sholesmod updater

[dfuser10332]

It's not rocket science, people.

That was my whole point. I agree 100%. The problem lies with the fact that some things, especially things that can eventually ruin the phone, can be made to be TOO easy...so people that have no clue what they are doing can pay five bucks, download this app with no understanding of anything phone or computer related, overclock their phone to like 1.3ghz min and max...and then go crying to mommy and daddy in five months when their battery explodes or their CPU dies...

Well, first with Sholes it's impossible to clock that fast. You could only go to 1 ghz. You'd have to be pretty dumb to set it to max and min on something like that as well. I think most people have a basic idea of that when they get to SetCPU. Can an accident happen? Sure, but nothing that you really can't recover from.

I don't think I've seen anybody who's done this who completely bricked their phone. I've seen people get stuck and have issue doing it the long, complicated way with both Sholes and BB. This takes the risk out of it, IMHO.

[Matth3w]

You'd have to be pretty dumb to set it to max and min on something like that as well.

This is what I want to focus on. When you put it on the market, any idiot browsing the market can not only attempt but do this.

And I wasn't talking about bricking the phone. I was talking about over a long period of time, some 12 year old kid who's parents bought him this phone and have a credit card on file, can download it, and without a single understanding of ANYTHING can easily set it to min-max of 1gHz. Over a period of time that will degenerate the phone.

I just think if you aren't competent enough to type some commands into terminal emulator and download stuff manually, you shouldn't be modding your phone. And I'm not pointing at anyone in this thread, I am just making a general observation. I have seen people make the comment that they can't/don't feel comfortable typing out commands and downloading files. I am saying that is a good benchmark to say "if you can't do this, you have no business rooting your phone."

[Corinacakes]

i found the walkthrough sticky by hacku the most incredible step by step guide for rooting and doing the sholesmod. i mean this guy completely tells you every step yur going to encounter! SholesMod Updater 2.0.1 Step by Step (Sticky?) i used this to help my sister dl the sholesmod thing and it was awesome....ok i'm done pattin hacku on the back (for now anyway lol)

[dfuser10332]

You'd have to be pretty dumb to set it to max and min on something like that as well.

This is what I want to focus on. When you put it on the market, any idiot browsing the market can not only attempt but do this.

And I wasn't talking about bricking the phone. I was talking about over a long period of time, some 12 year old kid who's parents bought him this phone and have a credit card on file, can download it, and without a single understanding of ANYTHING can easily set it to min-max of 1gHz. Over a period of time that will degenerate the phone.

I just think if you aren't competent enough to type some commands into terminal emulator and download stuff manually, you shouldn't be modding your phone. And I'm not pointing at anyone in this thread, I am just making a general observation. I have seen people make the comment that they can't/don't feel comfortable typing out commands and downloading files. I am saying that is a good benchmark to say "if you can't do this, you have no business rooting your phone."

I get your point. And to an extent I agree with you. To be honest though I would have never rooted had this app not came out. It's intimidating to look at that long involved process.

Having the app do it for me took away most of the fear. I understood enough of what was going on to do it. Besides, there is much help in this forum, more then Carter has little liver pills. You yourself help people all the time.

[Matth3w]

Yes, but you are the exception. I'm not really talking about people on this forum because generally we are talking more towards the knowledgeable side than not. I just mean people that find apps and just click away. Hope that makes sense.

[magman]

great discussion here guys i agree with u both im a pctech...well self proclaimed pctech lol and ive seen to many ppl dl an app for the pc to overclock it just to fry if a cpl months down the road in some cases right away. and i feel the same aplys to sholes mod wich i use and love btw saved me alot of time but if it make u feel better i did root it months b4 i even new about this mod lol.
but u 2 seem to know how ppl arm it dont matter how many warnings they get if they want to do it they are going to do it anyways. well hope some1 who was thinking about doing this comes across this thread and maybe thinks twice about it b4 they do somthing that they dont know how to control. well you all hve a great day cya

[Sleeve]

I think Sholes has enough disclaimers that even a moron in a hurry will stop to think about whether they want to proceed. Since SMUpdater does not include or install SetCPU, it is then a second conscious decision to download to overclock. Once you've bought the gun and the bullets, it's up to you to distinguish the deer from the daughter.

I wouldn't have rooted without SMUpdater. Now that I am rooted, having an app that shows up in downloads as update available is a great way to get new rom builds. Flashing new builds is now about 15 more clicks than installing an app. Sure, initially the 497 page thread needed to exist because most of us had no experience with su or understood the option screens. But now you can throw your phone in the air and it lands rooted.

[Matth3w]

I think Sholes has enough disclaimers that even a moron in a hurry will stop to think about whether they want to proceed.

This is absolutely a wrong assessment. As you can see by my post count I have no life and I spend all of my free time searching and responding to threads on this forum.

We had 2-3 incidents yesterday alone where people installed Sholes with the updater and had NO IDEA what to do when something went wrong. But yet they still installed it despite being completely clueless.

[RW-1]

TOTALLY TRUE M.

In addition to that, they tell you on the app page, the $5 is only a donation.

If you want the app NOW, and cant wait till it is back on the market, go to www.sholes.info and grab it for free.

Worth the $5 IMO.

Brick at your own risk.

[Matth3w]

Totally true that I don't have a life? lol