Does the Droid really NEED to be "rooted"?

[pcm2a]

Multitouch browser (not dolphin garbage), setCPU (600mhz), nandroid backup, wifi tether.

[OyVOid]

This thread was interesting. Ok, so by reading everyone's comments, I get that "root-ing" is not a necessity but more of a want for people who know what they are getting into.

As for me, I am not a techie so I will continue to enjoy my Droid as is.

[Dave Droid]

I was thinking the same thing before I rooted mine. But then I saw that you can always restore your phone back to it's original state if you have to bring it back to the Verizon Store for example.

Then I rooted it and I absolutely love it. I got Metamorph working and other cool features added to it as well.

Quick Tip: Sholes.info ROM works wonders

I mean if your good and getting your phone the way you want it without rooting it, that's great but with me I just think of it being the fact that it can be done.

I used to jailbreak my iPod touch and whatnot to make it just like the DROID but the freedom and cool functionalities of the DROID itself completely blows the iPod touch and the iPhone away.

[knotbeerdan]

If you don't demand root you knowledge base clearly isn't leveraging your hardware hard enough...

lol, this is why i have not rooted yet i dont know $%*t abut linux. But i didnt know anything about winmo when i first got my omnia either

[Acid7711]

Did my mustang NEED a $4k twin screw supercharger? No...but was it completely badass that it had one? yes.......same principle. lol.

[jasonb]

i feel no need to root. i can do everything i want it to do in stock form.

[Dave Droid]

Yeah, but rooting mostly allows your phone to be customized to the way you like it. That's mainly the only reason why I rooted.

I found no other use for rooting other than customization.

[rebornlaxer]

Because you can
SO ROOT IT

[Dave Droid]

Heh, yeah. It's sort of like the craze of jailbreaking on the iPhone's and iPod touch's.

[DROIDMASTER]

wi-fi tethering.

If you get caught doing this without paying and telling verizon you will pay for the amount of data you used while tethered. They can find out preety easily too. its 1.99 per mb thats a lot