Just as the thread reads everyone; Should I take the plunge?
I've rooted every Android device that I've owned:
-HTC hero
-Nook Color
-Hp Touchpad
-Optimus V
-Motorola Triumph (was bay far the easiest to root, I just downloaded terminal emulator and typed in about 4 commands then BOOM -- ROOT)
-Asus Transformer
Now I'm on a GSM GNex...and I love it! Stock JB is great but I keep wondering if I'm missing anything. The flashaholic in me is VERY tempted and I miss Cyanogenmod--to me it IS Android.
Many of the Dev threads (it seems to me) were about getting JB on the ICS Gnex, but I've already got it.
Any suggestions would be great
are there any features you need to have that you can only get from rooting?
i personally always root. i need/use cifs, which is not available in the stock kernel
Bruce777 said:
Just as the thread reads everyone; Should I take the plunge?
I've rooted every Android device that I've owned:
-HTC hero
-Nook Color
-Hp Touchpad
-Optimus V
-Motorola Triumph (was bay far the easiest to root, I just downloaded terminal emulator and typed in about 4 commands then BOOM -- ROOT)
-Asus Transformer
Now I'm on a GSM GNex...and I love it! Stock JB is great but I keep wondering if I'm missing anything. The flashaholic in me is VERY tempted and I miss Cyanogenmod--to me it IS Android.
Many of the Dev threads (it seems to me) were about getting JB on the ICS Gnex, but I've already got it.
Any suggestions would be great
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This phone practically asks to be rooted
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Zepius said:
are there any features you need to have that you can only get from rooting?
i personally always root. i need/use cifs, which is not available in the stock kernel
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I guess it's more of a freedom thing; I want to install what I wanna install and I want to remove what I wanna remove.
I don't want to kill any pandas but...Is the current CM10 JB rom better than stock? If so, I'll probably root, if not I'll just stick with stock until some new Android Sweet Treat comes down the pipeline.
The only thing I can think of is backing up your data for things like games. I don't know if google automatically backs that stuff up. So if you get perfect scores on angry birds in space, you would have to play the damn game all over again if you ever had to reset your phone. But maybe I am wrong about that.
And the rooting is super easy. Just run one of the root tools on here, and it pretty much takes care of itself.
use the force Luke.
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adamhlj said:
The only thing I can think of is backing up your data for things like games. I don't know if google automatically backs that stuff up. So if you get perfect scores on angry birds in space, you would have to play the damn game all over again if you ever had to reset your phone. But maybe I am wrong about that.
And the rooting is super easy. Just run one of the root tools on here, and it pretty much takes care of itself.
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Yep for sure you can't restore Angry Birds game scores without root. If you are running Jelly Bean, no application -- not even an Angry Birds backup app -- will allow writing to the system files. It'll back them up, but it won't have permission to restore them. No way no how.
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CatThief said:
Yep for sure you can't restore Angry Birds game scores without root. If you are running Jelly Bean, no application -- not even an Angry Birds backup app -- will allow writing to the system files. It'll back them up, but it won't have permission to restore them. No way no how.
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Yes you can restore backups without root. App/game data is not store in /system -- it is stored in /data, and the adb backup command allows you to restore to /data (which is poorly implemented by the way, as one can gain root access based on this and will allow anyone to gain access to your data).
To me, not rooting this phone is like ordering a steak well done. Sure you can enjoy it well done, and yes there is a slight risk when ordering it medium rare, but 99.9% of the time, you're going to be glad you did.
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yes might as well
efrant said:
Yes you can restore backups without root. App/game data is not store in /system -- it is stored in /data, and the adb backup command allows you to restore to /data (which is poorly implemented by the way, as one can gain root access based on this and will allow anyone to gain access to your data).
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Are you sure about that? In Jelly Bean?
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Are you sure about that? In Jelly Bean?
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You questioning me?
Yes, I'm sure. In ICS and JB only. Will not work on earlier versions of android, and requires at least version 10 of adb
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efrant said:
You questioning me?
Yes, I'm sure. In ICS and JB only. Will not work on earlier versions of android, and requires at least version 10 of adb
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LOL
Ok, let me get my head around this. adb can be used if the phone is *not* rooted? That's a bit scary.
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CatThief said:
LOL
Ok, let me get my head around this. adb can be used if the phone is *not* rooted? That's a bit scary.
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Both rooted and non rooted
Swyped on my Galaxy Nexus running AOKP with Trinity Kernel, overclocked to 1.4GHz
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Ok, let me get my head around this. adb can be used if the phone is *not* rooted? That's a bit scary.
