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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?

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[โ€“] DataDreadnought@lemmy.one 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Rooting is more security compromising than it's worth. There are a small set of use cases I could see but for the most part do either or below.

If you have a Pixel you would want to run GrapheneOS for maximum security and privacy.

All other phones you would ADB remove bloatware, run PrivateDNS with NextDNS or an alternative, and turn off as much analytics/permission/features as possible for a functional phone.

[โ€“] cyberpunk007@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I used to root every phone I owned cause I could do so much more with it. I haven't rooted in so long, android does what I need now