Do you still unlock/root your nexus? - Nexus 5 General

I've had nexus' since the nexus one, and a whole lot of other android phones. I've rooted every single one of them, tried out various custom roms and mods etc. However the Nexus 5 is probably the first android phone I will own that I won't root. Its just so damn good from the factory that I don't think i'm going to bother. I'm curious to know if anyone else is in the same boat?

Im feeling the same way after a week of use. It seems so complete. But... let's be honest seeing all the cool stuff that devs are gonna come out with for kit Kat will probably draw us back in. I want to see what the paranoid team comes up with
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Mischaseb said:
I've had nexus' since the nexus one, and a whole lot of other android phones. I've rooted every single one of them, tried out various custom roms and mods etc. However the Nexus 5 is probably the first android phone I will own that I won't root. Its just so damn good from the factory that I don't think i'm going to bother. I'm curious to know if anyone else is in the same boat?
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The decision whether to root my phone or not lies in if I can get additional functionality when rooting.
For example on a rooted phone, an app like Cerberus is capable of some pretty nifty stuff like uninstall prevention even on factory reset. So you can still track your phone even if your phone is reset. (not flashed over though)
That being said, I probably won't root my phone for awhile because I agree with you that the phone is awesome enough stock.

There are applications that require root, so yes, I will always root. There are literally zero drawbacks, and advantages, so I say why not. But no, I usually always install custom ROM's and mods, which I won't be doing anymore.

Mischaseb said:
I've had nexus' since the nexus one, and a whole lot of other android phones. I've rooted every single one of them, tried out various custom roms and mods etc. However the Nexus 5 is probably the first android phone I will own that I won't root. Its just so damn good from the factory that I don't think i'm going to bother. I'm curious to know if anyone else is in the same boat?
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Same here, flash addict! I haven't yet rooted and am trying not to so I don't waste countless hours anymore trying to gain milliseconds of speed, etc. This thing is so smooth out of the box I haven't caved in yet!
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Having root doesn't necessarily mean having a custom ROM... I just manually root the stock ROM.
I use a few apps that require root, but I need the stability of the stock ROM. Since I'm still stock I can flash any system updates that come along.
I was stock rooted on my Nexus 4 for months too, custom ROMs are nice and I applaud the developers who work hard on building them, but I don't need the extra bells and whistles, especially when they occasionally cause instability.
First thing I do with every Nexus is unlock the boot loader, flash a custom recovery and flash supersu... Manually, of course. Toolkits are no fun.
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I unlocked my boot loader before I booted up for the first time. It's done then, ready for any future mods. I'm on stock ROM and recovery, unrooted.
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I just unlocked the bootloader so far because I don't want to wipe my phone if I will decide to install a custom ROM and root. But so far I don't plan to do so. The N5 and KK just serve me well so far and it could be the first phone where I don't have to worry whether some features work or if the dev broke something. No offence, the devs here so some great work but you are never safe from instabilities - even on Nexus devices.
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I always unlock and root for the reasons already said where some apps require the elevated privileges. I've always gone custom ROM and custom kernel on all my last Android phones including my Nexus 4 last until I decided that I don't actually need the majority of things being done in a custom ROM and therefore went back to stock on the N4 and happily used it for the last 6 months or so.
I'm definitely staying stock this time round as apart from the quick settings toggles and quiet hours there's nothing I can call a benefit to me as this phone is a beast and so smooth. All personal opinions of course.

As I understand it, if you root and keep the stock ROM you can't accept OTA updates? Is this right?

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As I understand it, if you root and keep the stock ROM you can't accept OTA updates? Is this right?
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If you root your phone, running stock ROM, you still will get OTA updates...
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I rooted my samsung android device (had too samsung software is so bad). i rooted/customs my nexus 7 2012. i dont feel the need since the nexus 7 2013 and now the nexus 5.
Maybe one day to try ubuntu or something like that. but i'm perfectly happy without root for now.

