I ended up rooting my phone for a number of reasons, some of which are still relevant today:
1. WPA2 Enterprise Support: Wireless access at my work--a very, very large environment which you don't leave even for lunch--requires WPA2 Enterprise. But if you don't have root on the G1, you're done. 2. Run Apps and Games from SD card: I found that I was deleting apps and games that I had paid for just to save space on the internal memory of my phone. The fact that I had paid for things that I was being forced to delete really pushed me over the edge, and I am 100% certain I was not alone. Now I have virtually unlimited room for apps and games. But if you don't have root, you get to give your apps the boot. 3. Wireless tethering: Yeah, maybe it's against the rules. But remember that even T-Mobile's CEO was very vague on this topic. The fact of the matter is that wireless tethering has saved me and my coworkers on business trips a number of times now. To us, my G1 is a hero, but without root it would have been a zero. 4. Latest OS updates immediately available, including tweaks: I like the new camcorder and soft keyboard, as well as auto-rotating apps and the multitouch browser. These things make my phone a much nicer device to me. But you need root on your cell for these features to gel. There are other things, but these popped into my head in the five minutes I had to write them. Like the vast majority of over 1,000,000 G1 users, I do not have the time or the skills to develop patches or solutions to these problems or the money to pay someone to do this for me. Root access allowed me to solve all of these problems very quickly, and at no cost. This is a very hard business proposition to beat. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
