{"id":383412,"date":"2010-03-03T09:00:13","date_gmt":"2010-03-03T14:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.androidguys.com\/?p=13763"},"modified":"2010-03-03T09:00:13","modified_gmt":"2010-03-03T14:00:13","slug":"reasons-for-root","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/383412","title":{"rendered":"Reasons for Root"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"<\/a>When new Android devices show up, one of the first questions raised is: “can we run our own firmware?” And, if that’s not first overall, then the first question is probably “how do I get root access?”. After all, those two are somewhat related — you sometimes need root to flash alternative firmware, and alternative firmware may well give you root access.<\/p>\n

There is little question what benefit this provides to some users: full control over their devices.<\/p>\n

What is not clear, though, is why a device manufacturer should want to do this in the first place.<\/p>\n

Case in point: Motorola. They have been raked over the coals recently by a vocal set of Milestone owners who are peeved that the DROID can have replacement firmware and the Milestone cannot. In reality<\/a>, “normal practice” for Motorola is to prevent “a non-Motorola <\/span>ROM image from being loaded”<\/span> — the Milestone will not be alone.<\/p>\n

If we, the community, want hardware manufacturers to more routinely allow users the ability to gain root or flash their phones with replacement firmware, we need to speak to them in business terms<\/strong>. How will offering these abilities help hardware manufacturers sell more devices, reduce technical support costs, or otherwise make more money than they are today?<\/p>\n

I have a few ideas, but this post really is to solicit input from you. How do you<\/em> think device manufacturers can benefit from granting root\/firmware capabilities? Add comments on this post, and I will organize the ideas (and add my own) in a later follow-up post.<\/p>\n

The ground rules:<\/p>\n