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at&t employee phone..risk to root?

Hey guys. Just got my new company phone after my skyrocket shattered. Can't stand the LG ui ... I want to root. My phone us owned by at&t..as an employee am I at risk to root you think? I'm familiar with root just not sure if it's risky since this phone isn't mine technically

If you know what you're doing and can back up everything for restoral later (CWM can help with this, of course), I don't see why you'd get in trouble for playing with your company phone. Just don't create more work than necessary for support techs and you should be fine lol. Also, you probably don't want to flaunt crazy customizations to your coworkers

Or you could always use Go Launcher Ex and other Go products
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Ya I'm using adw right now with go locker. Still doesn't help me with the LG ui in every core app as well as the nasty notification icons. Any suggestions on how I can get those looking a little better?
As for rooting..I asked a coworker. He said I'd get fired Haha. Not sure how they would ever find out..

AT&T are parasitic leeches, they will find out. Trust me. They monitor the phones. I'd buy a Nitro off contract with a clean ESN and load it onto your account, that way you can say that it's your phone.
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BUT, I would not risk getting fired. Try using a personal AT&T account.

Ya I'm gonna get a personal account when my sprint contract runs out. Anything I can do for notification icons? Or how hideous LG makes everything

mic.mayorga said:
Ya I'm gonna get a personal account when my sprint contract runs out. Anything I can do for notification icons? Or how hideous LG makes everything
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No not yet as there is NO roms or ASOP stuff out for it yet. So rooting or not rooting ur still gonna have it

FWIW, I've worked for At&t for a year and a half, and I've rooted every phone I've had. They can't tell when your phone is rooted; I even have a couple coworkers that have flashed MIUI on their GSIIs.

deedscreen said:
AT&T are parasitic leeches, they will find out. Trust me. They monitor the phones. I'd buy a Nitro off contract with a clean ESN and load it onto your account, that way you can say that it's your phone.
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BUT, I would not risk getting fired. Try using a personal AT&T account.
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Where do you come off with saying that AT&T will find out if your phone is rooted? Firstly, u don't seem to be on AT&T but instead on Sprint. Second, there won't be hundreds of forums dedicated to AT&T android phones if AT&T knows immediately if you root the phone. Third, millions of users Root their phones, and even unlock the bootloader. I just sent my unlocked Atrix back to AT&T due a damaged 3.5mm port, and they didn't even say anything. So please do not provide false information to those who wish to know.

Oh now I'm tempted.. thanks for letting me know. What are the advantages without custom roms? And did you Work retail or does that even matter. And is there a recovery image just in case?

mic.mayorga said:
Oh now I'm tempted.. thanks for letting me know. What are the advantages without custom roms? And did you Work retail or does that even matter. And is there a recovery image just in case?
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There is a recoverory image I think. BUT theres nothing for us to REALLY do to our phones yet. no roms or anything

it seems to me that since you came here inquiring about the risk to your job, that there is indeed some % of chance that you could lose your job over rooting your phone, is that fair to say?
if that's fair to say, I think this is not the best place to seek job security advice + the answer seems obvious.

Ya its not worth my job. I'll just wait for my personal phone in a few months. Thanks for the help guys. That Guy who said he roots all his COUs got me thinking though

(Q) New Galaxy Nexus...?

Hey guys so I caved and got the Galaxy Nexus the play store version as I saw the receipt I had payed 300 bucks for it as it is the 16 gig, and in like brand new like condition... Even the box was still newish like what ever that I is supposed to mean...
Now I have had the HTC n1 and the Nexus s and a slew of other phones...
I was gonna order the N4 but this bloody thing came with an otter box and a zagg screen guard... All for 300 bones...
Now this is what I need k I was fine with other phones but for some reason this suckered has me like confused...
I need too get this beast rooted and flashed up on some recovery software and what the best rom would be for this hand set and the best kernel as such I see a lot on Here for this phone and is going too need like crazy battery life and decent performance when needed...
If yeah can be kind as to direct me to all the best roms like the top 5 kinda thing and kernels and what ever else to make this phone the best that it can be... Also keeping in mind that I am in Canada in the southwest region of Ontario on the Wind mobility network so please be kind lol
Oh in other news I ran in to a guy on kijiji he had a slew of games and BlOps2... So I didn't believe and I met the guy and he showed me it and it was real as real can be... And had NukeTown 2025... Sweet eh... Just thought I would put that out there...
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go in the dev section...the toolkit thread read it and then use it, it looks a little confusing at first but its pretty simple afterwards
cna is the best rom imo and try pa if you want hybrid

