[XDA Assist] typhanei:
So, here's the deal, I have 2 of these things, the SCH-R720s, and I have no phone service on either, nor do I plan to ever have phone usage...I have them primarily for cameras, apps, and MP3, of course, so what I'd like to do should be relatively simple, I don't need a fancy ROM or anything that runs both the "mini computer" capabilities as well as the phone...I simply want my handheld cam with some apps and music! I have 2, as I said, one with a 32 G SD card, the other has a tiny 2 G, which I know I need to upgrade. I also bought an extended battery + back for it, as well (the phone, unlocked on Amazon was $15 & I'm the cliche starving artist, so, there ya go :D ). These things take better pix than most cams now, esp. for price. Now, I'd REALLY like to get a 64 g or larger SD for one of them and make that my VIdeo cam phone ( + some apps, like a couple social, mostly editing, and of course, music), while the other will have the 32 for still photography and much the same make up. Therefore, I need a quick, to the point root that will work, and I then need to uninstall not only bloatware, but all of the Metro apps as well as getting rid of the phone service apps (I dont need contacts other than those thru gmail and FB, for instance). Here's my big problem: Neither of them have much internal mem to speak of, so I have tried to manually delete/force stop/clear data on a bunch of these running apps only to find them running again. I have CLEAN MASTER, which I use constantly on one of them (it now has like 23% mem left, which is huge compared to when I had the 32 g SD in, where it ran down to lik 1% crazy ****....I figure it was all the background and cache and junk associated with the apps that were on the card, I get that, but still! Ok, so, what should I do? Should I go with Droid Gator or the Unlock Samsung Guide had me d/l SRS Root app to root via my Win PC (HP Celeron, 4 gHz processor, 400+gig hard drive, etc. loaded with Win 8.1)? Here's another thing: I downloaded a driver pkg from Samsung for the Admire, and while my PC recognizes it, it does NOT let me access it as a Removable USB Mass Storage Device (F: Drive is greyed out), but it shows as though I should be able to! Otherwise, I'd empty the SD cards (tons of pix, of course) onto my disk, but the only way I'm currently able to do this is by sharing from the Admire via Gmail, which takes forever! Rooting should NOT mess with the SD card, right? Forgive my ignorance, I am a newb, but wanting to learn so bad and PSYCHED about manually tinkering with them until they are exactly what I want! As I said, this seems like it SHOULD be simple enough in my head, but I am NOT a tech geek by any stretch, I've really had to learn trial and error and did not really even have modern access until recently, so pretty quick learner, just overwhelmed by choices right now and unable to weed through the mess to find the best. Into FileSharing (KAT, of course) and realized how much in common I have politically, and in attitude toward so-called "anarchists" and "hackers"--not malicious, of course, simply INFO for free for everyone! I am a Socialist Anarchist in my views anyway (though b/c I'm poor I always vote Democrat...hey, Flower Child mama, what do you expect, right)...but I digress. THe point is, I am researching all of these sites and got yours thru Lifehacker. I've also been to Hexamob and currently watching some of the youtube tutorials right now. I'm a writer and LOVE researching (writer, performer, amateur photographer, aspiring filmmaker/producer), so ANY kind of advice is so welcome and would be very appreciated! I'll keep looking around, but making a profile and hoping to connect with you smarties who have loved and been exposed to tech far longer! My website will be listed, it has my short stories on it and I'm always adding, so if you like weird **** (horror/psych thriller/some sci fi), you might like. Feedback is very welcome and I'm all over social media, same name spelled weird, so please, comment, contact, connect! AND, while I'm at it, some collaboration as far as NETWORKING goes would be great, too--I'll gladly advertise for you on my site and you read my stories, pass them on, etc (scratching the proverbial backs, right)! So, thank you in advance for reading my little rant here, cannot wait to touch base with some people who know more than the couple of tech geeks I know (I say that with utmost respect, I myself am a Theatre Geek, so you can see why I'm such a damn newb :D )! PEACE, prosperity, power, and PASSION above all! The Punk Pirate, Typhanei