Yeah I'm on both sides too. lol. But trust me, rooting isn't worth it. In 2016 I rooted my phone because my phone came with a lot of preloaded apps and I wanted to remove them and clear my phone's memory a bit. And rooting also allowed me to do a lot. I had access to many rooted apps, customizations, battery saving, optimizations and many things! But also messed up my phone like a hundred times. Sometimes I deleted my system files without even knowing, stuck on bootloop. Then another time my Google playstore detected rooted phone and stopped downloading of all apps! My phone actually got even slower performance wise after rooting. :( It might be an unpopular opinion but I think that using your phone as it is - is better than messing it up. In 2021 your phone has enough memory, enough cpu speed to handle some bloatware apps and even some phone doesn't even have any bloatware like OnePlus. So don't root.
@@sheikhabdullah873 That's fine but what if I want to change the rom or get the latest android because sooner or later phones stop getting updated. It's better to have that option of being able to root especially when phones get outdated and stop getting updates. Especially now that phones have better hardware which should last longer with better and optimised software if the manufacturer supported it like Apple.
Thank you! Your videos are greatly appreciated, I'm constantly learning and am motivated to research what I don't understand ( quite a bit ) due to my lack of knowledge. I really like the speed at which you present, never a lag time and not a second to distract!
Yeah, when I used to play around with these things, I was so anxious each time a new version of ROM came out! I only had one phone with no other way of getting online, so if something went wrong, I was screwed...
Completely unnecessary. It's basically impossible to brick your phone these days (unless you are a super moron and try something like locking your BL with a Custom ROM).
1. Unlocking bl itself voids warrenty 2.bootloop that's what backups are for 3.don't use suspicious apps,use magisk hide 4.people who can't sideload and think it's pain shouldn't root 5.root access is your own responsibility whom to grant access (since you are this deep in rooting,you should know better) 6.performance issues are caused when you modify using bad modules Be aware which module to use
2:30 You can use magisk hide. 3:36 No problem, we can custom rom. 4:27 I've never heard of anyone having a virus because they rooted their smartphone, (after all, custom roms now have antivirus as well). 5:12 We can install tweaks or magisk modules to improve performance and battery life.
4:27. That's where you're wrong. Not many people know that rooting should only be installed using magisk. Many still use kingroot,Cfroot and Super Su which are malwares and very vulnerable to threat. Also, installing apps that requires root access is also threatening because you will never know what sort of mods they can do to your system, which is where the virus kicks in. Custom Roms have antivirus? I've been using a lot of roms . Which one are you specifying? 5:12 most of the Tweaks and modules are just a bunch of nonsense scripts . There are reasons why the magisk repo doesnt have all these tweaks.
@@islam1038 Its your choice brother. See we all have our purpose of rooting our phones but to what extend we use is very crucial. I install root just for audio,bloat removal and theming mods. There are risks involved but it only comes to a point on how and what your purpose of rooting is for.
@@android4life70 I agree, rooting with magisk is the best option props to john wu but cfroot, supersu and kingroot aren't 100% maleware they're just not open-source which means we cant see its code...
@@android4life70 Although I have to say that its very risky chainfire sold supersu to some chinese and 1click root needs to hack your phone to gain you root
I'm studying for Sec+ with Comptia and there was a part on rooting your android devices in a practice exam. Out of all the possible choices bricking the device and voiding the warranty was the greatest security risk and only because the other risks listed were capable without rooting a phone. My frustration with the question lead me here to learn more about rooting lol
I've flashed Lineage OS on my phone and it really gave almost all of the features I needed from root. I guess custom roms are better than rooting. There are a few specific features only rooting gives but I dont feel the necessity for them. I'm currently really happy with the rom itself !
@@_mr.__phoenix8884 that's what I thought... I've only ever played around with these things a long time ago when I flashed a custom ROM on my Galaxy s3... I guess I am wrong!
