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Is the Shield Tablet even worth rooting. I mean, it is stock android with Nvidia stuff. And rooting it just takes away the Nvidia logo when turning it on, and its few apps that do more good than harm. Is there a mod out there that will beat out Lollypop? Only thing I can really think of is Carbon KitKat, and I'm not sure if the Tablet runs crappy because of the hardware or because of the software. I haven't been in the scene for a while (and when I was I wasn't there for long), but my swag snapback wearing friend put Cyanogen on his phone (yes, they're evolving) from the Cyanogen website. Has this in it's essence killed the development for systems since they made it easier to run the OS? Much of the ricing vocabulary is jargon for me, so please explain it instead of avoiding it, for example I don't know the difference between a root vs. recovery vs. rom vs. kernel and TWRP vs ClockworkMod, Unofficial mods vs official.
What do you guys run? What do you recommend visual appeal, and what do you recommend for performance? Can I possibly run Carbon Kitkat while keeping the nVidia apps?
Mehhh I only rooted for xposed modules... honestly stock lollipop with a ntfs SD card to get around the SD card issues and root really isn't a factor in performance. Just using like gravity box and an ad block. I think if you have a lte version it may be more useful so u can mess with radios but I can't vouch for that.
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I only rooted for viper audio. Major improvement then without
I'd say its definitely worth it for the fact that you can move all your games off of the internal storage onto the SD card using virtualized directories (ie FolderMount) so the data appears on internal storage but actually resides on your SD (load times have been fine for me with a 64 GB class 10, HL2, Portal, TT Games, etc.)...although I'd probably root either way just for a few specific root apps and the fact I root every android device I ever get.
Side note: PLEASE don't use NTFS on flash storage (unless you absolutely have to)...it doesn't know how to cope with it and over time will have degraded performance. Use exFAT, it was pretty much made for this purpose. I've heard people having issues with exFAT on the shield (specifically 128 GB SDs it seems), but my 64 GB worked perfectly on KitKat and now on LolliPop
Since you're not familiar to the terminology, I'll give you the "concise" (I sometimes ramble...) summary of my understanding:
1. Rooting is giving yourself full administrative power over every single file and operation on your phone. Use this power responsibly, meaning think twice before executing a command and bear the consequences like an adult (or enjoy the benefits like a giddy goof!)
2. Recovery is a partition on your device's storage. Stock recovery usually only automatically performs the one task of factory reset/wipe of your device's data, but a custom recovery can allow you to flash (install) programs or even a customized version of the whole operating system (a custom ROM).
3. ROM technically stands for "Read-Only-Memory" but these days it refers to the actual operating system that's residing within that read-only-memory. You've heard of the Cyanogen ROM, which really means Cyanogen's customized operating system for your read-only-memory.
4. Kernel is basically a magical piece of software that tells your device's hardware how to function. So, if you use the wrong kernel, your device's hardware won't know how to function properly and you'll run into problems. But using a customized or optimized kernel will allow your hardware to function much more efficiently or unlock abilities that your hardware didn't know it could do (e.g. undervolting to save power, communicating with USB devices via USB on-the-go, etc.)
5. TWRP and ClockworkMod are both examples of very popular recovery partitions. Some people prefer one over the other. I personally like TWRP because it has an easier to use interface for me.
6. Unofficial vs official mods are best discussed using an example like a cyanogen ROM. An unofficial cyanogen mod means that it's not officially made by the Cyanogen team and is therefore not supported so you can't go crying to Cyanogen if you've messed up your device using an unofficial mod. Official mods are the stuff officially released by Cyanogen and will be fully supported by their team.
I hope the above helps with your understanding of some terminology. Below, I describe my opinions on whether rooting / custom ROMs are worth it.
I'm currently using the nVidia stock firmware, so I'm not using a custom ROM. The downside is that I miss out on the great customized features like clearing all recent apps from memory, or holding the Overlay button to switch to my last-used app, etc. The upside is that I get to use the nVidia-specific features, such as stylus-only mode (I use it a lot for annotating PDFs / research papers / drawings etc.) or the Console Mode for when I hook up the tablet to the big TV. I've tried a custom ROM and loved the somewhat increased smoothness and extra features, but I personally wanted the nVidia-specific features more than the custom features.