k786 said:
go in the dev section...the toolkit thread read it and then use it, it looks a little confusing at first but its pretty simple afterwards
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Please don't.
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k786 said:
cna is the best rom
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+1
But I must say that AOKP is really good as well. I am running AOKP now and I'm loving it.
Regards,
UselessSniper001

bk201doesntexist said:
Please don't.
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UselessSniper001 said:
+1
But I must say that AOKP is really good as well. I am running AOKP now and I'm loving it.
Regards,
UselessSniper001
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been some time since i tried aokp..might give it a try if i can leave pa lol

Yeah know I really enjoy this phone and such I just totally want it too go far for me.... I have a habit of buying lemons and so for I enjoy and nothing whacky has gone on yet... Still getting used to the Otterbox commuter case is a bit bulky...I also don't know if it is just me but the screens seems like dimish... I dunno what do you guy think good buy for 300 bucks...
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k786 said:
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confused?
then I will clear it up for you: don't point new users to a toolkit - will you help them when they f up because they don't know what they did (and neither do you)? do you want people to stay dumb or to learn how to do stuff and understand the process??

bk201doesntexist said:
confused?
then I will clear it up for you: don't point new users to a toolkit - will you help them when they f up because they don't know what they did (and neither do you)? do you want people to stay dumb or to learn how to do stuff and understand the process??
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if they f up when i specifically said "read and then use it" then they shouldnt be messing with their phone in the first place.. rather than posting this useless post you could have tried to "point the new user" in the right direction.. and the toolkit is easy to use and explains what every option does, i could have told him to use adb but that would have confused him even more
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Buckii said:
Yeah know I really enjoy this phone and such I just totally want it too go far for me.... I have a habit of buying lemons and so for I enjoy and nothing whacky has gone on yet... Still getting used to the Otterbox commuter case is a bit bulky...I also don't know if it is just me but the screens seems like dimish... I dunno what do you guy think good buy for 300 bucks...
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it would be smarter to wait till november 13 and buy the n4 imo.. its newer, has better specs, and costs the same as the gnex

k786 said:
if they f up when i specifically said "read and then use it" then they shouldnt be messing with their phone in the first place.. rather than posting this useless post you could have tried to "point the new user" in the right direction.. and the toolkit is easy to use and explains what every option does, i could have told him to use adb but that would have confused him even more
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it would be smarter to wait till november 13 and buy the n4 imo.. its newer, has better specs, and costs the same as the gnex
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I am going to have to go with you on this one. If you read up well before you do anything it shouldn't be a problem. I have the motto of read 3 times then do just so you have a good grasp on what is going on. I was new to the ToolKit when I used it but after reading up and watching a couple vids on it, it was pretty easy and I had zero problems with the kit. I do however feel the need to tell people that if they are not comfortable or feel uneasy then you shouldn't do it nor should you try cause it can cause problems.

If you read up...
Read up on the guide stickied here.
Or in my signature.
There is no reason [zero] to use a toolkit on a nexus.

I like rasbean jelly
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Upgrade to a galaxy nexus?

