Tripping KNOX and restricted apps - Samsung Galaxy S8+ Questions & Answers

If someone roots, I have heard that many apps stop working. My question is, if the device is then unrooted, will those apps still work considering the fact that knox will remain tripped? I'm not referring to Samsung Pay, but rather apps from the playstore.

Yes, using magisk you can run all of the applications...
Few may need workaround but possible
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`SBR` said:
Yes, using magisk you can run all of the applications...
Few may need workaround but possible
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Right, but after unrooting will the apps work as normal? Since I cant use magisk if I decide to go back to stock

the_OZONE said:
Right, but after unrooting will the apps work as normal? Since I cant use magisk if I decide to go back to stock
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Just stay stock if you want all the Samsung pay etc to work.

dynospectrum said:
Just stay stock if you want all the Samsung pay etc to work.
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I hope I don't sound noob but coming from a 6p, i believe I am. I am new to samsung(even hated the idea of having one just as i hate iphones...) but was a gift and am lovin' it. I read a lot about rooting the s8+. Even got all the tools I found through a walkthrough to achieve root on my device. Many say it's not safe. The steps were flashing twrp through odin, then flashing magisk and the verity flash in twrp.
Hope i didn't tire you yet
Just a couple questions, is it actually safe to root my device? With the knox and whatnot(never had to worry about that before with the 6p)what apps will be affected by root and how to workaround that?
I have a g955fd btw
Thanks in advance

RockyAJ said:
I hope I don't sound noob but coming from a 6p, i believe I am. I am new to samsung(even hated the idea of having one just as i hate iphones...) but was a gift and am lovin' it. I read a lot about rooting the s8+. Even got all the tools I found through a walkthrough to achieve root on my device. Many say it's not safe. The steps were flashing twrp through odin, then flashing magisk and the verity flash in twrp.
Hope i didn't tire you yet
Just a couple questions, is it actually safe to root my device? With the knox and whatnot(never had to worry about that before with the 6p)what apps will be affected by root and how to workaround that?
I have a g955fd btw
Thanks in advance
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Its safe but once Knox is tripped its tripped for good. As of now there's no way to use certain secure apps if Knox has been tripped. You won't be able to us Secure folders (private mode), S Health and allegedly Samsung pay (although this one works for me on my rooted s8+ with Magisk). There may be some other apps but those are the main ones I can think of.
Besides these apps most if not all other apps root check capabilities can be fooled or bypassed. Apps like Snapchat, Netflix and Poke Go etc.are normally blocked on rooted devices but work just fine with Magisk.

xeathpk said:
Its safe but once Knox is tripped its tripped for good. As of now there's no way to use certain secure apps if Knox has been tripped. You won't be able to us Secure folders (private mode), S Health and allegedly Samsung pay (although this one works for me on my rooted s8+ with Magisk). There may be some other apps but those are the main ones I can think of.
Besides these apps most if not all other apps root check capabilities can be fooled or bypassed. Apps like Snapchat, Netflix and Poke Go etc.are normally blocked on rooted devices but work just fine with Magisk.
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So you recommend going for root?

RockyAJ said:
So you recommend going for root?
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If you dont care about the apps I mentioned or possibly forfeiting your warranty then I don't see why not. Its definitely not required though. There's not too much incentive to root yet until rovo89 gets Xposed to work on android 7.0+, if ever. I just rooted to make full nandroid backups and save myself the trouble of rooting down the road. As of right now there's not too much added functionality in having root access besides a few small-ish tweaks here and there.

