Hello guys I was just wondering if this ACS root method, being the first root attempt is official? After reading through the xda threads for this root im seeing a lot of people seem to be having issues... Thanks!
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Great question. I am holding off on mine till I see more work out.
dcraig723 said:
Hello guys I was just wondering if this ACS root method, being the first root attempt is official? After reading through the xda threads for this root im seeing a lot of people seem to be having issues... Thanks!
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The only issue people seem to be having are issues that I have, unrooted. Though it seems to be to varying degrees of annoyance.
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I haven't seen a method yet that is stable enough for me to make the move. Also want to see a clean unroot backout before biting. Glad to see the progress but am holding off.
xenokc said:
I haven't seen a method yet that is stable enough for me to make the move. Also want to see a clean unroot backout before biting. Glad to see the progress but am holding off.
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This is the only thing I'm waiting on.
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My opinion and my opinion only:
I rooted my phone the second zedo posted his first kernel. Overall it was running good. At first I thought the issues people were having with loss of signal and data lock were due to the root but have since seen unrooted phones have the same issue. I however never got the LOS or data lockup.
Yesterday I returned my phone for a new one and have not rooted it. I still havent had LOS or data lockup but what I do notice is SIGNIFICANT battery improvement over being rooted.
Rooted battery at best was draining 6% an hour. More often was average of 1o% hour. Battery after battery calibration lasted 14 hours
Unrooted battery as of this minute is draining 2% an hour. This battery should be on par to last over 2 days but realistically will be over a day Im sure.
So my personally opinion is dont root till a) theres a way out and b) it doesnt require a kernel push. Something just doesnt seem right having to replace a kernel to achieve root. Never had to do that before and dont plan on doing it again.
Also, get a usb jig before rooting to avoid the triangle splash screen and counter.
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root [...] is official
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"Official Root" ... ROFL
Yes, samsung released official root yesterday.
In all seriousness though, root is no longer experimental when it is reversible. At the moment, it is not.
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kingsway8605 said:
Yes, samsung released official root yesterday.
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What are you talking about? Link?
xak944 said:
What are you talking about? Link?
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Lord help me
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Ok I am using Zedomax's V2, which is the overclockable Kernel with root and CWM. After flashing I did the Data reset which involves the ##...# code listed in the forums. My phone is rooted, overclocked, and running flawless. Most of the issues, other than the data loss(fixed with the data reset), are due to people doing things they shouldnt do... Like doing a factory reset in CWM without having a rom to flash afterward. This is what is causing the bootloops. If you follow the directions and dont get too ambitious you will be fine. That being said... if you are concerned then just wait until we get the stock tar so that if you do mess up while flashing anything you can flash right back to stock. Personally I believe most of the issues are user error.
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Thank you for your incredibly helpful post.
Are you talking about the source code that Samsung recently released?
He was speaking sarcastically.. Samsung obviously did not release an "official" root.
xak944 said:
Thank you for your incredibly helpful post.
Are you talking about the source code that Samsung recently released?
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Devi0124 said:
He was speaking sarcastically.. Samsung obviously did not release an "official" root.
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Thats like apple releasing a jailbteak lmao
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I would wait until there is a way to go back to stock. Then u could try. In reality though we should be flashing a custom recovery and not a Complete kernel. Then for root u flash the su.zip. then you can flash a custom rom/kernel or stay stock with root.
The Evo3D Killer!!!
Is root ready? Signs say no
^^^normal font just didnt carry the same effect for ya or something?
musclehead84 said:
In reality though we should be flashing a custom recovery and not a Complete kernel. Then for root u flash the su.zip. then you can flash a custom rom/kernel or stay stock with root.
The Evo3D Killer!!!
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Exactly the way it should be done. I learned my lesson about rushing to get this thing unlocked. Sometimes being first doesnt mean being right
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svetius said:
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do we have root?
I'm fairly certain we do have root, I doubt samsung changed anything up security wise from the international sgs2
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do we have root?
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Soon, soon my friend.
I'd selfishly love to see which developers plan to get this phone.
Can wait till friday
I might be getting the Att version of the sgs2. Could the dev between the two devices be shared? They are nearly identical spec wise, with the exception of the radios. I'm curious to see what gets ported at launch from the SGS2
I doubt it. Cdma and gsm development vary a lot on some things.
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I doubt it. Cdma and gsm development vary a lot on some things.
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Ports from other gsII phones will be pretyy easy... especially the tmobile version.. asl it has the exact same specs basicly..
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Ports from other gsII phones will be pretyy easy... especially the tmobile version.. asl it has the exact same specs basicly..
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Cept the Tmob version is going to have a different SoC.
