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[Galaxy S II General] stierney:
I rooted mainly to do the following:

Remove bloatware plus apps I don't use with TBackup

Customise the interface plus tweak CPU And services for extra battery.

A few decent apps require root access to function and because I like playing with the latest roms, titanium backup is something I just couldn't do without
[Galaxy S II General] HellcatDroid:
I'm some one who always want's to dig deep, dive into the system, bring it completely under my control and then do things the maker of the device didn't intend me be doing :D

Long story short, like do all that's possible and a bit more, tinker with the system.

:)
[Galaxy S II General] Quintinio:
To delete the damn Samsung bloatware!
[Galaxy S II General] jonny68:
A whole new world of possibilities are exposed when you root your SGSII, i rooted mine within hours of getting it and then flashed a custom ROM.

People who don't root their phone are basically missing out.
[Galaxy S II General] wellibob:
Errrrr why wouldn't you root the sgs 2. For starters I changed the dpi as 240 is childlike imho. And yes, I can't help but flash :-P
[Galaxy S II General] Skellyyy:
Well I rooted it and the first thing I did was unlock it. But, as with any Android device, you have to root (I feel). I'm on a miui build atm and just love how customizable the 'themes' are on it. I don't even use many root programs, just Twitter Facebook and a browser mainly, but its nice knowing I have root if I ever need it. An of course when a stable build of ICS comes out I'm going to try that. :D
[Galaxy S II General] cyph3rzer0:
For using Mobile Odin pro to flash ROM with out increasing counter, Titanium Backup pro for all the goodies it offers, CWM, and for the freedom that I get after rooting! :-)
[Galaxy S II General] Skellyyy:
Do you know what's the max dpi you can go to on the s2? I'm going to try it out, nothing weird will happen if I pass a threshold or anything will it?
[Galaxy S II General] zoidster:
As a mac user I really did feel like I had no choice !

When I got my SGS2 I found I was unable to upgrade my firmware officially without a Windows PC , this astounded me , The iPhone is often slated and people moan that you "have to use iTunes" - but at least Apple still let you update and maintain the damn thing from a PC ! Not sure if this has changed now , but when I got mine there were no options at all to update on a mac (or without a PC more to the point)

I even felt an urge to go back to stock (in anticipation of an official ICS ROM ) , so bought a cheap windows laptop solely for Kies - but unfortunately Kies seemed to kill it ! ...slowed it down to a snails pace and for some reason caused the Wifi to stop working. No doubt if I'd scanned the forums I could have got to the bottom of it , but to be honest I love CM7 on the SGS2 , I think I am going to skip the official ICS and jump straight to CM9

The whole Kies thing seems strange to me , I hover between Android and iOS , and one of the most popular arguments for Android is usually that you can simply plug in and drag and drop your content and update firmware OTA (i.e. no proprietary software) - I don't understand why Samsung would stomp all over this "benefit" in such a distasteful way ?
[Galaxy S II General] wellibob:
I'm happy on 182 dpi. So used to it now and can't go back to stock 240. I use nitrality app to set dpi. Down side to different dpi are market issues and you need a few multi dpi dailers .
[Galaxy S II General] Kailkti:
Titanium backup and to flash a new rom.

$1 gets you a reply
[Galaxy S II General] :
Still having thoughts about rooting ... i am a addicted flasher ( I come from DHD) but the rom's in here aren't worth flashing (no offence guys, personal opinion) so back to stock rom with out root ;)
[Galaxy S II General] chrisjcks:
Titanium backup originally pushed me into rooting.

But later on, setcpu, root explorer & even cachemate all need root access to perform their duties. :)
[Galaxy S II General] fred_up:
I had to root, because I needed to run programs that required Root. Titanium Backup, Theft Aware, AS Proxy and Root Call Blocker.

I know that I could do roughly the same operations (different apps) without rooting, but why settle for a 'could do' when I know what it 'can do'.
[Galaxy S II General] Chef_Tony:
1. to op. not wanting to use kies is really no reason to root, you can flash using odin and copy data and sync using usb debugging, none of which needs root. however, since obviously you already rooted and like it that way, why would i tell you it is unnecessary now.

