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Jrod W
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Aug 3, 2010, 6:35:56 PM via App

I was looking around on "app brain" (thanks androidPIT) and came across an app called "easy root". I was hoping to get someone's insight who may have tried this. Also opinions on rooting pros vs cons keeping in mind 2.2 is right around the corner for my moto Droid. thanks in advance.

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Douglas Carter 26
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Aug 4, 2010, 11:31:23 AM via Website

I would recommend that you not root yet, but wait until the update for Android 2.2 is released, and then someone develops a rooting process again. There are plenty of "easy root" one button push apps out there, and I'm sure that they work well, but there may be an issue with trying to update a rooted phone. In fact, I believe there often is, so be careful.

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justJay 18
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Aug 11, 2010, 7:10:48 AM via App

I rooted my HTC Eris and love it. I now have WIFI tethering, overclocked my processor to 710Mhz from 528Mhz, also have Flash 10.1, able to clear all cache with one click, have SD card partioned to have cache and apps on SD card which doubled the amount of apps I can have installed, changed boot screen, and many other tweaks.

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Anthony m
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Aug 13, 2010, 6:50:38 AM via App

hey Jay I want to root my Eris too can let me know how u did urs

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justJay 18
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Aug 13, 2010, 9:00:09 PM via App

The easiest way now is to go to the Android Market and find the app called " HTC Eris 1 Click Root App"

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Anthony m
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Aug 15, 2010, 1:26:38 AM via App

thanks man

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justJay 18
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Aug 15, 2010, 2:30:14 AM via App

Let us know how it goes.

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Douglas Carter 26
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Aug 16, 2010, 12:27:41 PM via Website

Jrod, has you phone received the Android 2.2 update yet? If so, and you still want root, then let us know.

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Jrod W
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Aug 16, 2010, 5:58:38 PM via App

no update yet. I'm expecting it this week, and depending on how the phone behavior changes will dictate whether or not I root.

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Anthony m
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Aug 19, 2010, 10:32:05 AM via App

so I rooted My phone with the easy root and its working pretty good...I didn't lose any info...the only thing I want to know is how to delete the factory apps

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Douglas Carter 26
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Aug 19, 2010, 11:20:03 AM via Website

What apps are you looking to uninstall? Try going into settings, applications, manage applications, and then click on the apps you want to delete, choosing "uninstall." I hope that helps. What phone do you have btw?

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Anthony m
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Aug 20, 2010, 9:37:51 AM via App

well I want to take off some of the stuff that the phone came with like Amazon mp3, footprint and peep

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Douglas Carter 26
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Aug 20, 2010, 11:51:00 AM via Website

Anthony m
well I want to take off some of the stuff that the phone came with like Amazon mp3, footprint and peep

Did the above method work for you?

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Anthony m
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Aug 22, 2010, 6:59:51 AM via App

I have the Eris... it wont allow me to uninstall the apps that way..I think it has to do with the fact that I did the easy one click root thing..

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Douglas Carter 26
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Aug 23, 2010, 12:25:13 PM via Website

maybe justJay can give us an idea on how he was able to do it.

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justJay 18
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Aug 24, 2010, 5:00:11 AM via App

Sorry I have been out of the loop for a week or so.. I'm back now.

As far as removing the Blotware that comes with the Eris.. let me find the link and I'll post it here soon.

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justJay 18
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Aug 24, 2010, 5:46:44 AM via Website

Ok I'm back with the info:

-Flash this to get rid OF BloatWare
BloatWareDelete.zip

Download it and drop onto your SD card (make sure it is not in any folders) just drop onto Main Root Directory...

Reboot into Recovery mode (power off Phone, then hold in VOL Down while pressing Power button)...
then using VOL keys highlight "Recovery" and press power button...
The 3 skateboarding Droids show then you will see an "Android system recovery" screen...

Now using the trackball highlight the "Flash zip from sdcard" line...
press the trackball button in to select... and then select "BloatwareDelete.zip and press trackball button in again...
and now once again press the trackball button to install update to remove "Bloatware apps listed below!

