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[HTC Inspire 4G] droe411:
I am on the same Rom and it works. Just restore your backup, try clearing Dalvik cache and card partition. As long as you are on a 2.16 build it will work. So that should include every Gingerbread Rom that was built off the Gb leak.
[HTC Inspire 4G] tdesbien31:
I cleared Dalvik and sd partition, its still a no go. Too bad i wanted this to work.

Just restored my old rom backup...
[EVO 4G General] mxl180:
I dont have an EVO, but I saw this on CL

http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/mob/2241065529.html

If your reading this then you must have an EVO. And if you do you already know the battery life is the worst!!! I dies in about 4 or 5 hrs without even using it. Yea mine did that too.....at first.

First you have to root your phone. If your not rooted i can do that too. For extra of course! Then once i drop my addition on your phone you'll have a battery that lasts all day. You think im joking right? Look at the pictures.

**The first pic is of the screen i root your phone on!!**

**The second picture shows at the top when i last plugged my phone in....YES that DOES say over 16 HOURS since i last charged my phone!!! Dont believe me I'll show you on my own phone!!!

**The third is of the wifi screen your gonna use...you can use the internet off your phone on a laptop, ipad or whatever....

**The fourth pic is of me deleting the crap sprint apps wasting memory on my phone!!

....And yes i can make it happen on yours!! By the way I've got many more tricks i can show you if your interested...changing ROMs/operating systems & the whole 9 yards!!

Ok here's a quick off the top of my head list of things I can do. Hopefully I don't forget anything.

1. Root the phone. <<--You cant do anything w/o this $15

2. Do a full Nand unlock. You cant do wifi unless the security/ NAND is unlocked. <<--$5

3. WiFi tether. Can make the phone a hotspot so you dont have to pay sprint for it. Sprint charges $10 a month. <<-- Hit me with $10 and its yours. Dont pay sprint $10 a month

4. Change the way the phone looks. Colors, functions, home screens...everything

5. Change to the ROM of your choice. Like different operating systems. <<--#4 & #5 go together im flexible on this. Make me an offer

6. Change the kernel. Improve performance & battery functions. <<--$10 this is what makes your battery last wayyyyyy longer

7. Set processor speed. Overclock = make it faster. Underclock = slow things down...better battery life. <<--You either get #6 or #7 not both.

8. Backup all your contacts & apps forever & delete sprint apps <--$5 this is easy

9. Backup your entire system forever. <<--$5 this is easy

10. Show you how to get paid apps for free. <<--$5

I can also do any new android phone. Tmobile mytouch 4g's, Samsung EPIC's, Droid's and a bunch more....

I know I'm forgetting something. Email me when your ready. It goes straight to my phone. I'll answer immediately.
[EVO 4G General] Jimdog420:
Damn lmao what a joke.. ...

Swyped from a galaxy far far away......
[EVO 4G General] m4xwellmurd3r:
Wow what a rip off.

Everything he describes is just normal rooting and flashing. Takes an hour to do. Sounds like he just installs sprintlovers and netarchy and charges you out the ass

Sent from my (insert daily ROM name here) Evo 4g
[EVO 4G General] rugedraw:
I see similar ads on my local Craigslist all the time.
[EVO 4G General] Papa Smurf151:
Lmao do people really post that on Cl and do idiots really pay for that.
[EVO 4G General] akarol:
How do you get paid apps for free? Archive and refund within the 15 mins? Is that really his 'trick'?
[EVO 4G General] rugedraw:
Probably just downloads the .apk from a file sharing site.
[EVO 4G General] cryforburke:
Holy ****. I just checked craigslist myself and there are a bunch of people charging up to 40 bucks to do this. People are getting screwed!!! :eek:
[EVO 4G General] aimbdd:
lol id do everything he has there for 10 :P rip off?
[EVO 4G General] Bigjim1488:
This is crazy!
[EVO 4G General] rugedraw:
Yea, I can't say I haven't thought of making an ad myself. If people are to lazy to Google something or feel like this is too hard, why not make a few dollars off of them?
[EVO 4G General] gqstatus0685:
I don't see anything wrong. He's just charging for labor and believe it or not but some people don't want to learn how to do it themselves. You have people who go to car washes in the summer because they are too lazy to do it themselves. You have fast food joints for people too lazy to fix themselves a meal.

