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Old 12-08-2011, 01:00 PM
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Originally Posted by TheRandom1
"root" means to gain administrator rights to your phone so you can install apps not from the market, change locked settings, etc, stuff above and beyond what a "normal user" can do. It's how some of us run custom ROMs and stuff.
It's also how some folks turn a $600 phone into a 5 cent 'brick'.
 
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That is very true, but those folks are very...um..."special" or so I've heard. Unless you're very dedicated, it's very difficult to brick a phone in my experience.
 
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Old 12-08-2011, 08:12 PM
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Actually, imo it's very easy to brick a phone. Just like a person installing firmware to their router. If something happens while the firmware is being installed, it will brick your router. Same for smart phones. While going through the process to root and/or put a custom rom on your phone, if something gets hung up or stalls, it can brick your phone. Also, trying to root on a low battery, a big no no. But a bricked phone can be reversed sometimes. Just depends on what has happened to it.

Anybody overclock their phone?
 
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Old 12-08-2011, 08:57 PM
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It's a software brick though. You get the stock ROM, reflash it and voila back to new. I meant permanent brick, as in totally useless.

I had my OG droid overclocked for a bit. Didn't really use it for anything I needed it to be OC'd for though, so I put it back.
 
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what the hell is overclocked?
 
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Basically overclocking a phone means making the processor work faster than the manufacturer allows.

Overclocking - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 
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Old 12-11-2011, 01:01 PM
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wow. all i really want my phone for is minecraft. my computer isnt good enough to run that even if you can believe that... lol
 
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Wow... how do you even access the internet? lol
 
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Old 12-11-2011, 01:15 PM
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im on the computer now. thats how i do this. my phone wont let me go on the blazer forum for some reason. or its just super slow loading. my phone is way glitchy.

either way i cant wait till i get my new phone. hopefully before christmas because i think it might be off sale after that.
 
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Old 12-11-2011, 01:18 PM
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I was just being a DB about your computer, lol
 


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