Oh i will - the N5 still needs some improvements for camera and battery life. And i also don't wanna miss full control in ES file explorer.
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Rooted mine for stuff like titanium backup! its still stock. But i think i'll flash CM 11 sometime not too very soon =)

Rooted for adaway, as long as the boot image and recovery is stock OTA updates still work. i see no reason not to unlock bootloaders as soon as you receive your devices to avoid data loss later.

I root because its the only way to install adfree from the f-droid repo. It also allows me to use more features in apps like betterbatterystats and I can flash kernels easily using Franco's app.
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I've rooted mostly for helium, otherwise its stock
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Yeah, I feel the same thing. I'm waiting till all things become a bit more stable for kitkat, but as OP says, the N5 feels pretty complete out of the box. Yet, I miss some things that I used on my rooted N4, which was stock with some Xposed modules.
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I'm not root right now but there are 2 features I'm missing :
1- better DPI (everything is so huge!)
2- Block stupid pub by changing hosts file
I will probably root it later just for these 2...
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Rooting a Nexus is almost manadatory, it is a developer phone by nature

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To root or not to root?

Well Im no noob to rooting.. rooted the Samsung moment , og evo, and evo lte.. some reasons for rooting were battery life, theming , faster.. well the HTC one seems fast, the theme is great, and battery life decent..
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I do it for for stuff like % battery, changing cpu/scheduler settings for better battery, debloating, ect. So you are the only one who can decide.
If you had to ask, you don't need to.
I don't say that as a pejorative. You're asking because you don't have a thing you need to do that requires root. So you don't need to.
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I usually run stock for at least a few months but the HTC One I rooted maybe after a week. The dot dot dot drives me nuts since HTC decided a menu key is not needed. The menu key is needed and it's still nice to have even on ICS compliant apps. There is room for it, I love this phone except for no menu key.
It's always worth it to gain root access. Wifi Tetethering alone will justify it. And to be honest, rooting is usually not good enough. It's in your interest to flash a custom ROM; there is a lot to be gained. There is a reason we're on Android and not iOS or Windows Phone and the benefits we gain from rooting is one of them. (This is not a jab at other platforms, I hate everything equally)
Super Tommy said:
It's always worth it to gain root access. Wifi Tetethering alone will justify it. And to be honest, rooting is usually not good enough. It's in your interest to flash a custom ROM; there is a lot to be gained. There is a reason we're on Android and not iOS or Windows Phone and the benefits we gain from rooting is one of them. (This is not a jab at other platforms, I hate everything equally)
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Yeah I just went right the rooting process after having the phone for two days, simply for WiFi access. Also the custom ROM doesn't hurt (running Viper right more and will wait for CM10.1 to catch up). Will try the custom kernel to get the swipe to turn on/off, real soon.
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So since we don't have s-off, do I need to root the phone just like I did before using joeys gui flash?
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thlinx said:
So since we don't have s-off, do I need to root the phone just like I did before using joeys gui flash?
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Never used that application as it seems like it really doesn't offer anything outside of what GooManager and/or ROM Manager already offer. You may not have to root the phone, but you'll likely need to unlock the device with no S-OFF. The rooting process on this device isn't that difficult, and the videos on the forum from QBKing and wwJosh are solid and walk you through the process. All you really have to do is follow some simple instructions and use copy and paste.
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Main 2 reasons I root my phone's:
1)tethering, hardly ever use it so it's not worth paying the sprint fee, but when u need it u are glad u have it
2)ad blocking apps
As far as flashing kernals and hboots I usually don't fool with it. I find a nice stable customized Rom built off stock and stick with it usually.
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Super Tommy said:
It's always worth it to gain root access. Wifi Tetethering alone will justify it. And to be honest, rooting is usually not good enough. It's in your interest to flash a custom ROM; there is a lot to be gained. There is a reason we're on Android and not iOS or Windows Phone and the benefits we gain from rooting is one of them. (This is not a jab at other platforms, I hate everything equally)
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I would have to disagree with that; I actually prefer to stick with stock if at all possible. Sometimes there is a ROM out there that has such better performance all around to justify a switch (mostly Carbon-style ROMs that are minimalist), but I take satisfaction in running stock.
Rooting is also useful if you want to enable various features like GPS toggling/Airplane mode toggles for tools such as Tasker or Power Toggles, or to freeze/remove bloat.

