Is HTC One V so complex or fragile??

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Hey,

I'm going to change my phone really soon (from Samsung i5700), so as usual I started to dig in the net about phones with Android 4 and so I found HTC One V.

I get used to rooting and wiping phone in just few minutes without any problems or worries - with Samsung i5700.

Here on the other hand, I read that bricking is super easy, rooting takes long time (like preparations to do one), also problems with loading standard soft...

Is it so, because that phone is quite new and development is still in run or is the soft is so complex that I shoudn't really wait for "one-Click-root"?

I wouldn't worry about it too much. This is my first Android and I rooted and started flashing within hours.
:P couldn't resist the temptation lol.

There do seem to be a lot of ways to brick this phone, but they're mostly soft bricks, so i wouldn't say it's fragile

If your main intention is to play with the phone by flashing custom ROMs, I strongly suggest Galaxy Nexus S or any Google device. It has strong community (read developer) backing and you will have long term support. The big devs focus on Google devices. If you want an inexpensive phone and learn (mostly with few active community members), HTC One V is good.
Another alternative is to look for a used Google phone. It will be inexpensive but still with fairly active developer community - I might do that, keep HTC One V as a reliable backup when my experiments renders the phone useless at times

Originally Posted by unster

Hey,

I'm going to change my phone really soon (from Samsung i5700), so as usual I started to dig in the net about phones with Android 4 and so I found HTC One V.

I get used to rooting and wiping phone in just few minutes without any problems or worries - with Samsung i5700.

Here on the other hand, I read that bricking is super easy, rooting takes long time (like preparations to do one), also problems with loading standard soft...

Is it so, because that phone is quite new and development is still in run or is the soft is so complex that I shoudn't really wait for "one-Click-root"?

well compared to the spica, the htc is more complex to understand, given that the i5700 had bl unlocked from the start, "s-off" (it didn't even had s-on) easy flashing utility, and as crappy software I can't even imagine, it was a good phone for the understanding of the android, but not for everyday use

On the other hand, the V is hTC so rooting is a tad more complex, and we have no solution as of now for s-off, but for the main parts can be flashed or changed. One click root is impossible atm, but you have it with a bit more clicks . also you will need to use fastboot quite often if you flash like mad anything that comes .
The V is practicaly brand new, so development has just started, but there are good signs for the future

well to be honest, my main idea is to get the phone, delete trashy and all other apps that I won't be using.

but as I understand, to do so, I need to root...

Originally Posted by unster

well to be honest, my main idea is to get the phone, delete trashy and all other apps that I won't be using.

but as I understand, to do so, I need to root...

No, you do not need root on ics roms to stop bloatware. Just disable them under "manage apps"

will I be able to do so even with htc/google aps?

Yes, you can disable/force stop any app you wish to hide or stop.

Originally Posted by tranceph0rmer

Yes, you can disable/force stop any app you wish to hide or stop.

For completeness :
You can disable any system app that comes pre-installed in the system partition. The apps you install on the data partition cannot be disabled but you can uninstall them at will.
Since system partition is read only in non rooted phones, disabling is the only approach.

can you please re-read what have you wrote, and confirm that? because that sentence doesn't make any sense to me