Source
I don't think we have to worry about root.
As far as I know, we just flash a recovery (ClockworkMod) via ODIN and then start flashing kernels and ROMs.
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I don't think we have to worry about root.
As far as I know, we just flash a recovery (ClockworkMod) via ODIN and then start flashing kernels and ROMs.
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Just because we could flash a port of CWM on the E4GT doesnt mean it'll automatically have root.... We'll still have to find an exploit that will give us root access..... Then ROM development and so on would be able to start.... You can flash a custom ROM without having root but it would be pretty pointless.....
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Cept the Tmob version is going to have a different SoC.
Source
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Oh I didn't even know that.. that kinda blows for them lol
deano0714 said:
Oh I didn't even know that.. that kinda blows for them lol
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Well they got a snapdragon clocked at 1.5 GHz ill be back with source
http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/13/t-mobiles-galaxy-s-ii-processor-revealed-its-a-qualcomm/
We thought cross-development would be easy for the first US Galaxy S, look how that turned out!
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Just because we could flash a port of CWM on the E4GT doesnt mean it'll automatically have root.... We'll still have to find an exploit that will give us root access..... Then ROM development and so on would be able to start.... You can flash a custom ROM without having root but it would be pretty pointless.....
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No, there is no exploit regarding this method of rooting. The only "exploit" that would need to be found was if the bootloader was locked, and, judging by the history of EVERY samsung phone, it won't be. so yes, it really is that simple.
flash CWM.
flash su.zip through CWM
sit down and eat your sammiches
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No, there is no exploit regarding this method of rooting. The only "exploit" that would need to be found was if the bootloader was locked, and, judging by the history of EVERY samsung phone, it won't be. so yes, it really is that simple.
flash CWM.
flash su.zip through CWM
sit down and eat your sammiches
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So will I still be able to use my ACS Recovery on this phone? It just works so much better that the purp CWM 3.1.0.1 I was using.
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OMG! you guys are killing me… Im soooooo jealous of you sprint users. Im with AT&T and have to wait
Hopefully Team Win pickes up one of these phones and ports their recovery for it.
Anyone with the phone I hand willing to test the international root method ?
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Hey everyone. I'm upgrading from my HTC Hero that I've had forever. I just ordered my Epic Touch 4G this morning since they are sold out everywhere. It should be here in a couple of days with UPS. How stable are the rooted kernels so far? Are the problems people are having worth rooting the phone or would it be better off stock until a known stable kernel/rom are working?
ehusidic said:
Hey everyone. I'm upgrading from my HTC Hero that I've had forever. I just ordered my Epic Touch 4G this morning since they are sold out everywhere. It should be here in a couple of days with UPS. How stable are the rooted kernels so far? Are the problems people are having worth rooting the phone or would it be better off stock until a known stable kernel/rom are working?
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I am personally waiting until things are more stable and stock eg30 tar is released so there is a way to flash back to stock. Unless you absolutely need to back up your data or need wireless tether, I suggest waiting.
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I'm waiting until a stock kernel is posted. Can't go without wifi or data. Also might wait till its a et4g compiled kernel and not from the galaxy SII international version.
The Evo3D Killer!!!
Sure it is. Just nice having root apps again.
No risk....no instability.
I am waiting until there is a way to recover if things gets screwed up. This phone is so fast unless you need wifi tether I would not root yet. I have had the hero and first epic which I loved both, but this phone is just amazing out of the box.
If you need to restore or back up data from a backup such as Titanium or MyBackup Pro then yes I would root.
Only if you care about 4500 quads and 120 megaflops
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jlear3 said:
Only if you care about 4500 quads and 120 megaflops
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and 1.21 giggawatts
tool2269 said:
and 1.21 giggawatts
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ROFL. Nice quote.
now all we need is those new NIKE AIR MAGS and your good to GO!!!!!!!
aznmode said:
If you need to restore or back up data from a backup such as Titanium or MyBackup Pro then yes I would root.
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This is why I rushed off into root. I haven't restored any data yet.
However, I regret my decision to rush in so quickly. I should have waited week or two before rushing in on the root.
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I am personally waiting until things are more stable and stock eg30 tar is released so there is a way to flash back to stock.
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I am waiting until there is a way to recover if things gets screwed up.
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Same reason I'm waiting.
I've returned one E4GT already after killing voice/data with root.
I'm waiting until there's a recoverable stock kernel before doing that again.
I went for it because of tethering needs, but its an iffy call at this point with no stock file.
Either way though, its just kickass the amount of devpower we have on this beast. I'm not accustomed to a device with such a list of all-star devs working on it. They'll have things rockin balls in no time flat.