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[Q] Galaxy s6 after rooting

Hello, I have rooted my galaxy s6 international version and the only thing I am using is some CSC (?) features like alphabetacilly sorting the app drawer, adblocker and whatsmapp. Actually, I kind of regret it, I want back my factory galaxy s6, warranty, clean rom, is there any way to get like a new device? Installing the stock rom I had will fix it?
Now I see more problems with the s6 like fingerprint sensor isn't working, I'm so afraid without the warranty, don't you?
The burned eFuse-Chip is in fact a hardware damage caused by rooting from the user --> no more warranty by Samsung! You can check that in several reports online, in magazins and even at Samsung
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Saw this in the other thread located here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6/help/penalties-flashing-rooting-t3097277
So yeah you can never restore original, never...You can only flash stock firmware.
I did root my Galaxy S6, at first I was very disapointed that I did that, but now I'm thinking that sooner or later I would still have done the same thing, because without root your phone is kind of limited to some things, root gives you more power over the phone so you can control it how you like.
Edit: Fingerprint scanner works fine for me, for you it's probably software related issue, that could be solved by flashing other firmwares.
Giancarlo456 said:
Saw this in the other thread located here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6/help/penalties-flashing-rooting-t3097277
So yeah you can never restore original, never...You can only flash stock firmware.
I did root my Galaxy S6, at first I was very disapointed that I did that, but now I'm thinking that sooner or later I would still have done the same thing, because without root your phone is kind of limited to some things, root gives you more power over the phone so you can control it how you like.
Edit: Fingerprint scanner works fine for me, for you it's probably software related issue, that could be solved by flashing other firmwares.
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Im curious if thats the same case with rooting with PingPong root. It doesnt trigger KNOX so can it also mean that the efuse doesnt get triggered?
MaxieA said:
Im curious if thats the same case with rooting with PingPong root. It doesnt trigger KNOX so can it also mean that the efuse doesnt get triggered?
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I'm not sure, but it may save the Efuse-chip by rooting with PingPong. It's a shame that I didn't knew about it before rooting...
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I'm not sure, but it may save the Efuse-chip by rooting with PingPong. It's a shame that I didn't knew about it before rooting...
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Well we can hope that it doesn't! Yeah mate it sucks ive been wanting to root ever since the SGS6 released but been torned incase I want to return to completly stock so this is a nice choice. But as you said yourself, you would have eventually rooted sooner or later and I don't think you will miss out on anything important
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Hello, I have rooted my galaxy s6 international version and the only thing I am using is some CSC (?) features like alphabetacilly sorting the app drawer, adblocker and whatsmapp. Actually, I kind of regret it, I want back my factory galaxy s6, warranty, clean rom, is there any way to get like a new device? Installing the stock rom I had will fix it?
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Install Samsung Smart Switch and use it to make a backup of your things and then use the recovery option in the program. It will download the right firmware for you and re-install your phone to fabric settings.
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Install Samsung Smart Switch and use it to make a backup of your things and then use the recovery option in the program. It will download the right firmware for you and re-install your phone to fabric settings.
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Thx everyone.. really disappointed of rooting, at least I wish I could restore it and root with ping-pong root.
And Zozo,
Its just to transfer files from my previous device to my current device. .
JusTeN_ said:
Thx everyone.. really disappointed of rooting, at least I wish I could restore it and root with ping-pong root.
And Zozo,
Its just to transfer files from my previous device to my current device. .
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If you press the "More" button up to the right there's an option called "Emergency software recovery initialisation". There you can re-install your whole phone to completely factory settings
It will not untrip your KNOX if you rooted the phone in any other way than with PingPong Root, that is not possible for the time being.
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If you press the "More" button up to the right there's an option called "Emergency software recovery initialisation". There you can re-install your whole phone to completely factory settings
It will not untrip your KNOX if you rooted the phone in any other way than with PingPong Root, that is not possible for the time being.
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Actually, I don't have the More button, nevermind I will just keep it this way, not a big deal I hope,thx.

