Pros and Cons of Rooting an Android 2022
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Nowadays, smartphones have become extremely powerful machines that can do just about anything without needing root. Way different from back in the day when rooting provided extremely great ways to improve performance, battery, and brought cool mods! Now, things are completely different, so is it still worth rooting? Watch and find out!
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Timeline
0:00 Rooting in General
0:47 Modules
3:37 Extend Battery
7:05 Great Rooted Apps
8:24 Extreme Customization
11:52 Why NOT to Root
14:21 Is Rooting Still worth it?
Coming from being a 'fan' of iPhone and habitually jailbreaking, Android just let me do so much more without risking a root. I haven't required it 👍
That's like comparing Apples and Oreos 😂
There is risk in everything, if you know what you are doing then all will be good, its not that hard at all
@@dheeraj3945 Then just update to Android Pie (I'm sorry I'll see myself out)
@@ThisIsCexary 🤦
Exactly, U can already do so much with android compared to iphone, the only reasom u woild jailbreak is if u wanted some features android already has, i used to have an iphone which sucked but after moving to android the amount of stuff u can do is endless, No rokt required
I've rooted and installed Custom ROM's on dozens of Android phones either for myself or for friends and I still think it's worth it. I currently have a OnePlus 5T and a Redmi Note 7 running LineageOS and I still get weekly updates, have Magisk and LSPosed installed and I can still use Netflix, banking apps and play Pokémon GO on both phones Rooting and installing a Custom ROM allowed me to extend the battery life and fight planned obsolescence by running a more up-to-date, debloated and streamline Android experience on phones that would be considered old and useless, but I think they run even better than they did when I first got them!
Let me doubt that last part...
How did you manage to get banking apps to work?
@@levipb1403Oxygen OS 10 was never supposed to release for the 5T and most people went back to older versions, but the lack of updates and features available in newer versions of Android made me switch. Stock MIUI is just bloated spyware that barely runs, even on their flagships. With both phones being more up-to-date and having less apps running in the background, the screen on time has increased on both phones and the overall experience is quite smoother. Did I clear your doubts? PS - The 5T currently runs LOS 19.1 (Android 12) and the Redmi runs LOS 18.1 (Android 11). Both get weekly updates that only require me to automatically update through their recovery (like any stock Android phone) and then I just have to adb sideload Magisk. Less than 15 minutes to update both phones
@@adamcheesepleaseBefore Zygisk, I used to have MagiskHide + MagiskHide Props Config + Universal SafetyNet Fix and I still had to hide the Magisk App. Nowadays, it's just Zygisk + SafetyNet Fix and you're good to go. I gotta say, the change was difficult at first, but after that it was a breeze and it has made my job of rooting for friends a lot easier haha
Hi, I'm trying to root a Xiaomi rn8 I have lineage 18.1 and I have read and followed dozens of time and I haven't been able to root, I have the issue of ramdisk: no , do you have any tips ?
Back when xda developers was my most used site or app... Truly nostalgic and i loved it
Nowerdays they make tutorials on how to turn off the newest iPhone...
@@konstantink07 not everyone uses iphones like me - i think you need to hold the power button like on android but someone said you need to tap it 3 times
Have bricked a phone a few times, it isn’t to bad tbh. Most difficult part is finding the original firmware. If you’ve got it you can flash using odin and fixed
Isn't it possible to extract the original firmware of your phone before flashing another one? (I am noob)
On a Samsung, yes.
Sometimes you don't even have to flash the full firmware. I bricked my phone once and only restored the boot.img from the rom zip file through fastboot mode. Phone booted back to normal without any data loss
@@just.nobody just make sure you do a twrp backup and you’ll pbb be fine
@@faisal-nl2vf how do you extract the firmware?
I was using Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 for 4 years and MIUI was killing it. After 2 years of usage, it stoped receving updates and installing a custom rom saved it and extended its use time for 2 more years i was absolutely amazed. I used dotOS custom rom based on android 12.
MIUI Is suck dude
These mfs want u to buy a phone every 2 years, not to mention they got ads in their default apps
Same thing with redmi note 4
Wait, ain't dot12 is dead? Ririxi dropped it.