For people thinking about rooting their phone there are a few things to keep in mind. Firstly is that Magisk hide let's you hide the fact you're rooted from apps that can detect this, and you can have the app repackage itself under a different name to get around the increasing number of apps that check to see if you have Magisk installed. However, if you root you lose WideVine CDM L1 which, amongst probably other things, prevents you from watching Netflix in HD. As far as I know once it's lost there's no way of getting this back. Secondly, and probably more importantly, John Wu (creator of Magisk) has said a few times that with the way Android is changing SafetyNet to be even more secure, he believes that in the near future it will be *impossible* to get around tripping SafetyNet is you're rooted. So there will be no possible way of using apps that rely on not being rooted, such as google pay, banking apps and various other apps. Unfortunately, restoring safetynet isn't always as easy as just unrooting, from my experience once you've rooted you have no choice but to stay rooted if you want to use apps that rely on SafetyNet. If people know of solutions to these issues that I don't then please let me know :) I love rooting but haven't rooted by new phone for these reasons
Just to add I don't know if that's true for every device, I would Google for your specific device to be sure about whether you'd still get software updates. From my experience this is the case though
Magisk modules like Universal SafetyNet Fix work fine on Pixel 5 and Google Pay is working fine while it's installed. Phone system can be updated with OTA using a PC. I've rooted every phone I had and I'll keep doing so till the end. I'm a linux user and I believe that everything I buy belongs to me so I can do whatever I want with it.
OTA does not = "using a PC" OTA updates are delivered Over-The-Air, meaning using the wireless radios on your phone, from within your ROM. If you use a PC to update then you are sideloading, updating over the wire 👍
5-7 years back with kitkat and lolipop andriods it was totally worth it Nowadays everything is built into the ui from screen recording to dark mode Rooting dosent seem worth it anymore
It's fairly easy to fix a boot loop/ anything. The hard part is keeping your apps and data intact. It's best to keep all your important stuff away from rooted phones. Especially if you wanna test out some new beta root app xd
You can get safetynet to pass (at least on Samsung phones). My daily driver galaxy note 9 has a custom rom installed and it's rooted. Google pay and all the banking apps work just fine.
A few years ago rooting was mandatory and I rooted both my S3 Mini and S5 on the first days of getting them but I found out that with my Note9 there's no need anymore for me, great video as always man :)
Interesting, I have the exact opposite sentiment. I had no use for it before but now that important phone features got disabled (phone recording), I'm starting to need rooting, which is something I didn't before.
Same reason here, In India we use a common payment network call UPI which means there are apps based on this from all the banks and other companies...like Google Pay..Most of them check for safetynet which is good..but yeah kinda annoying as we can't root...magisk hide always fails after a week or so...I hope Google makes changes to maybe isolate this from rooting or something.
I have been using magisk for couple of years, never had issue with Gpay. I guess you need to try some stable version of magisk. It does also matters which rom you are using. I have used 21.0 magisk which is working fine in my phone for 2 years, that is not working on other phone. So check with different Roms as well
i rooted one of my phone today it was a 2 day nightmare, i accidentally wrote the boot image to my system partition which ended up bricking my phone, i spent hours and hours of search for my phone's stock rom since it isn't a large manufacturer and difficult to find stock rom but luckily i found one thanks to firmwarefiles, but then my phone had an hardware issue which i fixed by disassembling my phone and put it back in place and then 1-2 hours of trying to boot into Recovery Mode to reboot my phone into fastboot mode and then flashing the stock rom on my phone and i tried to root again but thank god it worked perfectly fine and it's still working as im writing this, please everyone read instructions properly and be careful what device you are rooting because you could end up in the same situation.
Broken apps are untrue. SafetyNet can be passed fairly easily. There are also multiple modules that can assist with this too. I also never lost system update privileges. It still pushes no issues. Lastly, performance issues? More like performance gain. I get better performance with better battery backup. I use a 7T Pro McLaren with rooted OOS 11.