Android Pay, Systemless Root

Late last year, with my HTC M8, I remember there was a systemless root SuperSU version that allowed me to have a stock rooted ROM and still use Android Pay. I read yesterday there is an experimental version of Xposed that is systemless and lets you use Android Pay with one reboot to turn Xposed off and no need to rebuild the app cache when turning it back on. Doubt there is a Samsung version of that yet but may come eventually. My question is if anyone has tried a stock ROM (or ordin to stock), systemless root, and been able to use Android Pay?
Yes. I am using stock LP with systemless root and Android Pay working perfectly.
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Yes. I am using stock LP with systemless root and Android Pay working perfectly.
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I went ahead an odin'd back to stock MM and then took the OTA update to latest. Then used odin to flash TWRP, twrp-3.0.2-0-M-nobleltespr.tar. Booted in recovery and flashed SuperSU, BETA-SuperSU-v2.74-2-20160519174328. Once that all was done I checked if my phone would still pass the SafetyNet check that Android Pay uses and it passed! So systemless root and stock android MM. Then I went ahead and tried the new systemless version of Xposed. http://forum.xda-developers.com/xposed/unofficial-systemless-xposed-t3388268 It flashed and works fine. I can disable xposed, reboot, and then I still pass the SafetyNet check (so pay should work but haven't tried yet). Enabling Xposed and rebooting is super quick and doesn't require a rebuild of the apps like it used to. I'm not sure what type of system modifications may cause the SafetyNet app to fail so all I've done so far is remove Voicemail (I use Google Voice) and have AdAway installed to block ads. I have the xTouchWiz, CrappaLinks, YouTube Ad Away, and Amplify Xposed modules installed and working.
Let me see if I understand this correctly. You're rooted without tripping knox?
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Let me see if I understand this correctly. You're rooted without tripping knox?
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Definitely not! I haven't heard of a single person being able to root and not trip knox. I'm talking about Android Pay which doesn't care about Knox. Samsung Pay will not work.
I did make a purchase the other day with Android Pay too. Just needed to disable systemless xposed in the app, reboot, and then pay worked fine
Nice...Cool. is there a write-up anywhere on how you guys did this?
As for Samsung pay, I use Capital One and USAA. Neither of these guys participate...so I'm SOL and considering tripping knox. I can't use either of the secure payment methods.
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Nice...Cool. is there a write-up anywhere on how you guys did this?
As for Samsung pay, I use Capital One and USAA. Neither of these guys participate...so I'm SOL and considering tripping knox. I can't use either of the secure payment methods.
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I pretty much described how I did it above. Just used odin to put the stock .tar on, then took OTA updates, then installed TWRP via ODIN, then SuperSU, and eventually systemless Xposed. All the info is around the sprint forum for more details on each step. Since you're already stock you can probably just skip right to TWRP. That step will trip knox!
For whatever it's worth, I found that I had to delete /su/xbin_bind before Android Pay would work. Here are the steps that worked for me:
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For those who are confused, here are my steps for using Android Pay while rooted.
1. I reset my phone to factory defaults by installing all original software.
2. Unlocked the boot loader.
3. Installed TWRP, but kept it read only.
4. Installed Beta Super User 2.67
5. Through Android terminal after entering su and allowing terminal emulator root access:
6. rm -r /su/xbin_bind
7. chmod 751 /su/bin
Android Pay works, root is still active. Thanks all.
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Doing it this way, Android Pay "just works" with root, no need to "unroot" or reboot or anything. Note, however, that I do not have Xposed installed, and henderjr is right that Android Pay will quit working with normal Xposed, and if you use systemless Xposed, you have to disable it before Android Pay will work.
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For whatever it's worth, I found that I had to delete /su/xbin_bind before Android Pay would work. Here are the steps that worked for me:
Doing it this way, Android Pay "just works" with root, no need to "unroot" or reboot or anything. Note, however, that I do not have Xposed installed, and henderjr is right that Android Pay will quit working with normal Xposed, and if you use systemless Xposed, you have to disable it before Android Pay will work.
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Yep all correct except newest SuperSU doesn't need any of those extra steps (xbin_bind deleted or chmod).
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will this work for note 5 from us cellular?
SM-N900R4 (OJ5)
i talked to bigbiff in #twrp on freenode and he said probably can use the sprint note 5 twrp for the us cellular n5.
this was the case for the note 3 from us cellular too. had to use the sprint twrp.
en11gma said:
will this work for note 5 from us cellular?
SM-N900R4 (OJ5)
i talked to bigbiff in #twrp on freenode and he said probably can use the sprint note 5 twrp for the us cellular n5.
this was the case for the note 3 from us cellular too. had to use the sprint twrp.
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I tend to follow most posts in the Sprint Note 5 forum and haven't seen anyone say they tried or used Sprint TWRP on a US Cellular version so I really can't say. Give it a try maybe? I'd think the worst case scenario is you need to Odin back to stock. Not an expert though so that be on you if it bricked. For sure I'd get a stock tar available before you try.
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I tend to follow most posts in the Sprint Note 5 forum and haven't seen anyone say they tried or used Sprint TWRP on a US Cellular version so I really can't say. Give it a try maybe? I'd think the worst case scenario is you need to Odin back to stock. Not an expert though so that be on you if it bricked. For sure I'd get a stock tar available before you try.
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yea im pretty sure us cellular note 5 users can use twrp that is sprints.
i did find a twrp us cellular recovery for PD6 (im on PE1 now) i might download PD6 stock firmware then flash that us cellular twrp recovery but worried about what kind of root to do
i dont think i want to perm disable samsung pay and i think if i use SuperSU (systemless root) that i might be able to save it.
can anyone confirm this?
to my understanding systemless root means i dont need to flash a custom kernel?
If you flash twrp samsung pay will never work again for you

Rooting a Samsung S7: what's lost forever?

