Need Help Picking an Android Phone (Sprint)

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naznatips said:

superchunk said:

OT

You want to get the phone with the best specs and screen interface.

Then root it and put 2.2 on yourself.

You'll have a far better phone and all the features of the latest Androids. Including tethering.

Interesting. How hard is it to root it, and would I lose access to updates/app features by doing so? Cause spec wise the Moment is still better than the Intercept in every way.

rooting it is like tossing out all the crap you get from a prebuilt PC and putting vanilla windows on instead. It improves the speed, battery life, and gives you access to every hardware feature that the carrier might block.

On the downside you will then need to continue the upgrade process through Google directly and nor carrier (not sure if this is a bad thing as the carrier tends to f it up). Additionally it voids your warranty unless you were to put back the carrier's rom before you took it in to get fixed/replaced should something happen.

Other than that, there is no real loss. You'll have better phone that is truly put to the full capabilities that both the manufacturer as well as Google had intended.

Just google 'root moment' to see how the process works and anyone elses comments on the before/after experience.

http://www.samsungmomentforum.com/samsung-moment-rooting/?PHPSESSID=dbbdc28545bb916082f150bfc4677e97

http://www.sdx-developers.com/?board=5.0

Looks like these are the sites to hit up on rooting the Moment.

Think I need to do a better job describing rooting here.

1. It literally means gettign 'root' access to the linux kernal in the Android device.

2. Then you'll have to replace the manufacturers image with a rom of your choice to get best features.