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So I can't decide if i should root(jailbreak) my phone or not any suggestions
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My suggestion is if you are
My suggestion is if you are still in the warranty don't. If that is not a good answer do research to see what new features you can add to the phone from rooting it. If it is a new phone for the most part you will not be able to add all that much to it since the most common reason to root a phone is to be able to update the operating system to a beta or to a operating version that is not supported on your phone yet. Anther BIG thing to keep in mind is that you have to make sure you know how to root the phone since if you do not root the phone the right way you will make the phone useless.
Carrier restrictions
It's not always to update the OS, another popular reason it is to remove arbitrary carrier restrictions or even carrier imposed bloatware. My own phone includes a suite that wants to make sure I know who's doing well on the Voice, what the Kardashians are doing to each other and what's happening in Chelsea - I could care less.
Rooting a phone has become less of a risk than it used to be but it is still a risk, you just need to weigh up how annoying the bits are that are missing or you want to be rid of against the outside chance of breaking your phone.
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PS No warranties are implied yada yada, I take no responsibility for you bricking your phone, mistaking it for an oreo and dunking it in milk, accidentally taking it swimming, leaving it at a friend's house or taking an inappropriate selfie and accidentally uploading somewhere.
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It depends...
If it's an iPhone, don't bother. Unless you really want to tinker with software and have access to non-Apple approved apps jailbreaking isn't really worth it for the average user.
For Android... the last year or so has really removed the need to root your device unless you want to use things like Tasker to it's full capability, or replace your phone's version of Android with something like AOSP, Paranoid Android or Cyanogenmod.
Motorola's latest Android phones are very close to vanilla Android, thanks to Google. Good stuff. There's also Google Play Experience devices as well.
If you decide to take the jump, make sure you read through the various websites and watch related videos on YouTube. If you do, you shouldn't have any problems.
I'm an Apple girl. I love my Macbooks. I don't have an iPhone because I like to tinker. That's easier with Android.
~And so it goes...
You are right about the don't bother.
If you have a MacBook or Mac desktop, install the free development system. Then you can load whatever apps you can get or write source for on to your iPhone or iPad from there.
Er?
Many Carriers add things like Facerot, Twatter etc in such a way that you can't even stop them let alone remove them without rooting the phone. If you do that, you might as well install a decent Cyanogen release.
This is for Android devices ONLY
Where I live (UK) iPhones bought from Apple don't come with any of this crap installed if you are wise and buy it direct from Apple and not the carrier. Even if you do, many carriers don't add much to iPhone in case Apple gets angry.
I've recently moved from Android (Samsung POS) to an iPhone. I have to say that the saying 'it just works' is very true. Tethering my Linux laptop to it took seconds whereas to Android, it was a PITA.
My other bit of advice is wherever possible, is to get an unlocked phone and get a SIM Only deal from the carrier.
Depends on the make of the
Depends on the make of the phone. I doubt rooting Android will void a warranty. Personally I have jail broken my iPhone mainly to shut off a Apple killswitch (and run a couple emulators at full speed thanks to being able to access the JIT compiler) but if I ever need service, it is as easy as restoring to jailed software (which would happen sometime AFTER the year I have signing privileges for ends
Um...
Rooting any Android phone will void the warranty. You're circumventing the software controls the OEM has installed on the device so you can install whatever software you choose.
~And so it goes...