I'm a little out of date as the last phone I rooted and customised was an S4. Can you tell me what things are lost forever if I root an S7? I think that Samsung Pay will be lost (is that due to the Knox flag being tripped?) but what else is affected with no way back?
If it's only Samsung Pay then it's probably OK as I'm in the UK and almost all terminals are NFC, so Android Pay should still work (either if SafetyNet can be passed or I want to remove root).
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I'm a little out of date as the last phone I rooted and customised was an S4. Can you tell me what things are lost forever if I root an S7? I think that Samsung Pay will be lost (is that due to the Knox flag being tripped?) but what else is affected with no way back?
If it's only Samsung Pay then it's probably OK as I'm in the UK and almost all terminals are NFC, so Android Pay should still work (either if SafetyNet can be passed or I want to remove root).
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Enterprise, Banking & DRM Apps won't work.
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Enterprise, Banking & DRM Apps won't work.
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That's because the Knox 'fuse' will have been blown, right?
ssteward said:
That's because the Knox 'fuse' will have been blown, right?
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Simply put, yes.
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Simply put, yes.
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Am I right in thinking that there is no way to get a custom recovery without tripping the Knox fuse? And there's no way of getting root without custom recovery? If that's the case then I think I can work out the benefits and trade-off relative to what it is I want to achieve.
I've alway had a rooted devices since my SGS1 as I've been a fan of Titanium Backup and, recently on my 16GB SGS4, I've made use of the FolderMount app (a symlink) to allow big folders (such as WhatsApp and .thumbnails) to live on the external SD card. I've also liked using debloated close-to-stock ROMs.
If I tried using my S7 without root, it seems that the only real loss would be TiBu until I ran out of storage space. What's the best non-root backup solution?
Smartswitch for non root backup. You don't have to have a custom recovery to be rooted.
What is it you are trying to achieve?
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What is it you are trying to achieve?
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I've been a longtime fan of Titanium Backup and like the safetynet it offers. I've had apps crap out and can restore them to 'how they were yesterday' with TiBu. I could live without this
I've made use of the FolderMount app (a symlink) to allow big folders (such as WhatsApp and .thumbnails) to live on the external SD card but perhaps if I move from 16GB to 32GB I don't need this (in the short term, at least).
I've also liked using debloated close-to-stock ROMs, but again could live without this
I've have a look at Smartswitch - thanks for the suggestion.
I find the S7 to be well optimised as it is (with stock firmware) and with minimal bloat too (without roms).
Don't think I'll personally be rooting/rom'ing anytime soon.
Titanium backup is cool. I only ever used it when switching roms with past phones. Haven't needed it since changing to S7 and sticking to stock fw though.