That's life. The point I'm trying to make is people don't have time.
[EVO 4G General] fixxxer2008:
last summer i made thousands under the table rooting/unlocking phones for $30 a pop.
[EVO 4G General] fixxxer2008:
BINGO! do it man, it's worth it, money wise!
[EVO 4G General] sand1303:
Yes to both. There are tons of ads in Craigslist for unlocking phones and fixing broken game systems. U just have to be willing to put up with the idiots that want their money back when they damage their **** after u have worked on it. I have thought about it plenty of times myself.

Sent from my rooted HTC EVO using the xda app!
[EVO 4G General] fixxxer2008:
nope, i had a no refund policy, even if their phone bricked.
[EVO 4G General] gqstatus0685:
I'm too lazy to do an ad. I thought about it but don't want to have to deal with the people complaining. The best thing if you are going to do it is to meet them somewhere and fix it instead of having them come over your place (retarded idea).
[EVO 4G General] DirtyShroomz:
I do this myself... I've made over $100 on a 2-3 span of doing this. My ad is old now and expired, haven't started a new one. Old customers still refer people to me though
[EVO 4G General] k2buckley:
I see nothing wrong with this at all, and have been contemplating putting an ad up as a matter of fact. I'm out of work for a few months due to medical reasons, and could definitely use a little extra cash. I'd root evo's all day long for 25 to 30 bucks each. If someone wants their phone rooted for things like tethering and what not, but doesn't have the know-how or the interest in learning, but is willing to spend a little cash to have it done, I see nothing wrong with that at all. They would likely be the one's searching craigslist for something specific like that, which obviously means they are willing to pay for it. I think this thread motivated me even more to do it. I have all the time in the world these days.
[EVO 4G General] mxl180:
Yea I kind dont see it being wrong, you're spending and effort = money. Otherwise the EVO owner would not know about it.
[EVO 4G General] phatmanxxl:
Those ads are everywhere, some guy with a laptop and unrevoked. There is a market for it and people are making money, I also thought about it but at the same time don't want to deal with noobs.

The best Craigslist ad I saw was some guy had a sidekick 3 looking to trade for a boat, iphone or hot tub. I'm not joking.
[EVO 4G General] :
I saw an ad of some chick who wanted trade her virginity for bon jovi tickets. I found it funny but mostly a joke of some kind.
[EVO 4G General] 12MaNy:
If I was that lazy...I'd still rather bork my own phone.
[EVO 4G General] SolsticeZero:
I do the same **** at work (with the exception of the paid apps for free) for $5. Hell, the only reason I even charge is because I don't want people bothering me 24/7 to do their friends Evo.
[EVO 4G General] potna:
I too used to charge for all kinds back yard IT work, i guess that could be how i got started with the career path im on now. its a real pain when everyone you know thinks its ok to call you at 4 am when their farmville wont play. or they blame you for infecting their laptop with the power supply you loaned them until their order arrives.

but i gotta call this guy on the battery, i bet i would get over 30 hrs battery on a full charge if i did not use it much or at all, i normally get around 24 hrs with decent use on stock rooted rom. granted the battery wasn't as good when it first came out, due to roms and what not. so this crap about 5 hrs battery with out using it and 16hrs if you pay this joker is kinda funny to me.

i'll bet this guys is a typical craigs list 17yr old looser. im sure he gets calls all the time from people that never show up, or when the "customers" actualy do show up, its only to case the place so they can come back later and rob him, and or he stands people up or bricks peoples crap regularly. hell maybe this is one of these guys that comes on here screams "pix or it didnt happen". lol, chances are he frequents xda.

with craigs list, there is always a chance that you may be good getting deal; but i suspect that 80% of the time you are just pissing in the wind.

sorry, its been a long day, i'll go away for awhile now.
[EVO 4G General] knightwolf123:
yup, i see this all the time. i just tell those people considering to do that, look it up and do it yourself so you understand what is going on
[EVO 4G General] sand1303:
No matter what ur policy is there is always someone who won't realize it till they f something up and come back pitching and whining to u.