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I've returned one E4GT already after killing voice/data with root.
I'm waiting until there's a recoverable stock kernel before doing that again.
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How did you return it?
So I am coming from a rooted and heavily flashed Sensation, we had several ROM's, and I tried them all. I know this phone is very new and the Devs haven't even begun with this device, but so far I don't see really any reason to root? Are there at least any cool tweaks I am missing? Again, I know it's all coming, but am I missing something super cool we can do on a rooted SGS2 yet? I want to join the fun, but I don't see much to get excited about (yet).
The roms the are out are well worth rooting for
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Couldn't agree more. Just the ability to back up your device should be reason enough alone to root. A better question is why would you not!
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even ignoring the fact of ROMs
you will need root, to gain full access to Titanium Backup, which is the #1 must have tool for migrating from one phone to another phone
right now i would say the roms, the beastrom i got is amazing, better battery life and data speeds!
The main reason I rooted was to get rid of all the bloat.
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AllGamer said:
even ignoring the fact of ROMs
you will need root, to gain full access to Titanium Backup, which is the #1 must have tool for migrating from one phone to another phone
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+1
And again, why wouldn't you root? All it does is give you complete access to your phone. Whether you use that access or not is up to you, but there's no good reason not to have it. You can always unroot if you need to return your phone and use your warranty.
Rooting and installing the EaglesBlood ROM has more than doubled my battery life.
If that's not enough reason to root, I don't know what is.
What about the portable hot spot without fee thats a big one!
Replacing the standard Gmail apk (the one found on the market) and putting this modified apk (found here):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16263121
In its place, which releases the power of Gmail unread count Widgets and launchers.
You need root to manually replace the Gmail.apk within /system/app/ folder with the modified version.
Oh yeah... also the ability to nandroid backup.
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Honestly, I'd really love to root and what not, but I really effed up my Continuum on Verizon using ODIN so I'm real scared to use it again. I wish you could just use Gingerbreak or something easy like that.
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I rooted to remove bloat and to install TB, adblocker, terminal and cwm. I'm still on stock and don't see a need to flash roms now cuz everything working great. I'm holding out for ICS which you will need root for if you want it early.
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That seems like a good idea. I honestly can't complain with stock right now and would like to wait until something besides an ODIN root comes out.
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sportsinger75 said:
Honestly, I'd really love to root and what not, but I really effed up my Continuum on Verizon using ODIN so I'm real scared to use it again. I wish you could just use Gingerbreak or something easy like that.
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sportsinger75 said:
That seems like a good idea. I honestly can't complain with stock right now and would like to wait until something besides an ODIN root comes out.
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Seemed pretty easy and straightforward to me. Much easier than rooting my G2. Had a little hiccup trying to put it in d/l mode since this was my first time using odin, but figured it out fast enough. Just turn off your phone, plug in your usb, and then turn it on while holding vol up and vol down at the same time. Should go into d/l mode instead of recovery.
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so i am coming from a rooted and heavily flashed sensation, we had several rom's, and i tried them all. I know this phone is very new and the devs haven't even begun with this device, but so far i don't see really any reason to root? Are there at least any cool tweaks i am missing? Again, i know it's all coming, but am i missing something super cool we can do on a rooted sgs2 yet? I want to join the fun, but i don't see much to get excited about (yet).
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after rooting it you can delete the thethering manager app.apk from the sytem/app so you can use your built in wifi thether for free yo.
I would do it for the ability to fully use titanium backup and to have full access to your phone.
I did it for those reasons alone. Im not a rom jumper and I stick to stock and unless a rom way different than stock comes, I'll stick to stock.
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so you can use your built in wifi thether for free yo.
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Of all the T-Mobile phones I've used this seems to have the most bloatware....rooting definitely helps getting rid of all of it. Dev support also seems to be growing. I have the latest EaglesBlood Rom and could not be happier. now getting better battery life and overall greater speed and smoothness.
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I have a Tmobile Samsung Galaxy S2 and a mac so as of now I can't really root the phone because its windows only for the root. I'm waiting for a mac abled one click root.
Other then that, this is my first Android (came from the iPhone 4) and wanted to know how do you guys decide which rom to use? Also, how hard is it to flash to different roms? I can do it after I root correct and if I do change rom's I would not have to reroot would I?
Thanks
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I have a Tmobile Samsung Galaxy S2 and a mac so as of now I can't really root the phone because its windows only for the root. I'm waiting for a mac abled one click root.
Other then that, this is my first Android (came from the iPhone 4) and wanted to know how do you guys decide which rom to use? Also, how hard is it to flash to different roms? I can do it after I root correct and if I do change rom's I would not have to reroot would I?