That said, I have rooted my stock nVidia firmware because I wanted to block ads without downloading or purchasing an additional app. I've used the root privileges to allow me to modify my hosts file to redirect ad URLs to 127.0.0.1, which gives those ads no data therefore effectively blocking them. That's all I use my root privileges for, and some of you might think "that's it?!?!" and to that I say "yyyyyyup".
Long post, but congrats for making it this far and thanks for reading!
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The downside is that I miss out on the great customized features like clearing all recent apps from memory, or holding the Overlay button to switch to my last-used app, etc.
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Since you're rooted, check out the app "Recently" from Chainfire - it provides much better control over the stock 'recents' menu as well as the option to clear all.
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Since you're rooted, check out the app "Recently" from Chainfire - it provides much better control over the stock 'recents' menu as well as the option to clear all.
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neat, i didn't know they made such an app! thanks =)
ben.nesheim said:
Mehhh I only rooted for xposed modules... honestly stock lollipop with a ntfs SD card to get around the SD card issues and root really isn't a factor in performance. Just using like gravity box and an ad block. I think if you have a lte version it may be more useful so u can mess with radios but I can't vouch for that.
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Same thing I do. I rarely flash a custom ROM if the device is stock or near stock android. Simply rooting, installing an adblocker and installing xposed framework is good enough for me.
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Rooting is Evolving
To me for buy the shield tablet is going beyond on your imagination, why don't try something new, come on is a piece of hardware, you just installing a software and why not with a such powerful device,you don't want more juice and control.
My ST LTE root and some utilty and tool apk got between 60000 and 62000 in antutu performance and stability, but careful in what you do.
I see many people doing modifications and having many issues and then spending a lot of time having to mess with their devices in order to get them back in order. If that's your thing great and I used to be one of you ...
... but these days I try and consider very carefully everything I do so everything works rather than spending hours basically being a mechanic if you want to use a car analogy. I want to drive my car not spend most of the time fixing it.
I see people with a lot of issues after they've done a lot of "do it because it can be done" modifications, their devices become unstable and then they don't know what caused it due to having five or ten major modifications.
One at a time:
1. Nandroid Backup.
2. Do 1 modification
3. Use your device for a day
4. If everything is working, go to 1, otherwise see 5.
5. If everything is not working restore backup from 1. and start at 2. again.
Now my opinions (as a half interested longtime Android user and a new Shield Tab user) are:
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Is the Shield Tablet even worth rooting. I mean, it is stock android with Nvidia stuff. And rooting it just takes away the Nvidia logo when turning it on, and its few apps that do more good than harm.
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It depends - if there is some added functionality that you cannot have any other way then yes.
Rooting by itself actual does nothing to the ROM but it allows other applications that might change your boot logo. What will change your boot logo usually is using a custom ROM or kernel.
But you can absolutely make any firmware better by rooting your device for example by installing Viper4Android which will improve sound quality and a ton of other stuff.
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What do you guys run? What do you recommend visual appeal, and what do you recommend for performance? Can I possibly run Carbon Kitkat while keeping the nVidia apps?
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After a few devices it's been my preference to use stock ROM's with custom kernels (sometimes) because I mainly use my phones and tablets to play games and with some rare exceptions the dev community doesn't get to the performance level when I benchmark them.
If I never played games then CM and other custom firmware is better.
Unless I'm mistaken there is no CM based ROM that allows Nvidia Shield Controller usage so for me personally it's even less appealing as a prospect on the Shield Tablet to not run stock.
Since I'm a new Shield Tablet user I've only used some LP version (which arrived with the tablet) then had an awful experience with Nvidia's OTA update when I attempted to update to MM after no mods :|
However I went back to LP v5.1.1 and it's an amazing tablet again which doesn't surprise me as it usually seems you need to stick 1 major version behind on Android if you want to customise it and run apps you like sometimes.
