Comments on: My Android phone is rooted: now what?

By: AndrewKam

AndrewKam — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:51:29 +0000

That's why I asked. Phones in the Mid East and SE Asia don't have the Android Market. Your only option would be to either root the phone (a risky process that voids your warranty and could destroy it) and load a ROM [read the tutorial links on this page for more info].

Or you could take the phone to your carrier (T-Mobile/Sprint/Vodafone etc.) and see if they can help you get the official updates from them. I'd recommend this because most rooting stuff is designed for phones released in the US, so you could run into a lot of problems potentially.

By: James Kimberley

James Kimberley — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:52:47 +0000

Where can I get this ROM program from, how would I install it exactly?
Which store you mean, that I could bring it to, to see if they can help?

I bought the phone on the Web, but have discovered that the company imports them from Malaysia . Therefore my phone has the not very good Slide program with no applications to download.
thanks for the help.

By: AndrewKam

AndrewKam — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:40:22 +0000

I'm not aware of anyone being able to download the actual Market app. The only thing I can think of is to flash a new ROM that includes the Market.

What country and carrier is your phone tied to? If you aren't rooted, you can try bringing it to the store and see if they can help.

By: James Kimberley

James Kimberley — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:31:28 +0000

Guys as you are all clued up how and where can I install Android market to my phone, somehow I have purchased a phone without this on it already. Basically if this can be done I will keep the phone, otherwise I guess I have to send it back, but I don' t really want to do this…
Please let me know

By: njgheewala

njgheewala — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:28:44 +0000

that is very cool article…I am a newbie at this so after rooting what ROM should I install so that I can get HERO theme and CM MOD?

By: AndrewKam

AndrewKam — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:24:18 +0000

I can definitely understand your point. A lot of people really wont benefit from rooting their phone. But many of them have done it over the past few weeks and been very confused about what to do. We've gotten a lot of comments and questions on Twitter from people expressing interest/questions. This is geared towards the people who have already done it and need some info on what to do next.

By: Carrozza

Carrozza — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:23:58 +0000

Clever discussion, interesting points.
As a future Hero owner I'm following many chats about rooting and indeed it looks like this is not for all, and is not needed by everybody.
I for one want to play a fair amount of time with a "virgin" Hero to see if it need some hacking, or it's suited for my use just as it ships.
Thanks to all for the cool informations.

By: oaussieo

oaussieo — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:25:02 +0000

Well said….

By: DTr

DTr — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:04:10 +0000

The huge downside of 'rooting made easy' is that – it's really not. The phone isn't designed for having new OSs thrown on it weekly, nor is the software, plus as more and more android phones with different mboards start hitting the market, more problems will arise. I think most users that root their phones push newbies into thinking their world will switch to colour and they're idiots for not doing it. For example, apps2sd is truly *pointless* unless you have one of the earlier phones that really didn't ship with enough memory. It's not only pointless, but ends up causing more hassles than solving, all in the elusive name of having 'more memory'. This article is great in that it disseminates information, but phone owners shouldn't feel that not rooting their phone is for fools. It's not. However, if you're prepared to get into it as a hobby, you're willing to spend a fair bit of time researching and are prepared to not be able to rely on your provider for support, then go for it.