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This video made me nostalgic. I miss the good old rooting days. Playing with custom roms and kernels and theme engines. It was fun
I have rooted 3 of my old phones in 2016
There's just (almost) no reason to root your phone now, besides… just for fun
I loved doing that myself. The first phone I started using roms on was the Motorola Droid Razer.
Root and custom roms still rocks with the devices that had no more supports from manufacturer. Not all people easy to change/buy new devices. Priority differ with each person.
I'm using a rooted phone and the best advice I can give is to install Magisk Bootloop Protector before anything else, ideally with advanced functions enabled. It's a Magisk module that will deactivate all other modules upon the next system boot if a dummy file with a specific name is created in the cache partition. This can help prevent bootloops caused by installing problematic modules. I'm fortunate enough to have never experienced a bootloop myself but I can rest easy knowing that if I ever do, I have a way out.
Hey can u give me advice because my phone won't boot to twrp after flashing custom recovery
@@Gabrielll115 I can't really help much since I don't know what the underlying issue is. Maybe try reinstalling TWRP, then completely power off your phone and boot into recovery. If it's available for your phone, try OrangeFox recovery if TWRP just will not work.
Nice topic and video! This brings up a lot of college memories when I used to spend a shitload of time just playing around with rooted features and trying out new Custom ROMs. Those were the golden days of Android and smartphones! So many new things every year. These days, with the phones and their software being so mature, there is not a lot of excitement anymore. This video brought back some of those memories, so thanks! I have a Xiaomi Mi 11X, which is like my secondary phone. Might actually give rooting and custom ROMs a shot since I am not a big fan of the UI or the extent of updates it receives.
Great video. I've swapped back and forth between iOS and Android since the beginning but recently I have been sticking with android. The first device I ever rooted was the Motorola Droid. Recently picked up a 6a and I love it.
Great! Bro I've been watching your videos since 2019 and yeah thank you soo much for making such an amazing content. Love ya
Thanks for featuring my fullscreen gestures module, it's been such a hassle getting this to work reliably on Android 12 and up Glad you like it
Thanks for making a great module :)
Bro i love your module thank u for creating it.
Sir can you PLEASE mention right steps to flash it, i used to flash it on Android 12 and i was working like charm. But now on Android 12.1 and 13 whenever i flash it and follow proper steps it just Remove navigation pill. I tried lots of different things but no luck. So please help me.
@@Horny_Brahmin What settings are you choosing during install?
@@dan3817 i select, high sensitivity, keep navigation pill, normal height below keyboard, Keep back gesture. These settings were working on Android 12 but ain't working on Android 12.1 and 13. Please help me with it.
Keep it up man, your dedication to the OS is fantastic 👏 👌
I have been using Mi 9T Pro recently, and use EvolutionX as a rom of choice. Its updated alot and has many features, the dev for this rom is active at what he is doing and that matters alot to me personally. Im not really into rooting stuff but just in case some module messes up and creates a bootloop, the recovery is there to help remove it.
As a PocoF3 user, rooting was the best thing I've done on my phone, just to get rid of MiUI... Other great benefits I've had are amazing sound quality w/ Viper, custom charging profiles to maximize battery over long term use, system wide AdBlocking, and screen recording!
what os are you using now?
as long as soft brick happens, it isn't a big deal bringing back phone to life it's quite easy. Hard Brick gone case
@@relaxstationchillsadmusic1711 Xtended!
I got myself an f3 for the roms actually
@@danytalksmusic man... don't you miss the stock camera app... :') .. gCams are not as good as stock one
Dude...ur very proficient..I love your in depth discussion! Subscribed!
Great overview. Last phone I rooted was the Mi 2, and for the sole purpose of Android One being too buggy for me. I since switched to a Pixel 5, and apart from a small nuisance) some apps and games refuse to go full screen because of the front camera hole, leaving a black bar instead) I have no need to root. It's worth mentioning however that some apps, like Naptime and Battery Guru can work perfectly without root by simply applying adb commands through a PC, or even locally through the LADB app :)
I've rooted every android phone I've had and I've always found it useful just because I like to install a different OS than the one I'm using
But rooting isn't necessary for doing that. Just unlocking bootloader is required.
