HTC EVO 4G Android 2.2 rollout starting tomorrow

"Furthermore, 2.2 will close the exploit that allowed users to run free Wi-Fi hotspots after they rooted their device."

Something tells me that we will see custom kernels to bring this back really quick; wifi tethering is still free on rooted 2.2

So 'rooted' is the android equivelent of jailbreaking I take it?

In essence, yes...it does not look or act the same, but the goal is the same.

Nice, i guess i will update my tomorrow.

my advice is to root and download a custom rom (like cyanogenmod)
and with the release of the official there will be full custom roms soon (for 2.2) they already have tons of full 2.1 roms

I had thought that WiFi tethering was a built in part of Froyo.
Crap... was kinda looking forward to this.

Guess I have to join the Custom rom crowd too...
It's too bad, because HTC's UI is pretty decent and I was planning on sticking with it for a while.

Once you get 2.2 with smoked glass, you will quickly forget that ugly HTC UI.

That's crazy talk my friend nothing beat the sense UI... Got froyo on my EVO last night on leakfrom htc, tether works for free.

For the rooted question:

To gain root meant to gain system access. You can basically do whatever you want with the phone, delete system files, add system files, add a custom recovery and of course add a custom ROM.

Originally posted by i1der:

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That's crazy talk my friend nothing beat the sense UI... Got froyo on my EVO last night on leakfrom htc, tether works for free.

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