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Correct, it can. Although it won't have root access EXCEPT for being able to write to /data (which you can use as an exploit to gain root). Yup, not very secure.
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Correct, it can. Although it won't have root access EXCEPT for being able to write to /data (which you can use as an exploit to gain root). Yup, not very secure.
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YIKES!!!
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The only reason I rooted my nexus was to get rid of ads in apps. They really annoy me and now I enjoy adfree (mostly) living.
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Ok, let me get my head around this. adb can be used if the phone is *not* rooted? That's a bit scary.
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If that scares you, you can disable usb debugging.
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You don't need to root to write to mount system. Unlocked bootloader is enough. "fastboot boot recovery.img" and you can mount the system using clockwork and do all your work through adb. It does prevent things from being changed on the fly, but it all depends on how adamant you are about keeping as stock as possible.
No root, no Titanium Backup...
Can't live without backups that really work...
So, it is not possible for me, to not root any android device I own.
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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).
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.
sofakingstoked said:
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.
joselarajan87 said:
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
le14 said:
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.
If Nexus its a developer phone, with access to almost everything, unlockable bootloader etc etc... Why they just doesn't add a full working recovery that allows to flash any aosp rom with no need of cwm and or rooting?
Seems a interesting question
Also we should have root access out of the box in the terms of "developer phone"
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msedek said:
If Nexus its a developer phone, with access to almost everything, unlockable bootloader etc etc... Why they just doesn't add a full working recovery that allows to flash any aosp rom with no need of cwm and or rooting?
Seems a interesting question
Also we should have root access out of the box in the terms of "developer phone"
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There is a difference in "flagship" phone and developer phone. I have never seen anyone offical say this is a developer phone.
It is up to each man/woman to root and flash whatever they want, but that dont mean everything have to be that way out of the box.
Swyped on my CM9 Galaxy Nexus
I mean it literally takes five minutes to unlock and root so I don't see what the problem is, even if you might be right.
And they probably don't come like that for security purposes. Then everyone with a Galaxy Nexus could be subject to malware apps from the market that sieze control through root permissions. Considering 97% of people don't know what root is, this would be a problem considering the nexus was a "flagship".
Also, we have people on XDA that can't figure **** out, I don't expect the average consumer to want/care to either.
If you give the majority of the public access to a full blown recovery like CWM out of the box, you're asking for trouble IMO. As it is now, its relatively safe for the general public to poke about in without causing too much permanent damage.
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yeah I guess you all are right.... In that way
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Im just using the stock gs3 from tmo.
If you all would be so kind as to give me a few pros/cons to root for this phone.
Im am not concerned about voiding warranty.
Im wondering if there are any immediate perks to being rooted:
like bypassing tmo's restriction on wifi hotspot; to my knowledge, tmo now only lets their customers use wifi hotspot with the 5gb plan and not the 2gb plan.
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I'm short on time right now but if you root your phone you can download an app called wifi tether, which requires root permission, then you use your phone data on your laptop all you want.
With a rooted phone you can also download new roms that people develope and try out a lot of new functions before the official update.
You are more exposed to security risks once you root your phone I believe, but just don't install apps from random sites
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I really see no cons to rooting except warranty which isn't really true. If you study the warranty and know your stuff you can verbally defend your right to root and not lose warranty.
Pros: everything.
I do not see the point of having a non rooted android phone with some sort of recovery.. Custom ROMs, themes and titanium backup for all your apps
here ya go http://bit.ly/UUaCxg
Don't do it and please leave.
All you need to do is read over all the great threads around here to form a decision.
To root.
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Ive rooted before and I have explored almost all the developers' work on other phones.
Just to clarify im asking about this phone specifically. The first guy already answered my biggest concern about the wifi hotspot.
If you guys can think of any other immediate perks like: unwarranted tmo restrictions that are resolved via rooting this phone.
I will never go back to bone stock gs3 because I would miss out on _________.
Im already aware of the capability to "pirate" most paid apps.
Also there's the possibility of finding a more buttery smooth rom than the stock rom of course.
Extra battery life via underclocking with an aftermarket kernel is obviously another big one, but things im looking for are things on the same level as how rooting allows me to bypass the wifi hotspot limitations that tmo put on the 2gb plan
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I'd say that if you just want a phone to work and don't get about any extra stuff, don't bother rooting it. If you're interested in modifying your phone and basically being capable of doing A LOT more than you can with stock, root it.
Just make sure you do a lot of research before you do anything. I read hundreds of pages on this forum before I did anything just in case.
