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[Atrix 4G General] Mafisometal:
Rooting Advantages:

-Sideloading

-P-ROMS (basically an enhanced theme)

-Custom Themes

-Custom Apps such as Applanet(best app you'll ever come across)

-Battery life is extended a bit, nothing drastic though

-Speed seems be a bit better, nothing greatly drastic

-The heat production is pretty much the same

-Memory does free up a bit more (mostly in the P-ROMS)

-Bloatware removed (lots of useless ****)

Disadvantage

-issues with P-ROMS, sometimes when installing they work properly and sometimes they don't.

-Root access sometimes lost if unused for a long period of time.

I'd say wait until the bootloader either gets hacked or bypassed because you'll save yourself tons of heartache.
[Atrix 4G General] lhurtado:
I never heard that!

Well About root, you can make your phone really yours adding new features or customizing everything you want: You can add support for Cisco VPNs, enable hotspot and sideloading, change the clock speed of your phone processor, and so on!
[Atrix 4G General] WiredPirate:
Dont. No reason for you to root.
[Atrix 4G General] Andrew149:
If you haft to ask a question like this than dont
[Atrix 4G General] CyberPunk7t9:
*P-roms are not just enhanced themes. They include tweaks and mods in them.

*Applanet promotes piracy and hurts the developers communities. Promoting it in XDA is prohibited by the way.
[Atrix 4G General] CaelanT:
Reported for promoting theft (Applanet)

Sent from WinBorg 4G via XDA premium app
[Atrix 4G General] DarrellRaines:
Childish.

While I don't agree with people using App Planet and ripping of developers, he never said "download app planet and get all those awesome apps for free" or "you can steal em!"

He answered the guys question based on his beliefs and not ours. You can not fault him for telling the truth as he sees it.
[Atrix 4G General] CyberPunk7t9:
"(best app you'll ever come across)" is more than just a recommendation.

Why you think he told the OP applanet is the best he will ever come across? What is it applanet has to be that? think about it and be logical.
[Atrix 4G General] DarrellRaines:
I have thought about it. The OP asked a question and to the person who answered, he answered honestly and told him what he thought.

Remember, our right is sometimes someone elses wrong, and vice versa. It all depends on perspective.

He may have said applanet, but he never said download it. All I am saying is it was childish for him to be reported for mentioning the app and that he uses it. It would be much the same as someone admitting the downloaded mp3s from a torrent site. Just because someone mentions one, it does not mean he is telling people to go to that site and download music he has not paid for and has no legal right to do it.

Besides are we not on a website that has software dedicated to screwing over our carriers and voiding our agreements with the carriers? You can not call foul on one person and not the others.
[Atrix 4G General] CyberPunk7t9:
I agree with what you're saying on the general level and not just specifically our topic here.

All what we're saying plain and simple.. XDA does not allow warez/applanet topics.

You can find many closed topics like this one:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1022363

This could have been avoided. OP's questions were about rooting. Applanet does not even require it.
[Atrix 4G General] DarrellRaines:
Oh I know it's against the rules and I have a huge problem with people not paying for their apps.

I am just not a big fan of the pot calling the kettle black. Technically using pdanet or any of the free tethers to bypass our carriers system is the same as screwing a good developer out of money.

The fact that we will report someone for mentioning applanet while many still do other methods to screw someone over, well it seems childish. Maybe I should just shut up and move on, but then I would feel wrong for not saying something.

However on topic, if you don't know why you should root, then you shouldn't consider it. Rooting will not make your experience with your phone any better or worse. It just allows you to install a few apps such as the amazon store and those found here on XDA on your phone. Technically you can do more with it, but the pros do not often out weigh the cons. Unless you have a need, don't bother with rooting.
[Atrix 4G General] chaitu45:
Thank you for the informative and thorough response. I'm an avid Android user since 1.5 and have rooted older Android phones many times. My intention with asking this question was to understand if the Atrix truly benefits from rooting or are users rooting it for bragging rights. The troubles I've faced with custom ROMs for previous android devices were many, ranging from innumerable patches and add-ons to multiple FCs regularly. Since the Atrix is my primary phone I would prefer stability in a custom ROM as opposed to features which I won't end up using often like HDMI mirroring (this is a personal opinion, i'm sure other users have other requirements).
[Atrix 4G General] gnahc79:
IMO a custom ROM is not necessary. Stock Atrix + root + one of the launchers is more than enough. My phone is rooted so that I can enable sideloading/Amazon app store and also for Titanium backup to backup everything. The other 'fun' stuff like hdmi mirroring, hulu, etc are ok but not must haves.