Definitely no hate, I love Sam - just pointing out some few important things. Of course, these can fail with no knowledge on rooting, but absolutely do as much research as you can as any issue may have been solved by somebody else.
I've never personally met a single person who has a rooted device. I can see the benefit if you plan to use the device long term and you want the custom ROMs. It just seems like a lot of work though when there's always cool new devices coming out.
Custom roms are best on smartphones that lapsed on software updates. When the latest android is no longer supported by the manufacturer, then you can extend the lifespan by simply flashing a custom rom based on the latest android.
@@Slayer8957 maybe you could ( would) answer a question I have. I've got an old Samsung 7s Edge that I haven't had activated in a long time and I thought I'd use that to root ( I've no experience with rooting) as it doesn't matter to me if I inadvertently do something dumb ( good possibility) and really screw it up. I have other old phones I could use or ones I just don't use any longer but I'm thinking that, if I "root" successfully ( well I don't plan on failing!) then I will have done so on a phone I used to appreciate instead of a "junker". Is my thinking screwy in this regard? Your input would be appreciated, thank you.
@@Bebold94 And if none of the phones you have are supported, you can always just buy newest used phone you can for like $200, and then use that to test on.
I have rooted my phone and installed Pixel Experience on my Redmi note 7 Pro and I see massive performance gain in it. Earlier it used to hang a lot on Miui.
My way of explaining to people when they ask “does it make your phone hackable and dangerous” to any root or Jailbreak (iOS) is, don’t do it if you are asking that question. Go do a little more research then decide.
Rooted phones that have up to date firmware DO NOT give superuser access unless you tap "Grant" on the superuser prompt. Every person that roots their phone should always practice caution when granting superuser permission. If they see a prompt out of the blue with no context, they should be really careful and probably deny the request.
Another thing, you no longer have to uninstall magisk to keep root. All of you have to do is, after the update is finished installing, DO NOT REBOOT. Go to magisk, hit the install button and install it via install to inactive slot. Once it's finished then reboot and presto! You still have root after over the air updates. Cheers!
Wait you just scared me, I haven't restarted my phone or shut it down since rooting it coz I'm scared of bricking it somehow. What should i do to make sure and when I restart or shut down it doesn't brick
My logic on the matter is this; If you do not have root privileges to the device you do not truly own the device. Its a philosophical reason so the technical upsides and downsides are moot. I am not willing to hand that control over to the manufacturer or carrier.
i was not keen on rooting my new phone but the thing pissed me off was not being able to run htop in in phone .. apperantly that requires root access on android and I didnt have one
As an OnePlus user I have to disagree to most of the points in this video. Some points might be specific to OnePlus others maybe not but here is my experience (and maybe it helps someone in the future): The biggest problem to overcome for me is indeed Google Pay. I use it daily and after rooting it doesn't work out of the box. But there are many guides to fix it and I never had problems after fixing it once. Even with updates today it isn't hard to pass safety net or trick some apps into thinking that the phone isn't rooted. The warranty void is as far as I know specific for OnePlus phones: OnePlus did or still does let you root your phone and even shares the original OOS files in case something goes wrong while rooting. And since we are talking about OS, my next point is the update situation. I don't know if this is specific for some brands but i still get these OTA updates via my settings app. But since my phone is rooted I get a message telling me it will download the update completely as flashable zip. You then can flash it via TWRP and you will have always an updated phone. Keep in mind you have to prepare some steps to not loose root or access to TWRP (it's 2 or 3 taps in magisk). What actually is something that annoys me while rooting today is the new architecture of phones with A/B partitions. But even this is a very small problem if you keep in mind that you root your phone maybe twice a year. Long story short, especially for OnePlus users (and maybe other brands too) i think rooting doesn't get more difficult these days than it was before. I am curious about other opinions. Have a great day and thank you for such good videos Sam!
