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Qtx · 11-12-2012, 15:03

Well android is an open system but manufacturers like to lock it down for licencing and support reasons I guess. So if your phone breaks and they see it is rooted they are likely to say that your warranty is invalidated as you have modified it.

Rooting opens up all the potential of the phone but at the same time means you can tinker in more ways that could potentially break it. In normal use this will probably never happen and to be honest I have never have a problem with either of my 2 phones that I rooted, even though I tinker with a lot of things most people would never touch.

That being said, there is a chance you can kill your phone in the initial rooting process if you did something wrong. The flashing changes the bootloader I think.

Once rooted there are easy ways to backup your phone, install custom roms which can make the phone run faster, better interfaces etc. For me rooting allowed me to run some network tools that wouldn't run on non-rooted due to the artificial limitations. The S3 is good enough in most areas for me not to even consider flashing another rom on to it.

The only downside so far that I have seen is Sky Go wont work on a rooted device, although a workaround is normally found.

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Qtx CF's Worst Nightmare Join Date: May 2012 Location: Probably outside the M25 Services: Sky Fibre Unlimited 40/10 Posts: 3,473	Re: Samsung Galaxy S3 Well android is an open system but manufacturers like to lock it down for licencing and support reasons I guess. So if your phone breaks and they see it is rooted they are likely to say that your warranty is invalidated as you have modified it. Rooting opens up all the potential of the phone but at the same time means you can tinker in more ways that could potentially break it. In normal use this will probably never happen and to be honest I have never have a problem with either of my 2 phones that I rooted, even though I tinker with a lot of things most people would never touch. That being said, there is a chance you can kill your phone in the initial rooting process if you did something wrong. The flashing changes the bootloader I think. Once rooted there are easy ways to backup your phone, install custom roms which can make the phone run faster, better interfaces etc. For me rooting allowed me to run some network tools that wouldn't run on non-rooted due to the artificial limitations. The S3 is good enough in most areas for me not to even consider flashing another rom on to it. The only downside so far that I have seen is Sky Go wont work on a rooted device, although a workaround is normally found.