2. besides the obvious that has been stated on this thread, like titanium backup or adfree, THE actual main reason for me was lbe security, being able to deny app access to my contacts, my imei or even the internet, as long as it is not absolutely necessary.

there are many apps on the market these days that request way too many permissions and while i do want to have the apps, i don't want to give them too much personal data. that is a security aspect that absolutely speaks for rooting.

recently, some of my friends changed from their non-smartphones to samsung android phones and after guiding them through a lot of the setup process, i was thinking about telling them to root. titanium would not be a good argument there, because light users would not flash their phone and not lose data anyways. adfree is just a slight improvement and well irrelevant to light users as well. rooting for security and privacy is always a good argument.
[Galaxy S II General] JJEgan:
My usual new Android phone procedure is to one backup original firmware or download a copy off .Can i return the phone under warranty is solved 99% of the time .

Phone is never rooted unless specific apps or programs require root .

Some users seem to have misunderstood root and think they have to root and by rooting will get a better phone .

jje
[Galaxy S II General] Mezoxin:
download chainfire 3d from the market

then download plugins from here

cant post link cause am a new user just google Chainfire 3D Plugins justamp

and follow the instructions :D
[Galaxy S II General] SiSL:
It disturb me not to have complete control over devices I own actually...

I liked Titatinum Backup for sure or having to change my DNS everywhere without consulting supplied DNS anywhere, everywhere (I live in Turkey, here DNS browsing is everything or having trusted DNS servers etc.) also due to Google Country restrictions, ability to buy paid apps. In Turkey, only free apps is served to you via Market.
[Galaxy S II General] haghdk:
For me it was to gain more control over my device. Like being able to remove or freeze apps I don't want and also to try different ROMs.

I actually think the ability to root should be a standard option. The manufactures could then create some sort of logging app which then could log what you do and if you just freeze some apps the warranty will not be void.
[Galaxy S II General] nikzDHD:
For me rooting has given the ability to easily move from one rom to another and not having to be tied to a stock firmware I like some of the custom roms out there.

Titanium backup is a life saviour for these instances, and root explorer is a must for removing unnessary stuff, I like to slim down and remove whatever I have no need for and rooting allows this! I don't want social hub and such it just takes up unnessary space :)
[Galaxy S II General] odevans:
The need to to tinker!
[Galaxy S II General] mr_tris:
Top of the class!!!!!!:D

Also knowing that all my options are wide open,Playing Galaxy on Fire 2(Thanks Chainfire!) no Bloatware and trying out different ROMS/Themes/Customizations from all our excellent Devs!(The list of names would be an endless thanks,you know who you all are!);)
[Galaxy S II General] dk206:
#1. ChainFire 3D

#2. Add Blocker

#3. Custom ROMS???? A bit obvious...
[Galaxy S II General] tbong777:
To get 100% out of the device and OWN the device.
[Galaxy S II General] _JKay_:
To install JKay Deluxe :)
[Galaxy S II General] donalgodon:
This exactly.

...and this.
[Galaxy S II General] biffroy:
I am not ashamed to say i share the same ailment...
[Galaxy S II General] aceofclubs:
Same here.
[Galaxy S II General] stylez:
ROOT wasn't a choice it was necessity :cool:

Just the same as H-SPL was to WM devices i'm a resource pimper @ heart and occasional cook..

To be locked down to anything is a p.i.t.a

And i imagine a big part is XDA as every device still brings me home :D
[Galaxy S II General] shingo86:
I rooted for backup, n themes tat required root. The developers here are great.
[Galaxy S II General] trahzebuck:
First to get full control of the phone

second the backup features

third get rid of the bloatware

and last but not least: Hyperdroid Androidmeda :D
[Galaxy S II General] OrrPenn18:
XDA Pushed me Badly :p :D
[Galaxy S II General] HandreasH:
- to have full access

- sim lock free

- making backups with CWM and Titanium

- deleting unwanted stock apps

- playing around with roms and additional features
[Galaxy S II General] valentinrascu:
more batery life and more speed.

inviato da sgs2
[Galaxy S II General] leninmon:
You can root your android phone, is an added option for android smartphone users over iphone ipad users.

