We have root!

[namebrandon]

Good to hear! Another one joins team root!

 

[Cory Streater]

I renamed i500BingSearchAndroid and nothing bad happened. Unless you use an alternate browser I think the search button will always use Bing as the search engine, but at least that gets rid of the app.

 

[badmf222]

Do you have to install Launcher Pro or any other third party launcher in addition to an alternate browser? Or can you sidestep bing by just installing an alternate browser? And how difficult is it to root? I'm pretty savvy with electronics but this will be my first Android phone.

 

[namebrandon]

I installed Opera, and Bing is still the default search for the Widget.

badmf222: If you have some linux experience, rooting the device is trivial. It amounts to copying over a few files, executing an exploit, and installing an app with the su rights from the exploit to preserve root access.

 

[Cory Streater]

Do you have to install Launcher Pro or any other third party launcher in addition to an alternate browser? Or can you sidestep bing by just installing an alternate browser? And how difficult is it to root? I'm pretty savvy with electronics but this will be my first Android phone.

Without Launcher Pro, I was not able to add the Google Search Widget to my Homescreen. But I was able to launch Goolge Search via the capactive button, by installing and setting Dolphin HD as my default browser.

If nobody objects, I plan on expanding on & posting an update to the procedure in a bit. If you're new to this whole thing, I think it could be a little more clear on what needs to be done. I have some background in this and still struggled with it a little.

 

[namebrandon]

Go for it Cory, I think that would be helpful for a good portion of new Fascinate owners.

 

[badmf222]

Why do I get this feeling I will get addicted to this forum and the information it provides lol

 

[geocomp]

Without Launcher Pro, I was not able to add the Google Search Widget to my Homescreen. But I was able to launch Goolge Search via the capactive button, by installing and setting Dolphin HD as my default browser.

If nobody objects, I plan on expanding on & posting an update to the procedure in a bit. If you're new to this whole thing, I think it could be a little more clear on what needs to be done. I have some background in this and still struggled with it a little.

Waiting for your step by step rewrite. I think I can follow the directions namebrandon used but if there is going to be easier to follow directions I may wait for that, or better yet a one click solution.

Congratulations to namebrandon for being the guinea pig, and all working out.

 

[Cory Streater]

Actually I didn't realize there was another thread in this forum almost exactly like this one. It looks like Dirrk already did what I was thinking of doing myself. Let me look that over and see.

 

[kilofoxtrot]

How about a method for us OSX users too?

 

[Cory Streater]

Okay - I stickied the other thread, so please refer to it if you have questions about the procedure. In regards to Mac OSx, the same procedure applies. To run the ADB commands mentioned in the procedure, you need to download the Android SDK from here. Once you've installed the SDK, you open Terminal on your mac, change directories to the tools folder for the Android SDK (for example mine is in Macintosh HD/Users/cstreater/adnroid-sdk-mac_86/tools), and then follow the procedure as written. Anywhere that the procedure says to type ADB something, you should enter ./adb instead.