Adfree app, which requires root, changes everything for the better.
I mainly use my root for ad block, titanium backup, and maybe delete gsiff_daemon (didn't delete it yet because it hasn't tried to kill my battery yet). Something else that could be useful maybe GMD gesture control
There are a lot of nice apps that require root. Even if you don't have any apps in mind now, at some point you'll probably come across one you want and you'll kick yourself for not having gotten around to rooting yet. Besides tripping the flash counter and warranties the only con is the possibility of failing miserably and bricking your phone, but as long as you follow instructions you'll be fine.
ability to flash different radios for better/worse signal.
ability to flash different roms for better/worse battery life.
I have rooted every Android I have had in the Nexus One/Mytouch4G/HTC Amaze....and have had my s3 for a good 4 months now and have yet to root it.
Just meets my current needs and runs awesome without root.
I may one day, but honestly don't have the time or want right now.
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Jesse im in the same boat, the phone is already pretty snappy...
Im considering rooting it though to bypass tmo's restriction on wifi hotspot, and to be able to use google voice as my voicemail.
When I finally do root ill be looking forward to checking out the endless development for this popular device
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JesseMT4G said:
I have rooted every Android I have had in the Nexus One/Mytouch4G/HTC Amaze....and have had my s3 for a good 4 months now and have yet to root it.
Just meets my current needs and runs awesome without root.
I may one day, but honestly don't have the time or want right now.
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Took me 2 months to root mine... for the same reasons. Stock runs just fine... im just too into the customizations so I broke down nland rooted
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GalaxyS3Guy said:
Took me 2 months to root mine... for the same reasons. Stock runs just fine... im just too into the customizations so I broke down nland rooted
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2 months? I know better
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2 months? I know better
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It did... u know it did. U buggee me till i did only to finally root yourself just so u can stay on stock rooted as always
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I rooted my phone mostly for Sixaxis. I play a a lot of emulators. Paired with the Gameklip I'm living the dream.
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It did... u know it did. U buggee me till i did only to finally root yourself just so u can stay on stock rooted as always
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Lmao...I gave wicked a shot, along with slim bean and something else I don't recall
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So far I am very happy with stock, and I'm debating if I should even bother rooting this time around.
Anyone else?
I'm rooting only to install TWRP (for Nandroids) and Titanium Backup (for apps/data backup). Other than that, staying stock is my plan! Does that count?
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I was until I saw CleanRom.... Now its on and running like a dream.
I'd recommend you unlock and root. At some point there is an app you will need that requires root and than you will have to wipe to unlock.
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I usually just stick with unlocking and rooting for the first couple of weeks, enjoying the new device until I go berserk, heh.
Valkurm Emperor said:
I usually just stick with unlocking and rooting for the first couple of weeks, enjoying the new device until I go berserk, heh.
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That's usually what I do; I'll definitely root and unlock it before I even bother thinking about setting it up, but won't put a custom ROM on until later down the road.
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I wanna root but I'm lazy.. it's all setup and unlocking the bootloader requires a full wipe.
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jayochs said:
I wanna root but I'm lazy.. it's all setup and unlocking the bootloader requires a full wipe.
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The longer you wait, the more work it'll be.
Unlocking is quite easy.
Need to root because I want to use my ps3 controller. Can't wait to make this a portable gamer. Has anyone heard anything about sixaxxis working on this device yet?
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Requills said:
So far I am very happy with stock, and I'm debating if I should even bother rooting this time around.
Anyone else?
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I would at least do the unlock, even if you aren't rooting it at this time.
That way if you ever need to root, install custom recovery, or custom ROMs, you won't need to deal with the data wipe initiated by the unlock.
Better to bite the bullet now before you have accumulated months of data and configs.
I unlocked before my first boot, lol. It's my general rule with a Nexus device. I love Titanium Backup . Got up and running on this Mk 2 N7 real quick.
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Unlocking and rooting is all I need. No plans to flash a custom ROM.
Nobody who frequently visits this forum will stay stock on his Nexus device.
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God no. Stock is terrible. This thing is going back in the box until CM alphas/nightlies are ready.
really? you won't use it until cm? lol ok..
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really? you won't use it until cm? lol ok..
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Nope. it's pointless. My backup was made on CM and to try and restore it onto a stock system, then wait for CM, only to have to start over again. No way.
I don't have this new Nexus 7 (I had the original one and currently have a Nexus 10), but with these Nexus devices I'm pretty much fine with stock OS. Having said that, however, I *ALWAYS* root. There's a lot more to root access than just flashing ROMs. The ability to do backups, modify system files, install custom recovery, etc., if definitely worth the time it takes to root.