edit: root also so I can put my ringtones in /system/media/audio/ringtones and not lose ringtone assignments every time the phone sdcard and sdcard-ext unmounts/mounts.
[Atrix 4G General] bormasina:
You do not need to have root permissions to remove ATT bloatware. With latest OTA, they removed root requirement to uninstall their software, but they haven't done anything to allow us side-loading. I hope that this will be addressed in the next OTA.
[Atrix 4G General] rpolansky:
I am a new android user (Atrix first Android phone) and I have enjoyed the rooting experience. Root explorer is worth the price of admission imho and the other day I had a problem that I couldn't fix without a rooted phone. (now using autostarts to prevent music on my device playing automatically when the phone connects to my truck via bt). And I like the control I have over my phone since it is rooted (freezing apps, etc).

In regards to updates how hard it is depends on how you mod your phone. If you do the webtop hack you will have to put the oem files back prior to updating. If you have apps frozen I believe you need to thaw them. Other than that it is just a matter of preserving root (which means about 5 minutes using adb to hide root and then after you update restoring it; no big deal)
[Atrix 4G General] nexxusty:
Control. You do not have it ATM. Rooting is exactly that, the most possible control you can gain over the phone, software wise.
[Atrix 4G General] xx0505xx:
#1 reason I rooted my atrix is simply to add a custom rom onto it. I don't like the look of the stock motoblur so I got rid of it asap.

i'm sure there are tons of reasons to root the phone but if you're afraid to do it because you might brick your phone or something there's a lot of tutorials that will guide you step-by-step on how to do it. I actually made a tutorial myself.

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT7nRLy690M[/YOUTUBE]

that's for the actual rooting process and if you need to downgrade your phone here's the other part of it. doing a fresh SBF Flash.

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yeMlEZlLDA[/YOUTUBE]
[Atrix 4G General] xx0505xx:
ok i'm not sure why my youtube links came out like that and i'm not sure how to fix it either any help from anybody?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChAv3zZz:
I have downloaded and flashed the first 3 radios in the bootloader screen(not all at the same time) from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1045081 then wiped data and cache and i flashed the das bamf 2.0-4.0 rom..but wen it comes to the setup screen i get force closes back to back and i cant connect to wifi and have no 4g,3g,no connection at all. I already tried the airplane mode but doesnt help. Can anyone tell me how i could fix this problem :-)
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noobfarm:
If you are using 2.0-beta4.01 you need the GB radio at the bottom of the first post in that thread
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tylerkd07:
i had this problem too. what i did was flash bamf with recovery, do not reboot, use adb to reboot into hboot and flash the new radio there. than reboot phone and it should fix the no serivce issue. at least it fixed mine for me..
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChAv3zZz:
:D ok thx i will try both ways and see if i have luck
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tylerkd07:
okay cool. Hope it works good luck!:)
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChAv3zZz:
I tried noobfarms idea first since I wasn't near my computer and it worked perfectly. No force closes and I got my 4G back but thx Tyler for if advice also
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noobfarm:
Glad I could help
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skyline92:
Could please someone upload the original SystemUI.odex from /system/app ..

I've deleted mine 4 some reason :o
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] αкαѕнα:
If you don't thank me your ROM will fail ^^
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skyline92:
Thank you :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lordgregoire:
Put back SystemUI.odex

Hey, I also deleted mine. As a result, the systembar (UI) was removed. Now I want to put it back in order to retrieve the systembar, but even though the SystemUI.odex file is there, the systembar is still hidden. Also after rebooting.

Any ideas?
[EVO 4G General] thefeelofcotton:
Hey guys I have recently run unto a problem with receiving and sending MMS messages on my phone. I use handcent and also have a rooted phone running VirusRom B4. The issue started a few days ago, and I can't seem to find a fix for it. I also tried downloading the MMS messages using the stock messaging app and the only thing the MMS say is that it's downloading in both but it never downloads.