I'm now going to apply a custom kernel onto stock firmware as this has often been the "winning" combination if you want to evaluate ROMs using benchmarks.
Hi, so I ditched my old P905-V a while back because of the locked bootloader and inability to root. Found a great deal on the P900 tpdau and decided to give the Note Pro another go. However, since I haven't used Android since the 5.1.x days, can anyone give me the rundown on whether Nougat ROMs are worth installing? I never did see MM in action, and I'm thinking the latest Android might be the best bet. However, I'm seeing a ton out there about SafetyNet ... should I just assume stock is acceptable so I can download more apps from the Play Store, or does it really even matter? I mostly want to use productivity apps and the drawing features of the Note with Sketchbook Pro (without paying the price tag of the Tab S3 and still dealing with bloat). Basically, I'm now torn between getting the latest greatest ROM, or installing it only to find I've tripped Knox and can't install the apps I want. My current ROM of choice would be the latest Resurrection Remix since that was developed recently and doesn't have volume level issues. However, if that prevents me from installing Google apps or Microsoft Office suite, I might care more.
Thoughts, anyone?
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Hi, so I ditched my old P905-V a while back because of the locked bootloader and inability to root. Found a great deal on the P900 tpdau and decided to give the Note Pro another go. However, since I haven't used Android since the 5.1.x days, can anyone give me the rundown on whether Nougat ROMs are worth installing? I never did see MM in action, and I'm thinking the latest Android might be the best bet. However, I'm seeing a ton out there about SafetyNet ... should I just assume stock is acceptable so I can download more apps from the Play Store, or does it really even matter? I mostly want to use productivity apps and the drawing features of the Note with Sketchbook Pro (without paying the price tag of the Tab S3 and still dealing with bloat). Basically, I'm now torn between getting the latest greatest ROM, or installing it only to find I've tripped Knox and can't install the apps I want. My current ROM of choice would be the latest Resurrection Remix since that was developed recently and doesn't have volume level issues. However, if that prevents me from installing Google apps or Microsoft Office suite, I might care more.
Thoughts, anyone?
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I used Lineage N for about 2 weeks. It was smooth. I went back to stock because the tablet would get massively hot and sometimes reboot when playing graphic intensive games. Aside from the heat while gaming, it was great. I'd still be running it, but the main purpose of my 900 is gaming.
Give it a shot, share your results.
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I used Lineage N for about 2 weeks. It was smooth. I went back to stock because the tablet would get massively hot and sometimes reboot when playing graphic intensive games. Aside from the heat while gaming, it was great. I'd still be running it, but the main purpose of my 900 is gaming.
Give it a shot, share your results.
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Hi I just purchased a P900, waiting for it to arrive in the mail. Does everything else work on the Lineage N build you are talking about? I plan on using mine for GPS mostly, monitoring apps, not gaming. So that rom may work great for me.
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Hi I just purchased a P900, waiting for it to arrive in the mail. Does everything else work on the Lineage N build you are talking about? I plan on using mine for GPS mostly, monitoring apps, not gaming. So that rom may work great for me.
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I'm actually back on it now. The latest build is great. I think my heat issues have been toned down with less aggressive settings for the CPU and GPU. GPS is working, I just tested it with Google maps. I'm not having any issues this time.
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I'm actually back on it now. The latest build is great. I think my heat issues have been toned down with less aggressive settings for the CPU and GPU. GPS is working, I just tested it with Google maps. I'm not having any issues this time.
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Thanks for the response.
I suppose I could do ask this question in the Q&A area but how do I do a full backup?
For example: I thought backing everything up in recovery was enough but apparently for my Z2 there is something called a TA Backup? Is this the same for the Galaxy Note Pro? I can't find any threads on doing a backup. Are there any other backups I have to do?
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Figured it out. Turns out for samsung it is called EFS Partition. So make sure you back that up along with your nandroid.
