Top 10 reasons NOT to root

[Robocop]

10. What will you do when JF, Haykuro, and The Dude go to prison for hacking the Pentagon?
9. After succesfully rooting your G1, your sig has to be 13 lines long.
8. Your internal memory gets pretty lonely with all those apps on your sd card.
7. You start to insist on naming your firstborn Davlik.
6. How can you truly experience the masochistic feeling of waiting for baked goods.
5. You start referring to us non-rooters as noobs even though we've had our G1's since launch.
4. Backup, wipe, install, repeat. Repeat.repeat.repeat.
3. Auto-rotate makes you dizzy.
2. How can you call it a mobile phone when it's constantly attached to your desktop.


And the #1 reason to not root your phone..........................


After you finish, you start posting like you just built Skynet.

[capitasnow]

Hilarious post... I love it

[shackk]

lol, that was funny

[Derrick]

Lol... Espicially number 1. It is true that a lot of people who root their G1s think they are suddenly technology masterminds. But my sig isn't 13 lines I dont even have a sig...yet

[jdwme]

10. What will you do when JF, Haykuro, and The Dude go to prison for hacking the Pentagon?
Send them cupcakes with files in them. :)
9. After succesfully rooting your G1, your sig has to be 13 lines long.
What's a sig?
8. Your internal memory gets pretty lonely with all those apps on your sd card.
nah, I create a lot of shortcuts with bettercut to use up memory
7. You start to insist on naming your firstborn Davlik.
My wife shot down Luke Skye, you really think she'll go for Davlik? :cool:
6. How can you truly experience the masochistic feeling of waiting for baked goods.
Get a dominatrix baker
5. You start referring to us non-rooters as noobs even though we've had our G1's since launch.
Nah, just the ones who've only had theirs since Lunch
4. Backup, wipe, install, repeat. Repeat.repeat.repeat.
You've almost got the rhythm :p
3. Auto-rotate makes you dizzy.
I've got a prescription for antivert ;)
2. How can you call it a mobile phone when it's constantly attached to your desktop.
I use a laptop :D

And the #1 reason to not root your phone..........................


After you finish, you start posting like you just built Skynet.
Chrisitan Bale will save us all :D



Sorry I couldn't resist having fun with this one, that was a pretty good top ten list :D

[kizer]

Hahaha, I tried to qoute your Top 10 in my sig and got told I wasn't able to have more than 500Characters. ;)

[Robocop]

@jdwme- fun is what's been missing from the forums for awhile..that's why I posted it..
And who says we have to stop at 10..C'mon people, add some funnier ones..
I

[media]

10. What will you do when JF, Haykuro, and The Dude go to prison for hacking the Pentagon?
9. After succesfully rooting your G1, your sig has to be 13 lines long.
8. Your internal memory gets pretty lonely with all those apps on your sd card.
7. You start to insist on naming your firstborn Davlik.
6. How can you truly experience the masochistic feeling of waiting for baked goods.
5. You start referring to us non-rooters as noobs even though we've had our G1's since launch.
4. Backup, wipe, install, repeat. Repeat.repeat.repeat.
3. Auto-rotate makes you dizzy.
2. How can you call it a mobile phone when it's constantly attached to your desktop.


And the #1 reason to not root your phone..........................


After you finish, you start posting like you just built Skynet.

10: The dude is too crafty. They'll never take him alive.
9: I list just the facts mam.
8: Better than the memory card getting lonely!
7: It's actually going to be adb remount
6: We cant.
5: Why own the device when it only uses half of it's potential. noob.
4: New builds are no wipe from now on.
3: You can turn it off.
2: just to move over a 40 meg file...
1: I hate it when people think they're smarter after just following other's directions.

[Student]

Lol Nice List But I Think Everyone's A Noob Except The People Who Makes Builds/Apps/Scripts Etc. But The People Who Did It First Aren't Noobs If They Help Other People Out With "Hacking" Their G1.

[texas_born]

thanks for the laugh im also a non root supporter!

[Robocop]

Nice sig! Only 4 lines short...LOL.

[Student]

Don't Hate On The Sig You Can Make Your Own Sig Without A List Of Stuff You Copied From Other People Like A Picture Or A Movie Cover. .lol.

[xxqbnxx]

LOL thats awesome, the Sig one is so true some sigs are long than the post why ? lol

[Student]

"Bragging Rights"
I Guess.
And Now
It's Not
Longer Then
My Sig
HaHa
But
It's
Cool
To Not Have A Sig.