In case of S2, the default cpu clock speed is 1.2ghz with stock rom, it consumes 1300mv and the lowest 200mhz consumes 975mv. Gpu clock at 267mhz consumes 1000mv and lowest 160mv consumes 950mv power.

Rooted phones can be over/under clocked and over/under volted. Each phone has its own specific settings, which we will have to figure out. Stock roms will use some what generic settings for assured stability for 100% devices.

I was able to undervolt 200mhz to 825mhz from stock 975mv and save 150mv.

I overclocked my phone to 1504mhz with just 50mv more than stock roms 1200mhz consumption that is 1350mv. Without overclock at 1200mhz, I just needed 1175mv over the stock 1300mv.

In short you can get more out of your current phone along with saving battery. Not by costing your battery life.

There are a lot more than performance boost and power saving. Eg: using custom roms, custom kernels, etc...
[Galaxy S II General] sviftcz:
easy

root = expand what you get out of the device :-). Keep in mind, when you´re rooting any device you breaking one of its design aspects, to be limited...
[Galaxy S II General] lodger:
All android phones should be rooted out the box, i have been thourgh 4 generations of android now, All rooted the minuate i got them out the box,,,,

And yes i have really bad Flashing disorder i can not keep a phone for more than a week before..ohh i will just try that one!!!
[Galaxy S II General] :
- Freedom

- Being able to remove the Samsung stock app's

- Customisation

- Better battery life (depending on which ROM I use)

- Easier to backup data

- Early access to new Android versions
[Galaxy S II General] onslaught86:
The hideous stock icons made root on day one. Until I got the phone, I was under the impression that it used the snazzy square ones from the press shots instead of the same ugly lot the i9000 had. Easy fix, and I'd have rooted it shortly after anyway, but that was the initial reason.
[Galaxy S II General] zekurosu:
custom ROM :D
[Galaxy S II General] jlevy73:
peer pressure, everyone's doing it these days :p
[Galaxy S II General] :
Nothing I own stays stock. I like to modify, tinker, break, fix, make things better, occasionally worse, but usually a hell of a lot more fun.
[Galaxy S II General] lfrst05:
My reasons:

-AdBlocker

-Titanium Backup

-VNC server

-NTFS driver for USB-OTG

-ISO/UDF for mounting .iso images

-CIFS mount

-ProxyDroid for internet acces through NTLM Proxy

-runing BackTrack

and the main reason: Because it's cool....everyone's doing it!
[Galaxy S II General] trixnix:
-for being open

-custom roms/themes etc etc

-chainfire 3D

TAPATALKED
[Galaxy S II General] tEsT_MaStEr:
CWM to flash update ,flash kernel

Proxydroid to use proxy in my office

Delete /Change a system app

Adfree

Titaniumbackup

Chainfire 3D
[Galaxy S II General] Virtualsk:
Back up my EFS Folder

Remove Stupid Apps from System

My Back up Pro

Use Mobile ODIN and ROM Manager.
[Galaxy S II General] marber45:
First and foremost i needed to remove the simlock and second i want root access to be able and use all apps that need it.
[Galaxy S II General] rodpalma:
Shadowgun, sixaxis controller and riptide
[Galaxy S II General] onbacardi:
I just LOVE ROOTING things in my life ;)
[Galaxy S II General] alexnative:
To get yellow triangle when turn on my S2, it's look cool
[Galaxy S II General] Gnarfsan:
Home button double tap voice control :mad:

It's gone now though!
[Galaxy S II General] Mesquire:
Just so to turn off the camera's sound
[Galaxy S II General] wsatia:
Like many others before me, ROMs. And some delicious Ice Cream Sandwich soon.
[Galaxy S II General] aridoasis:
adfree, titanium backup and speedmod kernel. that's it for me.
[Galaxy S II General] Mulholland Drive:
Rooting is so standard these days, don't think we need a specific reason for doing it.
[Galaxy S II General] madchild1:
Cause its what all the cool kids are doing
[Galaxy S II General] pachi72:
For me is Titanium Backup.. But then i started messing with roms
[Galaxy S II General] theblackpig:
I'm a pig. Pigs root.