Back in the old days I bought the Eee Transformer TF101 and after years of loyal service it got a second life at a the house of my sister. Last week it has returned home however because the games my niece wants to play can't be installed on ICS anymore. I am planning on using it as a dedicated unit for my Chromecast, so that I don't have to search the whole house for my regular tablet when I want to watch Netflix.
Now the question: what would be the most usefull thing to do for this in terms of ROM. At the moment it is completely stock ICS (4.0.3), no root or anything. I can cast from youtube and Netflix, but for instance Chrome cannot be installed because it is too old. I have seen a 6.0.1-ROM, but I also see a lot of problems with force-closes and sometimes other issues as well, so i don't know if it is worth the hassle to install this.
Any suggestions? What would you do in this situation? Just leave it stock and disable as much as possible (like Gmail-sync, and updates of various system-apps), or would you root the device and possible flash a completely new ROM?
Only posting to follow this thread as I am in a very similar boat, I loved this device and recently rediscovered it at my parents house in pristine condition - so I want to re-purpose it. I have rooted it and installed a few custom roms but they are all sluggish and riddled with problems. I am looking for whatever rom is fastest, stable and new enough to install most basic apps (Chrome, Gmail, Netflix, etc...).
Hi Cabrone,
I'm still on stock, hoping for someone to share his/her personal view on this. Not being able to install a (slowly, but always increasing) number of apps is my biggest concern with this. At the moment this boils down to Chrome, but I can imagine that at a certain point in time Youtube or Netflix will no longer be updatable, and that would be a shame as long it is possible with alternative roms.
Best rom i ve found is Katkiss Marshmallow for now. They are also in builds for a Nougat version, but is too risky, from my point of view. Runs very well, its like it has a new life. The rom is quite optimized, i could get more into details, if you want.
Just FYI, Showbox will play great on the stock rom Tf101. I tested before updating my rom to Tim's 5.1. Chrome won't install, but Firefox will on stock. I'm wondering if anyone has tried stripping apps to improve performance?
Hi just wondering if there's any point to rooting these days?i mean the s8+ pretty much bang on!can rooting offer anything extra?I understand like an iPhone is miles better jailbroken but s8 seems to pretty much to a lot!!any ideas folks
I only rooted because I wanted to remove system app and use Titanium Backup.
But if you don't use or need those 2 apps...not worth rooting.
Matt.
I used to root all of my previous phones, including S2+, S4 and S6. I loved custom roms and additional battery saving tweaks or performance tweaks, overclocking, downclocking etc. The S8+ has a huge battery and a great system, so most of the features that I'd get via rooting on the older phones are already here. Also, if you root you void your warranty, and trust me, you don't know when you'll need it . And let's not forget the amount of times that I've flashed something the wrong way or idk something got corrupted and I had to reflash and lose all my data. Staying stock is the best choice on S8+.
Of course it's worthy. You can improve the camera quality with Zero Camera Mod, get better performance with kernels and get rid of the annoying ads.
IN MY OPINION
No, it's not worth it. There may be some advantages to rooting, but you can do MOST of those things without root. Samsung Internet Browser already blocks ads. There's some nonroot apps that will block and across the phone if you don't mind using a VPN.
You can disable unwanted apps with BK Disabler Pro (I think that's what it's called).
The camera is already great. I can't speak for Zero Camera Mod, but the Pixel camera works great on this phone.
I used to unlock bootloaders on every device I owned. Wouldn't buy one with a locked bootloader. I rooted. I flashed custom ROMs. I used Xposed and customized. Then I stopped customizing everything. Then I stopped flashing custom ROMs. Android finally got the point I was happy with it out of the box. When I got my S8+ I realized Samsung's software wasn't bad at all, and I actually enjoyed it.
Now I just read thread after thread of people bricking and soft bricking their phones after rooting. People having issues going back to stock to take upgrades. Honestly, I just shake my head and chuckle, because it all seems like such a big hassle and headache, that really does nothing more than disable things like Samsung Pay.
