Erik, I also have (and love) the EVO.
I've always hacked and tinkered with every phone I have. I initially rooted the EVO a lot and played with many roms when I first purchased it. However, throughout time I have stopped doing so, and kept with the stock rom. Mainly because it got to be time consuming and I always found quirks. That, and when Sprint would release an update, I couldn't apply it because I was custom and 'special'. Sprint technicians are also getting pretty good at weeding out rooted phones and denying any support for those. I'm happy with my decision to stick with stock roms. I can still install some custom apps (Keyboards mainly). Check out the gingerbread one if you haven't yet. IMO the best so far. The only thing I currently see advantageous of a root is the ability to take a full image backup of your phone. But then again, I back up *most* of my phone nightly, so if I do lose the phone, I'm covered. Just have to spend time re-tweaking the new one. Hope this info helps. -Sam From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 2:40 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT : Rooting Android phones Lately I've been seeing a number of articles and videos on rooting Android phones, including the HTC EVO that I use. Besides the obvious 'gaining root access', has anyone done this that can list some of the benefits from rooting your phone ? (I'm thinking maybe I could finally uninstall that Nascar app that was bundled by Sprint ) Thanks in advance Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