I'm coming from an incredible 2 and was wondering if i should buy a Galaxy Nexus out right for 239$ or upgrade to a Droid DNA.
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andrewk7750 said:
I'm coming from an incredible 2 and was wondering if i should buy a Galaxy Nexus out right for 239$ or upgrade to a Droid DNA.
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Droid DNA all the way. I want one so bad. The question is really wether you want sense or AOSP.
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Just my opinion....go Nexus. No more waiting for mythical updates :/
I would expect the DNA to be just like the Inc2.....the best device upon release, but a year later its a forgotten device. Nexi are guaranteed 2 OS version updates.
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The thing i want the most is alot of dev support like the inc2 had but i heard that the DNA might be like the Rezound on the support end.
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andrewk7750 said:
The thing i want the most is alot of dev support like the inc2 had but i heard that the DNA might be like the Rezound on the support end.
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Understood, although, the Rez didn't have nitsuj17. The DNA will.
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I really want a DNA
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I'd wait and see if some devs hop on the DNA...

Well, I guess i'm gonna go with the Droid DNA, I'm sure it will have great dev support seeing that TeamandIRC has an unlock on it already
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Good pick

andrewk7750 said:
I'm coming from an incredible 2 and was wondering if i should buy a Galaxy Nexus out right for 239$ or upgrade to a Droid DNA.
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The DNA has non removable battery and memory.
I need way more than the 16 gigabyte it comes with.
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wmsforties said:
The DNA has non removable battery and memory.
I need way more than the 16 gigabyte it comes with.
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Well they both don't have microSD slots so you would have to spend more for the 32gb nexus
I'm so fresh you can suck my nits...

I ended up buying a Nexus. I never have really cared about the latest or greatest spec'd phone, but updates and roms are what make a phone in my opinion. I previously had an OG droid which was awesome for that. I was kind of let down with the inc2 since I got it late in the game and most developers had jumped ship already. The Nexus has a great community behind it with fast updates. Feels like home again.

baggar11 said:
I ended up buying a Nexus. I never have really cared about the latest or greatest spec'd phone, but updates and roms are what make a phone in my opinion. I previously had an OG droid which was awesome for that. I was kind of let down with the inc2 since I got it late in the game and most developers had jumped ship already. The Nexus has a great community behind it with fast updates. Feels like home again.
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Join the club!

I recently had a Dinc2 and bought a GNex outright for 200 new. Best decision ever.
I wont buy HTC ever again, just because they dont update phones as fast. I dont know how much longer the GNex will be supported, but at least it officially runs 4.1.1 and there is no need to hack bootloaders and such.
I also prefer AOSP and love that there is minimal bloatware on the phone.
The DNA is new which is nice, but no sd card (probably all phones will go to this setup) and no removable battery. On a 4G phone? No thanks.
Oh, and I kept my unlimited data...which I dont even use that often (maybe 1 GB) but I dont like Verizon telling me to spend more and get less.

tincbtrar said:
I recently had a Dinc2 and bought a GNex outright for 200 new. Best decision ever.
I wont buy HTC ever again, just because they dont update phones as fast. I dont know how much longer the GNex will be supported, but at least it officially runs 4.1.1 and there is no need to hack bootloaders and such.
I also prefer AOSP and love that there is minimal bloatware on the phone.
The DNA is new which is nice, but no sd card (probably all phones will go to this setup) and no removable battery. On a 4G phone? No thanks.
Oh, and I kept my unlimited data...which I dont even use that often (maybe 1 GB) but I dont like Verizon telling me to spend more and get less.
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This screams me. I just wish there was a newer phone like the Galaxy Nexus.
I could go on and on about how I feel about Android phone hardware...but that is for another place, another time.
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(I'm not attempting in any way to hijack this thread)
A lot of people have posted their upgrade decisions with reasons in this thread.
I've started a thread over in General that is similar to this.
It can be found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2017081
I would appreciate if you could post your upgrade decisions there.
I want to 'index', if you will, upgrades from the Incredible 2.
This may help people with their decisions.
Also, congrats to OP on his/her new phone!
Thanks,
[::AP::]