[omnibot]

:rofl: awesome post

[lovedumplingx]

This was hilarious

[*susan*]

This was pretty funny, but I am still a die-hard rooter!

[Robocop]

@susan-
A die hard rooter, huh? I remember when you were too chicken to root...and now look at you..you're not only drinking the kool-aid, you're in charge of making it.lol.

[*susan*]

Ha, ha, Robocop, yep. I don't know why I was so scared, it was actually pretty easy.

[Robocop]

Is it easy to keep up with the latest builds and updates? I think not, my fair admin.

[jdwme]

Is it easy to keep up with the latest builds and updates? I think not, my fair admin.
lol, you make a great point,
I'm still running the .8 version of duded build :D

This thread is fun, I'm glad it was started and people are able to have a good time with it :)
before you could unroot rc30 I would rather have a phone with 1 dead pixel on the screen and root than exchange it for a non root rc30 device, maybe we could add that to the list ;)

[Robocop]

here's another reason not to root...



every time you meet a stranger, you get the uncontrollable urge to laugh at thier phone...

[LazyGenius]

here's another reason not to root...



every time you meet a stranger, you get the uncontrollable urge to laugh at thier phone...
lol your right... and then you have to bring up "rooting" your phone and they look at you like "Whats a root??"

[bobzoz]

sig one is the best lmao. good list

[Student]

lol your right... and then you have to bring up "rooting" your phone and they look at you like "Whats a root??"

Lol They Think Your A Hardcore Botanist Or Backyard Farmer. Go Green! :D

[DrVeronica]

wow this thread is back!!

reminds me of my unrooted-days :rolleyes:

[Student]

wow this thread is back!!

reminds me of my unrooted-days :rolleyes:

It Only Stopped For 2 Days Lol :rolleyes:

[JuanGil]

wow this thread is back!!

reminds me of my unrooted-days :rolleyes:

what? you rooted your G1 a month or so ago and make it sound like... years?:p jk;)

It Only Stopped For 2 Days Lol :rolleyes:
Lmao damn right:D

[DrVeronica]

oops, got it mixed with another thread on why not to root, sorry


:rolleyes:

[DrVeronica]

what? you rooted your G1 a month or so ago and make it sound like... years?:p jk;)

Lmao damn right:D


more than a month juan, fyi

:)

[RegGuheert]

Great list, Robocop!

jdwme's comeback was even better:
Send them cupcakes with files in them. :)Thanks for the laugh! :D

[DaYuMu6ft7]

It's Back!


(hardee har har)

[Dixie]

Yep, love this thread... so true, and nice to have a good laugh!

[DrVeronica]

10. What will you do when JF, Haykuro, and The Dude go to prison for hacking the Pentagon?
9. After succesfully rooting your G1, your sig has to be 13 lines long.
8. Your internal memory gets pretty lonely with all those apps on your sd card.
7. You start to insist on naming your firstborn Davlik.
6. How can you truly experience the masochistic feeling of waiting for baked goods.
5. You start referring to us non-rooters as noobs even though we've had our G1's since launch.
4. Backup, wipe, install, repeat. Repeat.repeat.repeat.
3. Auto-rotate makes you dizzy.
2. How can you call it a mobile phone when it's constantly attached to your desktop.


And the #1 reason to not root your phone..........................


After you finish, you start posting like you just built Skynet.



ok, number 1 is ****ing hilarious, I've been laughing nonstop since this post


LOL :) great post

[simms22]

reason number 1 not to root ....... BAAAAAAAA !

[Runsalot]

gz op


10. What will you do when JF, Haykuro, and The Dude go to prison for hacking the Pentagon?
Send them cupcakes with files in them. :)
9. After succesfully rooting your G1, your sig has to be 13 lines long.
What's a sig?
8. Your internal memory gets pretty lonely with all those apps on your sd card.
nah, I create a lot of shortcuts with bettercut to use up memory
7. You start to insist on naming your firstborn Davlik.
My wife shot down Luke Skye, you really think she'll go for Davlik? :cool:
6. How can you truly experience the masochistic feeling of waiting for baked goods.
Get a dominatrix baker
5. You start referring to us non-rooters as noobs even though we've had our G1's since launch.
Nah, just the ones who've only had theirs since Lunch
4. Backup, wipe, install, repeat. Repeat.repeat.repeat.
You've almost got the rhythm :p
3. Auto-rotate makes you dizzy.
I've got a prescription for antivert ;)
2. How can you call it a mobile phone when it's constantly attached to your desktop.
I use a laptop :D

And the #1 reason to not root your phone..........................