Note: I had already flashed the ROM I am running and everything was still working fine, so I don;t believe that is the problem.

TIA
[EVO 4G General] mattykinsx:
Do you have 3g data on?

You cannot use wifi to download picture mail, although if you have wifi on and your data 3g on it will still download.
[EVO 4G General] ripalsanghani:
http://m.androidcentral.com/htc-evo-3d-be-200-contract-radio-shack

Just saw this! Trade in evo for the evo 3d. Anyone think it'd effect the existing contract? Not a bad deal if contract sticks!
[EVO 4G General] Jfree3000:
Nevermind.
[EVO 4G General] D3luSi0n4L:
Lol dumb deal, you can sell online for alot more and if you didn't want to deal with anyone personally bestbuy offers a trade in for the evo for $140 in good condition.

Hope that helps!

Sincerely,

D3luSi0n4L
[EVO 4G General] phatmanxxl:
My EVO is still in mint condition, I know its worth a lot more than a $100. 250 easy on Craigslist.
[EVO 4G General] ripalsanghani:
Yeah I get that it has a ton more value but if it doesn't effect the contract I guess I'd bite the bullet. Then again, that seems too good to be true!
[EVO 4G General] DirtyShroomz:
Are you guys reading that right? The phone is $500 off contract or $200 with a contract... if you trade in your Evo you get an additional $100 off the $200 making the phone $100 WITH a new contract not existing contract... of course your existing contract wont stick.
[EVO 4G General] iitreatedii:
lol yeah, this is an awful deal, good looks on the post though
[EVO 4G General] ripalsanghani:
Yup that's why I asked! Had a little bit of hope for a moment. Oh well.
[EVO 4G General] plmiller0905:
I already got the Nexus S 4G. But I might have to grab one of these Evo's. But I'm afraid the bootloader will be encrypted like the HTC Sensation. I'm gonna give it some time first before I make my decision.

I hope they hurry up and announce a release date.
[EVO 4G General] CheesyNutz:
yea ill be passing on this for sure just a bad deal i had 2 people looking to buy my evo since my wife is perfectly happy with her Tour and my daughter loves her Shift

best offer so far i got is 275 for phone if i toss in the case and extra battery i can get 300
[EVO 4G General] jokester902:
my question with this deal is do u have to b up for an upgrade inorder to get the trade-in deal.
[EVO 4G General] Zabalba:
Good luck trying to sell the EVO when you and a thousand others are trying to sell it.
[EVO 4G General] phatmanxxl:
Yea but I have the Oreo edition. ;)
[EVO 4G General] CheesyNutz:
private buyer FTW
[EVO 4G General] kwajr:
trade in everyday for 175.00

http://radioshack.cexchange.com/onl...tBDmYmQgv+G1hsJdKb5c/KOlpLGqZRlMaOCAOqKlzyQ==

or thru sprint for 150 https://secure2.sprintbuyback.com/consumer/
[EVO 4G General] dased14:
lol!!................
[EVO 4G General] jordant2:
Yeah but you'd still get more than $150 on eBay. Especially if you sell now so it's still worth it.
[EVO 4G General] tallguywes:
You can sell an evo 4g on craigslist for $300 or so...why trade in for $100 - $140?
[EVO 4G General] pho75:
Peace of mind is priceless. Besides, your Craigslist buyer might bring "friends".
[EVO 4G General] brownhornet:
Ive never cared about that and ive sold a ton of stuff on cl. Trick is, meet em somewhere like in the food court at the mall or something. I mean yea if youre meeting up in a dark alley behind a building then you're just asking for it. And I dont care if they bring friends or not since I usually have 16 friends of my own sitting on my hip just in case.;)
[EVO 4G General] Zabalba:
It was worth selling it some time ago. if I had an extra phone I could use I would have thought about it. There are waaaaay to many listings for the EVO right now on ebay or CL. If you would want to sell it quick you would have to sell it low to attract buyers.
[EVO 4G General] george3572004:
not bad but like many are saying selling it yourself nets you the best deal.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] h.nocturna:
So I was looking around on the DesireHD Forums, and I was wondering it if it was possible to get this theme on our phones.