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This screams me. I just wish there was a newer phone like the Galaxy Nexus.
I could go on and on about how I feel about Android phone hardware...but that is for another place, another time.
Lol...it screams you?
Yeah, I dont even care if the device is a year old now. When I got my Inc2 after its year old date it was still...slow. Just not a sense fan, but the phone was free...so I win. lol.
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ROM updates and Respones

Okay,
I think being blunt is the only way. I think this might stop stupid questions about ROM OTA's
Okay everyone,
Everyone needs to realize that all dev's do it for free because they enjoy it. When people start to demand things, I think dev's get pissed and decide to stop. Honestly, I don't blame them. Stop your b**ching & asking for OTA's. ROM's will be updated when they are updated. I'm ranting, but I'm so sick of this coming up. Don't unlock your phone and flash custom ROM's. Everyone needs to calm down & realize that nobody gets paid for this s**t. I'm not trying to be rude, but really grow up.

I wish I didn't run out of thanks for the day

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I think there should be a section that only senior members/Devs have access to.
Then when there's a final release-- public section.
TA4S

Truckin'Ain't4Sissies said:
I think there should be a section that only senior members/Devs have access to.
Then when there's a final release-- public section.
TA4S
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That's a good idea but it would just result in all the new/junior members spamming the general, Q&A, and themes sections just so they can get access. Another type of restriction of some sort would have to be added to prevent that.
P.S. The 4.2 keyboard is AWESOME

nitsua98 said:
P.S. The 4.2 keyboard is AWESOME
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I agree. Are you talking about the new gesture typing? Makes it so fun to type. I kinda just wanna type random messages to my friends now.
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brokenchains said:
I agree. Are you talking about the new gesture typing? Makes it so fun to type. I kinda just wanna type random messages to my friends now.
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Yeah the 4.2 gesture typing

nitsua98 said:
Yeah the 4.2 gesture typing
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Well, I'm loving the SwiftKey flow beta...It works better than I expected, but I miss swipe left to delete.

gtdtm said:
Well, I'm loving the SwiftKey flow beta...It works better than I expected, but I miss swipe left to delete.
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Installed it and my sd card becone unreadable by everything i trued to format with or restore.stuck with no memory card atm u.u

GoonAssJuan said:
Installed it and my sd card becone unreadable by everything i trued to format with or restore.stuck with no memory card atm u.u
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That's a strange result to installing an app...your pc can't read the card?

gtdtm said:
That's a strange result to installing an app...your pc can't read the card?
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Nah any electronic doesnt read it seems dead to me now, kinda like the sd doesnt know its a disk drive but probably since i had it for about 4-5 years already, dont know.

GoonAssJuan said:
Nah any electronic doesnt read it seems dead to me now, kinda like the sd doesnt know its a disk drive but probably since i had it for about 4-5 years already, dont know.
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Well, when restoring my chromebook made my usb drive unreadable, I used the following little tool:
http://download.cnet.com/HP-USB-Disk-Storage-Format-Tool/3000-2094_4-10974082.html?tag=mncol;3
It actually saw the drive and let me reformat it. It's a last ditch effort, but probably worth a shot. Hope you don't lose anything valuable.

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Well, when restoring my chromebook made my usb drive unreadable, I used the following little tool:
http://download.cnet.com/HP-USB-Disk-Storage-Format-Tool/3000-2094_4-10974082.html?tag=mncol;3
It actually saw the drive and let me reformat it. It's a last ditch effort, but probably worth a shot. Hope you don't lose anything valuable.
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appreciate your feedback, but I already tried this and other things. Sdcard reads as 0bytes i cant write new volumes partitions and formats fail so yea im believing its dead. ordered a 32gb class 10 though for 20 bucks at amazon

GoonAssJuan said:
appreciate your feedback, but I already tried this and other things. Sdcard reads as 0bytes i cant write new volumes partitions and formats fail so yea im believing its dead. ordered a 32gb class 10 though for 20 bucks at amazon
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Dang. Good luck with the new one. I just upgraded to a 32gb card too. It makes me less stressed about how many nandroids I keep on it.

