http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/Jul 22nd 2010 9:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/While I have yet to do it myself. I don't comment on it with out reading. So. RTFA]]>Jul 22nd 2010 9:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/Root is good for Wifi Hotspot, Titanium, AdFree, etc, but you're right about NAND. You gotta be able to flash roms for the best Android experience IMHO.]]>Jul 22nd 2010 9:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/
While that would be nice they will still have to combat that efuse. ]]>Jul 22nd 2010 10:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/Jul 22nd 2010 10:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/Jul 22nd 2010 10:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/Jul 22nd 2010 10:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/Do you even have a phone with MotoBlur on it? I'm sure more than half the people complaining about it are ones who have never even used it.]]>Jul 22nd 2010 11:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/
Custom roms Custom roms Custom roms Custom roms]]>Jul 22nd 2010 12:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/Why the hell is a supposedly open platform locked down? Its just Apple all over again.]]>Jul 22nd 2010 12:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/Jul 22nd 2010 9:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/I'm sorry, but this "open" platform gimmick has gone too far. Its just another locked down proprietary system. Its evil. Google should have made it GPLv3 so that you cannot put secret signatures required to boot a ROM.]]>Jul 22nd 2010 11:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/
Now all you have to do is water it to grow.]]>Jul 22nd 2010 12:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/wow dude stop being an ass and look at the facts, it is open]]>Jul 22nd 2010 2:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/Jul 23rd 2010 1:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/Jul 22nd 2010 9:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/
My guess is their lawyers tell them to say stuff like that...]]>Jul 22nd 2010 9:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/Jul 22nd 2010 9:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/Jul 22nd 2010 9:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/
Like other stated NAND unlock and bootloader unlock != root]]>Jul 22nd 2010 10:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/Jul 22nd 2010 10:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/Jul 22nd 2010 11:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/
lol @ singling out Gizmodo. please. read the comments in engadget's first post about Moto's lock on the Droid X

http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/motorola-responds-to-droid-x-bootloader-controversy-says-efuse/

not to mention Chris calling Moto's decision "nonsense"]]>Jul 22nd 2010 11:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/actually no, rooting the phone just unlocks it so you are basically given special permissions to the phones hardware, stuff that you normally can't get through the OS. it has nothing to do w/ changing the bootloader, which is what the efuse is there to protect. the bootloader is basically what WOULD be changed if you wanted to load a custom ROM. u know, a cyanogen or something, or maybe something to get rid of moto's pseudo motoblur, and maybe load up htc sense instead. ]]>Jul 22nd 2010 1:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/Jul 22nd 2010 9:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/Roms need the bootloader unlocked too.]]>Jul 22nd 2010 9:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/Jul 22nd 2010 9:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/Jul 22nd 2010 9:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/Jul 22nd 2010 11:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/
Deal.]]>Jul 22nd 2010 12:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/Jul 22nd 2010 9:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/Jul 22nd 2010 12:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/Jul 22nd 2010 9:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/root != custom rom]]>Jul 22nd 2010 9:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/Jul 22nd 2010 11:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/Besides looking up the meaning of the word 'fragmentation', you might also want to lookup the meaning of the operator '!='. Hint: it does not mean 'equals'.]]>Jul 22nd 2010 11:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/Jul 22nd 2010 9:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/They didn't review the Vibrant yet either. Maybe they're waiting for all 4 Galaxy S phones to release and then they'll do one giant super review.]]>Jul 22nd 2010 9:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/
Has there been any custom Stock Rom for the Vibrate or Captivate or Original one without touch wiz? Thanks]]>Jul 22nd 2010 9:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/It's called Kies and it's a desktop program that syncs your phone's contacts and calendars with Outlook, lets you download media and text messages off your phone, lets you tether the Captivate/Vibrant as a modem, and it reformats videos on your computer for your phone.
http://www.samsung.com/ae/consumer/mobile-phones/mobile-phones/infotainment/GT-I9000HKDXSG/index.idx?pagetype=prd_detail&tab=support
This is news worthy. ]]>Jul 22nd 2010 9:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/Jul 22nd 2010 10:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/Jul 22nd 2010 10:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/
I really like the Epic 4G but chose the EVO 'cause I'm afraid that Samsung will drop support of it after their Froyo update (which can mean no =]]>Jul 22nd 2010 10:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/
I got the Captivate on launch day and this is indeed the fastest android phone ive owned (and owned several). The root works fine too.

Well back to the post, rooting and unlocking the bootloader are two different things.

]]>Jul 22nd 2010 10:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/
People still use Outlook? ;^)]]>Jul 22nd 2010 1:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/
ok thanks for the info guys, stilling mulling over the humming bird, just want stock Android really bad. Thanks! Later]]>Jul 22nd 2010 6:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/Jul 22nd 2010 9:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/
Its just for android its not jailbreaking i think because google doesnt really care what you do with the code, while apple does. ]]>Jul 22nd 2010 9:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/
I can't speak to the technical differences between rooting vs. jailbreaking, but the practical result is the same: You get to run a "custom" operating system on the phone. Jailbreaking gets more attention (and it's own special term) only because Apple has such a tight control over the OS + hardware, but from my perspective, there's very little difference between jailbreaking and rooting. Note, there's also "unlocking" which is the same regardless of the platform and is simply a term used when you break a phone away from a single carrier. ]]>Jul 22nd 2010 9:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/22/droid-x-can-now-be-counted-among-the-rooted/As far as I can tell:
Android phones don't have a pre-existing jail. You can do whatever you want as long as it doesn't require ROOT access.
Rooting basically means having access to the 'root' user account in Linux.

The root password for the iPhone was discovered 3 days after its release using a 'strings' command. It didn't help much though.]]>Jul 22nd 2010 9:34AM