Sent from my rooted HTC EVO using the xda app!
[EVO 4G General] Zameus:
/holds up carboard sign

Need help, homeless

WILL ROOT FOR BEER
[EVO 4G General] ramiss:
Everyone saying that he charges too much is selling their skills short. How many countless hours have each of us spent learning to root smartphones?

Having spent many years in the business world I could easily argue that $40 is a fair bargain to have an expert root a phone.

It sounds like an excellent, and legit venture. So who wants to start a business and get some real cash flowing?

Sent from my device.
[EVO 4G General] starplaya93:
lol! are you serious???

Rooting an evo is easy as pressing "ROOt" on a software that was pre-made for you.

I can't believe anybody would charge to root somebodies phone. That's just ridiculous in my book.

You didn't contribute to developing the root process, you have't done an ounce of dev work for the rom you're uploading and chances are you haven't even donated to the dev whose rom you're using...

That's pathetic. (I'm not talking about anybody specific, just in general. Charging to root is an asshole move in my book)

The only way I would agree to accept money for rooting is after I inform the user how simple it is and point them towards XDA AND if they still can't figure it out after I did my best to inform them then I may ask for a small fee, no more than $10 though.

I'v yet to charge for a root though and I'v done at least 20+ since i'v been with android.....The world is short on honest, caring and compassionate people...

:(
[EVO 4G General] ramiss:
I'm sorry if I offended you, but you may have missed the point of this. People are not charging for the root process, or the thousands of hours it has taken to root and write kernels. The charge is for the labor of putting it all together on someones phone.

I work at a company that sets up servers. We did not develop the hardware, nor did we write the software and "to me" it is a no brainer to setup and harden an Enterprise level mail server, yet I charge to do it.

Think for a minute and apply your logic to fast food. It is pathetically easy to make a hamburger and yet doing it for people is a multi billion dollar business.

Now, I do see your side. Charging for the final step in a process that people have mostly worked on for free is a debatable move. But think of Red Hat, the linux distro...they make real money packaging an open source OS!

So how about we at least debate this without immediately stating everyone is pathetic.

Mmmkay!

Sent from my device.
[EVO 4G General] Dan330:
i have never rooted anyone else phone...

but why cant some do the labor and charge for it??? it is a service.

some charge to cut your lawn.

some to wash your car

some to clean your house

change your oil

fair market... demand vs supply

if their is a demand .. there will be supply.

what someone charges.. is up to them.. and for the buyer to agree to the charges.

hair cut for $10.. or go to salon for same cut for $50 or more.
[EVO 4G General] royshero:
Charging to root a phone is one thing. Charging for tether or a backup is a joke. Someone should go to his house and beat his ass
[EVO 4G General] Dan330:
he is charging to load the tether app and test it.. and make any corrections as needed.

charging to do a backup... nothing wrong with that...

still a service that was provided.

there are companies that put water into plastic bottles and charge you for that. it cost more for a gallon of water, than a gallon of gasoline (drill for it.. refine it..and all the taxes on it).
[EVO 4G General] royshero:
So you are the guy with the add lol. I guess its not that bad. A simple google search answers all those problems. Tethering is a freaking app. Maybe I should make an ad

Sent from my MIKAWESOME
[EVO 4G General] DROID_BOOST_75:
no it's called applanet.net for all the free apps you want lmaooooo
[EVO 4G General] p0rkguy:
Why are people even complaining? It's a service being provided, if you can do it yourself then go ahead. If not, then go pay for it.

I'm sure you guys would rather defend yourself in a court case than to hire a lawyer.

I'm sure you guys would file your own taxes than to pay a financial advisor.

I'm sure you guys would write your own essays than to pay the nerd.

I'm sure you guys would get the point I'm trying to make, right? That'll be $1 for the quick comparative advantage class.
[EVO 4G General] CheesyNutz:
http://dayton.craigslist.org/mob/2240417181.html

here is one close to me .. hell i should start this and make some extra money lol
[EVO 4G General] phatmanxxl:
I charge an extra $5 to install apps from the market.
[EVO 4G General] topdawgn8:
This post kind of gets me going. Let me start off by saying I have done this in the past and, no, there is nothing wrong with providing a service. Unfortunately, this guy is selling more than just "service". He references other people's work as his own, or is at least ambiguous about it, and he is essentially selling pirated apps. I hope the FBI gets a hold of this guy.