So no, to me, it's NOT worth it. I enjoy my S8+ and my Note 8 with no desire to root it. When I want to customize it, I apply a theme. I just use the Samsung themes, but have thought about trying Substratum. There's always Nova Launcher and the Pixel Launcher if you want a different look as well.
That's my opinion, and it's worth about a buck two eighty. Get the phone. Run it stock for a while and see if you REALLY miss root. Then decide.
No, for the 1st time I must say on S8+ on Nougat it is not worth. You can disable all apps you don't need without root, remap bixby button, set permissions to apps, remove ads without VPN (Adhell2) etc.
Oh coarse it's worth it, for many reasons . . . .
. . . . . . . now what were those reasons . . . . . ?
oh yes, it turns the phone into a 'Super' phone.
You didn't know that is where the 'S' comes from in Galaxy 'S' 8, did you?
There isn't much customization to accomplish for rooting/custom recovery at the moment. I, at the moment, have twrp-d G950F and Stock G955U1. Strangely, I found myself using G955U1 more than that rooted G950F. Given that there is only TW based roms atm, fonts-theming can be acquired through substratum or flipfonts, and Adblocking using adhell. I basically rooted my device to test ROMs to maximize battery life but there is only little variation to them that I sincerely think that stock G955-U1 ROM is better than other, though I do adore the new samsung oreo keyboard that can add gifs to almost all apps that I am using, unlike its current nougat counterpart. But again, U1 is pretty clean and slim rom. I tried oreo beta, through that samsung.firmware.science, but there is currently no comparable U1 oreo beta, there is only U roms that will install carrier CSC and its added apps to the phone. It almost made me wanting to root to remove those apps, but given the near release of oreo, i ended up choosing to go back to my stock nougat u1 rom. I heard its possible to flash any stock rom to any s8 family.
Go check out CarHDROM. He has ported a Note 8 ROM for the 8+. Very nice and has built in a number of things you will not find on stock, built-in.
I can agree that initial messing about with rooting, setting up a custom ROM can take a little time, it's hardly more than a stock ROM. Some folks have to re-do things to get it just right, but once done, it can be spectacular. 'Rolling your own' can have it's own 'rewards', as it allows for some creativity beyond the stock ROM, and there are a good number of things you can do with a rooted phone, that you can not with a stock phone.
If you are new to rooting, etc, there is a learning curve that can be tranquilly taken over short hours, to days to weeks. Tranquil. The Samsung Odin software and the how to's are pretty straight forward to follow, and most of the time folks here are available to help, though that is not always 'guaranteed'. Some posts/requests for help sit idle either longer than the OP would like, or just remain static, though that is not an often case.
I ran the same custom ROM on my old iPhones, OnePlus One, G3, and once setup with a nice custom ROM, did not change them out.
CarHDROM is very well established, and version v9 (last Nougat) is very stable and very extended with it's added abilities. Carotix takes a lot of time with the users.
That ROM is now on v10 (Orego beta), and going through it's growing pains.
I have v9. Smooth, trash free, and well thought out.
I think all the versions are available for download/use.
It is worth checking out.
At any rate, either stock or custom, the 8/8+ is a great phone.
In the (motorcycle) biking side of life there is a saying for (legitimate) bike owners: "Ride it like you stole it".
Have fun with your S8.
I've had android phones ever since my Samsung i5700 in 2009. Every single phone since then has been rooted, I've tried every ROM, Kernel, config out there in a bid to make it the best it can be.
I've used rooting for better GPS, no ads, better performance, better battery, better display, better sound.
Since I've had the OP6, I can see no reason to root it. GPS is great, block this, blocks ads, battery life is great (with Greenify, some debloating) bar launcher gets my pulldown menu, black player provides great audio (with good earphones)
It's sooo nice to update to an OTA without fiddling, it's great to actually use the phone, instead of constantly fiddling with it.
I never realised OnePlus made such awesome phones, and I've tried a lot!
Anyone else running stock due to the awesomeness?
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I've had android phones ever since my Samsung i5700 in 2009. Every single phone since then has been rooted, I've tried every ROM, Kernel, config out there in a bid to make it the best it can be.
