Tech Review: Android, Monday, December 5, 2010

Why Should I Root My Android Phone

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/networking/finding-and-cleaning-out-your-smartphones-carrier-iq-poison/1697?tag=nl.e539

• spyware rootkit from Carrier IQ
• phones infected
• iPhones
• Apple gives an easy way to turn off
• AT&T Android
• must root
• Sprint Android
• must root
• phones not infected
• Verizon
• Add by the carriers themselves to gather your data

http://www.androidpit.com/en/android/forum/thread/427264/Why-Should-I-Root-My-Perfectly-Acceptable-Phone

• Nice discussion for June of this year as to why or why not to root an Android phone
• memory increase
• performance increase
• new Android versions
• Change home screen
• no-cost WiFi tethering
• To this I would add the above rootkits for the carriers

http://www.androidcentral.com/rooting-it-me-some-qa

• what is rooting?
• installing a small Linux application called "su"
• allows applications and commands to run with elevated permissions
• using SuperUser Whitelist verifies that you want an app to run with the elevated privileges  

http://forums.androidcentral.com/google-nexus-one-rooting-roms-hacks/

• discussion for 5/25/2011 on how to root an nexus one

http://www.androidcentral.com/root

• some why discussion 
• list of phones root instructions

https://bexton.net/2011/09/24/root-access-for-nexus-one-on-android-2-3-6-grk39f-superboot/

• root access for Android 2.3.6 using SuperBoot

https://bexton.net/2011/11/07/bexboot-for-passion-version-2-root-for-nexus-one-with-android-grk39f/

• Bexboot for root access