You have almost 1k posts now... many of which try to convince us all that we should root our phones and put ics on them. Unfortunately, I have also seen posts from you asking for help because your phone isn't working right after attempting to root with ics.
That's the kind of bs that worries me and others. These developers that put together these roms for you and others to try are talented, but I'm just not convinced the phone will be as stable as it should be. Some people on here get to be like such giddy school girls when it comes to trying out a new rom, that I think they overlook some of the basic things that absolutely MUST work for those of us that rely on our phones for business.
I have backups of almost every ROM I've loaded. I can go from full on crap to a known stable version of ics and back to stock gingerbread and back to my favorite ics room again in a matter of 20 minutes. This is completely running, home screen setup, email setup, all programs setup including saved data on each and every one of them.
Don't ever say I have 1000 posts here preaching about how great rooting is. My 1st year here on these forums was spent doing exactly what you are doing. Preaching against the evils of rooting and flashing roms. I didn't start rooting my phone until just November.
I've been on both sides. I didn't understand how easy safe and quick it was. Or how much better this phone could be.
I can sit here and test drive 15 different roms in an afternoon and be back on stock gingerbread set up exactly as it was when i woke up by 5 pm.
Have I had some difficulties with some of the roms? Absolutely... But there are also a good half dozen i have backed up that are as stable and trouble free as stock gingerbread. Where everything works.
You obviously have never tried it or you wouldn't be saying what you are. Everyone here that has flashed a few roms and read what you post, are most likely shaking their heads, as you obviously don't understand the ease in which you can go back and forth between different roms.
I know i am sounding like a broken record but I can play Friday through Sunday on ICS. Wake up Monday morning. And switch back to my original gingerbread setup while having my Monday morning coffee.
Those that refuse root don't really understand how easy it is. Or you wouldn't be saying that.
As for the rooting, you only have to do it once. And with clockwork just flash from one ROM to another. Clockwork also can do complete backups of your entire system including the wallpaper settings and everything else. So if something goes to hell, you can restore it exactly the way it was before in a matter of minutes.
The refusal to root is just silly fear.
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