@@shreyasas3128 once you've uncocked your bootloader you literally have nothing to lose
somehow i can't use apple phones or other non snapdragon android phones because of that like i can't stand to be at mercy of the phone manufacturer's os with it's bugs i prefer to have my own bugs to deal with 😂😂
I used to be afraid of rooting, but now I just can't seem to use an unrooted device after seeing all the benefits of it. I have been through many situations where I bricked my phone, mom's phone n panicked while spending too much time watching vids for solutions, not I can proudly say I'm not longer afraid n just take all risks knowing I have the knowledge to fix many kinds of errors I face 🙌🏽😌
Love to see more video about root mods ❤
Yup. Need more vids like this!
I remember bricking my only Note 3 in 2015. I spent several hours trying to fix it but I learnt a whole lot more since then. You really have to do your research. To further add, make sure all features work or else you could be having issues during dire situations 😅
I love it bro keep up the good work and I love the video lot real true 👍
This is my opinion, I don't think rooting is going away, rather things are changing. Especially when you can flash a GSI to bring an older device every so slightly more into the present. It's as great way to give some degree of new life to these older devices that would otherwise be e-waste.
Love your videos
I've started modding/rooting this year and lemme tell you one of the awesome things I love about android.
Really appreciate this man's knowledge......and the education given. This was a very complete, and thorough, overview of rooting as it stands today ........really caused me to reevaluate my interest in rooting my LGV40 (LM-V405QA7).
I have rooted and installed custom ROMs on Note 2, Note 4, Note 5, Pixel XL and a few others (rooted Huawei mate 8 and a bunch of handheld android gaming tablet devices) but I can't risk rooting on my daily phones as I use the tap to pay feature religiously and need my phone to be as reliable as possible. I miss the days when I was running some modified note 6 / 7 featured rom on my note 5 the day after I got it for Christmas. The days of rooting and custom ROMs for me aren't over, just on my primary device
Excellent video! You are the best youtuber in terms of video creation! What is the name of crdroid's notification settings? i have installed Pixel Extended on my op9 t mobile but that setup is crazy!
Getting rid of that gesture pill is so good. Wanted it for ages and it makes a massive difference with immersion (and will prevent screen burn in)
Wow I love you bro! I got crazy goosebumps when I saw the HTC G1! Thats where it all started for me! That opened up the flood gates of memories. First and most loved is the G1, MyTouch 3G/3G slide, MyTouch 4G,HTC Hero. Then the Motorola Droid, The Droid X! lol my apologies, got a little carried away! Anyways again thank you for this video! And I'm definitely getting one of those G1 displays! Amazing video,
I think I'm going to finally try rooting soon. Since switching to gesture navigation I've been wanting to be able to use 3rd Party Launchers like Lawnchair without the hideous choppy animations during swipes to home or swiping between apps. So I bought a cheap secondary phone to try it on first before I risk bricking my daily driver phone.
13:50 a big thing to mention here is that a huge reason this is true is because it really isn't as crucial as it used to be. And with so many things that we do more and more of on our phones using safetynet now makes it harder for it to be worth it. Back when android was new, I remember, i'd root without question. There was just so much i couldn't do without root. Heck, even later when checking for root started to become more and more popular i'd still root. I remember there were a few years I basically stopped using tap-to-pay and banking apps on my phone alltogether because root was just so important. Now, not so much. . It's similar to how the jump between generations doesn't seem so "must get" anymore. On top of all that now I'd lose more things like the 2FA i use for work and work emails.
Always quality videos 🙌🔥
Nice one!
hi you seam to know very much, can you help me by sharing me your knowledge, here my question : how can I uninstall < call > app and < time, camera, etc.. > all system apps ?
The main reason I root my phone is the ability to backup all application data, which let's me move to a new phone much easier. The regular google cloud backup only backs up the apps you have alongside, images, contacts, ... but it dosn't back up data for each app, so things like settings, save files, ... would be lost when moving to a new phone. Root let's me move everything to a new phone and have almost everything immediately working the same way as on the old phone. Using Migrate to transfer all my app data, is enough to root for me.