I've used rooting for better GPS, no ads, better performance, better battery, better display, better sound.
Since I've had the OP6, I can see no reason to root it. GPS is great, block this, blocks ads, battery life is great (with Greenify, some debloating) bar launcher gets my pulldown menu, black player provides great audio (with good earphones)
It's sooo nice to update to an OTA without fiddling, it's great to actually use the phone, instead of constantly fiddling with it.
I never realised OnePlus made such awesome phones, and I've tried a lot!
Anyone else running stock due to the awesomeness?
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You won't last long, lol.
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Duuuuude, it's not a problem, it's actually nice to just use a phone rather than constantly flash and fiddle... Loving it
Easier substratum, Viper, hotspot, some Magisk tweaks, and the most important of all, Titanium Backup! I am unrooted with my Note 8, note complaints, but always go back to me OP6 because of root.
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I've had android phones ever since my Samsung i5700 in 2009. Every single phone since then has been rooted, I've tried every ROM, Kernel, config out there in a bid to make it the best it can be.
I've used rooting for better GPS, no ads, better performance, better battery, better display, better sound.
Since I've had the OP6, I can see no reason to root it. GPS is great, block this, blocks ads, battery life is great (with Greenify, some debloating) bar launcher gets my pulldown menu, black player provides great audio (with good earphones)
It's sooo nice to update to an OTA without fiddling, it's great to actually use the phone, instead of constantly fiddling with it.
I never realised OnePlus made such awesome phones, and I've tried a lot!
Anyone else running stock due to the awesomeness?
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How do you block ads without root? It is actually my only reason for doing it.
Use block this APK https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/block-this.en.aptoide.com/amp
See https://bestforandroid.com/adblocker-apps/
It's.open source, DNS based, very lightweight
I'm with you bro no root awesome as it is. @Christian1678 you don't need to root to block ads; Adguard, Adclear, Block This. just to name a few.
I'm an inveterate modder and can't help myself.
But I agree this is the best phone I've ever had and I've only bothered doing a few things. Not even running xposed (to preserve Google Pay) and not really missing it.
I need root at least for Titanium Backup (my reliable local backup with data included), SDMaid (for cleaning up old data from apps), Viper4Android (for amazing sound) and xposed for XprivacyLua (if apps are too snoopy). I will never use GPay so this is no problem for me.
But you are right with the system-updates: they are running very well and smooth.
I've had most Oneplus phones, including the one, X, 3T, etc,. All of the have been rooted day one.... except the 6.
With this phone I just feel reluctant to root. As the OP said, this is so good, it has most features I need, that I see no need to take the risk of rooting.
I used to root all Android phones I had. The main reason for doing so was to extend the life of the phone due to almost nonexistent software updates, but Oneplus is doing well on this regard as well.
Battery life is excellent. It is almost 3 pm here and I am at 80% with moderate use.
Stability is not an issue. I've rebooted the phone twice since I bought it and these due to the OTA updates received.
So, I might in the future ( if I keep it long ), but for the time being it is kept virgin.
Cheers
I agree with OP, I've rooted all of my previous phones but see no reason to do so with this phone. I actually really like not 'having to' constantly optimize every detail or rom settings and flashing and all that, and just enjoy the phone as it is.
Yep, i'm thinking the same with this. My OP6 arrived yesterday and so far the only things I can consider needing a root/unlock are:
Ad-Free YouTube (with a black background )
Nandroid Backup
My previous device (Moto X Style) suffered a severe brick problem and since the beginning of May Ive been using a spare iPhone 6 quite happily (Not fantastic but as a no fuss daily driver it was fine). I believe a good portion of my niggles with the previous phone were down to the constant tweaking/flashing, though LineageOS did make it a joy to use again once support for it dried up.
If there was a decent way of achieving the adfree Youtube without the need to unlock/root I would be happy. Though it is good to know OnePlus are doing a decent job of updating the OS.
