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Green Giant:

--- Quote from: ark_ader on April 16, 2012, 02:32:24 pm ---Tethering is a really bad idea, as is rooting your phone when still in contract.

The Windows 7 phones are getting better, and soon to eat into the android market.

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Why is rooting bad?  It is freaking sweet.  I rooted my phone.  Verizon doesn't check for that nor do they know how.  I even jacked my phone up and had to send it in to get a new one.  Pretty much the only negative thing is when they sent it back it already had the new OS which made it impossible to root; however I haven't checked in a few months so I should be able to root it now.

FYI, rooting on an Android is a very very simple process and nothing like jailbreaking or whatever they call it on an iphone.  It is far less invasive.  You are simply unlocking the root directory of the phone for access.  Apps still can't gain root access unless you give them permission similar to giving administrative rights to modify some windows folders.

As for eating into the Android market, probably true.  Of the big three phone OS's out there, Android is hands down the most complicated while also being the most versatile.  There is nothing that Windows or iOS can do that Android can't do with more setup steps.  I know my parents have Android phones, but they probably use them to 10% of their capability.  A windows phone is probably in their future.

Being a tech guy, Android will always be the superior option to me.
One last thing, why is tethering bad?  It is as secure as your home router.

kahlid74:

--- Quote from: Green Giant on April 17, 2012, 10:20:38 am ---Verizon doesn't check for that nor do they know how.  

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The only thing I'll say is don't assume this.  Just because they currently do nothing about it doesn't mean they're unaware of you doing it.  I've been involved in a lot of crazy builds in data centers with technology that makes the civil rights guy in me get goosebumps.

shmokes:

--- Quote from: Green Giant on April 17, 2012, 10:20:38 am ---It is as secure as your home router.

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It's far more secure than your home router. Your home router sits in one spot, broadcasting to a particular geographical location indefinitely. Your phone moves all about town, and at any given time when you enable the hotspot it'll probably remain enabled for 1/2 an hour, maybe an hour, before you shut it off and go somewhere else. For someone to hack into your network they have to happen to be wherever you are whenever you decide to enable your mobile hotspot. And it has to be someone with the desire and the skill/tools to do the hacking. And even then they have to have time to brute force their way in. And it ain't going to be 4 minutes. Your passphrase isn't going to be "mercedes" or anything else in Websters. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised to find the mobile hotspot in your phone requiring a complex password containing numbers or symbols or both. At any rate, breaking into your home router is an order of magnitude easier with its fixed broadcast range and always-on status. Ark, as usual, is just out of his depth.

shmokes:

--- Quote from: ark_ader on April 17, 2012, 05:40:05 am ---
Give up so easily?  Keep looking.   :)


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Every time I engage you I'm afflicted with slight pangs of guilt. I feel like I punched a petulant 12-year-old in the face or made fun of an extremely obnoxious kid in a wheelchair.



edit: grammar

knave:
I've done quite a bit of reasearch on rooting android phones and it seems to be pretty straight forward. Plus its reversable. There is some risk of bricking your phone but reported cases seem rare.

I havn't really had a reason to root it yet but maybe someday.

I'm much more likely to root my 7" tablet. but again...it meets my needs.

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