Chris Kerrigan
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Sometime Q2 seems to be the general consensus, and I agree with it. When exactly in Q2, I guess it's hard to say. My guess would be mid Q2, hopefully not any later.
Sometime Q2 seems to be the general consensus, and I agree with it. When exactly in Q2, I guess it's hard to say. My guess would be mid Q2, hopefully not any later.
So what is the consensus of this thread and forum about the release date of the Bionic? I recently actually had the privilage to actually hold and play with a prototype from a client of mine(A Motorola Exec.) and although not the final OS it was very impressive and nice to hold. I know he told me he believes April/May but could not speak for VZW.
What does everyone else think on here?
PS This phone is truly going to be worth the wait no matter when it comes out!
Yea, I'm really leaning towards waiting. I like the look of sense and that HTC is more "open" to the hacking community... However, XDA and others will find a way to root the Bionic. I'm not so big into the cooked ROM thing as I once was. I just want the root functionality for tethering, overclocking, etc. and I'm sure root will happen on Bionic.
No matter which way I go and whatever device a wind up I personally have no desire to ROOT my device and will keep it stock. Thant is in my belief what kept my original BlackBerry Tour and the only one I have had for 2 years perfect and trouble free.
I used to feel the same way, and I can totally understand it. To be honest, the only reason I rooted my current phone is so I can use certain apps that require root access, such as Root Explorer, WiFi Tether, and ShootMe.
When you root and tether, can VZW tell that you're using your phones data?
I used to feel the same way, and I can totally understand it. To be honest, the only reason I rooted my current phone is so I can use certain apps that require root access, such as Root Explorer, WiFi Tether, and ShootMe.
Chris another thing as long as we are talking rooting although I already mentioned that I am out on that, When you root a device is it true that you then cannot update the carriers OS that they would ordinarily throw your way via OTA?
Yeah that's true. You will still sometimes receive the OTA, but it will almost always fail to install. Thankfully, unrooting is relatively easy.
It is just time to move on as I feel RIM is not going anywhere and the Android and even ios groups are bringing out devices that blow my mind especially recently having the privilige of just being able to play with a Bionic for a week through a high exec friend of mine from Motorola.
Yeah that's true. You will still sometimes receive the OTA, but it will almost always fail to install. Thankfully, unrooting is relatively easy.
ohh!! lucky you. what were your impressions of it? I'm having a hard time deciding on going with the tbolt or waiting on the bionic.
That's not 100% true though. If you are just simply rooted the update will download and can still be installed manually. It will break root though.
When you're rooted and running Custom Roms the updates really don't matter. The devs will build them into the Roms and usually before the OTA update is released. I have been running a Gingerbread based Rom for almost two months now. Either way, it's the press of a button to unroot the phone... takes 2 minutes including reboot.
Thank you for the advice if I ever change my mind. If I do I will get in touch with you for further advice if that is ok?
No problem. Z4root unroots and roots with the press of a button. If you start removing bloat or installing custom roms then you have to make sure you have a backup of everything first. Once you do it's very simple.
Here's a video tutorial guide I put together. Actually watching the process of things being done in the videos is what helped me when I first started.
DroidX Guide to Rooting, Backing Up and Installing Custom Roms.
The Roms/Themes are only for the DroidX but everything else works for a Droid phone.