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To root or not to root?

by Jan 16, 2013 4:23AM PST

I have a Samsung Galaxy SII Epic 4G Touch on Sprint, whew that's a mouthful! After the last update to ICS months back, my phone has gotten sluggish as hell. Someone had said, "Root it and all will be well." Seems like an easy enough process. While I understand what rooting generally is, what would be the drawbacks? Like, does that mean any future update that comes my way on Sprint will still come to me or is everything up to me after a root? Other things? Thoughts? Thanks!

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Never found rooting to add speed.
by Forum moderator Jan 16, 2013 4:35AM PST

I've found it useful to delete apps off the machine but the usual things I find is the user has filled the phone with apps and well, we wipe the phone and speed returns.
Bob

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backup
by Jan 29, 2013 12:13AM PST

for a good old backup a root access is needed Happy

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