Thanks
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once rooted it's fairly simple with CWR manager
the alternative to Odin is to use Heimdall, which is cross platform compatible
AllGamer said:
once rooted it's fairly simple with CWR manager
the alternative to Odin is to use Heimdall, which is cross platform compatible
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would there be a tutorial for rooting with a mac using heimdall? this would be my first time rooting an android and I don't want to brick anything.
still on stock but it is just like butter idk how all i did was root. when i was not rooted it was little sluggish. i am planning on staying on stock rom will i still get the updates? and if i install them do i loose the root?
flameinthefire said:
still on stock but it is just like butter idk how all i did was root. when i was not rooted it was little sluggish. i am planning on staying on stock rom will i still get the updates? and if i install them do i loose the root?
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As long as your on stock ROM, then yes you can still receive otas from Google...or Sprint.
No you will not loose root buy you may have to reflash super user ( which is essentially loosing but very easy to attain again)
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flameinthefire said:
still on stock but it is just like butter idk how all i did was root. when i was not rooted it was little sluggish. i am planning on staying on stock rom will i still get the updates? and if i install them do i loose the root?
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Odds are it's the full system wipe, which is like a super Factory Data Reset, that is the source of your better feeling GNex. Factory Data Resets cure a lot of ills.
So if anyone ever wants to know what is means by "placebo effect" there you go....
Rooting on it's own will not do anything to speed up the phone. It only allows superuser access privilege to you or apps you allow. This you should probably question and better have a good reason for.
Wiping the phone as a consequence of unlocking the bootloader may do that temporarily.
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matt2053 said:
So if anyone ever wants to know what is means by "placebo effect" there you go....
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Haha
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matt2053 said:
So if anyone ever wants to know what is means by "placebo effect" there you go....
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tada!
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flameinthefire said:
still on stock but it is just like butter idk how all i did was root. when i was not rooted it was little sluggish. i am planning on staying on stock rom will i still get the updates? and if i install them do i loose the root?
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You probably won't be able to apply the OTAs properly. You'll have to flash them manually with fastboot.
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So if anyone ever wants to know what is means by "placebo effect" there you go....
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Pretty. Darn. Much.
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You probably won't be able to apply the OTAs properly. You'll have to flash them manually with fastboot.
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Rooted stock here - OTA's apply fine, but you do have to re-root after getting them. I went from 4.0.1 to 4.0.2 a few hours ago.
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Rooted stock here - OTA's apply fine, but you do have to re-root after getting them. I went from 4.0.1 to 4.0.2 a few hours ago.
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I knew I was right.
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Rooted mine today as well. I like the results.
Bill3753 said:
Rooted mine today as well. I like the results.
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yea me too the main reason i wanted to root was because i wanted to wipe the battery status
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Rooted mine today as well. I like the results.
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What result?
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So I just got my GS3 and I am loving it. But here are my issues, when scrolling on webpages it will just stop and say "com. android.process.gapps" have stopped working. When that happens it will freeze the webpage for around 5-10 seconds. It has become very annoying. Also I think there is something draining my battery. Because it lasts only a few hours thats with the screen brightness very low. Where I work its hard to maintain a 2G signal and I know that can drain the battery but with my prior phone(HTC glacier) it didn't run down the battery that much. I have a strong feeling that if I root the phone and install faux kernal and a nice rom I wouldn't have any problems. But I do not want to lose my warranty if something goes wrong.
Just wanted to bump this question
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I have a strong feeling that if I root the phone and install faux kernal and a nice rom I wouldn't have any problems. But I do not want to lose my warranty if something goes wrong.
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This. You'll be able to flash gapps(if the ROM doesn't already come with it) and should fix that error and the kernel should help with battery life. And you can reset your trip counter and flash a stock ROM if you ever need to send it in.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27682685
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sleevasteve said:
This. You'll be able to flash gapps(if the ROM doesn't already come with it) and should fix that error and the kernel should help with battery life. And you can reset your trip counter and flash a stock ROM if you ever need to send it in.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27682685
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I was thinking about unrooting if I ever have to return the phone for any warranty issues. I have a strong feeling that t-mobile tech support will not have any help on the phone. But I will call them. This is my 3rd Android phone and I have rooted the last two. Its like an addiction its hard to stop :laugh:
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I was thinking about unrooting if I ever have to return the phone for any warranty issues.
Its like an addiction its hard to stop :laugh:
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Yes, unroot as well as resetting flash counter and going back to stock ROM and you shouldn't have ANY issues sending it back anytime for warranty(if you ever needed to).
Addiction is right...I had my S3 rooted with a custom ROM within 10 minutes of unpacking it Couldn't be happier!
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