Roms - slow development?

With a semi stable version of twrp and project treble functionality making rom development supposedly simple, curious why is it that we have not a single rom even in it's infancy?
Lack of developers?
Waiting for stable twrp?

Because the minimum price for an XL is 849$. Not to mention all the problems that come along with it.
Development might be very slow. Till the price drops or they have a hardware revision and fix the screen. Not to mention Oreo is still very new.
I didn't buy this phone for development, mines still stock and enjoying it.

I was thinking the same thing, regarding slow ROM development. Kernel development took off immediately and there are a few solid kernel options available. But I'm surprised to see no ROMs available yet.
However, I do think there is some major truth behind the points antiochasylum made. On top of that, root is still in the infancy stage and TWRP is just very recently stable enough to be fully installed. My guess is that ROMs will start being made available in the next couple of weeks.

There is no reason to make a rom for this device. It works well as it is. Most know that by now. No reason to unlock, root, flash, you name it. The reason being there is no benefit. Well we have some font stuff, being able to brick it, and "I want control on my device" things but that is ancient history. Custom roms are basically done.
Stop asking for development if you are not willing to do it yourself.
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bobby janow said:
There is no reason to make a rom for this device. It works well as it is. Most know that by now. No reason to unlock, root, flash, you name it. The reason being there is no benefit. Well we have some font stuff, being able to brick it, and "I want control on my device" things but that is ancient history. Custom roms are basically done.
Stop asking for development if you are not willing to do it yourself.
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Sorry to say you do not speak for a large percentage of current users here. Just looking at the activity of the TWRP, Magisk and kernel threads proves you are mistaken.

Probly need a good stable TWRP before we see roms

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Probly need a good stable TWRP before we see roms
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That and I'm sure some of the devs who will most likely be in our corner don't even have a device yet. Some of them buy a phone based on donations or wait until they see how big the user base is.

Some will come as the stardust settles...

I'd love a rom that gets tethering to work again with VZ. Thinking about returning since I heavily rely on hotspot with my grandfathered plan.
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If you want development now then the Oneplus series is the place to be lol that's where all the development is happening cause it's a cheaper phone

bobby janow said:
There is no reason to make a rom for this device. It works well as it is. Most know that by now. No reason to unlock, root, flash, you name it. The reason being there is no benefit. Well we have some font stuff, being able to brick it, and "I want control on my device" things but that is ancient history. Custom roms are basically done.
Stop asking for development if you are not willing to do it yourself.
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You must have written this on your new iPhoneX. You need to update your signature to iPhoneX instead of the pixel 2.

choder said:
You must have written this on your new iPhoneX. You need to update your signature to iPhoneX instead of the pixel 2.
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Lol. You wish. Been here longer than you've been alive. But you are right in one way. I do have an iPhone. Not used unless I need to FaceTime my kids or have a line open.
I have a signature? Hmm. How about " Android since rooted Eris" ? Ever heard of that phone? Oc to 750. Guess the ROM?
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mackentosh said:
If you want development now then the Oneplus series is the place to be lol that's where all the development is happening cause it's a cheaper phone
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But no Verizon right??

bobby janow said:
Lol. You wish. Been here longer than you've been alive. But you are right in one way.
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With such age and wisdom you should ask to become a Fellow on XDA.