which ROM for as close to stock android as possible for SM-G930F

I see a lot of custom ROMs on https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s7/development but I am not sure which to use. My main goal is to remove all the builtin Samsung apps that I cannot disable/uninstall like Calendar and Internet. I started looking at SuperMan but then saw it has a lot of other enhancements too. I also want to avoid my device being rooted because I have to install apps that won't install if my phone is rooted (GFE/BlackBerry Work).
LineageOS or Resurrection Remix.
Just disable the Samsung apps you don't want. That's the only remedy for you.
SuperMan is probably the closest you'll get to stock. If that's too far off, I'm not really sure of any other options. You could temporarily root and try removing the offending apps, I'm not sure how much the system depends on them.
There's also the option of Magisk (Systemless) root, which shouldn't effect root-adverse apps.
I have rooted stock G930F rom with Magisk and removed close to a 100 system apps. No bugs, no crashes, and it is the best rom there is, if you tweak it right. Btw, you can hide root with Magisk and install your apps.
Memovic said:
I have rooted stock G930F rom with Magisk and removed close to a 100 system apps. No bugs, no crashes, and it is the best rom there is, if you tweak it right. Btw, you can hide root with Magisk and install your apps.
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This is awesome. Any details/links/help on how to install remove those 100 system apps? I I see lots of articles on how to install Magisk so I can probably figure that out but not sure about how to install the system apps.
imthenachoman said:
This is awesome. Any details/links/help on how to install remove those 100 system apps? I I see lots of articles on how to install Magisk so I can probably figure that out but not sure about how to install the system apps.
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Please take my advice:
Do NOT root your device.
Cause that has some side effects and nearly no benefits:
You won't be able to encrypt your phone again.
You'll have to install magisk to get some things to work
Do NOT install an AOKP based ROM cause there are severe bluetooth bugs.
Just install "BK Package Disabler (Samsung)" on stockrom and get rid of Samsungs bloatware.
PS:
I'm back to stockrom after installing LOS and I regret that step, cause it tripped the knox-bit.
Perhaps the BT bugs will be fixed in future; then I'll give LOS another shot.
Lol @ this lad above, get your facts straight.
On-topic: I followed root instructions from galaxys7root. For the debloating part, there is a topic called "Debloat your S7" or something like that, which helped me uninstall most of the apps, and the other ones I just uninstalled cause I didn't need them.
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Lol @ this lad above, get your facts straight.
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Laughing isn't very polite.
On-topic:
How did you get your phone encrypted again?
What are the benefits of being rooted nowadays?
OK, TB would be one thing for me.
And... tinkering.
Do some Google-ing, should get the answers.
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Do some Google-ing, should get the answers.
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Thanks for sharing your limitless wisdom :good:
if you want a rom as close to perfect, try helios 7.22.1
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Please take my adviceo NOT root your device.
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Everything I have read says that there are no issues rooting. Lots of folks have done it w/o issues. Maybe yours was a one-off?
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On-topic: I followed root instructions from galaxys7root. For the debloating part, there is a topic called "Debloat your S7" or something like that, which helped me uninstall most of the apps, and the other ones I just uninstalled cause I didn't need them.
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Thank you! I will give it a shot.
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Everything I have read says that there are no issues rooting. Lots of folks have done it w/o issues. Maybe yours was a one-off?
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Rooting went flawlessly.
I took the TWRP / Magisk way.
OK, loosing all the data is quite normal, when formating data, to get rid of the encryption.
But it trips your knox-fuse with the following consequences:
S-Health does not work anymore. OK, there is a build.prop hack to get it working.
OTA updates will not work anymore.
S-Pay (and others) is said to not work anymore.
Encryption does not work or is risky (look at Chainfires post):
forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=72204306&postcount=978
No one knows, how long safetynet will be covered by Magisk. Btw.: Magisk is great!
If I am wrong at any point, pls correct me.
I only rooted to use LOS. But there are too many errors atm.
So I returned to stock and have to live with these issues.
So it depends on your usecase.
If you just want to debloat your stockrom, use BK- disabler.
If you want more, root it.
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If you just want to debloat your stockrom, use BK- disabler.
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Can BK disabler disable or uninstall some of the built-in apps like Calendar and Contacts?
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Can BK disabler disable or uninstall some of the built-in apps like Calendar and Contacts?
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Yes. That is the purpose of the app.
And, in my opinion, it works reliable and comfortable.
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Rooting went flawlessly.
I took the TWRP / Magisk way.
OK, loosing all the data is quite normal, when formating data, to get rid of the encryption.
But it trips your knox-fuse with the following consequences:
S-Health does not work anymore. OK, there is a build.prop hack to get it working.
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I rooted, but my S Health is still working
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OTA updates will not work anymore.
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Yes, that's good, so Samsung won't remove my root or any system apps I am using or adding system apps I removed.
sammydoro said:
S-Pay (and others) is said to not work anymore.
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S-Pay doesn't work in our country, so what? It's a fail project anyhow.
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Encryption does not work or is risky (look at Chainfires post):
forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=72204306&postcount=978
No one knows, how long safetynet will be covered by Magisk. Btw.: Magisk is great!
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If I am wrong at any point, pls correct me.
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Question Reasons not to root