BloatWareDelete.zip Deletes
-AmazonMp3
-Stocks (widgets and app)
-Twitter (Widgets and app)
-HtcFootPrints (Widgets and app)
-Teeter
-Visual Voice Mail
-PDF VIEWER(the adobe one is better than this one, get it on the market)

now press trackball in to "Reboot system now" that should be highlighted!

Phone reboots... No more Bloatware!

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Jeremiah 20
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Aug 24, 2010, 7:30:09 AM via Website

Do you know if this will work with an htc hero? And would I have to root it first, or can this zip get rid of the bloatware without rooting? Also, could I reinstall the visual voice mail, after I used this? I actually like the visual voicemail app :)

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Douglas Carter 26
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Aug 24, 2010, 11:54:54 AM via Website

Well, it should since the HTC Hero and HTC Droid Eris are basically the same phone with some outer changes. The wikipedia article even combines the phones, if I remember correctly. I believe rooting is a requirement, but there may be a one-click root method for the HTC Hero available somewhere.

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Aug 24, 2010, 4:40:36 PM via App

Not sure if it needs root to remove blotware.. in my opinion I don't believe so. Plus I don't think you would have anything to lose trying it. As for installing visual voicemail that should work too.

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Anthony m
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Aug 26, 2010, 12:19:31 AM via Website

Hey Jay Thanks for the help..got the apps off the phones..The Eris is working great now

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justJay 18
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Aug 26, 2010, 3:12:25 AM via App

Glad to be of help.. I have always hated blotware... I use Google voice which works better then the Verizon visual voicemail anyway.

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Aug 26, 2010, 7:05:44 AM via Website

justJay
Not sure if it needs root to remove blotware.. in my opinion I don't believe so. Plus I don't think you would have anything to lose trying it. As for installing visual voicemail that should work too.

I tried it on my Hero, Jay. It's a little different on the Hero. After I hold the volume down and press power, it shows the 3 droids skateboarding... But the options are a little different. It shows "Volume Up" for fast boot, "Back" for Simlock, "Home" for recovery. I don't see any option for recover from zip. I pressed the Home key and it shows a screen with a phone icon and a red triangle with an exclamation mark. It won't do anything from there... I have to pull the battery to get it back. Any idea why I'm getting this screen? It seems to be some kind of error screen/symbol.

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Ernie Raids
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Jan 3, 2011, 9:05:29 PM via App

I cannot us my trackball in recovery mode what can I do I wanna finish my root

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Mar 9, 2011, 9:12:18 AM via Website

I agree with Douglas Carter said. Thx

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Mar 14, 2011, 4:39:27 AM via Website

So android 2.2 OS is released now? if not, what shoud we do?

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Douglas Carter 26
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Mar 14, 2011, 1:36:09 PM via Website

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So android 2.2 OS is released now? if not, what shoud we do?

Android 2.2 has been released for developers/manufacturers for several months. However, whether your phone is ready to get Android 2.2 or not is a completely different issue. What phone do you have, what country do you live in and who is your provider?

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edwin rodriguez
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Mar 23, 2011, 3:41:28 PM via App

is there a way to root the lg optimus s?

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Douglas Carter 26
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Mar 23, 2011, 9:51:36 PM via Website

edwin rodriguez
is there a way to root the lg optimus s?

check out these two threads:

http://forum.androidcentral.com/lg-optimus-s-rooting-roms-hacks/43108-how-root-lg-optimus-s.html

http://www.sprintusers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=215186

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Jacob Fabros
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Mar 25, 2011, 11:53:02 AM via App

Can Anyone help me. I recently updated my firmware like a straight newb. (2.2.2) and am unable to find a root app that is successfull. Any suggestions???

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Jacob Fabros
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Mar 25, 2011, 11:53:03 AM via App

Can Anyone help me. I recently updated my firmware like a straight newb. (2.2.2) and am unable to find a root app that is successfull. Any suggestions???

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Douglas Carter 26
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Mar 25, 2011, 6:51:03 PM via Website

Have you checked out the first couple of results here? If so, do you know why they didn't work?

Look at this thread as well and tell me if any of those things are happening to you.

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chinmay
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Mar 26, 2011, 2:38:38 AM via App

can anybody please tell me how to root galaxy 5 with 2.1?

