To ROOT or not to ROOT....That is the question.
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GrooveRite
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You just lost some man points!! Cause it takes BOLLAS (balls in spanish, lol) to root and when you do, it becomes like a spiritual awaken!! Yeah I said it!!!
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Just Flash It!!!
Based upon your signature I assume you are being facetious
Ahhh ... You got me!
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Word to the wise...
Don't use the international version of the SGSIII ROOT METHOD.. Some have already tried and they haven't bricked but they are all messed up.
Don't use the international version of the SGSIII ROOT METHOD.. Some have already tried and they haven't bricked but they are all messed up.
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I don't believe they even got this far... It flashed via Odin method as we have done in the past but when rebooting recovery was borked and it was stuck on boot.
Soft brick obviously in need of a stock recovery option which isn't available yet
DallasFlier
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Being my first venture into the Android world after 7 years of BlackBerry usage, I'm going to just enjoy and learn the S3 in stock form for a while, but will be reading from the experts here and learning the hows of rooting as well as the capabilities it will bring me - so that down the road a bit I can make an intelligent decision.
Personally, I would root it according to the instructions you already have, making sure you use TB to back up. However, you can accomplish all three of those things without rooting if you really want to. ICS takes care of 1 and 2 and you can download FoxFi to take care of the tethering. It is free to download from the Play Store.
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Probably some of the smartest characters I've seen typed on here in a long time
Too many inexperienced users dive into rooting and hacking after doing very little research and before they know it they are lost, caught in the middle of rooting the device and/or bricked and then they stop and ask questions...
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I wouldn't attempt any rooting at this point, nothing has been laid out yet for the US variants...
See my post
http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...005-root-not-root-question-2.html#post1874147
dmmarck
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Probably some of the smartest characters I've seen typed on here in a long time
Too many inexperienced users dive into rooting and hacking after doing very little research and before they know it they are lost, caught in the middle of rooting the device and/or bricked and then they stop and ask questions...
Absolutely, 100% agree. Regardless of your confidence level, you must always, always, always read. Learn as much about the process as possible, and for the love of God Almighty--HAVE AN EXIT STRATEGY. If you screw up X, know how to do Y. If you do Z, know you have a backup ready to roll.
While it may be exhilarating to just "go for it," it's even more exhilarating when you know what you're doing and boot up without complications
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DallasFlier
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Probably some of the smartest characters I've seen typed on here in a long time
Too many inexperienced users dive into rooting and hacking after doing very little research and before they know it they are lost, caught in the middle of rooting the device and/or bricked and then they stop and ask questions...
Absolutely, 100% agree. Regardless of your confidence level, you must always, always, always read. Learn as much about the process as possible, and for the love of God Almighty--HAVE AN EXIT STRATEGY. If you screw up X, know how to do Y. If you do Z, know you have a backup ready to roll.
While it may be exhilarating to just "go for it," it's even more exhilarating when you know what you're doing and boot up without complications
Hehe, thanks! In addition to being an electrical engineer by degree, I'm also a private pilot, and in a way its a lot like flying. We pilots have a couple sayings that I think could equally apply here:
"There are old pilots, and there are bold pilots - but there are VERY FEW old, bold pilots!
and (relating primarily to marginal weather)...
"Its a whole lot better to be down here wishing you were up there, then to be up there wishing you were down here!"
Probably some of the smartest characters I've seen typed on here in a long time
Too many inexperienced users dive into rooting and hacking after doing very little research and before they know it they are lost, caught in the middle of rooting the device and/or bricked and then they stop and ask questions...
I have seen this over and over and over..........Unfortunately, we will see it repeated here again.
You guys are making it hard for me not to root this baby. But ummm, I dont know why I would root.
All I really know is that you can...
-change the launcher
-install themes
-tether
-clock the phone?
Everything except for clocking can be done without rooting right?
And is there something like installous for jailbroken idevices when you root? Makes everything in the appstore free. Dont really download pirate apps but sometimes its necessary. Lol
All I really know is that you can...
-change the launcher
-install themes
-tether
-clock the phone?
Everything except for clocking can be done without rooting right?
And is there something like installous for jailbroken idevices when you root? Makes everything in the appstore free. Dont really download pirate apps but sometimes its necessary. Lol
Ad blocking is another reason to root.
I got my first Android device last March when I picked up my TBolt on launch day. Stayed stock for the first month until I felt knowledgeable enough to root. My Galaxy Nexus was stock for just two days. Will definitely be rooting my SGSIII.
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Personally I would not download Pirated apps..................That is just me though.
Most full themes will require root. The exception being themes for replacement launchers such as go launcher.
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Just Flash It !!!
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