Amount of Users That Hack Their Phones

**|-KGB-|CaptHowdy** · 01-20-2011, 07:58 AM

im curious if anyone has came across a poll or anything that shows the percentage of smart phone users that "hack" their phones. Root, custom roms, etc....

**RUSH** · 01-20-2011, 08:07 AM

Interesting Topic - I'm curious about that too.

**ragnarokx** · 01-20-2011, 08:22 AM

Why not make a poll right here? Go to Thread Tools>Add a Poll to this Thread.

**|-KGB-|CaptHowdy** · 01-20-2011, 09:03 AM

im also curious as a whole...like evo owners, DINC owners...etc...

maybe we can get this in the front page to get a more general consensus. I am only curious about this b/c of the moto comment yesterday about them saying go elsewhere. Which yes they have corrected but im curious what kind of percentage that would actually be

**ragnarokx** · 01-20-2011, 09:09 AM

Voted

I think you could extrapolate the data you get here to get a good idea of the Android community as a whole.

**dtm_stretch** · 01-20-2011, 09:12 AM

Hacking seems to imply that you are doing something illegal...I prefer rooted.

**RUSH** · 01-20-2011, 09:17 AM

Originally Posted by dtm_stretch

Hacking seems to imply that you are doing something illegal...I prefer rooted.

Technically it is....

**lornaevo** · 01-20-2011, 09:22 AM

Originally Posted by rushrl

Technically it is....

Rooting is not illegal anymore.

**|-KGB-|CaptHowdy** · 01-20-2011, 09:54 AM

still voids warranty if you dont flash back. but either way the terminology doesnt matter. same point get across either way. Plus hacking sounds way cooler and makes me feel more badass.

**dbpaddler** · 01-20-2011, 10:33 AM

With the craptastic service from Sprint and Samsung, this poll will probably be heavily skewed towards the rooting crowd.

**Paul627g** · 01-20-2011, 10:41 AM

Just to make it known, I voted. "Done it all... " I know there is no hope for me.. LOL

**edoles** · 01-20-2011, 11:40 AM

Just last night I converted my stock Epic (android 2.1) to the TrulyEpic Rebirth ROM. So, I guess I'd have to say, done it all, but I consider myself more of a modder than a hacker. (I've only just started on my debaucherous exploit journey in the world of Android, so "done it all" really isn't an exact fit for me.)

I don't consider myself a hacker by using available methods/programs (Odin, ClockWork, available ROMs, guides, etc) to apply the hacks any more than I consider myself a programmer by installing an app. To me, the real hackers are the ones diving into the code and creating these abilities for me.

*Which reminds me, I need to go thank the TrulyEpic developer.

**whippingboy** · 01-20-2011, 11:58 AM

I was going to make a post about my rooting experience- but who cares really? I was waiting for a froyo build with little drama- meaning everything had to work. Midnight was my 1st consideration- but when Ragnarokx and Paul had Truly Epic with 1.5 theme and they were driving it from the board here rather than XDA- I was sold.

I'm a mac user and LITERALLY bought a PC laptop for the express reason of easy rooting my Epic. (I'll return it to costco I'm sure- can't stand the model I had to buy LOL!) Now my wife is jealous of my zippy OS and WORKING GPS she may let me root her soon! Her Epic that is.

**ragnarokx** · 01-20-2011, 12:11 PM

Originally Posted by dtm_stretch

Hacking seems to imply that you are doing something illegal...I prefer rooted.

According to Wikipedia:

Hacking - In common usage, a hacker is a person who breaks into computers, usually by gaining access to administrative controls.

That's basically the definition of rooting - gaining super user access and having full administrative control of your phone. No illegalities needed

**|-KGB-|CaptHowdy** · 01-20-2011, 12:24 PM

pwnt rofl

**Max1506** · 01-20-2011, 03:17 PM

Originally Posted by ragnarokx

I think you could extrapolate the data you get here to get a good idea of the Android community as a whole.

I think that it's incredibly doubtful that you could extrapolate data from a tech forum to the whole Android community, which is rapidly starting to represent the cellphone community as a whole. Most people I know would never even think about going to a forum to find out how to do anything, they'd be more likely to ask me, and those people would also be much less likely to even know what rooting is, let alone want to do it!

Originally Posted by crogs571

With the craptastic service from Sprint and Samsung, this poll will probably be heavily skewed towards the rooting crowd.

There might be some skew relative to users of other carriers/phones within Androidcentral, but I think the much larger skew would come relative to non-Androidcentral like I said above

-Max

**ragnarokx** · 01-20-2011, 04:28 PM

Poor choice of wording on my part - I meant the AndroidCentral community

**Chris Kerrigan** · 01-20-2011, 06:29 PM

Done it all with every Android device I've owned. Although sometimes I prefer to keep things stock, I can't resist temptation at times to play around with things ever now and then.

**liquidxit2** · 01-20-2011, 07:06 PM

Originally Posted by dtm_stretch

Hacking seems to imply that you are doing something illegal...I prefer rooted.

Hacking is not illegal. Its society that made the word bad. Below is a definition of a hacker, if you're looking for the bad kind of hacker that uses malware the "black hat" is the correct term. Sorry I'm picking your post out, but I have been a hacker for many years and I never once done somthing malicous and I feel like I should crusade for the correct use of the term hacker.

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**ragnarokx** · 01-20-2011, 07:32 PM

^ did you see post #14?

**dbpaddler** · 01-20-2011, 07:55 PM

In his defense, the word smart wasn't in that definition.

Originally Posted by ragnarokx

^ did you see post #14?

Kidding...just couldn't resist.

**maconu** · 01-20-2011, 08:19 PM

I wouldn't have if we had an official froyo build from sprint....

I'm glad I did...

**dtm_stretch** · 01-20-2011, 08:21 PM

Originally Posted by sphinxx

Hacking is not illegal. Its society that made the word bad. Below is a definition of a hacker, if you're looking for the bad kind of hacker that uses malware the "black hat" is the correct term. Sorry I'm picking your post out, but I have been a hacker for many years and I never once done somthing malicous and I feel like I should crusade for the correct use of the term hacker.

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Woah woah settle down! I did use the word "imply" in the original post but I didn't mean it as an accusation.

Although with the coverage of hacking iOS and the 90's blockbuster hit "Hackers" the general public might view what you do as legal grey area.

P.s. this a non serious joking reply.