I'm really sad that the glory days of rooting are basically over. OEMs just make it too hard to do now, plus most of the features I rooted for in the past are built into stock ROMs now. No compelling reason to do it anymore, but man those days were so much fun. Up until the Note 8, rooting was the first thing I did whenever I got a new phone. My all-time favorite phone was the HD2, AKA the granddaddy of Android development. It came with Windows Mobile but that was the phone that got me into Android. First came SD booting Android, then came native installs and you had to manually set your partition sizes in notepad before flashing and hope it booted. Development is still kinda active for it too. I remember that GO GO GO! screen so fondly :) I had the HTC Sensation after that, rooting that one involved a paperclip lol.
Google and Oneplus make it super easy. I still do it for privacy reasons. I know it doesn't block everything but its better then nothing
Good times. Used to love to keep trying new roms, getting the most juice and features out of my old smartphones. HTC Dream / G1 was also my first smartphone, and the one I started rooting. Went to the LG O2X, first dual core phone, one plus one and then the Mi9. After that, never rooted / installed custom roms anymore. As you mentioned, not many reasons to do so nowadays vs the headache that it can bring.
You can still do things with root.
@@AriesTheBestGaming How can you install custom roms without rooting? Can substratum themes be installed without root?
@@srdryl1 I use a custom recovery to install custom ROMs. No, you need root to have your own theme unless you have a custom ROM that has it built-in.
@@srdryl1 Custom ROMs just need an unlocked bootloader.
i agree with you, in the old days smarphones had poor performance , and rooting to get rid of bloatware was the key, but now these phones have much better performance, rooting has not much benefit for the average user. i remember spending an ENTIRE weekend rooting phones and cursing the idiots on the web for their crappy instructions.
You just reminds me my love my Nexus 5. I bought this mobile because of you because your videos. And rooted it and almost everything what i want. And i still love that era.
Bro our names are the exact same except your surname ends with an E. My first name is Muhammad too, that's crazy
I recall the first time i got into rooting. It was in the middle of the high point of rooting. Around 2017 though i got a samsung galaxy J3 prime and it was hard asf to root. It took me around a year of research and the method to root it (sampwned32, a ARM32 varient of sampwned used on samsungs higher end phones around the time) was the hardest especially since the bootloader was locked and wasn't unlockable. On top of that i had to have an eng firmware which would cause kernel panics constantly and getting back to stock firmware with root being maintained was a gamble. I eventually gave up trying to solve the kernel panics and moved on from rooting. I returned today though with my motorola g stylus from metro. It's the 2020 model and it's bootloader is unlockable and it even has twrp and multiple custom roms even an android 12 one (maybe android 13 too but i haven't checked for new custom roms in months).
You're right. I was using a nameless custom rom on my OnePlus 8T, it was really good but even custom roms had few issues like the worst sound quality, black crush on videos, sometimes when a new update comes we have to do it from the beginning and have backup all the files😵💫 such a hassle so i came back to oxygen OS which has ldac lhdc audio codec so I'm going to stick with oxygen OS untill oxygen OS 14. Great video btw 😊
I am on zephyrus 13 and i really like it
I am on evox a13 and i am loving it on my OP9R
True af bro….the drop in sound quality is ridiculous. But huge respect to custom rom devs for giving us options for our device
lol los has non of these problems
@@donkey7921 ios don't have any features to begin with, so there's no question about problems
I was using a galaxy S4, S5, S7 and S9 over so many years and I LOVED it to root it and to customize it, install custom roms, tried so many things but now, since I have a Galaxy S21 Ultra, I just don't need it anymore. I'm satisfied with what I have now. It was really fun then, it feels like good old times, memories and sometimes it's nice play with my older phones and install custom roms but it's really not the same anymore
thankfully, I haven't needed to root. Been running on LineageOS on a Lenovo Z6 Pro since Android 11 release, and it's given it a whole new life, even unrooted. I am even considering just replacing the battery and display now that they're dying out, instead of upgrading my device to a newer one because its performance and battery life skyrocketted from an already fairly efficient stock ZUI 11.0. I highly recommend rooting of you need these tools or need your privacy, but it is no longer mandatory because of the microtools some custom ROMs provide now for privacy
After many years I finally made the step to unlock the bootloader of my Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact with Android 9 and installed TWRP recovery, Lineage OS 20 (Android 13) and Magisk Root. It was scary and a ton of work but I love to have a modern Android again without having to buy a new phone. Hardly anyone is making small flagship Android smartphones anymore so I just keep using the XZ1 Compact that I love.
