (and correctly, not flipped) and (b) the audio is working.
Will rooting solve the problem
Historically, does rooting an Android device resolve the no video calling issue? Again please pardon my ignorance.
MD
Historically, does rooting an Android device resolve the no video calling issue? Again please pardon my ignorance.
MD
No. Rooting gives you administrative access on your device. The video calling problems are specific to apps that don't know how to use the front-facing camera and microphone in the Droid 3 correctly, not a matter of permissions/access. This is good news because it means that it's correctable from the app developer's side.
Thats not entirely correct. Tango seems to work fine for me.
All rooting would allow you to do is remove the stock Skype app and try the Skype app that does allow video (I forgot what phone has it). That *might* work (but probably not). Another alternative with root would be to remove the GTalk app that comes with it, and replace with the GTalk app that comes with 2.3.4 for the Nexus. That *might* allow video.
Thanks! That's why I said "far as I'm aware". :dancedroid: I'll check out Tango.
You meant to quote dentonmd. It was his question.
Darksthour
Member
I can't believe it would be unrootable. Someone will do it! Don't dash all our hopes man!
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Since it came pre-loaded with Gingerbread, root will be very hard to obtain... Which kinda sucks, I am wondering how this will effect their sales... since the dev community is ever growing.
Thinking of getting my GF this phone, how is the phone stock? For someone who has never had an Android phone before.
Sorry to sound like an idiot but could someone explain why GB is harder to root? I thought Google was all about rooting our devices. Just manufacturers and carriers didn't like it. Wouldn't a stock build from Google be just as simple to root. Or is there something simple I am overlooking. I definitely am not good with how all the coding and everything that goes along with phones. Mostly just curious.
I can't believe it would be unrootable. Someone will do it! Don't dash all our hopes man!
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Since it came pre-loaded with Gingerbread, root will be very hard to obtain... Which kinda sucks, I am wondering how this will effect their sales... since the dev community is ever growing.
Thinking of getting my GF this phone, how is the phone stock? For someone who has never had an Android phone before.
Sorry to sound like an idiot but could someone explain why GB is harder to root? I thought Google was all about rooting our devices. Just manufacturers and carriers didn't like it. Wouldn't a stock build from Google be just as simple to root. Or is there something simple I am overlooking. I definitely am not good with how all the coding and everything that goes along with phones. Mostly just curious.
Basically we've been rooting our phones using exploits; rageagainstthecage used a process limit bug to spawn a ton of them and then finally it would spawn one that had root access; which could be used to install SU and set the proper permissions on it; which gave you perm root.
As far as I know; even the Nexus line of phones does not come rooted; those do have an un-encrypted and possibly unlocked bootloader so its easy to rom them, but no android phone comes rooted (that I know of).
Hence why they are having problems with Gingerbread, the known exploits in Froyo and older have been fixed; rageagainstthecage no longer works; so until another flaw is found that can be exploited to gain root... were stuck.
*IF* verizon unlocks the boot loader that might be moot; since we could likely create a .sbf that would push clockwork recovery to the phone and use that to install an already rooted rom.
(Feel free to correct me where I am wrong here.)
rickerbilly
Member
This Droid 3 is nice, but it is cripple by Motorola's ROM. This will be my last Moto device unless they change their ways. Why can't all manufacturers make there devices "dual bootable " have their rom default but an easy way to boot to vanilla android with root. Now is like having a powerful PC with a child's OS installed and locked. Argggg!!
- Pissed off
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- Pissed off
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