Hi,
I've done a quick search but can't find anything definitive so a quick response on here would be greatly appreciated.
Are there any reasons not to root on a P7P? Like tripping Knox on Samsung devices? Basically, irreversible side effects of unlocking the BL or installing Magisk? I'm rooted on a Doogee S98 Pro, a Xiaomi MiPad 4 and a Samsung Tab S6 at the moment and I don't think I could go back to having no root. It's pretty much my main reason for not buying an S22 Ultra.
Hi
this is one of the major benefits of the P7P in my perspective: you can unlock, root, unroot, relock without any negative side effects. You don't trip any fuse or have other effects that cannot be undone by a simple reflash.
Plus, maybe due to this, the P7P is one of the phones where the dev community is still quite active.....
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Hi
this is one of the major benefits of the P7P in my perspective: you can unlock, root, unroot, relock without any negative side effects. You don't trip any fuse or have other effects that cannot be undone by a simple reflash.
Plus, maybe due to this, the P7P is one of the phones where the dev community is still quite active.....
Sent from my rooted P7P
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Perfect answer, thanks!
Pretty hard to brick a Pixel.
Just make sure you don't relock your bootloader unless you're fully stock. I've seen a bunch of people doing that throughout these forums here for some reason.
Yup, if you want to unroot once you're rooted, it's absolutely imperative you flash full stock before toggling OEM Unlock and issuing any ADB commands to re-lock the bootloader. Do that without flashing back to factory stock and you end up with a phone that can't boot because the bootloader is locked with a non-stock build, you can't unlock the bootloader because the OEM is toggled, and you can't flash a stock build because the bootloader is locked. Brick time.
Other than that it's a fairly safe phone to play around with.
I strongly recommend Pixel Flasher, it makes the whole process easier, but make sure you read up on it before doing anything.
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GrapheneOS also supports relocking the bootloader, although I can't think of a reason why you'd want to.
The best reason not to root is that it's not needed in 2022. I can't imagine "needing" to do something with root that cannot be accomplished without root. YMMV
jaseman said:
The best reason not to root is that it's not needed in 2022. I can't imagine "needing" to do something with root that cannot be accomplished without root. YMMV
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Call recording, full backup and restore, hosts based ad blockers.
Once rooted, it's annoying having to disable all Magisk mods, run updates, then re-root every month. I've also had updates corrupt the A/B Partitions. The warning screen for unlocked bootloader alone is a nuisance. If you're ok with that, go right ahead.
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disable all Magisk mods, run updates, then re-root every month
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You're adding steps and no indication of why. Just install the update with modified boot.img and call it good.
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Call recording, full backup and restore, hosts based ad blockers.
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I went 3 days before rooting my P7P since I was unfamiliar with the process. I was able to root OnePlus blindfolded, but the forums made Pixel seem difficult. It was the most miserable 3 days when everything I wanted to use/customize depended on root.
without root I could not even get 5G working. Furthermore the AOSP Mods on the stock ROM... Systemless Hosts AdBlocking, Re-Vanced, .......
I unlocked and rooted the phone before even booted it the first time
Guyinlaca said:
Once rooted, it's annoying having to disable all Magisk mods, run updates, then re-root every month.
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Updated to November, didn't disable any Magisk mods, no issues.
It's only some mods which cause issues. Not got them installed, you can perform the update without touching Magisk.
Guyinlaca said:
Once rooted, it's annoying having to disable all Magisk mods, run updates, then re-root every month. I've also had updates corrupt the A/B Partitions. The warning screen for unlocked bootloader alone is a nuisance. If you're ok with that, go right ahead.
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You don't have to disable all your Magisk Mods
K1nsey6 said:
I went 3 days before rooting my P7P since I was unfamiliar with the process. I was able to root OnePlus blindfolded, but the forums made Pixel seem difficult. It was the most miserable 3 days when everything I wanted to use/customize depended on root.
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And wasn't it funny when you realized that root on Pixel is actually easier than everything else?
Hello , i need help for rooting my p7p. If have a video step by step its be very helpfull. Sorry for my bad english " Salut " from Romania thanks
ZoM4cs said:
Hello , i need help for rooting my p7p. If have a video step by step its be very helpfull. Sorry for my bad english " Salut " from Romania thanks
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Here is a guide you can follow.
96carboard said:
Call recording, full backup and restore, hosts based ad blockers.
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Umm that's illegal bro.
chivamex10 said:
Umm that's illegal bro.
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Maybe where you are, but not here and not in most places. So keep your legal advice to yourself, BRO.
chivamex10 said:
Umm that's illegal bro.
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Actually in most jurisdictions it's what's called a one party consent requirement wherein one of the parties involved must be aware and consent. In this case the person doing the recording qualifies as the consenting party. In other places two party or more consent is required but not everywhere

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