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Benefits of rooting?

darg · 2011-12-18 22:47:59

hi all. Just after getting a Galaxy S 2 after using Iphones (jailbroken) for ages. Very happy with the phone so far but cant help wondering am i missing out on something by not rooting or using custom roms. Can anybody inform me what exactly is gained and what are the best tweeks. Thanks in advance

18-12-2011 10:47pm

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darg

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hi all. Just after getting a Galaxy S 2 after using Iphones (jailbroken) for ages. Very happy with the phone so far but cant help wondering am i missing out on something by not rooting or using custom roms. Can anybody inform me what exactly is gained and what are the best tweeks. Thanks in advance

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#2 19-12-2011 9:32am

PogMoThoin

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Rooting will allow you run adblock
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.bigtincan.android.adfree&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5iaWd0aW5jYW4uYW5kcm9pZC5hZGZyZWUiXQ..

You can also do full backups of your phone with Titanium
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5rZXJhbWlkYXMuVGl0YW5pdW1CYWNrdXAiXQ..

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