Worth it?

I just got my HTC one three days ago. Came from sensation which was good for me thanks to all the devs, roms and kernels available.
Now, this phone is a monster as it is. Is it really worth rooting and flashing roms? Stock seems to be pretty stable, and again this beast flies nonetheless.
Any input is appreciated.
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Stock is really good now, unless you want to play really demanding games like NFSMW or Modern Combat 4 etc etc. HTC has set the CPU AND GPU to throttle at 40c which is ridiculously low. So if you hit these temps regularly, games would suddenly start stuttering and lagging till it goes below 40c. With a custom kernel you can tweak this, so personally that's the biggest advantage I have of going that route
Haha this is XDA man... Of course everyone is gonna say its worth it.
Personally I thought the same, stock sense is stable, smooth, and fast.
However I'm a bit of a flashaholic so I got bored within a couple weeks. And development is starting to get very very interesting. There's a ton of fantastic devs and nearly every major aosp ROM has popped up. Most of them are very stable and are getting better and better.
Its really up to you but my vote is to hold out a while, maybe until official 4.2.2 and if you get bored like I did, flash away!
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Stock is very fast. I like being rooted however so I just flash ARHD when I want to have the stock look n feel
AOSP development is great, not quite DD for me yet but it's really close
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I'd stay stock. I have to admit I rooted mine and have regretted it ever since. Just doesn't feel the same even when I return to stock. The only thing good on custom roms is the settings toggles at the top of the notification bar, and it doesn't look like 4.2.2 Roms are going to have it anymore barring trickdroid.
Custom kernels introduce new issues like touch buttons not working properly and bugs and instability.
My phone was the most stable, fast and bug free when it was stock and I enjoyed it more when it was stock too. Can't go more than a day now without flashing something else to try and iron out each bug that comes up.
My vote is stay stock and enjoy your phone before it's too late.
As for cm and aosp, I can't see how they will survive much longer as stock Google loses a LOT of functionality and has awful stock apps including an awful camera app. Phones have moved past them now in my opinion and I can't see how they'll survive much longer unless they start getting access to the proper camera apps that come built into the phones.
not worth
In my opinion its not worth to root this phone. This is actually my first Android phone without root.
The stock ROM is smooth and great except enoying gallery app with Facebook photos but I can easly switch to another app without rooting.
I managed to run unrooted for three days, then I unlocked the bootloader, flashed a few roms (currently on InsertCoin and loving it) and just yesterday I S-OFF'd. Worth it.
If you don't use apps which need SU (AdFree, TitaniumBackup, RootExplorer,...) and you are happy with the stock ROM, it wouldn't be worth it.
PS: Still waiting for my black HTC One and I'm quite sure that rooting it is the first thing I do. (after charging and shortly exploring the phone)
I wasn't happy with stock at all, too stuttery and even basic games were very lagy (came from i9300 sgs3), rooted/flashed cm10.1 within a day of owning my one and haven't had ANY issues at all s-off'd using root explorer and terminal emulator just then in under a minute. Love being free and smooth lol
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Dont root it
wildcontigo said:
I just got my HTC one three days ago. Came from sensation which was good for me thanks to all the devs, roms and kernels available.
Now, this phone is a monster as it is. Is it really worth rooting and flashing roms? Stock seems to be pretty stable, and again this beast flies nonetheless.
Any input is appreciated.
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I think right now it's not worth it the phone is very fast and you will not need root especially if you have another rooted device.
I had the same question before.
DEVICES THAT I OWN : NEXUS 7 [ROOTED][STOCK ROM 4.2.2][MOTLEY KERNELC TO 1.6 GHZ]
XPERIA Z C6602 [NOT ROOTED]
fish droid said:
I think right now it's not worth it the phone is very fast and you will not need root especially if you have another rooted device.
I had the same question before.
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You can never have too many rooted devices, period.
Thanks for all the opinions. For the first time with android phones (and it's been few) I think I'm going to refrain from rooting for a while at least
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wildcontigo said:
Thanks for all the opinions. For the first time with android phones (and it's been few) I think I'm going to refrain from rooting for a while at least
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I would recommend getting s-off, unlocked and then flash Mikes stock odexed rooted ROM. You will have all the abilities of root (like backups and ad blockers) and then the speed and stability of stock
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I have never rooted my note, am i alone?

