Let the root begin! Root Bounty currently 890$

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killerskincanoe

Senior Member
Mar 4, 2009
1,195
89
Sony Xperia Ion
Oppo Find 5
I'm willing to put $10 down now! (and i don't even have the device yet :D )

who's with me?


Bounty for Root:
Currently $$890$$


Killerskincanoe: 10
soulpilot: 40
waleed786: 20
CharlesW123: 10
Reb0rn: 10
TakenName: 10
Tulips: 10
geraldkw: 10
chambo622: 5
HushH: 10
e3sssar: 25
nagboy: 20
sickans: 10
Legend112: 10
Shady.ak: 10
MrKingLouie: 10
C987: 10
Gurre: 10
xeonwales: 25
westbrand1: 20
fwyt: 20
Blowtoke: 20
richyyun: 10
gavriel18: 20
jugstah: 15
smusmu: 10
thicholo: 10
debbcity: 5
maedhros: 10 (CND)
scimitar: 10 (euros)
bonzunumber1: 15 (CND)
shache: 10 (AUD)
McKebapp: 30 (to charity of rooters choice) *SFr?
LiuLang: 20
zerophrame: 25 (to charity)
saltorio: 10
TriC_101: 10
andrewglass3: 25
r18a: 50
ronj1986: 20
elroy944: 20 euro
wenner: 10
leobg: 10
chuteboxe39: 10
ashman84: 20
timo75: 50
rog0978: 20
daeshawn: 20
ssjowowo: 30
chandyperry: 10
charlie42: 20
lornova: 10
sugizohideto: 10
RUSLAAKI: 30


First person or group to successfully get root access

p.s. i'm looking into ways of setting up a paypal account specifically for this donation.. anyone who has done it before please feel free to PM me with any advice. thanks
 
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CharlesW123

Senior Member
Sep 19, 2008
194
44
Sheffield, UK
Rooting

Getting my X10 next week all being well (from T-Mobile UK) and will defo. consider rooting it (for Bluetooth apps and Wi-Fi tethering if nothing else).

Defo. $10 donation from me too :D
 

krabman

Senior Member
Sep 22, 2008
3,162
1,051
How important the root is depends on how many people pick up development for it and their output. The more that do so the more likely someone is to come up with something you want. With this one both mediascape and timescape are developer extensible so there are options for adding in fucntionality there that you might not see available from SE. An no brainer would be making it so that timescape opened up a user specified facebook app instead of taking you to the internet page. Then there are things like porting it over to 2.1 sans rachael and similar. Probably the most obvious though is being able to remove the carrier bs and take control of the phone. Thats always worth a root for me personally although I have not bought a branded phone in some time.
 

TakenName

Member
Aug 8, 2007
39
0
Kristiansand
I'll add my 10$ as well!

If I'm lucky, my new X10 is waiting at my office when I just get off this bloody airport.

First time I ever wanted a phone as I much as I do now.
 
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SchumiX10

Member
Mar 28, 2010
9
0
what is the benefit of "root" an android phone? I know it is a silly question for most of u, but i never had an andoid based phone , my first will be the X10, (from wednesday)
so if i root my X10 what is the main benefit for me? Is rooting means i might lose guarante?
 

alan090

Senior Member
Jan 24, 2010
1,330
6
Toronto
what is the benefit of "root" an android phone? I know it is a silly question for most of u, but i never had an andoid based phone , my first will be the X10, (from wednesday)
so if i root my X10 what is the main benefit for me? Is rooting means i might lose guarante?

rooting means titanium backup and nandroid backups which means you can switch roms and restore apps/settings back to what you had before
it means custom roms
it means root applications which are more powerful than anything a non root app can be
 

waleed786

Senior Member
Oct 28, 2007
74
12
Miami
who exactly will the money be going to? And how much $ is usually needed for the developers to start developing?
 

Kingcool88

Senior Member
Oct 29, 2008
174
34
Im getting my X10 tomorrow, and would love to rip the system image (or whatever it takes), so that you guys could root this beauty! But what do i need to rip it?:)
 

uultramann

Senior Member
Nov 2, 2006
81
1
Seattle, WA
www.myspace.com
Yeah, root would be nice. I got my X10 yesterday, and I am on the fence as to whether or not I want to give up my Nexus One. I'm betting that root + custom ROMs + overclocking will make me feel better about my X10.
 

CharlesW123

Senior Member
Sep 19, 2008
194
44
Sheffield, UK
X10 needing rooting soon!

Getting my X10 next week all being well (from T-Mobile UK) and will defo. consider rooting it (for Bluetooth apps and Wi-Fi tethering if nothing else).

Defo. $10 donation from me too :D



Got my X10 ordered, should have it tomorrow :D
Would like root for wi-fi tether so much, so looking forward to seeing how to do it when it gets figured out :)
 

behnaam

Retired Recognized Developer
Jan 28, 2009
487
8
Stockholm
I'll try to help out, I need someone that can try a few things for me so I can look at what could be possible with this device :)