On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 11:42 AM, Appaholics <[email protected]> wrote: > You can always root the normal phones if you need to. I have been developing > for almost a year without a rooted phone. It is not always required. > Thanks > > On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 9:09 PM, kypriakos <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> is the only dev phone in Android Market the Nexus One which by the way >> is listed as no longer available? How is everyone else developing apps >> if >> no dev phones are available? I was under the impression that the >> retail phones >> do not come rooted and thus the su command is not available. Is this >> the case? >> >> Thanks >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Android Developers" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > -- > ------------------ > Raghav Sood > CEO/Founder/Owner/Dictator/Tyrant at Appaholics (Basically all titles > required to have complete control) > http://www.raghavsood.com/ > https://market.android.com/developer?pub=Appaholics > http://www.appaholics.in/ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
To be completely honest, I don't really see why you would *need* a rooted device to develop on. I mean, sure, I can understand it makes some things easier, being able to go and play around with database files, etc... However, for the most part, you should still be able to develop on a regular phone just fine, so my advice would be to buy a regular phone and root it if needed. Kris -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