just wanted to know of there are others out there?
I've had my note over a year, the only thing i did was ota update to ics, and that's it.
my previous device was the Dell streak, which was an excellent phone, good looks but no power, and i done plenty of tinkering with that, rooting, flashing roms, overclocking etc
but the note does everything i want, haven't felt the need to mess with it, i honestly could use this device for many years, i plan to buy a few oem batterys, and I'm all set, the battery that came with it is still going strong though
I did not feel need to root too for the first year I owned Note. Previous two Android, I used to swap ROMs frequently and was never fully satisfied. Note in Stock is everything I ever wanted. Then came ICS and famous brick bug. I had to root to flash safe kernel. Finally rooted, played around with different ROMs but nothing satisfied me. Back to stock with safe kernel. With root, the only app that I am using taking its advantage is 'DROID Wall'.
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I've never rooted mine as Sky Go app won't work!
Apart from safe kernel for JB flashing, opening JB multiwindow to every app and calibrating the S-Pen, haven't had the need to root for anything else.
I agree that stock unrooted rom has been the best option for me since the begining. I don't agree with the idea of "only rooting gets you the most of your Android", as many users don't ever find any need for it. For them (for us) it is only an obligation in order to solve problems.
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gregianos said:
I've never rooted mine as Sky Go app won't work!
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that was one reason i gave up my streak, but even if sky go doesn't work, you can use xbmc, i use both, because there's no 3 kick offs in UK that are shown live
if xbmc was available when i had my streak i probably wouldn't have upgraded to note

