What's so great about rooting?

[GrooveRite]

I agree jared I like the emus as well. I would say for the epic 4gs case the biggest reason to root is because the epic 4g will never go beyond gingerbread without rooting. ICS is the biggest upgrade in an os android has ever had imo. CM9 is a beast of a rom.

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CM9 truly is AMAZING on the Epic 4G!! It turned an old, somewhat slow (w/gingerbread) phone into a smooth, speedy and responsive device!! CM9 makes the Epic 4G run ITS BEST....PERIOD!!

 

[boocephus]

I am running cm9, too. I've been pretty happy. I still get sh itty battery at times. I haven't been very good at nailing down who is the hog. Last week, xeniu or whatever his name is posted some ridiculous battery stats. I think he probably has his phone hooked to a sears diehard or something, but I did see that I had 2 items as 2 and 3 on mine that he didn't have.

Maps was number 3. I found that I had latitude enabled, I think. And the checkbox to allow google to use your location info for search results. Both of those apparently make maps run all the time in the background. I logged out of latitude (I don't remember ever logging in to be honest) and unchecked that box and got it way down on the list.

Android system or OS (I forget) was really high. I read something somewhere that the facebook app has some function that pumps this usage. I had always backed out to close it, but when I started logging out, I saw an improvement. That facebook app sucks anyway. It has scant advantage over just going to the webpage using dolphinHD. I just uninstalled it.

But, here is the kicker. My son has the sh ittiest android, the Echo. He managed to save up and work off enough money to get an Epic4G off of ebay. When it was delivered it had the stock battery and one of those big honking Siedo fatass batteries too. I have been using that stupid thing and I don't really need to worry about the battery anymore. I suppose now my obsession will be replaced with worry about wearing off the little tabs on the cover from switching back and forth.

So, the total control thing I don't get. But I do see the advantage in adfree, titanium backup, wifi tether, and have enjoyed ICS. I guess I was just pis sed about the sprint OTA update that happened at an inconvenient time.

 

[Brandon489]

Lol. Great read. I have noticed a considerable increase in my battery since I switched to cm9, but I also started using tasker and juice defender recently. If you want total control of your phone in almost grotesque details and options try tasker out, but juice defender does a pretty good job of battery conservation with minimal manipulation.

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[Zeinzu]

For those with bad battery running CM9, if you want to know my setup/settings and want any advice on how to track down your battery draning culprits shoot me a pm.

Btw, I use the Google network location and location for searches. It doesn't drain my battery.

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