Isn't this why Cyanogen and others have created custom ROM's? Thanks, Justin Anderson MagouyaWare Developer http://sites.google.com/site/magouyaware
On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 6:09 AM, Mike Dent <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 5:39 PM, Sean McGuffee <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> > >> Hi, > >> I just got an Android phone for the first time today. I noticed right > >> away that there is no option in the settings to enable root access. > >> Come on developers! It's one thing to make an option to turn off root > >> access, but it's another to remove the option to turn it back on. I > >> propose that it become a FUNDAMENTAL TENET of the the Android > >> operating system that if MUST ALWAYS ALLOW ANY USER TO ENABLE ROOT > >> ACCESS IN SETTINGS. How can it be that it has come to this? Why are > >> people and companies so afraid of letting people use their operating > >> systems. If you are one of the people associated with the concept of > >> creating an operating system configured without root access, you > >> should be ashamed of yourself. People like me shouldn't have to go and > >> re-configure or re-write an operating system to get ONE option to be > >> root. Seriously, this shouldn't be an issue and I am dead serious > >> about the entire community uniting on this tenet of always allowing > >> root access. No adult should ever be able to purchase a android phone > >> and not automatically be given a way to get access to root and set the > >> password to root. Now, I can imagine a parent wanting to use that > >> setting to disable that option, but that should be at the discretion > >> of the owner of the phone. Absolutely no company or software developer > >> should ever get the opportunity to restrict root access. As a > >> mechanism of enforcing this tenet, I propose that all future > >> distributed releases should be required to meet the requirement that > >> root access be available in settings. If a release is found to > >> restrict this or even offer a setting as is currently the case that > >> allows for the build of a phone without root access should be flagged > >> and removed from the android archives. EVERYONE WHO AGREES PLEASE > >> REPLY EXPRESSING YOUR OVERWHELMING SUPPORT!!! --No matter if you are > >> in the developer community or in the phone owner community or even > >> simply anyone who understands that this could be considered a human > >> rights issue. > >> Sincerely, > >> Sean McGuffee > >> > > I think this video explains the reason why root should be available to > everyman and his puppy dog. > http://youtu.be/VJACFMc-Rb4 > > -- > 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. > > -- 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.
