I had my phone for a while before I considered rooting. The first issue that came up that pushed me in that direction was fixing the GPS. It was pretty aggravating when Sprint's update broke it. I read life hacker's "Why to root". One thing it said was that downloading Ad Free was cool. I also could tie into this great underlying functionality for using tasker. I could delete all those crappy Sprint apps. I could get better battery life by freezing apps.
But the truth is, it's been a hassle. First off, the GPS fix thing apparently doesn't work. I was traveling for work the past few weeks and the thing lost GPS several times. I think it was actually related to the charging plug being connected. The battery life still sucks even with $5 worth of battery defender. I never could think of anything cool to do with tasker. All I can figure out that adfree did was get rid of the banners on a couple games that my kids downloaded on my phone.
There was an update from sprint that came out several months ago. I guess it was the update to gingerbread. There were still enough propeller heads with Epic 4gs around that had interest and put out an update for my rooted phone so I could go on. That was cool. But this time, I haven't really been able to make heads or tails of what I have to do to get this stupid thing to stop telling me that I have an update coming. It's really neat when it tells you every 2 minutes while you're navigating across DC at 330 in the afternoon.
Now, I'm not ing. This is a confession really. My wife got a samsung tab and I told her that she needed to root her GalaxyS II so she could wifi tether without having to pay sprint $30/month. But the truth is, I am not looking forward to listening to her gripe when she starts getting updates pushed and I can't figure out how to squelch them.
I thought I was a tinkerer guy who would dig on having my h4x0red phone. But, I'm just like everyone else. I just want it to work. i want the battery to last all day. I want the GPS to work. I want emails to make it out of the outbox. Sucks that none of those things happened right out of the sprint box. Nor apparently with my meager skills as a phone rooter.
But the truth is, it's been a hassle. First off, the GPS fix thing apparently doesn't work. I was traveling for work the past few weeks and the thing lost GPS several times. I think it was actually related to the charging plug being connected. The battery life still sucks even with $5 worth of battery defender. I never could think of anything cool to do with tasker. All I can figure out that adfree did was get rid of the banners on a couple games that my kids downloaded on my phone.
There was an update from sprint that came out several months ago. I guess it was the update to gingerbread. There were still enough propeller heads with Epic 4gs around that had interest and put out an update for my rooted phone so I could go on. That was cool. But this time, I haven't really been able to make heads or tails of what I have to do to get this stupid thing to stop telling me that I have an update coming. It's really neat when it tells you every 2 minutes while you're navigating across DC at 330 in the afternoon.
Now, I'm not ing. This is a confession really. My wife got a samsung tab and I told her that she needed to root her GalaxyS II so she could wifi tether without having to pay sprint $30/month. But the truth is, I am not looking forward to listening to her gripe when she starts getting updates pushed and I can't figure out how to squelch them.
I thought I was a tinkerer guy who would dig on having my h4x0red phone. But, I'm just like everyone else. I just want it to work. i want the battery to last all day. I want the GPS to work. I want emails to make it out of the outbox. Sucks that none of those things happened right out of the sprint box. Nor apparently with my meager skills as a phone rooter.