Day 13 - To root or not?

Now I have been using the tab for almost 2 weeks the fiddler in me comes to the fore and I get tempted to start messing with the inner workings of the software. This was also prompted by my good friend @silentjon asking me when I was going to root it. Now I'm not as advanced as some people I know when it comes to implementing rooting hacks but pretty much every smartphone I have owned from MDA Vario through to my much more modern Nexus One I have changed the software in some way.

Having a quick Google round I have found that already people have started rooting the Galaxy Tab right back to the free ones handed out to those of you lucky enough to go to the Google I/O conference. In fact some one has already created a website dedicated to it in the shape of galaxytabhacks.com which includes a very useful little guide on how to root your tab. One of the best websites for rooting and general development of any mobile device has always been XDA Developers and they are still around today, with a whole section dedicated to the Galaxy Tab. They also have a handy little guide into all the things you will need to know about and be aware of when your rooting your tab. This post also contains a good list of available ROMs which you may wish to replace the stock one with.

So to answer my own question To root or not? Well at the moment I think not. I'm still getting to grips with all of Honeycomb's features and thus far with the Android Market I haven't found anything major that I want to do that the Galaxy Tab hasn't been able to handle. One of the issues for me is the lack of custom ROMs from a big name like Cyanogenmod. This always gives me a little more confidence in what I'm doing because at the end of the day if you "brick" it you may not have an easy time returning it or getting it fixed!