The only phone I rooted was my Galaxy Note4. Super fun with things like a true AMOLED dark mode, SlimRecents(almost as good as modern recents),and a bunch of other things. Nowadays, there's not much reason for me to. I'd probably do it for battery life, but I'd sooner just buy a device with a big battery. I'd probably also do it to be Google free.
I just managed to root a samsung a20e and honestly I was thinking of rooting a phone for a long time and I'm really happy with the result. It has tons of customizations and I was scared at first to not brick my phone but i managed to root it on first try.
Hi, i have SERIOUS question. Are you listening to Soda Stereo!? Im argentinian and you were listening to Signos, an AMAZING album by them.
To install a custom rom, you mostly use a costom recovery, which gives you root access when you are using it. It doesn't mean you'll be rooted withing android if you don't choose to, though
been rooting since forever and now in 2023 I definitely know that I have been rooting not exactly because of it's advantages but because it something that I can do and is fun. I simply love the possibilities rooting presents regardless of how miniscule they are. I just wanna do things I can't do with a normal non rooted phone 😂
Have you bricked any of your phones? I'm a noob, sorry
@@theunknowned9521 I worked on 5 phones and soft bricked 3 of them. I was able to fix all of them however the same day. I just always go so far into customization that I push my phones too far and run out of luck. I was always able to fix them tho. I even lost the imei of a Samsung phone once.
I love crdroid so much I have been running it on my oneplus 6 and now on my google pixel 4xl Perfect rom with the help of kirisakura kernel (for the pixel 4xl) and MCD kernel (for the oneplus 6) wooooow perfect battery backup
I miss rooting my phone. Haven't done it since like 2015. I can't do PC's and Command Prompts. Apk's was wear it was at.
2:44 That looked like screen refresh rate you can enable to show in dev settings (correct me if I'm wrong) Screen refresh rate ≠ fps of the game. The game can run at much higher fps while the screen only refreshes 60 times for example. You'll see the performance boost anyways
Yes, correct.
Thank you for this video! I was looking for some information that was mentioned here, but somehow is mentioned nowhere else.
That G1 display fire.. I had like 3 such a slept on phone it was ahead of it’s time
Never regret for rooting my phones. Rooting is life 💪
I use an Oppo Reno 5 Lite and it's coming to its end with the updates with the upcoming ColorOS 13/Android 13 update, I don't have money to buy a better phone and I probably won't have that money for a near future, so rooting and installing a custom OS will give me at least 2-3 years more software updates and make my phone useful for a longer time than the manifacturer anticipated.
I did root my previous two phones (the later running android 4.4) so I could use Xposed for some additional customisation options. Now my current phone runs android 9 (yes, I know I should get a new one) and considering that the customisation got a lot better I don't have to root this phone or any other I get later down the road.
The main reason I root my phone(OnePlus 7 pro) is for system wide adblocking (adaway). other mods are a bonus. Recently i installed viper4andoid and it improved my speaker audio greatly, like night and day difference. Also i installed a custom kernel and battery life improved. So yeah rooting is very worth it for me.
