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Old 12-24-2009, 03:13 PM
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Re: sprint hero questions

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Yo hoodride you can get paid apps free dont listen to the first post just google it you wont brick the phone i already did it.
I was being sarcastic... you know damn well we aren't supposed to be asking for that on these forums.
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Old 12-24-2009, 03:15 PM
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Re: sprint hero questions

I think he just asked if it was possible..
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Old 12-24-2009, 05:28 PM
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Re: sprint hero questions

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*can i change my word keyboard to be like the calculator?
what type

*how good is the iphone theme for the hero?
why would u want to lol
*can u customize everything on the hero?
yes


keyboard type- i want my word keyboard to be like the original calculator thats black and when u press a number it goes red then dims out of it....

iphone theme- ehh just wanted to see how it would turn out.

whats a good app that'lll help me do all that?
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Old 12-24-2009, 05:33 PM
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Re: sprint hero questions

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Can definately get paid apps for free if your phone is rooted...

what does rooted mean??
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Old 12-24-2009, 05:41 PM
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Re: sprint hero questions

lol.. an exploit to make your system files rewriteable so you can flash custom roms and such.. do a search in the forums.
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Old 12-24-2009, 05:54 PM
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Re: sprint hero questions

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Yo hoodride you can get paid apps free dont listen to the first post just google it you wont brick the phone i already did it.
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Can definately get paid apps for free if your phone is rooted...
Remember that one time we all broke the rules and supported piracy?
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Old 12-24-2009, 05:57 PM
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lol.. an exploit to make your system files rewriteable so you can flash custom roms and such.. do a search in the forums.
thats not technically correct.
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Re: sprint hero questions

Maybe you should explain it to us Brad..
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Old 12-24-2009, 06:29 PM
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Re: sprint hero questions

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Well, rooting your phone allows you to have administrator access to your phone and thus due thing not normally possible on standard android. With it you can have all your apps and caches run from your SD card, apply themes, tether your phone, enable auto rotation and the list goes on. Here's a few links of interest to help you get the most out of your rooted phone.

complaments to the android community forums for the answer to this

o and depends on what you want to customize.
there are theme packs. different roms. different versions of the core and so on and soforth
http://geekfor.me/ has my favorite rom the FRESH rom. but to use these you have to root your phone. and before you ask how do u do it
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=90380 has all the answers. thank thacountry for that. btw he rocks

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Old 12-24-2009, 06:47 PM
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Re: sprint hero questions

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Well, rooting your phone allows you to have administrator access to your phone and thus due thing not normally possible on standard android. With it you can have all your apps and caches run from your SD card, apply themes, tether your phone, enable auto rotation and the list goes on. Here's a few links of interest to help you get the most out of your rooted phone.

complaments to the android community forums for the answer to this

o and depends on what you want to customize.
there are theme packs. different roms. different versions of the core and so on and soforth
http://geekfor.me/ has my favorite rom the FRESH rom. but to use these you have to root your phone. and before you ask how do u do it
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=90380 has all the answers. thank thacountry for that. btw he rocks

thats more accurate.
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