To root or not to root?

[bobbert]

fair enough... any way to do it without removing the card, say an updated gingerbreak??

[mr_nobody]

If so, it has not been reported on this forum which leads me to think the answer is NO.

Originally Posted by paulsalter

the only 3rd party apps I see installed are Zinio, Press Reader & INQ, non of these have any background processes (for me), they only take up a little bit of storage (around 20 meg)

Go to Settings > Applications > Running Services

You should see Globe2Go ePaper and INQ Home Live running.

In terms of third party apps installed, there is:

Globe2Go ePaper
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
INQ (includes People)
Press Reader
Rdio
Scrabble Free
Zinio
(I think that Facebook and Twitter are just stubs).

Then there are the Google apps, which I consider third party and don't use (outside of the Play Store and the News and Weather widget):

Gmail
Google+
Latitude
Local
Maps (runs as a service)
Messenger
News & Weather
Play Books
Talk
YouTube

Looking at the above, there must be processes that are running but not listed because I use the News and Weather widget yet it isn't listed anywhere.

[DarkScribe]

Coming from a place where the word "root" means either to have sexual intercourse with or to destroy, this thread raised an eyebrow.

[paulsalter]

Originally Posted by BWinmill

Go to Settings > Applications > Running Services

You should see Globe2Go ePaper and INQ Home Live running.

Nope, dont have these 3 running, dont even have Globe2Go or ePaper installed, which is why I mentioned are things regional earlier

Originally Posted by BWinmill

In terms of third party apps installed, there is:

Globe2Go ePaper - Dont have
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
INQ (includes People)
Press Reader
Rdio - Dont have
Scrabble Free - Dont have
Zinio
(I think that Facebook and Twitter are just stubs).

Then there are the Google apps, which I consider third party and don't use (outside of the Play Store and the News and Weather widget):

Gmail
Google+
Latitude
Local
Maps (runs as a service)
Messenger
News & Weather
Play Books
Talk
YouTube

Looking at the above, there must be processes that are running but not listed because I use the News and Weather widget yet it isn't listed anywhere.

as for the other, i do have them but dont care, I organise my home screens with the apps i use, everything else stays under all apps so is easy to ignore, they dont use up much space

My running services are (which use 93meg of RAM).

Facebook (I have the app)
System Update
Google Services
Maps x2
Android Keyboard

Kobo, Kindle & Aldiko appear in this list but disappear shortly after closing the app, same with other apps I use occasionally

Originally Posted by paulsalter

Nope, dont have these 3 running, dont even have Globe2Go or ePaper installed, which is why I mentioned are things regional earlier

I was thinking that there wasn't much regional about the Vox, but the Globe2Go should have been a dead giveaway.

[paulsalter]

Originally Posted by BWinmill

I was thinking that there wasn't much regional about the Vox, but the Globe2Go should have been a dead giveaway.

not sure what the was for

never heard of Globe2Go, no idea what it is, i assume some type of magazine/newpspaper

[PeterT]

Globe2Go looks to be part of the Globe and Mail e-Paper (G & M is a national, Canadian paper).

[paulsalter]

Originally Posted by PeterT

Globe2Go looks to be part of the Globe and Mail e-Paper (G & M is a national, Canadian paper).

Thanks, makes sense why I haven't seen this one before

Is Rdio for the Canadian market only also?

Not sure why I dont have Scrabble, that would have been nice

Originally Posted by paulsalter

Is Rdio for the Canadian market only also?

Not sure why I dont have Scrabble, that would have been nice

Not sure on Rdio.

Scrabble ain't that special. You could download it from GetJar and it is a subscription based service (with no discount for Vox users), so there was really no point for including it from the end user's perspective.

[Kboland]

Originally Posted by BWinmill

Scrabble ain't that special. You could download it from GetJar and it is a subscription based service (with no discount for Vox users), so there was really no point for including it from the end user's perspective.

Are you kidding me? The reason Kobo includes it out of the box is blatantly clear...their bottom line. They get money from Hasbro, Inc. for having it pre-installed. Simple as that.

Originally Posted by Kboland

Are you kidding me? The reason Kobo includes it out of the box is blatantly clear...their bottom line. They get money from Hasbro, Inc. for having it pre-installed. Simple as that.

Which is why I said "from the end user's perspective".

Judging from the permissions this program deserves to be classified as spyware. Why else does a game need permission to access to your address book or phone's state (e.g. phone number, who you are calling, etc.)? Thankfully the Vox isn't a phone so they can't learn to much there, but still! As a kicker, it even has permission to turn your Internet connection on ... so turning off your WiFi/3G isn't enough. Now I don't know if it does all of this stuff, but the fact that it has permission to is certainly suspicious.

So yeah, there is some stuff that I just want to remove on my Vox.

[PeterT]

When you read the description of Scrabble for Android it's obvious why it needs those rights...

https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...bblefree&hl=en

CONNECT WITH FRIENDS IN MULTIPLE WAYS
It’s easy to find friends playing SCRABBLE. Connect and play via a username, email address, or send an invitation using your Android smartphone contact list. Post invitations to play via Facebook and email, too!

[Kboland]

Originally Posted by BWinmill

Which is why I said "from the end user's perspective".

To bad for us that Kobo could care less about "the end user's perspective".

[Ladyrixx]

Originally Posted by paulsalter

Thanks, makes sense why I haven't seen this one before

Is Rdio for the Canadian market only also?

Not sure why I dont have Scrabble, that would have been nice

I live in Iowa, in the US, I have both Globe2Go and Rdio. The Scrable really bugs me, it takes up a good bit of memory and spelling is the only subject that I've ever flunked.