23 Feb
2013
23 Feb
'13
12:32 p.m.
Dear All,
One of our journalists is doing a story on 'How safe is rooting your
android phone? Or is it worth rooting your android phone. Would be great
if we get some great inputs from you on the same. Please let us have
your your opinion/ views.
Regards,
Priyanka
23 Feb
23 Feb
8:06 p.m.
On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 12:32 PM, Priyanka Sarkar <efyedit6(a)efyindia.com>wrote;wrote:
Dear All,
One of our journalists is doing a story on 'How safe is rooting your
android phone?
Depends on what you are rooting it with. In any case all of those crappy
apps are actually official spyware. Someone has used the accelerometer and
the gps in an iphone to locate a person walking in gps shadow areas.
Or is it worth rooting your android phone.
It is well worth the effort, considering that you can get rid of the
garbage as well as gain access to apps that the service provider / phone
maker may not want you to have.
Mods like cyanogen also helps in keeping the phone supported long after the
oem has lost interest.
The downside is that you are likely to violate the terms of use and screw
your warranty.
Would be great
if we get some great inputs from you on the same.
Please let us have
your your opinion/ views.
Regards,
Priyanka
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11:29 p.m.
On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 6:36 AM, J T Dsouza <jtd1959(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 12:32 PM, Priyanka Sarkar <efyedit6(a)efyindia.com>wrote;wrote:
Please clarify what you mean by *those* apps. Those crappy apps that
are pre-installed on your phone or those apps that root your phone?
Dear All,
One of our journalists is doing a story on 'How safe is rooting your
android phone?
Depends on what you are rooting it with. In any case all of those crappy
apps are actually official spyware. Someone has used the accelerometer and
the gps in an iphone to locate a person walking in gps shadow areas.
Or is it worth rooting your android phone.
It is well worth the effort, considering that you can get rid of the
garbage as well as gain access to apps that the service provider / phone
maker may not want you to have.
Mods like cyanogen also helps in keeping the phone supported long after the
oem has lost interest.
The downside is that you are likely to violate the terms of use and screw
your warranty.
Would be great
> if we get some great inputs from you on the same. Please let us have
> your your opinion/ views.
As someone who currently has CyanogenMod installed on his phone, I
would say that the warranty is screwed, no doubt, but I very much
doubt there are terms of use on hardware. I definitely didn't agree to
any "Terms of Use" when I got my phone.
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Regards,
Easwar
Registered Linux user #442065
11:51 p.m.
On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 11:29 PM, Easwar Hariharan <meindian523(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
If you have not registered, you dont have a warranty anyway. But given the
competition most mfgs wont cavil too much, if you have not rooted the
device.
On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 6:36 AM, J T Dsouza
<jtd1959(a)gmail.com> wrote:
one
should be careful.
The very fact that some device WONT allow you to be in control is a big red
flag.
On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 12:32 PM, Priyanka Sarkar <efyedit6(a)efyindia.com
wrote:
and
Dear All,
One of our journalists is doing a story on 'How safe is rooting your
android phone?
Depends on what you are rooting it with. In any case all of those crappy
apps are actually official spyware. Someone has used the accelerometer the gps in an iphone to locate a person walking
in gps shadow areas.
Please clarify what you mean by *those* apps. Those crappy apps that
are pre-installed on your phone or those apps that root your phone?
The preinstalled ones. The ones you use to root also could be malware, and
Or is it worth rooting your android phone.
It is well worth the effort, considering that you can get rid of the
garbage as well as gain access to apps that the service provider / phone
maker may not want you to have.
Mods like cyanogen also helps in keeping the phone supported long after
the
oem has lost interest.
The downside is that you are likely to violate the terms of use and screw
your warranty.
Would be great
> if we get some great inputs from you on the same. Please let us have
> your your opinion/ views.
As someone who currently has CyanogenMod installed on his phone, I
would say that the warranty is screwed, no doubt, but I very much
doubt there are terms of use on hardware. I definitely didn't agree to
any "Terms of Use" when I got my phone.
--
Regards,
Easwar
Registered Linux user #442065
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24 Feb
24 Feb
9:45 a.m.
On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 10:21 AM, J T Dsouza <jtd1959(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 11:29 PM, Easwar Hariharan
<meindian523(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
Ah yes, the pre-installed apps. They're the equivalent of the crapware
on PCs. General caution regarding software applies of course, whether
to apps you install off the app store, or a ROM or a rooting app. It
ought to go without saying. :)
<snip>
Regards,
Easwar
Registered Linux user #442065
On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 6:36 AM, J T Dsouza
<jtd1959(a)gmail.com> wrote:
one
should be careful.
The very fact that some device WONT allow you to be in control is a big red
flag.
On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 12:32 PM, Priyanka Sarkar <efyedit6(a)efyindia.com
wrote:
and
Dear All,
One of our journalists is doing a story on 'How safe is rooting your
android phone?
Depends on what you are rooting it with. In any case all of those crappy
apps are actually official spyware. Someone has used the accelerometer the gps in an iphone to locate a person walking
in gps shadow areas.
Please clarify what you mean by *those* apps. Those crappy apps that
are pre-installed on your phone or those apps that root your phone?
The preinstalled ones. The ones you use to root also could be malware, and
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