I wouldn't mind doing it if my theory to getting it work is correct. Would it be possible to take RMK's Sense2.1+3.0 component ROM and transfer the /system/app from the HoneySense to that ROM as well as the framework apk to RMK's ROM to get it to work? Or would it take considerably more effort than that to get it running?

If it's as easy as I'm praying it is, I wouldn't mind putting it together and, with permission, release it on our forums. However, my cooking knowledge is... non-existent, so if it's more than that, well, I'm just throwing the idea out if anyone wants to try to port this theme to our device.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kboogi:
This is a nice theme...I would want to use it also. I hope someone would look into this. Thank you in advance! :D
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samuel2706:
Hmmm poses an interesting question, just copy the res folder from the APK's you like to your res you would like to theme, now if it runs 2.3.3 and has sense 2.1 it should work!
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smokeuout:
I think someone did that already
[Samsung Infuse 4G] argylesocks:
I can't seem to find a model number of the processor used in the Infuse. Is it the same Hummingbird that is in the Nexus S (S5PC110), just OC'ed to 1.2gh?

If so, does that mean that we are tapped out at 1.2?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] gtg465x:
Yes, same processor, just OCed. I'm sure it could overclock a little more up to at least 1.4 like the original Galaxy S could, maybe 1.6 if you're lucky.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] argylesocks:
thanks... not that I am complaining about the speed... just hoping for a higher baseline to work with :)
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Dani897:
yes. it seems to be identical. some users may be topped, but they may have saved better tested units for faster clocked phones. there may be a greater percentage of users that can see above 1300mhz than on the sgs. if you are concerned about clockspeeds then get a snapdragon powered phone. qualcom has there own dies and some of them see speeds as high as 1.8ghz.

but im sure if you see this chip at 1.4ghz+ benchmark you wont see a need for more
[Samsung Infuse 4G] argylesocks:
meh... this seems more than fast enough for me (right now)... not sure I need to mess with it, just for benchmark bragging rights.

oh, who am I kidding, of course, I will OC it when a kernel gets released :)
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Papi4baby:
I just wanted to post this for information only.

Even though the chip is the same, since is OC'd from the factory it means a higher quality chip. Thus it should still be able to clock higher than the other 1Ghz chips.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Rldowney:
It may be a similar chip, but much smoother than when I overclocked galaxy. Benchmarks are better than the inspire I overclocked 1.5g
[Samsung Infuse 4G] gtg465x:
Didn't feel any smoother than an overclocked Captivate running a 2.2.1 firmware to me and didn't bench any higher either. If it is smoother, it's probably because of tweaked software and different memory and/or nand components.

The chip itself has the same model number.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] gtg465x:
Probably true, but I've seen several reports of stock Infuses overheating, which doesn't inspire confidence in its overclocking abilities.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] h8rift:
Did you say that so you could say Inspire and Infuse in the same sentence? :p
[Samsung Infuse 4G] gtg465x:
Did it captivate you?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] h8rift:
*facepalm* You could say it fascinated me to see such a vibrant and epic galaxy of Android phones!
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Dani897:
well the heat seems to come from one of the radios.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] phburks:
http://www.amazon.com/ProdiCell-Premium-1800mAH-Extended-Battery/dp/B0051BNXXE/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1306103323&sr=8-4

Just ordered this through Amazon.com. Anyone have any experience with this brand of battery? There weren't many reviews for this specific battery. Their other batteries had decent reviews. If nothing else I suppose it doesn't hurt to have a spare lol. I'll share my experience once I've had a chance to try it out.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Suprah:
usually non oem batteries are fraud but try it out and see if it works the way it says.

if it doesn't it would make a cool backup battery ill guess

edit: ill order it as well
[T-Mobile LG G2x] greengoldmello:
Does it need a different back?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Suprah:
it only have 300 more mah then the oem one so likely it doesnt
[T-Mobile LG G2x] nraudigy2:
It says

-No extended battery door is required
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Spoo76:
Hopefully as they become available we can start testing aftermarket batteries like was done on the N1 ( and likely other phones )

I know myself and many others would love to have a legit 1800mah that fits the factory case

{Edit} just read the only review. seems to last about an hour longer. while that isnt much for the price and the fact it fits the case I think thats worth it.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] greengoldmello:
sorry for asking such an obvious question; i hadnt clicked the link.