After you finish, you start posting like you just built Skynet.
Chrisitan Bale will save us all :D



Sorry I couldn't resist having fun with this one, that was a pretty good top ten list :D

This is fail.

[JohnnyLicious]

ahahah good stuff.

[DrVeronica]

And the #1 reason to not root your phone..........................


After you finish, you start posting like you just built Skynet.


Man this is the best...I've been thinking of this post for over a week now, especially that line, glad I found it :D

[raysa_j]

wahahahahaha.......

at first i thought this is something serious list of why shouldn't. cool reasons. funny for sure.

[crazzycat]

good reasons, i'll think about them

[bboybazza]

i wanted too root but every device i messed with i end up regretting it..
manilla on htc touch
ipod touch
chipped psp
xbox
all too much effort so i wont touch this

[deserttopping]

i wanted too root but every device i messed with i end up regretting it..
manilla on htc touch
ipod touch
chipped psp
xbox
all too much effort so i wont touch this

none of these are root. root is a unix/linux term.

[bboybazza]

i mean mess with anything i learnt just leave it b as when it goes wrong and u cant fix it you are screwed and have to buy another and why put yourself in that position there is a reason they limit what u can do and thats so they can perfect it before you get it.

[deserttopping]

i mean mess with anything i learnt just leave it b as when it goes wrong and u cant fix it you are screwed and have to buy another where do i say rooted these

sorry, i guess you didn't say you rooted those. obtaining root on android is fairly easy & reversible.

[bboybazza]

im sure it is probably similar to jailbreak on ipod touch but i went through 2 before i got it right and i get very frustrated when i brick my new toy, so i will wait for 1.6 although what would i give for more screens 3 is just not enough for widgets clock calendar and fav apps.

[deserttopping]

you will not brick your android device if you can follow directions, i guarantee you.

[eminembdg]

I've looked at a bunch of different "easy to follow" directions. They always seem so .. well... not easy.

[bboybazza]

well maybee you can help me with this i spoke to the peeps in the shop i bought the phone and they couldnt answer but you seem sharp so il ask you.

the other day i turned magic off cos it froze when i turned it back on it went to a blue led and the screen would not come on i had to plug i get orange led the unplug and plug in battery whilst in charge mode -it took 2 attempts for restart to commence , i later looked online how to see whether i have 32a or 32b type of phone and when i did this the same thing happened so i did plug in battery trick the it worked again... what is this and why

[hyperkind]

you will not brick your android device if you can follow directions, i guarantee you.

i gotta agree with deserttopping on this one...i rooted my G1 way back when...i think the beginning of the year or somethin...but then i left...now im back with the mytouch an reading over the instructions...i gotta admit...its lookin pretty hard not to be able to follow these instructions that they give you...i remember the good ol days, using terminal emulator to root...wow...

[crazythunder]

im sure it is probably similar to jailbreak on ipod touch but i went through 2 before i got it right and i get very frustrated when i brick my new toy, so i will wait for 1.6 although what would i give for more screens 3 is just not enough for widgets clock calendar and fav apps.
you got no skillz lol. i jailbroke my ipod touch 2g 20 minutes after getting it home. never had an apple product before that. had no idea how to do it. used google and read for about 20 minutes before i applied redsnow and bam! easy as pie. not sure what went wrong for you.
i hack\root\jailbreak whatever i can. and i'll be doing it when i'm 80, but i'm sure my son will have to type my scripts for me. keyboards and arthritis are a bad mix.:D

[deserttopping]

well maybee you can help me with this i spoke to the peeps in the shop i bought the phone and they couldnt answer but you seem sharp so il ask you.

the other day i turned magic off cos it froze when i turned it back on it went to a blue led and the screen would not come on i had to plug i get orange led the unplug and plug in battery whilst in charge mode -it took 2 attempts for restart to commence , i later looked online how to see whether i have 32a or 32b type of phone and when i did this the same thing happened so i did plug in battery trick the it worked again... what is this and why

well thanks, but i'm not the sharpest tool in the box around here. sounds like maybe you should factory reset your phone.

[sadhoscri]

well thanks, but i'm not the sharpest tool in the box around here. sounds like maybe you should factory reset your phone.