I rooted my Droid X about 6 months after I bought it (Dec 2010), simply because I wanted to remove apps that Verizon forced me to keep. Why have apps that consume memory and power that I don’t even use? My thought was, “It’s MY PHONE. I paid for it. I should be able to do with it what I want.” Here I sit, one year and a month after I purchased it. I can’t update Android. My wife, who has the same exact phone model that I do, has been using a beautifully updated OS that I can’t get on MY PHONE.

Rooting is relatively simple, but once you go deleting the “bloatware” and doing everything else that rooting does, you have stepped onto the slippery slope. I consider myself easily within the top 20% when it comes to technology. Most that know me would probably say higher. After hours of research through various forums, I’m officially throwing my hands up. There is nothing close to a 1-click when it comes to returning your phone to a state that will allow an update. Every discussion inevitably devolves into a contest of who can use the most acronyms and techno-slang. This has been a nightmare.

Tomorrow I’m going to purchase a new phone. It’ll be worth it. I’ve invested waaay too much time trying to unravel this mess. If you want to be an expert at the operating systems of smartphones, and you have the time to invest? That’s your choice. If you’re someone like me, who wanted to tweak this or that, I strongly urge caution.

I will sourly pay the money for my new phone tomorrow after learning my lesson, and I will NEVER, EVER root MY PHONE again.

These dangers are there before rooting your phone just made worse for the same reasons its made better and you would have to be generally ignorant not to realise that. I’m not insulting this article though I like to think you would be more educated then myself and due you the point of view to this issue I’m hoping that their isn’t any other suppose more pressing issues other then security, if so please let me know as I’m considering rooting my phone

Cool that yu thought to do this but who really understands all of these technological words and explanations? Just tell me why I shouldn’t root my phone. I didn’t even read half of you 10 page essay before I summed up the audacity to comment. We’re just phone users not phone developers. Nd anyone who read this whole thing clearly has too much time on their hands. So uhh other than that. Thanks. … I guess…

My question is similar to Maria’s. Can I root to kill off the crapware/bloatware that came on the phone, then unroot? Will the crapware stay gone? I want to get rid of this annoying garbage so badly, but have been reluctant to root because of the risks. Thanks!

http://epic4gtouchroot.com/

I look for rooting because need of firewall to limit & monitor port, in, and out. I want to have control of security on my phone. I don’t want pay for something like this with expensive security app.

That’s why I rooted my phone. Is there any app for network firewall without rooting phone?

So, now we’re confronted with Carrier IQ, an app that allows the CIQ customer (most of our carriers) to snoop on our phones/tablets, possibly to the level of recording keystrokes. And *everyone* denies collecting personal information. Yeah, we’ll see.
In the meantime, in order to remove the app, one must root one’s device. Hence my “root” search.
I’m no tech newbie, but no one can know everything. So, please tell me. What are the ramifications of rooting my device? Will it affect my services (phone, messaging, data) or my local apps? Will my OS upgrade still happen when Ice Cream Sandwich becomes available?

What will I regret and what will I enjoy?

Why is most of the os on the market named after pastries? O.o

I know this is an older article, but never the less, I appreciate the wisdom provided within it.

I’m a first time droid user and started to wonder about the necessity of rooting my brand new phone (because of all the posts and recommendations out there), and although I’m in IT, I will probably wait to do this when the implications/risks/benefits are way clearer to me.

Thank you for the article.

Well if you see rooting s device is not bad
But its too risky.

Can just Google Reduce this problem by allowing more users.
Seriously, I am a Tech.guy and always wander around sites 10-12 hours.
And I have read many articles.

The Developers of Android (Or Google)
Should make Android more “functional”.