Very good video
I like this videos too much.As i a, a fan of custom rooms and features i want to advise people to buy Poco f3 it is q king of customs rooms.It has a lot and nices rooms of all even i get my Samsung S22Ultra but cant live without playing with my Poco.Great video it will give live to custom room builder
Super bro
Very like Sir vedio thanks. ❤
You can also install a safetynet fix module
Please make a video on different roms, thank you. 😊
If you have a phone with an active community it can still be worth it tho. The POCO F3 still has a thriving community with a lot of roms. And it lets me have unlimited pics in Google photos
You have literally revealed how can we maintain privacy with apps. Warden app is at complete mext level🔥🔥
I still did for my main phone. 1. Basic Call Recorder app need root access. 2. Dolby Atmos 3. Xmlpak, spoofing my phone to download basic apps from other manufacturer eg. Sony Music apps. 4. FKM, in case custom kernel has the issue. Ps. I can see some common misunderstanding that root = unlocked bootloader. You can have a unlocked bootloader (to install custom roms/recovery) but doesn't necessary have to root (flash magisk). But you need to unlock if you want to root.
This video is full of things I want to try out. thanjs
cool bro ,could you plz make a video on Accrescent App Store
I have a rooted Pocophone F1 with a custom rom installed (Awaken OS) and I can safely say it was absolutely worth it! There are so many cool apps/lsposed modules and magisk modules to customize Android 12, and many are already starting to support A13
Hi brother I need some help
I only really root because some OEM'S block or hide some special features on thier OS based on your region. Using root allows me to unlock those hidden features. I've been rooting all my phones since 2011 and it's really sad for me to see it slowly dying.
This is my first smartphone (Note 20 Ultra) that i didn't root :( I don't see any reasons to root it,I use some dns for ads and vanced for youtube so I only miss Viper4android for max volume boost,but only that is not worth rooting it and breaking some Samsung things in process. First phone I rooted was HTC HD2, I put android on it and rooted...good old days.
If you are a Xiaomi used then you can clearly ignore last part of this video. I am using Poco F1 , it's 4+ years old and just coz of custom roms it's still alive. My friend has same phone but he's still using MIUI on it's and trust me when i say it, "his phone work like 90year old one legged blind grandma" It's like day and night between his and my phone. Also Poco F1 is 1st phone to recieve Android 13 custom rom. It might be old but it's still very much alive. So yeah. Custom roms and Rooting is well worth it.
My biggest reason for still using a modded phone boils down to system-wide debloating, ad blocking and privacy protection. You're just not in control when you're running the manufacturer's firmware. And while it's true that root itself may be dying off, it's only really because for many of the advanced features it provided, the community found workarounds. That's right, workarounds to the need for root. Combined with the feature developments in Android itself making progress towards better customization and performance, indeed it's no surprise root feels more useless now. But in terms of privacy, security and ad-blocking, custom ROMs and root still provide a major advantage over stock. When you don't trust the apps you use, there's really nothing nearly as comprehensive or that good in the non-root, stock Android world. I don't understand why people are so afraid of bricking though. If you have a decent backup strategy (like Google Drive or Seedvault), and have your internal storage and the original ROM backed up via MTP, ADB or even the custom TWRP recovery, there's really nothing to lose. It's easier to bring your phone back today than it's ever been. Just unlock the bootloader, boot TWRP without flashing it via fastboot, and backup your original ROM before you go about modifying it. And never attempt to downgrade your stock firmware or install a stock firmware version that's not for your device unless you know what you're doing, and unless absolutely necessary. Even phones with no custom ROM scene can use generic system images via Google's Project Treble, which every modern phone supports these days. You can even install GSIs in a dualboot configuration via DSU (still requires unlocked bootloader) and keep the stock firmware completely intact. Custom ROMs now are more supported, compatible and stable than ever. Custom ROMs don't need root (but they do need unlocked bootloader), and provide a very clean and official-feeling integration of the many features they often bring into the table.
I've rooted my phone in recent years and it was helping me but I don't think rooting is good idea for my phone cause it is still getting new major updates from manufacturer but in future I'll definitely root it
Yes rooting is always great..
Great breakdown thanks for the information
I used to root to block ads and backup apps with data. I wish Google worked on its policies on ads, those are really intrusive. I am happy with my iPhone now.
Many 'new' features started out on rooted phones. Since rooting is risky why not acquire a cheap, possibly older phone or tablet and root that. There is also a systemless root which roots the phone in all respects except /system remains read only. Normally /system is only write enabled when an update is installing. After the update the phone/tablet is rebooted and /system reverts to read only. Some phones have bloatware apps that are configured so that they will not disable. With a full root it should be possible to changes some sort of permission so that the app can be disabled.