And yes, this is a good way to make money. I charge $45 on some devices that take awhile to root, or the risk is high; but I always let the customer know that this is a service, everything I use is freely available and developed by someone else, and I even point them to this community if they would like to try to do it themselves or have any extra questions. Some say $45 is high, but that is what my time is worth to me and it is often worth it to them for root.

For those that just want tethering capabilities, I let them know their options. They can purchase a $15-30 app to usb tether or I can do what I do and show them how to work Wireless Tether.
[EVO 4G General] OneStepAhead:
exactly! good for this kid for trying to make a buck.
[EVO 4G General] OneStepAhead:
yes an app that requires you to 1. be rooted and 2. actually know about the app. Not everyone has time to learn about this stuff or wants to.
[EVO 4G General] rugedraw:
I feel like making an ad saying that for $1, I'll send everyone instructions on how to do it themselves and just send them links to XDA and to YouTube video guides. lol I'll kill the market for all you guys and flood XDA with noobs.
[EVO 4G General] Dan330:
a google search will give all what they want.

i am sure 99% of the people that use that service... know it is available free online. but feel they can not handle it and feel it is worth to pay some with experience to do it for them.
[EVO 4G General] k2buckley:
Precisely. It's not a matter of anyone getting ripped off. Surely if someone can search on Craigslist for someone to root their phone, then surely they could just as easily search google or XDA about how to root it themselves. They either simply do not want to, because some people have no interest in that type of stuff, or they just don't feel they have the knowledge to do it themselves without messing up their phone. Everyone is different, and most people arent like we all are here on XDA, curious, interested, eager to learn new things, always wanting the latest. And some people may simply be lazy. Either way, if someone is willing to pay someone to do smething that they don't know how, or don't want to know how to do, then there's nothing wrong with that. Simple. As other guys have said, you could surely paint your house yourself, but you'd most likely hire a pro to do it, to save time, and make sure it gets done the right way. Peace of mind. There are a lot of simple people out there.
[EVO 4G General] ramiss:
I walk past a Water Hose, Soap and a Sponge every weekend and I know how to use them.

That doesn't make it wrong for someone down the street to charge me to wash my car.
[EVO 4G General] royshero:
A better ad would be ill root your phone for 15. For 50 ill spend an hour showing you the main stuff (nandroid, roms, kernels,flashing) android 101. The ad just sounds a little douche. Thats all im sayin. If someone needs a nandroid done, when they get home they will be lost.

Sent from my MIKAWESOME
[EVO 4G General] bsmoove386:
Now Y would you do that!!!! LMAO When I was a noob to xda it was with WIndows Now with Android I woulld still consider me a skilled amatuer lol..However, I can't stand the way noobs act these days. There are literally pages and pages of the same question asked back to back in these forums!!

I'm going to consider starting an add myself by the way!!

Rooting $20 bucks!!

Anything else is an extra $5
[EVO 4G General] phatmanxxl:
I haven't seen a "how do I root and what does it do?" thread in the development forum for a few months now. I agree let them pay for someone to do it and explain how to use it.
[EVO 4G General] k2buckley:
I agree, the way the ad was written up looks like it's way overpriced. If I were to ever do something like that, it would be a flat rate, 30 or 40 bucks, and I would teach them as much as possible while I was doing the work, if they wanted to know. That would hopefully prevent them from calling back about every little thing that happens.
[EVO 4G General] shadowxaero:
The money people are willing to spend instead of just using Google....
[EVO 4G General] uniquenameevo:
You mean people with IOS? Cuz android...well...it's from google.
[EVO 4G General] gokuman56:
A person who posts this on XDA is not very smart because this is a developers forum!!! People who signed up for this are either programmers or people who are looking to make their phone better. If you have any questions about rooting, you can post a question and get a reply. Post this somewhere else man......
[EVO 4G General] tgruendler:
The OP wasn't the one posting this, he just said that he found it on Craigslist.
[EVO 4G General] starplaya93:
Oh no, you didn't offend me I was just shocked by the craigslist post and how much the guy is charging for less than 30 min of his time and from my perspective there really is no reason to charge for "rooting".

