Have you rooted your N1?

[mbranscum]

Just wonder how many here have done it. What are the advantages on the N1 to root?

 

[Phil Nickinson]

Indeed, I have. Running CM5.0.6. See the feature list.

 

[dan1431]

I would have rooted already, if it was not for my Wife who forbade me from altering the deice in any way that violated the warranty.

As the thing ages a little more I am sure that I will be able to convince her that rooting is safe and will rom Cyanogen or MoDoCo.

Dan

 

[ILoveBlythe]

Don't tell her. If she sees the lock on the screen tell her its part of the update. LOL. I say this but i got the "you did what!!!" "uggh, you and your damn phones"lol

 

[dan1431]

Don't tell her. If she sees the lock on the screen tell her its part of the update. LOL. I say this but i got the "you did what!!!" "uggh, you and your damn phones"lol

Every time I make a change to my home network, pc, media center, etc, I get the "why did you have to monkey with it, it was working just fine the way it was", but then she begins to appreciate the improvement, wash rinse, repeat.

Dan

 

[jspidey]

I'm sure there are many more of us, but it's nice to see that I'm not the only one who gets this treatment from my wife.

Not rooted, BTW, for the same reason stated above...

 

[Channan]

I'm not rooted because I went to root and it looked pretty complicated. Didn't feel like going through it just to get wifi tethering (all I want that I don't have) and I saw some people trying to figure out how to unroot and couldn't, so I didn't bother.

 

[ILoveBlythe]

It's very easy to un root. The problem lies with locking the boot loader back. This is what voids the warranty. I have mine rooted because, well if something does happen I'll take my chances with htc or get a bill from them to fix it. I have seen many cases in where people have sent their device in with am unlocked boot loader and htc seamed the problem a hardware issue and not software. They got the devices fixed for free under warranty. So to me that says that as long as its a defect, and not caused by the software I'm good. No mater most fixes are rarely above $200 and most tend to be in the mid one hundreds from what I've seen.

 

[anon(6936)]

I rooted and on Cyanogen 5.06. Its a better device and kind of a preview of some things that may be in 2.2. Rooting isn't difficult and I would do it again and again. My N1 was just out of the 14 days when I did it.

 

[Channan]

It's very easy to un root. The problem lies with locking the boot loader back. This is what voids the warranty. I have mine rooted because, well if something does happen I'll take my chances with htc or get a bill from them to fix it. I have seen many cases in where people have sent their device in with am unlocked boot loader and htc seamed the problem a hardware issue and not software. They got the devices fixed for free under warranty. So to me that says that as long as its a defect, and not caused by the software I'm good. No mater most fixes are rarely above $200 and most tend to be in the mid one hundreds from what I've seen.

Don't know what that means. "locking boot loader back". Is it possible to root without messing with the boot loader? Sorry, I have no idea what I'm talking about. I just want wifi tethering on my Nexus One, but I don't want to void my warranty. Funny, because I felt so safe with my iPhone. It was always jailbroken, and any time I needed to bring it in to Apple, I'd just restore it.

 

[ILoveBlythe]

No, not possible to root unless the bootloader is unlocked. this give you access so that you can root it. You don't root then unlock the boot loader it's the other way around. It's not hard, there are plenty of guides to help you along the way and you can always ask here for help with the process.

 

[Channan]

So how do you get it back to the way it came? For iPhones, you just need to restore. Is it easy for Android devices?

 

[ILoveBlythe]

Once the boot loader is unlocked, that's it. It's unlocked. No way of locking it back. Many developers have been working on this since the nexus was first released with no luck.

 

[Channan]

Oh so its just the Nexus One? Other phones can do it?

 

[ILoveBlythe]

Not sure about other phones so I can't give an answer.

 

[Channan]

Okay. Thanks for he help.

 

[URPREY]

Rooted after owning my N1 for a month. Loving it with Cyanogen 5.0.6

 

[88 FLUX]

Haven't yet. But probably will at some point in the near future.

 

[noaim]

I havent rooted mine

 

[robsw]

Waiting to evaluate 2.2 before taking the plunge.