Flashed My First Rom

Just flashed my first ROM (Cataclysm). Needless to say I was very nervous but thanks to these forums I rooted and flashed pretty easily. My only question is, how to I avoid becoming addicted now....
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jtb79 said:
My only question is, how to I avoid becoming addicted now....
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Hi,
Never begin flashing stuff...
Go back to full stock and never unlock/root again...
Forget this nice and exciting moment (first flash), it's bad for you and your addiction, no longer look behind you, look ahead ...
Think about how you was very nervous, too much stress, maybe too dangerous for health and it's not worth...
Think about your phone, maybe to much stress and fear for him too, maybe it doesn't like you for now, save your relation with him, it is not yet too late...
Try to find help from a repentant flashaholic...
And the most important, leave XDA for always...
In any case welcome and congratulations...
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jtb79 said:
Just flashed my first ROM (Cataclysm). Needless to say I was very nervous but thanks to these forums I rooted and flashed pretty easily. My only question is, how to I avoid becoming addicted now....
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Welcome to the dark side! Once you enter there is no turning back!! Hope you enjoy the xda life
A.A.
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Welcome to XDA! There's no turning back! Happy Flashing!
I wouldn't say there's no turning back. I used to flash every rom there was starting from the Samsung Captivate all the way through the HTC One. Starting from my Moto X, and now this phone, I haven't flashed a single rom. I guess stock android is just that good now. Of course, I always root and install gravity box, but who knows, maybe that will go away soon too with 5.0.
Well done for flashing the best rom already. U don't need to flash any others now anyway
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Once you start flashing....you can never go back.
Why didnt anyone warn me all those years ago?!
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My only question is, how to I avoid becoming addicted now....
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It'll pass, I've gone the other way and gone back to 100% stock (locked bootloaded and all!) as I got bored of flashing new stuff every (other) day. Android is at a point now where stock does everything I need it to
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It'll pass, I've gone the other way and gone back to 100% stock (locked bootloaded and all!) as I got bored of flashing new stuff every (other) day. Android is at a point now where stock does everything I need it to
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I'll agree with that. I got hooked flashing all the time starting with cm9 on my devices. Flashing every single night etc. Did this for years. Only thing I have done is flashed Franco kernel on my N5 and have Gravity Box installed. Couldn't be happier.
I am in same boat too, just flashing kernels these days.
I have to have, Elemental for my usage, followed development before I had my N5. (Using since HOXL)
The rest, I may try, but usually go back to stock other then kernel.
Hence my desire for nexus, no skins to remove, just a tweak or two.
WR
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aooga said:
I wouldn't say there's no turning back. I used to flash every rom there was starting from the Samsung Captivate all the way through the HTC One. Starting from my Moto X, and now this phone, I haven't flashed a single rom. I guess stock android is just that good now. Of course, I always root and install gravity box, but who knows, maybe that will go away soon too with 5.0.
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I'm going to have to agree with you. A couple years ago, I was flashing constantly (multiple roms a day if I was feeling really crazy). Now, I just don't feel the need. Stock Android is rock-solid at this point and I don't feel like roms offer any meaningful improvement anymore. It was a whole different ballgame back in the CM7 days.
While I'm completely stock on the N5, and probably will be for a while...one of the inherent joys of having wizbang custom roms is that often times when other people pick up your phone, they seriously have no idea how to use it.
It's nerdy to think this is fun of course, but dammit...it is fun.
Flashing Rom is the only way imo.
however stock N5 is near perfect
jtb79 said:
Just flashed my first ROM (Cataclysm). Needless to say I was very nervous but thanks to these forums I rooted and flashed pretty easily. My only question is, how to I avoid becoming addicted now....
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Heh... it's addicting.
Much as I liked the stock stuff, I got used to the fancy stuff that I had running paranoid android 3.99 on my s3... so now I've been ROM jumping kk nightlies trying to find the best approximation. Beanstalk is where I've settled while I wait for PA to start putting out feature nightlies in the hammerhead stream.
I'd say that the feeling that you got when you flashed your first ROM is nothing compared to the feeling of getting out of your first bootloop or bad flash or your first buildbot actually booting. Knowing how to get out of those situations bring a sense of pride that you can only get from knowing what you are doing at a base level.
I'm talking about people on forums and not your mom or friend now, but so many people don't know the very basics of how these things work. More to the point they don't know of the potential they have (both good and bad). That all comes with time and exposure though. I still remember my first terminal script for apps2sd on Éclair.
It really doesn't matter what ROM or Kernel I am running because by the time I get done breaking it down and rebuilding it, it very rarely looks like the original version. Actually troubleshooting something and fixing it correctly, then that fix gets implemented into someone else's problem and you can talk them back from the edge of panic. That is the buzz for me.
I love my N5 on stock rom, but who knows when paranoid comes with all his features ill be tempted
mee too
I used to flash roms pretty often on my Desire HD but since I've gotten my Nexus 5 I haven't flashed a rom yet. I am however, unlocked, rooted, and using a custom recovery. I'm a cm fan so once they release a stable build with all the features I want I'm sure I'll flash cm11
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Is root the same as jailbreak? I need info

