G+_Vikram Mohan Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Surprised that none (very few?) mention Titanium Backup in their Top 5. My list would be: 1. Titanium Backup Pro 2. Cerberus 3. Beyond Pod 4. Astro 5. Swype Beta (bought SwiftKey, but could not let go of Swype) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Erik Carlos Toren Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Agree with Holly M. Paddock. When someone mentions it, I go to Google Play and forget that you need to root your phone first. I haven't so I stick with MyBackUp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Vikram Mohan Posted January 28, 2013 Author Share Posted January 28, 2013 I guess. But I figured most android enthusiasts (evidenced by them being in this community) would be rooted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Vikram Mohan Posted January 28, 2013 Author Share Posted January 28, 2013 Does rooting void the warranty? I bought my phone when I was in India, and there the phones are not provided/subsidised by the service provider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Erik Carlos Toren Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 I don't have the figures, but really most android phone users are not deep geeks as far as rooting, etc. goes. Most folks either stay with phone as is (like my wife) or do small tweaking within their build. The rooters, ROM users, etc are a small group. I am basing my assumption by the fact that there are still a good number of folks still rocking gingerbread builds which leads me to believe that folks have not rooted and installing an ICS or JB ROM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Erik Carlos Toren Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 http://www.androidcentral.com/rooting-it-me-some-qa " Nobody will blame you if you decide against the risk, especially your cell carrier. All major carriers and manufacturers plainly state that altering or using unapproved software voids your warranty, and rooting falls into that category. While that seems a bit harsh, they need to be able to support the products they sell. For that to happen, they need to know exactly what’s running and what it’s doing." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Vikram Mohan Posted January 28, 2013 Author Share Posted January 28, 2013 Yes, Gingerbread is the WindowsXP of mobile devices. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Erik Carlos Toren Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Also, another reason why folks don't root (rightly or wrong info) is that if they root they may not get carrier updates. "*If I root, will I still receive operating system updates from my carrier?* Maybe. More than likely if you’ve just rooted your phone so you could have access to the full file system and haven’t drastically changed things, the phone will still pass your carrier's checks and upgrade. If you’ve delved deeper and really customized your device, count on not being able to upgrade. Carrier updates were designed to work with the original software, so they need to be sure that’s what the phone is running." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Erik Carlos Toren Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 And good lord Holly M. Paddock , Froyo users match JB users! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Vikram Mohan Posted January 28, 2013 Author Share Posted January 28, 2013 I was surprised too..... but the people I feel sorry for are the poor folks with a Xoom (i assume) stuck with Honeycomb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Erik Carlos Toren Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Vikram Mohan Ug. Yeah. I thought of buying one, but is always good to wait at least a month or two. Once I started reading about how Honeycomb was going to be limited...I waited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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