I guess since I know the how simple it is it seems dumb to take advantage of people's lack of technical knowledge, but that doesn't matter to some people I guess. Like i said earlier, I wouldn't mind somebody charging if they have first informed the customer that they aren't by any means superior to them or "hackers" just b,c they know how to root the phone and at least include in the ad post that it's a simple process and redirect them here to XDA. If then they choose that they can't handle the task themselves, then fine, charge them if your heart pleases but at the minimum donate some of that money to the dev whose rom you uploaded. It's only decent considering they did the hard work and you really didn't do anything technical at all..
[EVO 4G General] BrianDigital:
hmmmm i live in the philly area i should call him up and punch in the face, I also looked there are more reasonable offers. I think I should rent out a confrence hall and do a seminar or like 100 and hour
[EVO 4G General] backdown:
I usually charge 20$ to root peoples phones, i have a couple of adds on craigslist.

Its 20$ for evo, and 25$ for any other phones..there is a market for it.
[EVO 4G General] p0rkguy:
Do you know how badly the economy would fall if everyone were to think like that?

Professors should tell you to just learn everything on google instead of sitting in class for hours.

Technicians should just give you some tools and teach you what to do instead of charging you a fee.

Doctors should just say WebMD, now get out.

Sorry but that's just not going to work, we're way beyond the start of an economy.
[EVO 4G General] starplaya93:
very weak analogy...

You can't compare rooting a phone to learning a whole curriculum. That's completely illogical and improbable. A student who can learn chem, cal, literature (especially Shakespeare), biology, engineering, computer science, etc, etc on there very own would have an IQ equivalent to Einstein.

Rooting a phone is something you can learn in less that 30 min, learning an entire curriculum on your own would take at the least 5 years if you have no body experienced teaching you....

Once again, I have no problem with charging to root so long as you inform the user what exactly you are doing and how you do it. That's how being in an honest business is supposed to work. Honesty isn't the best policy for some people and that's fine. Crooked businesses make more than honest ones, it's a fact of life; Just don't try to justify it because you can't.
[EVO 4G General] starplaya93:
Oh, and no one has addressed that fact that most of these people posting ads on craigslist aren't giving credit to the developers. That in itself is ridiculously selfish and pathetic....
[EVO 4G General] backdown:
I shouldn't have to explain to someone why and how I am doing it, if they don't want to be taught. Want to know how i know they don't want to be taught? They are willing to pay someone to root their phone for them.

Google has the answer to everything in the world..if they wanted to learn, they would learn on their own.
[EVO 4G General] heathmcabee:
Damnit, I knew I should have charged my friends at work to root their phones. CRAP - Now I gotta make them unlearn everything they have learned. Kind of like the teaching them the Force. Thank you Star Wars.
[EVO 4G General] starplaya93:
Alright fine, you can have that...

But do you give credit to the developers of the roms you use? At least donate some of your profit to them?

And isn't it illegal to load paid apps for free? Now you're not only stealing from Rom developers but you're also stealing from app developers, most of which are very low budget.

Isn't worse for the economy (especially android) to steal apps from the handful of developers we do have than it is to not charge people to root their phones?

Just saying....
[EVO 4G General] backdown:
I never install pirated software, that would be idiotic. Me charging for this service is completely legal, no need to make it illegal..
[EVO 4G General] k2buckley:
I agree with you that distributing paid apps for free would be wrong. Paid apps are meant to be paid for!

I also agree that Devs should be given credit. But I think anyone doing this is charging for the services of actually rooting the phone, not charging for someone elses ROM. Its purely labor that is being charged for, at least if I were to do anything like that.
[EVO 4G General] potna:
No one should be expected to educate someone for free. If they do so, then someone must have a lot of free time, no pun intended.

I don't expect my mechanic to take the time to teach me how to fix my car just incase I may be able to do it myself and not have to pay him.

I don't expect my lawyer to teach me what he does so I don't need to rely on him and then in turn not pay him.

No one has enough time to learn all the trades that we have. So eventually you will need something that someone has even if it is just knowledge. That's just how things are and how things have been for a very long time. I think its a good idea and everyone stands to benefit from this scenario, but this guys ad does suck, and it sounds like he is up to some shadiness