Is unlocking/rooting worth it?

oowoon · 3rd February 2012, 05:54 PM

Is unlocking/rooting worth it?

I have no qualms about doing it, but I'm unsure. Is it worth it?

Ruling the air with 4G LTE on the HTC Rezound.

WasabiWa83 · 3rd February 2012, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by oowoon

I have no qualms about doing it, but I'm unsure. Is it worth it?

Ruling the air with 4G LTE on the HTC Rezound.

Wouldn't think twice about it. You'll love having it unlocked and rooted. There are plenty of amazing ROMs right now to choose from. My phone's faster, smoother, and all around better. Just do it. You won't regret it.

EmerikL · 3rd February 2012, 06:15 PM

Do it, you won't regret it.

oowoon · 3rd February 2012, 06:53 PM

What ROM would you recommend? I'm probably going to get an ics one without sense, but is de-sensedish or senseless better?

Ruling the air with 4G LTE on the HTC Rezound.

ncdave77 · 3rd February 2012, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by oowoon

What ROM would you recommend? I'm probably going to get an ics one without sense, but is de-sensedish or senseless better?

Ruling the air with 4G LTE on the HTC Rezound.

My understanding is that the ICS roms out there are mostly based off of a shaky HTC leak or two.. If you try one, I'd suggest Scott's (CleanROM/Senseless) as he's a constant presence in his release threads. I've been using his GB CleanROM builds and they've been flawless. Whichever way you go, be sure to follow every instruction to a tee...you won't brick, but one missed sentence can cause a mess of frustration

BBEgo · 3rd February 2012, 10:26 PM

Asking whether our not to root, and then jumping head-first into ICS seems like a bad idea. The mainver issues inherent with all the different leaks can cause some real headaches for inexperienced rooters.
I would suggest sticking with GB for now until you learn a bit more about the process on this device. S-on while unlocked means you have to know exactly what you're flashing if you aren't gonna have adb access all day.

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jmorton10 · 4th February 2012, 12:23 AM

I agree on not going straight to ICS at this time.

I have tried all the ICS ROMs just to see what they are all about, but they all have bugs and certain apps are not compatible ICS yet.

I always end up going back to the setup in my sig which I absolutely love. That is partly because neither of my two favorite themes work in ICS, but even if they did I would still wait for it to mature a little more before swapping back to it.

severedsnake · 4th February 2012, 12:36 AM

No problems here with ICS

Although you might want to try some gingerbread roms at first, Many of the non ASOP ICS roms are very stable. As for the mainver issue, just flash the kernel via flastboot and you should be fine. if you need help with anything just let me know. For your first rom i would recommend cleanrom or rezrom.

Xaotikdesigns · 4th February 2012, 12:55 AM

Even if you don't want to install different ROMS (but why wouldn't you) gaining root gives you so much more freedom on your device, from changing boot animations, to doing backups.

buckifvr · 4th February 2012, 01:22 AM

I recommend you unlock and root. I have run both SenselessROM ICS and CleanROM ICS and they both work great and perform better than GB, at least according to AnTuTu Benchmark. I currently use Scott's CleanROM 2.2 ICS. It is fast and very stable. Only bug I have with it is no streaming media thru bluetooth.