Is it worth rooting a Fascinate??

[Desicrator]

I have rooted 5 different phones for different people, they are amazed by the difference. they like not having to look at all the bloat, its just a matter how comfortable you feel doing it. But when you get it set up right he difference is astounding

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[DROOIID]

Rooting is simple with ODIN! Just follow the instructions and you can't go wrong. There are several themes that are linked here. I would suggest ComRom 2.0, it is great! This phone stock is a POS compared to what it is after rooting and tweaking!

Like, how, specifically? I'd seriously like to know what the real-world benefits of rooting are: discluding pirated .apk's.

Because frankly, I've compared my stock Fascinate against more than one rooted one, live, and in person.

Any ram recovery due to bloatware removal seems pretty negligible, and the custom rom themes are a matter of taste. There's plenty of launcher options for stock phones.

Oh, and forget battery life: I'm getting better than any rooted phone - that was the MOST obvious difference.

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What do you mean pirated apks .. you can install pirated apps on stock phones.

[bhfd64]

Rooting is all about customization. Mods and hacks that someone who hasn't rooted knows nothing about. Half a dozen different lock screens to choose from, the ability to hide almost everything in the status bar, multiple themes, ROMs, kernels, Voodoo lagfix, startup animations, shutdown sounds and animations. My battery life is twice what it was stock, and my GPS is much more reliable than it was stock. Not perfect still, but it never worked stock. Yeah, you can change your stock launcher. But largely what you see is what you get from a stock phone. The EXT4 file conversion that is Voodoo offers some performance improvements in the way of things like list population, screen rotation. It does away with some lag in areas like those. You will lose the ability to do OTA updates, but those updates will still be available to you in other ways. Any ROMs based on the official Froyo have always had everything working. Things like Gingerbread and MIUI that are being ported/built from other devices and sources have a couple problems, which is understandable. Some minor performance enhancements, but it's mostly aesthetic.

[AllForNaught]

Rooting is all about customization...Half a dozen different lock screens to choose from, the ability to hide almost everything in the status bar, multiple themes... My battery life is twice what it was stock, and my GPS is much more reliable than it was stock. Not perfect still, but it never worked stock. Yeah, you can change your stock launcher. But largely what you see is what you get from a stock phone.

I have the lock screen disabled on mine via the hidden dialer menu.

Go Launcher EX allows you to hide the status bar entirely (though admittedly not individual readouts/icons)

Go Launcher EX also allows you to hide any bloatware apps from view - which btw, there's a lot fewer background apps running in 2.2 anyhow.

You can have multiple themes with Home Switcher and simular apps.

My battery life was already mentioned as being more than sufficient.

My GPS has never failed to work flawlessly (accurate to within 3' easily)

Sorry, but the only compelling reasons to root I've heard so far are: custom firmware beyond what ota offers (which is big for some people), and mild performance enhancements.

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[bhfd64]

I have the lock screen disabled on mine via the hidden dialer menu.

Okay. I have the MIUI, 4 tab lock screens that allow me to unlock to the home screen, phone dialer, or a custom app of my choosing.

Go Launcher EX allows you to hide the status bar entirely (though admittedly not individual readouts/icons)

Okay. I like the status bar visible with only my signal shown.

Go Launcher EX also allows you to hide any bloatware apps from view - which btw, there's a lot fewer background apps running in 2.2 anyhow.

Okay. I like to stick it to VZW and remove their crap apps from my phone entirely.

You can have multiple themes with Home Switcher and simular apps.

Okay. They don't include a dozen themed apps and intricately placed inlays throughout the theme.

My battery life was already mentioned as being more than sufficient.

Yeah I read that in a couple posts already.

My GPS has never failed to work flawlessly (accurate to within 3' easily)

You're clearly in the minority there.

Sorry, but the only compelling reasons to root I've heard so far are: custom firmware beyond what ota offers (which is big for some people), and mild performance enhancements.

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Yes, customization and mild performance enhancements are the point of rooting.

[AllForNaught]

Answers for once - thanks.

But what do you mean by 'intricately placed inlays' with the custom themes? You mean there's more dimension to the ui, in terms of how you access apps?

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[bhfd64]

Answers for once - thanks.

But what do you mean by 'intricately placed inlays' with the custom themes? You mean there's more dimension to the ui, in terms of how you access apps?

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No. I just mean the many fine details throughout each of the themes. From scroll bars to accents around text boxes, themed Google search bars, power control widgets, all sorts of stuff hand crafted to match.

[Nas]

I get about 4 days on my rooted fascinate. I have my phone under voltage and also I don't have all that crappy bloat. I'm running a custom rom, kernal and extend battery plus a custom theme. I fill i have unlocked the most out of my phone.



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[AllForNaught]

I get about 4 days on my rooted fascinate. I have my phone under voltage and also I don't have all that crappy bloat. I'm running a custom rom, kernal and extend battery plus a custom theme. I fill i have unlocked the most out of my phone.



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Well, don't hesitate to use the Fascinate's awesome screen capture feature to give us a gander at your awesome battery stats! I'll check back.

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[Nas]

I have better things to do than keep updating you guys about battery. Any one who runs a 2200 battery knows you'll get a day and a half. Now with that been rooted you'll get another 2 days maybe 3. It also varies on the use of your screen brightness and downloads.

Plus I recommend shoot me

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