its not i dont even no how rooting is pointless to me On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 9:53 PM, Robert Copelan <rcope...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Sean, NO WAY is rooting a human rights issue. But hey... the source > code is available and anyone who wants to do so can compile it and then find > a device to install it on. That's called OPEN source. Not a human right > but a right of the license for anyone to use if they want to make the effort > to do so. Having things handed to someone should NEVER be a human > right. > > Just one person's opinion > > On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 9:22 PM, Disconnect <dc.disconn...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Thats funny, do you have a link for where they published these >> "fundamental tenets"? >> >> Cuz.. its funny.. out of the dozens (hundreds?) of different android >> devices released since the G1, afiak they only provided 2 that were rootable >> in any reasonable way (nexus phones) >> >> That doesn't sound like a fundamental tenet at all to me... >> >> (Also, this probably belongs on android-discuss..) >> >> On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 5:39 PM, Sean McGuffee >> <sean.mcguf...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> I just got an Android phone for the first time today. I noticed right >>> away that there is no option in the settings to enable root access. >>> Come on developers! It's one thing to make an option to turn off root >>> access, but it's another to remove the option to turn it back on. I >>> propose that it become a FUNDAMENTAL TENET of the the Android >>> operating system that if MUST ALWAYS ALLOW ANY USER TO ENABLE ROOT >>> ACCESS IN SETTINGS. How can it be that it has come to this? Why are >>> people and companies so afraid of letting people use their operating >>> systems. If you are one of the people associated with the concept of >>> creating an operating system configured without root access, you >>> should be ashamed of yourself. People like me shouldn't have to go and >>> re-configure or re-write an operating system to get ONE option to be >>> root. Seriously, this shouldn't be an issue and I am dead serious >>> about the entire community uniting on this tenet of always allowing >>> root access. No adult should ever be able to purchase a android phone >>> and not automatically be given a way to get access to root and set the >>> password to root. Now, I can imagine a parent wanting to use that >>> setting to disable that option, but that should be at the discretion >>> of the owner of the phone. Absolutely no company or software developer >>> should ever get the opportunity to restrict root access. As a >>> mechanism of enforcing this tenet, I propose that all future >>> distributed releases should be required to meet the requirement that >>> root access be available in settings. If a release is found to >>> restrict this or even offer a setting as is currently the case that >>> allows for the build of a phone without root access should be flagged >>> and removed from the android archives. EVERYONE WHO AGREES PLEASE >>> REPLY EXPRESSING YOUR OVERWHELMING SUPPORT!!! --No matter if you are >>> in the developer community or in the phone owner community or even >>> simply anyone who understands that this could be considered a human >>> rights issue. >>> Sincerely, >>> Sean McGuffee >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "android-platform" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to android-platf...@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> android-platform+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/android-platform?hl=en. >>> >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Android Discuss" group. >> To post to this group, send email to android-discuss@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> android-discuss+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Discuss" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-discuss@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-discuss+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to android-discuss@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-discuss+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