With Nexus devices, I really do prefer to just run Android "as Google intended", though I'm certainly not against trying out ROMs or tweaking it to my liking, but I just don't have as much time any more to keep up with nightlies and different kernels as I used to.
If I did have a Nexus 7, I'd be pretty tempted to try out CleanROM on it. I've run CR on several different devices now and it's always a winner in my book. I was really disappointed (yet understanding) to see Scott drop support for the GS4 a while back, as I'm still running CR on my phone.
Just getting rid of ads with adfree or adaway is well worth rooting already for me.
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I'm liking stock so far. Way better than the other Nexus 7
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Ran stock rooted on my original N7, will probably do the same with this one. Might try cleanrom though, has run very well on my GS3
I always run a custom ROM on my phones because of all the bloatware n such. But what is the need really to do it on this device? Stock android is smooth and does everything I need. Battery life is great too. So am I missing out on something by having a custom rom on this device? Convince me!
Well there are simple things that I like about custom ROMs.
I like trying new things. I also enjoy tweaking the various features that are available with most custom ROMs. There is expanded desktop and PIE controls which makes gaming full screen which is really nice. I don't know if you've ever been bothered by this but games always have the bar at the bottom of the screen which is annoying and gets in the way sometimes. Sometimes it is just nice to have a full screen to use even if it means losing some functionality.
To get rid of the google stuff.
Speed, battery life, expanded desktop, theming, tablet mode, etc.
I find it a little annoying that the stock kernel supports NFS, but they've arranged everything to run in a unique namespace so you can't make a NFS mount visible outside the shell where you ran the mount command. I don't really need NFS enough to want to replace the ROM, but I can imagine that being a reason to do so.
Pie
Quiet Hours
Advanced reboot menu
Custom DPI Settings
Making the bars transparent.
And I could just go on and on.
Need? I don't need a custom rom. I want it. Google bare minimum is awesome only to a point.
There isn't so much of a need as a desire. The device stock benches around 5475. With CM and a custom kernal installed I not only have better battery life, and quicker charge - but it benches at 7510.
May I ask what kernel you're using?
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May I ask what kernel you're using?
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Are you asking me?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2383361
In my case I don't need and/or want a custom ROM. I got a Nexus to run and enjoy Android tablet as Google intend to. For custom ROMs I use my SPH-L710 (SGS3)
And even there never keep one more than 10 days, don't like to be troubleshooting every day and a half.
Well that's just me.
Most of the time I keep stock rooted just to use Freedom app.
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I used to custom everything but since jellybean I've not bothered. The only things I really miss is a few root apps like ad block
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Is the CM nightly's stable enough yet? Or should I wait for a official build?
I'm not rooting my tab yet, I'll give it a month or 2 before I do first. N7 is perfect for me as it is atm
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I unlocked mine, flashed custom recovery, rooted.
I am leaving it stock rom and stock kernel for quite a while. :good:
I would like to use it stock for a while. Then I I want to put whatever rom I want. I think it is a matter of personalization. I feel it is totally mine only when fully customize my device
One word: Customizable Quick Settings!
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I unlocked mine, flashed custom recovery, rooted.
I am leaving it stock rom and stock kernel for quite a while. :good:
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I have read conflicting info on rooting the N7 2013. If I unlock and flash TWRP will the stock ROM not be wiped? What about if SU? Noob here on the Nexus but expert on the HTC T-Bolt and B&N Nook Tablet. What a upgrade from the Nook Tablet. It just sits on my desk now.......
Bobflan said:
I have read conflicting info on rooting the N7 2013. If I unlock and flash TWRP the stock ROM not be wiped? What about if SU? Noob here on the Nexus but expert on the HTC T-Bolt and B&N Nook Tablet. What a upgrade from the Nook Tablet. It just sits on my desk now.......
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Yes, your data will be wiped, but not the stock ROM (/system). fastboot oem unlock will basically do a factory reset for security purposes.
Nitin985 said:
I'm not rooting my tab yet, I'll give it a month or 2 before I do first. N7 is perfect for me as it is atm
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Waiting for the roms to reach a certain point in stability and for some step by step guides to go up also on getting from stock to CM or somethin. Also, enjoying some google stock for the first time to..always had samsung so this is new to me(and will be getting my first nexus on next release to)
As someone who has only been on stock or mostly stock phones, I'm not in awe by what stock Android brings to the table. CM is what stock should be while other ROMs go above and beyond in what they offer.
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