Official Android discussion thread

[R2K]

What are the disadvantages of rooting an android device ?

 

[sameer.pur]

What are the disadvantages of rooting an android device ?

^Same as you would get superuser access on a linux distro. Changes to system files. Access to data/system partitions. (Very useful for developers.)

 

[kalpik]

What are the disadvantages of rooting an android device ?

You lose warranty in most cases.

 

[aroraanant]

Disadvantages are:
You could brick your phone.
you loose warranty

 

[R2K]

Is there anyway I can temporarily root it and then unroot it later so that I don't void the warranty ?

BTW I just want to get rid of some crapwares that autostarts everytime I reboot my device . For that I want root access (I plan to use titanium backup). After getting rid the bloat I can go back to normal/ unrooted mode or whatever it is called .
Apologies in advance, if it sounds like a uber stupid question to you guys

 

[coderunknown]

^^ use unlockroot to root your mobile, remove the bloatwares and unroot again but i don't trust this titanium backup thing. it never works properly.

 

[Garbage]

A bit offtopic, but I think it's worth sharing here:

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[rahul_c]

Is there any alternate to official facebook app, its slow and crashes a lot?

 

[rahul_c]

^^ use unlockroot to root your mobile, remove the bloatwares and unroot again but i don't trust this titanium backup thing. it never works properly.

Titanium backup when restoring apps, installs one app at a time. So you have to click install>done again and again. Also it install apps in phone memory so you have to keep moving apps to sd card during the process. Its so annoying!

 

[mikael_schiffer]

Seismic is a good alternative to facebook app...but has its limitations,but its faster. it manages other social network sites. its faster prolly because it offers lesser features than the facebook app. Seismic is best fr uploading mobile phne pics to ur Facebook Albums

 

[kalpik]

Is there any alternate to official facebook app, its slow and crashes a lot?

Friendcaster.

 

[ajaymailed]

Samsung has release official ICS update for SGS2, How do i update ma phone?

 

[sameer.pur]

^ I don't think official update via Kies is available yet in India. If you can't wait, you can try flashing EU/Asian firmwares from samfirmware.com though.

 

[sriharsha_madineni]

Friendcaster.

Friendcaster doesn't show the newsfeed properly, it misses a lot of them compared to Facebook app.

 

[sriharsha_madineni]

Titanium backup when restoring apps, installs one app at a time. So you have to click install>done again and again. Also it install apps in phone memory so you have to keep moving apps to sd card during the process. Its so annoying!

Use Titanium backup pro before commenting.

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[rahul_c]

Seesmic does not support fb messages and notifications and I dont like friendcaster. I am using facebook mobile site, its same as app but faster.

^OK, cool phone man.

 

[sriharsha_madineni]

^^
It's not about my phone, it's about the wrong information you are posting without even trying the app.

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BTWAnyone interested in Tapatalk V2 beta? It's free as of now.

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[skeletor]

Free version = one app at a time.
Pro version = all at once.

 

[rahul_c]

I tried the 'free' version of app, will get pro one now.

 

[skeletor]

yup. So, you both were correct.