Geezus quit it. Back on topic please.
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choder said:
With such age and wisdom you should ask to become a Fellow on XDA.
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Lol. Who's to say I'm not?
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mroberte said:
Geezus quit it. Back on topic please.
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Come on.. just having some fun.
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bobby janow said:
Lol. You wish. Been here longer than you've been alive. But you are right in one way. I do have an iPhone. Not used unless I need to FaceTime my kids or have a line open.
I have a signature? Hmm. How about " Android since rooted Eris" ? Ever heard of that phone? Oc to 750. Guess the ROM?
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Pfft. OG G1!=P back when you had to destroy a SD card to root.
To the topic at hand. I rooted my pixel 2 XL two days ago. Still trying to figure out why lol. I tweaked the display a tad to make it a little warmer and that's about it. Rooting is about control. ROMs are about customization. And what's left to customize? You going to make the phone faster?
OP5 has lots of development. one yes it's cheaper. But two, it needs it. Trying to improve on the camera. Make it a little snappier. And honestly most of the ROMs over there run worse than stock.
Real ROM development was because most of the time you couldn't get the latest and greatest on your phone. So you get a ROM built off the latest AOSP so you could be running the most recent software. or you were on TouchWiz and wanted vanilla. Those days are dead.
I'm sure in the coming weeks a few ROMs will get cooked together. And the hardcore flashers will install it. Maybe it will be amazing but the simple fact is stock Android is so good the concept of rooting and ROMs is more novelty than necessary at this point

choder said:
With such age and wisdom you should ask to become a Fellow on XDA.
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Ok.. xtrRom
zathus said:
Pfft. OG G1!=P back when you had to destroy a SD card to root.
To the topic at hand. I rooted my pixel 2 XL two days ago. Still trying to figure out why lol. I tweaked the display a tad to make it a little warmer and that's about it. Rooting is about control. ROMs are about customization. And what's left to customize? You going to make the phone faster?
OP5 has lots of development. one yes it's cheaper. But two, it needs it. Trying to improve on the camera. Make it a little snappier. And honestly most of the ROMs over there run worse than stock.
Real ROM development was because most of the time you couldn't get the latest and greatest on your phone. So you get a ROM built off the latest AOSP so you could be running the most recent software. or you were on TouchWiz and wanted vanilla. Those days are dead.
I'm sure in the coming weeks a few ROMs will get cooked together. And the hardcore flashers will install it. Maybe it will be amazing but the simple fact is stock Android is so good the concept of rooting and ROMs is more novelty than necessary at this point
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You can. I have og grandfathered Verizon plan and tethering works for me. Had to change the build prop but it works.
mroberte said:
I'd love a rom that gets tethering to work again with VZ. Thinking about returning since I heavily rely on hotspot with my grandfathered plan.
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Unless you had Bugless Beast or ChevyNo1 you were nobody. lol Or the famed Adamz Smoked Glass roms back when Sir Psycho Recovery. Man those were the days. 500mhz overclocked to 1.25
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Ok.. xtrRom
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zathus said:
Pfft. OG G1!=P back when you had to destroy a SD card to root.
To the topic at hand. I rooted my pixel 2 XL two days ago. Still trying to figure out why lol. I tweaked the display a tad to make it a little warmer and that's about it. Rooting is about control. ROMs are about customization. And what's left to customize? You going to make the phone faster?
OP5 has lots of development. one yes it's cheaper. But two, it needs it. Trying to improve on the camera. Make it a little snappier. And honestly most of the ROMs over there run worse than stock.
Real ROM development was because most of the time you couldn't get the latest and greatest on your phone. So you get a ROM built off the latest AOSP so you could be running the most recent software. or you were on TouchWiz and wanted vanilla. Those days are dead.
I'm sure in the coming weeks a few ROMs will get cooked together. And the hardcore flashers will install it. Maybe it will be amazing but the simple fact is stock Android is so good the concept of rooting and ROMs is more novelty than necessary at this point
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bryantjopplin said:
You can. I have og grandfathered Verizon plan and tethering works for me. Had to change the build prop but it works.
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Unless you had Bugless Beast or ChevyNo1 you were nobody. lol Or the famed Adamz Smoked Glass roms back when Sir Psycho Recovery. Man those were the days. 500mhz overclocked to 1.25
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Wow, so overwhelmed with flashbacks almost brought a tear. Bugless beast was legit. Back when rootzwiki was the place to be.
Ok, I'm done hijacking the thread lol