No.46553
I'm tired of having so much bloat on my phone. I am thinking of rooting, and like the idea of having better control of my phone. Is it worth the risk? If so, anyone care to explain how I can do so? All the tutorials I've seen want me to install cancerware.
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No.46558
>>46553
Yes it is.
>define cancerwear
What phone you got?
>inb4 burner dumb phone better than smartphone NSA big brother device thing
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No.46559
>>46558
Cancerware, a silly term I made up for sketchy looking software.
Samsung Galaxy S6 Active.
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No.46560
>>46559
ok cool. related to picture I didnt look at before posting too!
Okay, depends from looking quickly on the exact model and software version. Get that covered and you're gravy.
http://joyofandroid.com/how-to-root-the-samsung-galaxy-s6-active/
More relevant:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6/galaxy-s6-active/comprehensive-s6-active-root-thread-t3375685
If you can, do.
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No.46564
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No.46649
is your phone from verizon or at&t and past android 4.4.4? if so, your bootloader is locked and you cant root it. now if youre on a different network like tmobile or something, you can root it then.
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No.46872
If you want to use advanced features or there are some applications that require root that you want to use (one I consider a must have is Titanium Backup, which requires root). Be careful because it can be easy to brick your device if you're not careful. You need to make sure that you're using a method for that specific device. If your device has good rooting support (basically most popular devices) then it is usually pretty safe. It's also a good and fun opportunity to learn how to use adb.
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No.47304
>>46649
>bootloader is locked and you cant root it
That's fucking annoying. Fuck AT&T
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No.47311
Rooting is such a shitload of fuck. You either have to follow a convoluted 30 step tutorial that may or may not brick your phone if you make a mistake, or you have to trust some random program. Just to do something that should be a basic, common sense feature for a computer.
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No.47314
I might as well ask in this thread.
I was gifted a Samsung J5 2016 version, and I want to root it.
Is it really necessary to install some special software to root it? I think it's called Odin or something like that.
Where can I find some good tutorials to root this phone?
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No.47315
>>47314
Also the xda developers forums does not work without JS, so I can't use it.
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No.47317
Rooting is super easy if you get the right phone, mine seriously had an app that you just click a touchpad button and it was rooted.
My tablet on the other hand can't be rooted, and it sucks because i can't use the sd card with it, despite having an slot for it. It's stupid.
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No.47352
>>46649
OP here, I have AT&T, and I have given up trying to root. I'm gonna just use it for work only until I can get one that can be easily rooted.
>>47317
What model phone? Sounds nice.
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No.47357
>>47352
This exactly phone https://www.amazon.com/LG-Optimus-D415-Smartphone-T-Mobile/dp/B00KEZ88BE running android 5.0.2 For some reason this was easier to root while my tablet (that's 4.4.4) was not possible to root.
The battery life is really bad though, once you set all of the battery saving setting it's usable but i wouldn't recommend it.
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No.47362
It's honestly not that fucking hard to root a phone and there is barely any risk to it.
Just following any tutorial for your phone and you'll be fine.
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No.47380
Rooting is a security risk, bricking is the least of your concerns.
Installing su daemon that is backdoored or some backdoored superSU app or bugs that allow applications to become root without asking.
This all happens and isn't hard to do hence the reason why Android doesn't ship su standard it's dangerous.
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No.47388
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No.48086
>>47315
Just enable js for a second
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No.55026
>>47380
>This all happens and isn't hard to do hence the reason why Android doesn't ship su standard it's dangerous.
What are you saying ? Google doesn't give you administrative access to your device because they couldn't ship a non-backdoor 'd su ? Thats ridiculous.
>>46553
I have an Acer Iconia A500 , a first gen android tablet that I am only still able to use because I rooted it years ago. I have root, and so I can doschway shit like remove gapps, use the xprivacy framework, and run metasploit. The downside is I am using untrusted android roms from china and there is no reproducible builds etc. So obviously its not a trusted device for me, and I don't keep personal info on the device. Rooting can pro-long the life of your device, at the expense of potentially having untrusted roms.
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No.55029
I visited SDA developers once. It gave my computer AIDS. Never tried to root a phone after that.
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No.55035
Oneplus 5T master race here, phone has a built in recovery and fastboot that lets you root and install custom firmware without any weird janky makeitrain shit
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No.55632
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No.55914
>>46553
What risk? who's retarded enough to brick a phone these days?
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No.56686
>>46553
Absolutely yes. Without root: android is a bot fucking net. A honeypot for google. In latest android versions it forces you to use google apps, you can't even remove them. So, with root you can securely remove Gappsl , you can use microG (fake google services), use iptables rules on apps (firewall), you can even install kali nethunter on it. Some autists here saying "don't use smart phone" which is nothing but cutting off one's nose to spite one's face.
>>47311
>I'm fucking retarded
>>46649
you can still use download mode shazbot
>>47317
>KingoRoot
enjoy your malware
>>55029
SDA? You probably have visited a chinise clone of XDA
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No.56720
>>56686
Only real comment in this thread. Also, install Lineage OS OP if you can.
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No.56830
>>56686
>>56720
These guys aren't complete retards and it shows.
Ofc rooting is ideal.
What would be really schway is if you FOUND a root exploit on a yet to be exploited phone. Rn I'm working on the ZTE Blade Spark z971
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