OnePlus 9 here and the nightmare it was to get a custom ROM that worked on it was an experience. But the more I looked into it the less I saw any major need to root an Android anymore. Most of the time most feature you want can be obtained just from the type of phone you buy all different in their own ways.
DriveDroid is one reason worth rooting old phone.
I've rooted and installed a custom ROM for my mom's 5-year-old Galaxy A5 2017 just to extend it's life since the hardware is still capable but the software is way outdated
Are u on lineage os?
@@hondurasen3632 Yes, I've tried CrDroid but didn't like it's optimizations and has poorer battery life so I went back to lineage OS
thanks for the frankness
Worth it, obviously
The last time i rooted my phone was oneplus one. Before that it was trail and error of unlocking the bootloader , installing twrp and finding the perfect rom for the phone. AOSP modded roms were the best. I stopped modding cause important apps related to work/banking stopped working or wouldn't allow certain features
Can anyone link or tell the module/app name for that audio visualizee at 10:14?
To be honest you save my phone bro. I was planning to root my phone by tomorrow. But as you said other games will not work on a rooted Device. Ive done some research it was true
I've been a Pixel user for years and I root my phones as soon as they come out of the box But I also have to say that I use an additional chroot in the kernel to be able to use full Arch because I'm a pentester
I've been trying to root my phones for years once they ran out of software updates. Was very surprised my phones had pretty much no support. Last phone I rooted I think was a Huawei phone, that I got to replace my Nexus 4.
Tbh for basic stuff I just use BlueStack rooted since you basically can do that changing 2 values from a txt file and you don't risk any kind of bricking and you can create multiple instances, but still root is interesting but not worthy enough to try it on a phone
I keep rooting all devices I have and also I've custom ROM installed. The experience is amazing I get updates every couple of weeks and root allows me to use so many powerful apps like ViPER4Android, AdAway and FKM. That's why I love Android. And even if it's not worth it for most people, I'll keep rooting as long as it's possible.
I use CrDroid 9 on my OnePlus 7t and really doesn't need root. The ROM works pretty fine and smoothly.
The only reason that i'm not rooting my phones is for the banking apps. I use a lot . I'm using PixelExperience on my Xiaomi Mi 8 lite and runs great. On my other device, an LG G8S ThinQ i'm still running stock Android 12. Unlocking the boot loader is a bit difficult and risky (on Xiaomi is way, way easier) and I don't have the patience to do it :P I think my first android device that i installed a costum rom was an HTC tattoo :D
Miss those good old days,, now root is a no-go for me,, but custom ROMs are great, Pixel experience on my pixel 2XL feel like just got an regular update
Very professional video! 👍 Can Rooting &/or Custom ROM allow installation of Security Updates when a device is no longer supported ? Also, my single objective in rooting is to control the percentage of battery change to about 82% which equates to about .22 charge cycles per charge. Greatly extending battery life.
Rooting disables updates.
Note 9 is when I stopped rooting phones (also custom roms). I used to do it back when I have S3, Note 4, etc.
Project Elixir is an awesome ROM too!
I have rooted all of my phones until my recent switch to S21+. I loved cyanogenmod back in the old days and lineageOS later ( which helped to breathe life into my xiaomi mi5, which was a nightmare with miui ). I mostly used to root to have adblocks and custom roms if needed. When I got myself a oneplus 6, that software with the 'old oneplus' was perfect, never used any custom rom for more than a couple of days, the stock was just much better. But now with my samsung, I do not even care about blocking ads. I use firefox on the phone, it has built in adblock addons, and yt vanced as long as I just can. After that, I am going to surrender to all mighty google and pay for the premium.. Big Pharma always wins, eh?...
Pss let me tell you a secret, check out youtube revanced :)
Blocking the ads on websites is easy, but every app comes with ads too so you need system wide adblocking
@@nathanoneiric Also thanks for this tip i had no clue!
I'm close to rooting my phone just to remove Google bloatware.