"There is absolutely NO downside to "rooting" the phone."
Except if you *ever* have to get T-Mobile involved in a problem. The moment they discover your 'phone has been rooted you'll get the old "Sorry, that's unsupported and we can't help you" line. Al. --- * Written an Android App? - List it at http://andappstore.com/ * ====== Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the company number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House, 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's subsidiaries. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of lbcoder Sent: 27 May 2009 16:13 To: Android Discuss Subject: [android-discuss] Re: Still looking for a USB/modem tethering solution There is absolutely NO downside to "rooting" the phone. The downgrade is only temporary... works like this; 1) downgrade to RC29 since it has a bug that can be exploited to gain root access, 2) upgrade bootloader to engineering bootloader 3) install fully up-to-date system image with root, i.e. ADP1 image or custom image (i.e. JF) Advantages: 1) apps-to-sd 2) tethering -- i.e. PROPER tethering 3) ability to adjust system parameters manually 4) ability to add additional libraries i.e. those required for HTC pdf viewer (which is quite nice BTW). 5) lots more Disadvantages: NONE WHATSOEVER how can this not be attractive? On May 27, 9:48 am, Bobby Elliott <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, but rooting the phone (which seems to involve installing an > older OS) is not attractive to me. > > I recently updated PDANet (to version 1.14 beta) and it is *much* more > stable than 1.13, which, frankly, was unusable for me. 1.14, so far, > seems to work. I'm using it as I write this and has kept a connection > for 30 minutes (previously I couldn't get 10 minutes without > reconnecting). > > So, if you're looking for a free tethering solution without changing > the phone's OS, PDANet seems the way to go. And I much prefer a USB > connection since this method also charges the phone (and, let's face > it, the G1 needs every recharge it can get). > > But, really, why didn't Google build this into the OS? It's in the > Windows Mobile box. I know people holding back on Android until this > is resolved. > > On May 21, 12:04 pm, "Eric Wong (hdmp4.com)" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Head over tohttp://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=446 > > > All the explanations and procedures are there. > > > Or find the links herehttp://www.portable.geek.nz/G1+import+guide > > > Cheers > > Eric > > > On May 20, 10:13 pm, Bobby Elliott <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > (I don't see why NOT to root it......it is "reversible" if you really > > > > need to go back......and can do "full" nanodroid backup :) > > > > How do you root a G1? And... err... what does that mean? :-) And what > > > is "nanodroid"? > > > > Given the lack of alternative solutions, I may be forced to do this. > > > > Cheers. > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
