Hi, I’m wondering myself is root useful or not ? In which case it can be useful ? And Root with magisk is unsecure ?
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Yes it degrades security, yes it is worth it for my usecase at least
But also gives you the options to increase security.
That’s really only true if you are smarter and more knowledgeable than the security team of the phone OEM… and you unroot after you have made changes.
One example would be being able to use hosts based blocking of malicious domains while using a VPN at the same time. Does not work without root. Has nothing to do with being smarter than the security team or anything either.
I use it to backup apps with Swift Backup, it’s not insecure as long as you don’t do silly things like modifying system files in a dangerous way, keep in mind that some banking apps and even games won’t work if they detect root.
It is potentially unsecure both as a process and with its consequences, but if you know what you are doing (carefully read tutorials and guides step by step especially if you have no beforehand experience) you have a very low chance to brick your device or corrupt it in any other way.
It’s important to note that rooting is different from device model to device model and especially from manufacturer to manufacturer. Some manufacturers totally prevent rooting. Officially you lose the warranty of your device if you root it.
Some of the other commenters have mentioned that some apps check for root and refuse to work if the device is rooted (or only because the bootloader is unlocked) which is true, however if you are rooted there is variety of tools to prevent these apps from recognizing a rooted device (or just unlocked bootloader) so I wouldn’t count this as that much of a problem. I am using banking apps and google pay on my rooted phone just fine.
There are already several opinions about rooting, so I’m not entering that discussion, but I can share my view of ACC and AccA.
I’m the kind of person, who charges the phone over the night. My device theoretically supports 33W charging (can’t test this as I don’t have the stock charger), but when charging over the course of several hours I don’t need this speed.
I have the current limit set to 750mA and max charge in range of 90-95%. This works fine for me and in case I need a quick top-up there’s always Charge once to #%, without restrictions option.
Is it useful to do that ? https://batteryuniversity.com/article/bu-808-how-to-prolong-lithium-based-batteries
Rooting Android is one of the most insecure things you can do to your Android phone.
That’s like saying being able to turn left is one of the most dangerous things you can do to your car.
The thing about “knowing just enough to be dangerous” is typically the person doesn’t realize that’s all they know.
No, its not even remotely like that. You clearly have no working knowledge of how Linux based OS’s work. There a reason so many actual Linux distros ship with Root disabled and want you to use sudo instead.
So how does one use sudo on Android then?
You don’t directly, certain apps are already allowed to access certain system level permissions. You can’t directly without Rooting. Although arguably, many ADB commands are performing root level changes.
