[android-developers] Re: Statistics on Rooted Phones

2010-09-06 Thread Chris Stratton
You must not make assuming rooted devices are uncommon or even detectable part of your business statements, as that would be dangerously misleading to anyone who might rely on it. On Sep 6, 1:36 am, Tez earlencefe...@gmail.com wrote: Its just a research study we are carrying. Certain operations

[android-developers] Re: Statistics on Rooted Phones

2010-09-06 Thread Tez
This is not related to business in anyway. This is university research. On Sep 6, 12:05 pm, Chris Stratton cs07...@gmail.com wrote: You must not make assuming rooted devices are uncommon or even detectable part of your business statements, as that would be dangerously misleading to anyone who

[android-developers] Re: Statistics on Rooted Phones

2010-09-05 Thread Kumar Bibek
Ummm, not that I know of. Even if it were there, it would be an enormous task to update it regularly. Users keep on switching. Even a small sample of users cannot actually give you the approx numbers. But, I am wondering how will this number help anyone. :) -Kumar Bibek

[android-developers] Re: Statistics on Rooted Phones

2010-09-05 Thread Tez
Its just a research study we are carrying. Certain operations can be performed on a rooted phone and some of them are security threats. We would like to quantify certain statements we make. Also, now that rooting is legal, I expect a rise in the no. of users who would root their phones. Cheers,

Re: [android-developers] Re: Statistics on Rooted Phones

2010-09-05 Thread Mathias Lin
But, I am wondering how will this number help anyone.On 06.09.2010 13:36, Tez wrote: This number can be quite interesting (together with the reasons why users root - obviously due to limitations, but which are the main...?!); if somebody roots a phone, even though they lose guarantee by