Sent from another galaxy.
[Galaxy S II General] bluefa1con:
lol its not gone go to deluxe settings app and you can enable it
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] silver03wrx:
Just got an email from att about taking a survey about the skyrocket. I thought this was kinda weird ive never goten one about any of my other at&t phones. .. look at attached screenshots
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] waiters:
i got one also, they want to know why you didn't by the HTC vivid among other things. it will go through everything on the phone and ask what you like and dont like.. its actually a long survey lol like 20 pages
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] silver03wrx:
Yeah i just finished it. Lol they really were trying hard to find out why i chose this over the vivid
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] silver03wrx:
Lol look at my answer......

And i still find this odd never got one for the sgs2 or the atrix
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] CXENTE:
LOL +1 @unlocked bootloaders... :( don't be like LG :( gslate
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] netnerd:
Heavy Thick Craps is not an option for me!

But I thinking of returning skyrocket for LG nitro with 1280x720 resolutions.

The LG also lighter too. I like lightweight phones, more comfortable holding it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] 00mred00:
I got one as well. First for me also and we buy a ton of phones
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] linuxdood:
i had a similar survey after i purchased the backflp, their first android phone.

Did the skyrocket survey. Overall, very satisfied. It was a bit long though. I was expecting a question to take a survey about the survey at the end of it. Its worth the time to tell ATT that yes, Android should be valuable to you and due attention should be paid to it.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Joutes:
After connection to TV and disconnection via hdmi cable the screen of photon is never turned off, only manual or after rebooting. Any ideas ? Stock ROM 198_7, root, motorola's hdmi cable, TV panel.
[Motorola Photon 4G] deedscreen:
Go to Settings>Display>Screen Timeout>Never Timeout. Switch to Never Timeout when you are using HDMI, but don't forget to switch back to your previous setting.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Joutes:
This method isn't work, I try to switch before connection to TV and during the connection.
[Motorola Photon 4G] deedscreen:
Sorry bud, call Motorola and see what they say.
[Motorola Photon 4G] trangappa:
Strange coincidence. I noticed the very same issue on my Photon. Luckily, I had it rooted and also had installed the recovery tool. I booted into recovery and ran the reset permissions and this resolved the screen timeout issue. Hope this helps somebody.
[Galaxy Tab General] cpgeek:
The daily deal website Woot.com (trusted, i've ordered quite a few things from them in the past, they are great) has original 7" Galaxy Tab CDMA units on sale (your choice of sprint or verizon) for $199 +$5 shipping.

seems like a great deal considering that I paid $350 on ebay for a well cared for tmobile SGT 7" about 3 months ago, and that seemed like the general used going rate. (honestly i feel a little insulted that it can be had for such a low rate now).

anyhow, just wanted to let people know about a great deal if you guys are interested. I am in no way affiliated with woot, just a happy past customer who is always out for a great deal.

http://deals.woot.com/sellout

also, btw, woot only keeps it's deals up for 24 hours max (or until they sell out of units), so if you're interested: the sooner, the better.
[Galaxy Tab General] dav3yb:
I JUST bought mine... it was too good to pass up, even if the model is not a good one for flashing on, which im sure it is because i've been looking at a 7inch tablet for a while now, it was too good a deal for a 16gb 7in for me to pass.
[Galaxy Tab General] fage88:
i got 2. one for my GF one for my Dad. I have a 10.1 and love it. A little dissapointed that it only has gingerbread but i guess thats because it is single core.

I was going to get my GF the Amazon Fire but a full tablet for the same price seems like the way to go.

not going to activate 3g though. wifi is fine.
[Galaxy Tab General] tekkguy:
Maybe the fact that Woot just sold 1500 CDMA tabs to a (generally) tech-savvy audience will spur some additional CDMA tab development ... never know!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Juroid:
First of all, I TAKE NO CREDIT FOR THIS WORK. This Fancy Widget was themed by and put together by BIGDX on Xda Droid X section of the forum under Serenity Theme for Droid X. I just extracted just Fancy Widget from the Theme Zip.