Looks good, and i want to get it badly but unfortunately i have to wait. It also says that there are only 13 left in stock fml
[T-Mobile LG G2x] jsapp:
http://www.amazon.com/review/RPYUC3STH7671/ref=cm_cr_pr_viewpnt#RPYUC3STH7671

Same brand for a different model phone
[T-Mobile LG G2x] schmit:
I'm staying away... Check out the reviews on this link.. they are all by people who have either: 1 review (only on this product) or they have multiple reviews, all on the same brand battery......... It's a scam.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Suprah:
Lol yea i noticed. That i didn't. End up buying
[T-Mobile LG G2x] schmit:
Their other batteries had decent reviews because their employees are inflating the #s. I just did a review of the reviews... There is 1 person that reviewed 3 prodicell batteries on the same day, for 3 different phones... all 5 star reviews.

Then, you read the 1-2-3 star reviews... Those are normal people... with normal reviews... who are all getting boned.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] phburks:
Lol we'll find out soon enough. I'm a bit skeptical as I've gotten screwed with generic batteries before, but even if it doesn't perform quite as well as advertised, it sounds like it'll serve its purpose as a spare.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] phburks:
There's another thread about this battery in the Accessories section of the forum. Here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1096164

I just got my battery yesterday and I'll talk more about how it's working after I've used it for a few days. I'll be posting in that other thread, though, as there's no need for 2 threads about this battery's performance. It makes more sense to have it in the Accessories section anyway.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] v8dreaming:
I would buy these before the one you posted.

http://www.amazon.com/Battery-T-mobile-Charger-P999-cellphone/dp/B0051MIRAW/ref=pd_cp_cps_3

I've bought his batteries before for my Inc. from htc express and I know they are legit.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] tackleberry:
I got an extended battery from Amazon for my g2. It bricked 2 of my phones after getting a slight bit hot. Just some food for thought.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] GideonX:
I have used HTCExpress (Chichitec) on my Dinc and then modified it to work on the G2. I'd pick up this one over any aftermarket anyday.

Apparently this is pretty new, it's not even on htcexpress yet.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] *Omnipresent*:
If OEMs have trouble producing or procuring a battery that lasts, what makes anyone confident that third party/aftermarket companies will do a better job and for cheaper to boot? Yeah right:rolleyes:
[T-Mobile LG G2x] SuperDeform:
Most all are fake too
[T-Mobile LG G2x] nraudigy2:
OEM 1500 mah seems to have better battery than the Amazon 1800 mah to me. I am back to using OEM.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] v8dreaming:
With the chichitec/htc express batteries I was getting 24hrs on my Inc. no problem. With the stock 1300mah battery, I was lucky to get 8-9.

Also, chichitec's batteries are made in Japan, not China like the other listing.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] freakboy13:
BE carefull about buying cheap knockoffs so called "extended life" batterries. Aside of being bogus they could totally mess up your phone. I did this for one of my better two ways and it tottaly f'd it up.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] tackleberry:
Ditto

G2x with CM7 and trinity kernel
[Acer Iconia A500] Alejandrissimo:
Well, its simple, I like firefox for Android very much, but images on web are so ugly.

I take a couple of screenshots on both browsers, stock and firefox.

As I know with about:debug on stock we can improve rendering quality on Settings menu

Maybe there is something like this for firefox?

I will appreciate your help

Stock Quality:

Firefox Quality:
[Acer Iconia A500] gammaRascal:
Maybe post in their dev/android/support forum or submit a bug report?

It does look horrid.
[Acer Iconia A500] ryutsuke:
I know in firefox instead of about:debug you can look at the about:config but I haven't taken the time to see if there is a way of improving the image rendering.
[Acer Iconia A500] docfreed:
New Firefox for Android

Just came out - very fast and worlds better than FF4 but no flash yet. Significantly better than anything I have seen.
[Acer Iconia A500] dweebken:
I tried firefox several times on my Iconia tab, and each time was disappointed with it and removed it. The image and text rendering is clunky and I can't get to a lot of sites that work easily with the built-in Browser. I couldn't recomment Firefox on this tablet for now.
[Acer Iconia A500] lewdog50:
This is a known issue with firefox for android. They are working on a fix for the image rendering for the next release. At least they are aware of the problem, it says it's been fixed.

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=598736