Comments on: Verizon Drops DROID2 Global Price, We Know What That Means

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By: walderrama

walderrama — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 21:07:00 +0000

and I still can’t sim unlock mine… damn!

By: Gee

Gee — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 13:12:00 +0000

This isnt a price change, we have been running it at 149.99 at my shop for months now….

By: chaosrv

chaosrv — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 03:31:00 +0000

I didn’t say I don’t need the data plan. I said I don’t need 4G, read before you speak.

By: Djstar2k2

Djstar2k2 — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 02:06:00 +0000

im gonna wait till the final curtain for a android stock and kb and fcc and dually and whoever bring this will have my money

By: Real4life45

Real4life45 — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 23:06:00 +0000

Yeah, they are dropping the price because it’s a piece of crap!!!

By: Mr.Joe

Mr.Joe — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 22:12:00 +0000

Maybe a custom ROM will help it =)

By: Chase Chick

Chase Chick — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 21:57:00 +0000

Yeah I guess that’s true. I had an screenshot app, but I really only used it once total. Uninstalled. But some people may have a good use for it. I think the reasons I listed probably have a wider fanbase:)

By: Bossman

Bossman — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 20:52:00 +0000

Don’t forget an easy way to do screenshots as a reason for rooting. I create a lot of documentation for these phones and iPhones and it would be nice if that process didn’t involve installing an entire SDK to get it working.

By: Tomgillotti

Tomgillotti — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 20:36:00 +0000

I had the OG Droid, I currently own the Droid X. I miss the physical keyboard, but I’ve lasted a test without it. Should I go with the D3 or hold out for the Bionic even though I don’t have 4G in my area yet (mainly for the purpose of getting in while it’s still unlimited to be grandfathered)?

Follow me on twitter (tomgillotti) and let me know what you think.

By: Tristan the Marine

Tristan the Marine — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 20:24:00 +0000

The Revolution may be open, but it is not worth it. I’ve had this phone for 2 days, and I want to smash it. Returning and waiting on the Bionic/ Targa.

By: RW-1

RW-1 — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 20:20:00 +0000

Grab your weapon and load it, coming with 2.3.4

By: Donnydon

Donnydon — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 20:14:00 +0000

The Fascinate never had a locked bootloader but never had AOSP rom….every rom still ran off of TOUCHWIZ!!!

By: Chase Chick

Chase Chick — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 19:44:00 +0000

Bootloader situation I can (kinda) understand. Even though I’d prefer to NOT have my bootloader locked for obvious reasons, the PRIMARY reason is so I can upgrade the phone without having to wait around endlessly for the carriers. If the announcement a few weeks back that Google is going to work more closely with carriers/manufacturers in ensuring that updates are timely, then for me that takes away a big draw for me to root. With the insane processing power on this, not really a whole lot of need to overclock, so that reasoning is out as well. So that only leaves:

Custom Roms (I’ve been hooked on Pete’s stock gb ROMS, so timely updates will wipe out this reason)
Bloatware (for Christ sake’s load it up to the effing brim if you want, but just make it to where we can remove this happy horse shit)
Themes (I don’t really use anyway so not really interested, and PS launcher pro is theme-able)
Overclock (with a dual core OMAP 4430 are we really going to need to OC?)
Updates (quit horsing around with updates and we’re good)
Tether (I do this responsibly with wired tether only when I absolutely need it. This occurs MAYBE once a month, and I don’t do dumb stuff like download torrents or play online games. And the wired tethering solutions on the market (PDANed, tetherberry) still work as far as I know)

So in other words, the only major reason to root is to get that effing bloatware off the phone. If carriers weren’t greed stricken imbeciles they would make it to where you could uninstall. Don’t they realize that now that Android is mainstream there will be more than enough morons who don’t even know how to uninstall stuff? Believe me, Verizon, there will be plenty of dummies out there that you can constantly read their phone state and identity, private contact data, and the like with your crapware because they won’t ever take it off the phone.

By: Chase Chick

Chase Chick — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 19:31:00 +0000

If Froyo is on the D3 I’m going to blow my brains out!