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Jacob Fabros
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Mar 26, 2011, 6:35:36 AM via App

My phones firmware is 2.2.2. i havent seen any threads that have been successful. Ive tried z4root and it does a force shutdown when it tries to root shell(i think). Can Anyone Help???

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Bardosi K.
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Jan 8, 2012, 10:08:46 PM via Website

try with SuperOneClick,i have froyo 2.2 and is worked for me

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Pavan P
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Feb 12, 2012, 2:43:35 PM via Website

We are running an application which is reading a large file over Bluetooth. We are encountering Heap memory issue. On Android 2.2 on a similar tablet, we could root and use VM heap tool to increase the heap. We are unable to do this on 2.3. Any suggestions? This has become very critical now for our "Go Live"activity. Thanks to all.

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Eric McBride
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Feb 13, 2012, 2:23:07 PM via Website

Is your phone rooted? If yes, you can run Terminal Emulator to increase the VM heap size.

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Pavan P
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Feb 13, 2012, 2:42:48 PM via Website

Eric, i am not sure if my tablet is rooted or not. Though i am able to create a file in the system folder(permission available), but when i use a tool like superoneclick or gingerbreak, it says, you need full root aka NAND off. Probably, the rooting is an issue. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance.

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Eric McBride
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Feb 14, 2012, 5:58:25 PM via Website

Does your phone have an application called "SuperUser"? If yes, your phone is rooted. Check on that and get back to me. :)

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Pavan P
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Feb 15, 2012, 4:20:30 PM via Website

Hi Eric, no it does not. So, obviously, it has not rooted. The question is how to get this rooted. Used gingerbreak, but just doesnt complete the process. Thanks again Eric.

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Eric McBride
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Feb 15, 2012, 4:40:35 PM via Website

Pavan P
Hi Eric, no it does not. So, obviously, it has not rooted. The question is how to get this rooted. Used gingerbreak, but just doesnt complete the process. Thanks again Eric.

Yeah, that error message you got before proves you dont have root access. What is the exact model name of the device you have?

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Pavan P
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Feb 15, 2012, 4:53:35 PM via Website

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Pavan P
Hi Eric, no it does not. So, obviously, it has not rooted. The question is how to get this rooted. Used gingerbreak, but just doesnt complete the process. Thanks again Eric.

Yeah, that error message you got before proves you dont have root access. What is the exact model name of the device you have?

Well Eric, this is a MID tablet and there is no model number as such. This is a capacitive model with 2.3 installed. I will get some details from the system and send it to you in a while. You are being very helpful. Thanks Eric.

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Pavan P
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Feb 15, 2012, 5:09:48 PM via Website

Model Number - MID SERIALS
Android version 2.3
Kernal Version - 2.6.35.7 MID serials #1 Fri oct 28 07:32:47 EDT 2011
Build Number - MID serials 2.3 GRH55 20111 028.072347

Eric, this is what it is.

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Eric McBride
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Feb 20, 2012, 3:11:33 PM via Website

Pavan P
Hi Eric, no it does not. So, obviously, it has not rooted. The question is how to get this rooted. Used gingerbreak, but just doesnt complete the process. Thanks again Eric.

Whats the exact model number of your device? I can have a look for some rooting instructions.

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Shawn Davis
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Feb 29, 2012, 9:11:18 PM via App

Does any one know how to root the Galaxy S 4g without using a computer? If so please let me know ne and all information would b greatly appreciated :)

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Aaron Tilton 19
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Mar 1, 2012, 10:40:57 AM via Website

Check your first thread. We already answered your question there. Rooting Samsung Galaxy S2.

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Michael D Hill
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Mar 14, 2012, 7:45:59 PM via App

Jrod W
I was looking around on "app brain" (thanks androidPIT) and came across an app called "easy root". I was hoping to get someone's insight who may have tried this. Also opinions on rooting pros vs cons keeping in mind 2.2 is right around the corner for my moto Droid. thanks in advance.

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Dec 27, 2012, 8:47:35 PM via Website

would be nice to know the exact model

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JerryEdison
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Jan 21, 2013, 6:05:14 PM via Website

I want to know how

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Feb 16, 2013, 7:57:09 PM via Website

thanks

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