Hello I'm huge Android fan and I never ever understood the root I've rooted my HTC one and got the Android revolution 40.3 by Mike 1986 with kit kat 4.4. And what is the big deal about root is there a cydia like program that installs stuff? I saw the bloat ware is gone and that's nice but come on it can't be just all that?
Tell me all the things as iI'm 5 years old
Thanks ahead
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Your 5 years old yeah sure
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When you jailbreak the iPhone you are just able to install non apple apps. You can do that out of the box on Android by allowing other sources in settings. With root on Android you are able to install customized roms, like you did the ARHD. But with root you can customize the base rom with things like Xposed. It's much more powerful than just jailbreaking. Feel free to correct me if I am wrong.
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That's about right. The easy way to look at it is, when you get an android phone you have guest access, bit like a guest account on a PC.
You can do everything you need but not major stuff. Rooting the phone gives you administrator access or full access to everything so you can do anything eg install a different ROM or kernel.
Yeah I've got that xposed installer but what is great to install and what or why does I need to change the rom or kernel... But is the xposed installer "the big thing"?
sliz said:
Hello I'm huge Android fan and I never ever understood the root I've rooted my HTC one and got the Android revolution 40.3 by Mike 1986 with kit kat 4.4. And what is the big deal about root is there a cydia like program that installs stuff? I saw the bloat ware is gone and that's nice but come on it can't be just all that?
Tell me all the things as iI'm 5 years old
Thanks ahead
Edit: how do I update the rom OTA
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Five years old huh?? Hmmm..
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U can download stuff without even rooting.,Kid
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I think he meant "Explain it to him like he is 5 years old".
Either way, you want to know what is root used for in Android? I'll help you out : Click Here
sliz said:
Yeah I've got that xposed installer but what is great to install and what or why does I need to change the rom or kernel... But is the xposed installer "the big thing"?
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You don't NEED to do anything. Everything is based on personal preference. Different roms offer different levels of customizations and performance and gives you options based on your wants. Different kernels offer more customizations to the power source of the phone. And let's you control and adjust different aspects of the phone you'll never have the opportunity to during stock. Xposed installer can be "the big thing" based on your needs. There's no way you're going to learn all this in one thread so I'd advise doing some research first like everybody else. Google has a ton of lists on why you should or shouldn't root, and install different kernels and roms. This entire thread sounds like a giant troll to me but if it's not I would advise you do your research. Because why install a different rom when you don't even know why you're doing it?
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With an iDevice, Jailbreaking does things like allowing you to install non appstore apps, installing themes, and a few other odds and ends. With android, a lot of those things can be done out of the box. And anrdoid phone that has been rooted allows you to install custom ROMs, as has already been mentioned, and do various other things like overclock or underclock the processor and graphics, or make major changes to the phone itself. A lot of things you can do with rooted phone can potentially make the phone unstable or unusable to a degree, if you don't know what you are doing.
With root you can use the Xposed framework which can do a wide variety of things like changing the battery icon to show the percentage of the battery, make the notification bar at the top transparent, add widgets to your lock screen that you normally wouldn't be able to add, or even make it so you can hold the volume up or down buttons to change the song your listening to. There are almost endless possibilities with what you can do with rooted phone.....and that's really putting it in the simplest terms possible.
My suggestion would be to look around XDA at some of the things that require root access on you android device. Things like overclocking and underclocking, I wouldn't mess with until you have a firm grasp on what it can do and the side effect of what happens when you do it wrong.
Since it seems like you are new to android, I wouldn't worry at all about root, as you have a lot to learn before having root access will have any real use for you. It's much like buying a new house and wondering how many cable channels you'll be able to get. It's not one of those things that is a major priority. I've been using android devices for more than 5 years and still don;t find root access to be a mandatory thing.
I know what rooting is and what it does but I never found the great thing about it beside bloat ware is removed and the reason why I rooted was to get rid of them and can't get back to stock cause of bootloader is unlocked and can't get OTA on my phone with stock rom.
But I've read the ARHD rom offers OTA how do I setup my device to that. And I looked around in xposed installer and there are some preeeety nice software there
With root you are like a parent and can do things that you wouldn't let your kids do, such as eating chocolate before dinner. ?
The root user can do pretty much anything in a *nix OS, such as modify the system partition or running low level commands.
sliz said:
I know what rooting is and what it does but I never found the great thing about it beside bloat ware is removed and the reason why I rooted was to get rid of them and can't get back to stock cause of bootloader is unlocked and can't get OTA on my phone with stock rom.
But I've read the ARHD rom offers OTA how do I setup my device to that. And I looked around in xposed installer and there are some preeeety nice software there
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ARHD has never had OTA updates
the only roms I have used that did OTA is ViperOne and MaximusHD their could be others I have just not used them
InsertCoin uses an update system but it's not OTA like the others

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