Why even Root a Perfectly good phone.

NoidFloyd

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Oct 9, 2012 at 12:45 PM
I have Rooted many phones mind you. Starting with the Windows back in the day. I must say that I have never been happier with a phone than I am with my Samsung Galaxy s III. Just curious as to why you would want to root Perfection? This is the first phone I have owned that I have never rooted. My wife is happy none the less because i am no longer sitting in front of the PC day in and day out changing my phone settings. :laugh:

Anyhow, thanks for lettng me play devil's advocate.:good:

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Oct 9, 2012 at 5:07 PM
Jelly bean leaks! That's reason enough for me especially since JoshBeach just released an update for his amazing Jelly Bean Jelly Bomb domination ROM! Tons of amazing roms and mods out! I couldnt help but root but like you said the phone is amazing rooted or not.
 
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Oct 9, 2012 at 6:04 PM
NoidFloyd said:
I have Rooted many phones mind you. Starting with the Windows back in the day. I must say that I have never been happier with a phone than I am with my Samsung Galaxy s III. Just curious as to why you would want to root Perfection? This is the first phone I have owned that I have never rooted. My wife is happy none the less because i am no longer sitting in front of the PC day in and day out changing my phone settings. :laugh:

Anyhow, thanks for lettng me play devil's advocate.:good:

Looks like I need to change my signature....
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Oct 9, 2012 at 7:12 PM
NoidFloyd said:
I have Rooted many phones mind you. Starting with the Windows back in the day. I must say that I have never been happier with a phone than I am with my Samsung Galaxy s III. Just curious as to why you would want to root Perfection? This is the first phone I have owned that I have never rooted. My wife is happy none the less because i am no longer sitting in front of the PC day in and day out changing my phone settings. :laugh:

Anyhow, thanks for lettng me play devil's advocate.:good:

Looks like I need to change my signature....
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As good as this phone comes out of the box, it can be so much better. I've already put one of the JelllyBean leaks on mine and it's far better than ICS stock. Plus, I love being able to customize the look of it....just my opinion. :eek:

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rbtrucking said:
Jelly bean leaks! That's reason enough for me especially since JoshBeach just released an update for his amazing Jelly Bean Jelly Bomb domination ROM! Tons of amazing roms and mods out! I couldnt help but root but like you said the phone is amazing rooted or not.
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I'm running Josh's JellyBean JellyBomb Domination 4.1 right now and I couldn't be more impressed! His work (and dedication) is always phenomenal!
 
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Oct 9, 2012 at 7:52 PM
ROMs! I've been on JB for months now and it is nice! can't stand TW so I am always looking to load up stock Android and all the extra settings and customizations in CM are awesome, even simple ones like quiet hours i've come to depend on.
 
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Oct 9, 2012 at 9:21 PM
Because it's none of sprint's GD business if I want to watch netflix, hbo go, surf the web, or do anything else that I would do anyway, on the bigger screen of my tablet when I'm on the road.
 
m20120

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Oct 11, 2012 at 11:47 AM
I found another reason to root a "perfectly good phone" last night. For the past few days I was getting strange instances where the phone would seem to freeze up and then I would get an error of "Unfortunately, TestService has stopped. [OK]". I also noticed that I could no longer copy / paste text.

It seems that there is a bug that can cause the clipboard to become full or corrupted. There are only two known ways to correct the problem:
- Factory Reset,
- Empty the clipboard folder (Root required)

I am relieved that a maddening few days is over and my phone is working normally again.
 
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Oct 11, 2012 at 2:06 PM
m20120 said:
I found another reason to root a "perfectly good phone" last night. For the past few days I was getting strange instances where the phone would seem to freeze up and then I would get an error of "Unfortunately, TestService has stopped. [OK]". I also noticed that I could no longer copy / paste text.

It seems that there is a bug that can cause the clipboard to become full or corrupted. There are only two known ways to correct the problem:
- Factory Reset,
- Empty the clipboard folder (Root required)

I am relieved that a maddening few days is over and my phone is working normally again.
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And, to add, you can freeze offending apps too. Kind of the same as removing bloat.... Just saying... ;)

Sent from my SPH-L710 using xda premium
 
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