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i've finally joined the smart phone era...

KatrynKat wrote:yip

i've finally joined the smart phone era...

about time

now to get that phone rooted

hehehe...

i'll do that when somebody who can root or phone is sitting next to me... not gonna do it on my own...

KatrynKat wrote:hehehe...

i'll do that when somebody who can root or phone is sitting next to me... not gonna do it on my own...

Anakha56 FTW

hehehe... maybe...
and i guess his payment will have to be a bottle of Chocolate Vodka...

good idea

hehehe...
if you know how to root the phone then you could show me... and your payment could be a bottle of chocolate vodka and something extra...

See now you just peeked my interest....

in what?
the rooting of the phone or the something extra

Both actually... as I can't root my Sony Erricson. SE got really creative with the bootloader so that you can root the phone but you can't load another OS not encrypted with their security keys.

Welcome to the Android World! I reckon Ruad should root your phone since he has been denied access to his Sony .

Welcome to the phone of phones

On the other hand she has no reason to root her phone at all... No seriously... none whatsoever... not even a smidgen of a reason.

Ah but there are things I would like to do and use that I cannot as it is not a rooted device. The Tablet is and I can use them there. Most of the apps on the phone are battery hungry and I believe that a rooted device can manage it's power much better.

RuadRauFlessa wrote:On the other hand she has no reason to root her phone at all... No seriously... none whatsoever... not even a smidgen of a reason.

You do have a point. One app that would work nicely for her if she is on a budget would be DroidWall, to be able to block what apps use your data connection and what uses your WiFi is a godsend.

Tribble wrote:Ah but there are things I would like to do and use that I cannot as it is not a rooted device. The Tablet is and I can use them there. Most of the apps on the phone are battery hungry and I believe that a rooted device can manage it's power much better.

A rooted device by itself will not manage power better. All what root does is give you admin (super user) access to your phone so that you can install apps and other ROMS to help with either better speed, battery life and many other things.

as i don't have a wi-fi connection except when i'm at jee's my phone uses only the normal cellphone connection...

@Anky: you want RRF to root the phone so that he can get the something extra promised...

still playing around and trying to find things...
i do miss the simplicity of the older phones regarding sms messages.... but i guess i will still get used to it all...

Trust me you will stop sending SMS's after you get used to using Whatsapp or skype and such...