Back in the day - rooting Android phones and installing custom ROMs were such a big part of Android. I remember so well using titanium backup and Greenify and Cyanogenmod and the list goes on.

Is it still necessary to root in 2023 though?

I have been on vanilla Android without root access for the past couple of years and at this point most root features have made it into the vanilla Android OS. What are your thoughts?

  • @fuckwit_mcbumcrumbleEnglish
    4•1 year ago

    I keep my Android phone rooted because there’s specific functionality that I use daily that’s a pain to do without root.

    It’s not my primary phone so the fact that it’s 3 years out of date in order to preserve my root doesn’t bother me. But if it was my primary phone I’d probably look into workarounds to avoid needing root.

    • @ZakEnglish
      2•1 year ago

      On modern A/B devices, Magisk can preserve root through OTA updates. The procedure is:

      1. Install the OTA; do not reboot
      2. Install Magisk to the inactive slot from the Magisk app
      3. Reboot from the Magisk app
      • Tb0n3English
        -1•1 year ago

        Not always. I tried that on my last OTA for my Pixel 7 and got locked out until it finally booted from slot_a after being off a while. Failed update.