I really like this themed Fancy Widget which is compatible with most if not all Android phone. I been using it on all the phones that I had including Skyrocket.

BigDX makes some great themes for Motorola phones like Droid X and Bionic.

You can see how the fancy widget looks like by clicking the link below.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=766645
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Juroid:
Here is red
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Juroid:
This is green Fancy Widget.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Juroid:
This is White and Orange
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Juroid:
These are pink, purple and yellow.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Juroid:
Here is a blue sample on my phone. The only thing is that I have the LCD Density set at 200 vs 240(stock) using Absolute Root Systems.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] slim94:
looks good thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] the2rrell:
These are cool lil add ons.

thanks
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] kristovaher:
According to the review from The Verge, Transformer Prime loses out in battery life to iPad 2 and other competing tablets and is only marginally better than iPad 2 when the keyboard dock is attached.

I find this very disappointing, I did not expect Asus to announce their battery life with the device in its lowest setting, while iPad 2 gets eight hours of battery life in 'normal mode'.

5 hours is very, very low. I expected them to at least match iPad 2, especially when they announced that it will survive for 12 hours.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mkozlows:
The Verge review is by far the lowest of any of them. Several report 10+ hours when playing video. Anandtech has 8 hours with an apparent mixed load.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] [TSON]:
It was advertised as 10:04 on Balanced, the default setting. That review uses Normal, where the two power-hungry cores are always active, instead of shutting off when they aren't needed.

Check out the bolded "NOTE:" where they say they're rerunning the battery test. Engadget said it lost to the iPad 2 by only 9 minutes on Balanced.

EDIT: And, according to the comments, this is without discharging/recharging the battery - battery stats aren't calibrated yet.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] skpamnani:
I think 5 hours is just for the dock and 10:17hours (according to engadget) for the the tablet...a total of whooping 15+ hours, not BAD at all
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] [TSON]:
No, the review on Engadget said that they expected 15+ hours with the dock.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] kristovaher:
No, they cannot test how long battery lasts on the dock alone. The Verge found that it survives 10 hours with the dock.

Balanced mode or not, fact is that iPad 2 is rated being in 'normal' mode for more than eight hours. Prime in normal mode only gets 5 hours. They may advertise their 'balanced' mode, but that is not as good in performance according to the review. In fact, the whole quad-core for tablet is put in doubt, it doesn't make the interface (and browser) faster at all, it only seems to help with games.

I am disappointed.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
I'm impressed ;) as this tablet doesn't need to run in normal mode 24/7, meaning 4 cores on all the time. That'll be a waste when balanced mode alone makes it as snappy ,if not more than ipad2. This still has the best battery life of any android tablet I've seen. All sites I've seen that reviewed it are very impressed with battery life. Plus the source you listed isn't as reputable as the main ones churning out the praises on battery life. Instead of just taking that one review and making an assumption, compare all of them. Seems strange that one site out of several giving it negative battery comments. As it's also strange you being disappointed already on an assumption from a sub par tech review site..lmao.

Get an ipad2 then ;) while we blow past ya with the excellent performance and battery life of the prime.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] kristovaher:
Well, you won't. iPad 2 has a better GPU and does not need a 'balanced mode' to have a battery life as long. iPad 2 gets 8 hours of battery life in their 'normal' mode that only lasts five hours on Prime.

I am still going for Prime, because I'm Android developer and my phone is an Android, but I was hoping that Prime would have battery life longer than devices released six months ago without having to tune down the performance that makes it fast.

Now it is a trade-off.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Cordy:
I think you missed the point of what he was trying to say. The site you are quoting your stats from in regards to battery life was the only one that rated it low in that regards. Let's take engadgets review for instance which on "normal" mode lasted for 10:17 which was 9 minutes shorter than their iPad 2 test. So the idea was if placed in "balanced" mode it would get longer life than its already good life.