Edit: Well the Youtube requirement I had is sorted! Youtube Vanced edition has a non-rooted version that does the job for me.
I'll see how long I can resist rooting, I traditionally root my devices within days of them arriving (back in the win mobile days of course we did the unlocked bootloader and superCID etc...!).
Same here , I always rooted all my phone's , except this and Nokia 8.
I see no point on rooting a near stock android phone. Its fast as it is.
Rooting Samsung is necessary tho , with that touchwiz is horrible.
I have always found bugs on roms. At least stock has been tested before release.
I am with you on this one. I however rooted because I needed titanium backup to work for 2 apps I had to restore backups from when I change devices but outside of that I really don't need root on this device. Battery life is awesome averaging 6 hrs SOT consistently which is insane as I'm used to maybe getting 3.5 hrs on previous devices. I haven't needed to do any tweaks anything either and it's nice not having to always be flashing roms just to get better performance or battery life. Like I love resurrection remix rom but I don't need it now especially with it killing some functionality (NFC etc).
The OP6 is awesome!
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[QRCODE][/QRCODE]I root day one too.
Reasons are Titanium backup, sd maid, magisk modules (viper, xposed) and xposed (afwall, xprivacylua, edge pro, gravitybox). Can't live without these apps anymore.
I don't customize (themes, ...) or use any other mods (kernel, custom rom, battery tweaks, ...). Just stock rom, twrp, magisk, xposed. No problem at all to take ota-updates.
I feel the same. The first phone I don't need to root. Well, I had S7 Edge before and it wasn't rooted because I didn't want to lost warranty although I was desperate for root access. OP6 is so close to my ideal phone! The only thing is camera quality (waiting for Pexel cam app) and speaker placement.
Everytime I got a new phone the first thing I always did was unlocking and rooting right after unboxing.
But oneplus 6 is that one rare phone which I haven't unlocked and rooted. Its been 33 days.
Everything works so flawlessly that root not needed till now. However I will root it someday only for 2 reasons. Titanium backups and Viper4android.
Rest everything is perfectly fine so yeah this is my first non rooted phone.
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I need root at least for Titanium Backup (my reliable local backup with data included), SDMaid (for cleaning up old data from apps), Viper4Android (for amazing sound) and xposed for XprivacyLua (if apps are too snoopy). I will never use GPay so this is no problem for me.
But you are right with the system-updates: they are running very well and smooth.
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Same, the most important reason why I still root my phones is basically just the Titanium backup (not all apps have backup options for their data). Well, also for Viper4Android and Adaway is nice too and Substratum, even tho rooting isn't necessary for it anymore, but it makes it easier I guess.
Same Here
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I've had android phones ever since my Samsung i5700 in 2009. Every single phone since then has been rooted, I've tried every ROM, Kernel, config out there in a bid to make it the best it can be.
I've used rooting for better GPS, no ads, better performance, better battery, better display, better sound.
Since I've had the OP6, I can see no reason to root it. GPS is great, block this, blocks ads, battery life is great (with Greenify, some debloating) bar launcher gets my pulldown menu, black player provides great audio (with good earphones)
It's sooo nice to update to an OTA without fiddling, it's great to actually use the phone, instead of constantly fiddling with it.
I never realised OnePlus made such awesome phones, and I've tried a lot!
Anyone else running stock due to the awesomeness?
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I received my OP6 and held off rooting because of the confusion over the dual partitions. I used the phone unrooted and it was great. I kept following the forums because I'm a rootaholic I've rooted everything I ever owned but was unsure about the OP6. After reading quite a bit I unlocked my Bootloader and rooted my phone I ran the stock rom rooted for a week which was great. My previous OP5 ran xXx NoLimits Rom and I loved it. I ended up Flashing xXx NoLimits 2.2 on my OP6 and am absolutely loving it, It's Stable, Smooth, and Fast has everything I love in a Custom Rom.
I share the same experience with OP. I don't feel the need for rooting the OP6. It is smooth since day 1 I've acquired this phone.
Btw, thanks to those who share ad blocking apps. They are worth checking.