Rooting is definitely worth it especially if you have a Google Pixel and the main reason I Root is so I can block ad's in apps I use AdGuard and the only way you can block basically all app ad's is with Root some other apps block ad's that don't require Root but they don't block all the ad's AdGuard does but only if you have a Rooted phone because you have to have access to the System Certificate Store which you can only access with Root.
Your phone can update manually but the system will only download a new rooted software if it is even available other then that yes you do have to sideload a new update
The only reason for me to root my j7 was the fact that i can change system sounds with my own,like low battery,system intro and outro etc,the rest was totally fine with emulators for example.Can it cause battery break with root? because my battery is kinda dying,it does charge but even if it is connected it starts to drain it like it isnt connected even if it is.
Sooo if ur trying to trade n hodl crypto for more than a day then the rooting would be a bad thing? Ya idk they say to have it on a non rooted phone which im like ok. So is my phone non rooted from default?
About the problems with magisk and google pay, there are some workarounds that actually work. It starts becoming a not so easy thing if we talk about Xposed. Do you guys know a way to use both Xposed and Google Pay? (if you are wondering why I need xposed in 2021: I hate the album art appearing as a wallpaper in my lockscreen, the only way I know to disable this "feature" is by using an xposed module; so I would be grateful if someone could tell me another way to keep my personal wallpaper when playing music)
About Bootloop and soft brick, the first time it happened I was freaking out, then I learnd the stuff Its basically like, you own the original iPhone, and the first call ever, back in 2007, you'll be blank, not knowing what to do. Then you learn to swipe to answer the call. Till date you answer a Phone like a pro. Restoring from a soft brick is similar situation IMO and in my experience ✌🏽
@@sanjeevstunner teach me something bro.... But first, should I root my phone or something? Im only worried about my privacy and security if it's not the case then I do
@@anonamemous6865 Doin it on pixels, samsungs or even onplus can go risky. But Xiaomi phones, AFAIK has a lot of support and tools to recover both from community, and from the brand themselves. So it'd be easy to work with that. Also if you're working or rely on your phone a lot, it'd be annoying and sometimes frustrating to loose connection, to flash a rom and setup back your app data(you can backup all app, with data. and restore after flash, and the apps will work like nothing has changed) it takes an hour or more. there are a lot of options to try and explore (magisk modules, custom roms and kernels. its like a video game, but demands time offline, so you cant use the phone) Atleast it happened for me and most newbies will hate developers and people for not making the stuff perfect, while he did something wrong missing some steps in instructions If you wanna learn some stuff, come chat with me. I'll share what I know github.com/sanjeevstunner I have my telegram contacts here, go check and PM me if you want something, I'm open to help ayone
My S21 SM-G991U model never get auto update. I live in Malaysia and bought a US set. How can I do to make auto update possible? Cause recently I just updated my phone manually using Odin
i rooted my phone after i decided to get a custom rom and custom kernel so im having better performance than ever i cant relate to any of those problems
I buy fone only after making sure it can be boot unlocked, rooted and/or having custom rom. All other risks are understood and i don't find them hazardous
@@iammrcarter5099 Here in the UK we are banned from using phone recording except for a business who announces that they're recording. Totally unfair..Well amazingly I found a way with the Oneplus 9 Pro ! I'm loving it !
Rooting can be dangerous or safe, If you want to root your phone, be careful and read the instructions before rooting. If you don't read the instructions and don't be careful, and rooting, you can kill your phone. In prestigio phone at 3 years ago, i rooted my prestigio phone using lucky patcher, and nothing happened! Because i readed the instructions and being carefully before rooting. And now today i scared to root my new phone.
The only reason I'm considering rooting my phone is because I have a 4.5y old OnePlus 3T and it's starting to be very sluggish at times. If rooting can cause even more performance issues then maybe I shouldn't do it
Really? Is there any way around that, I have never rooted a device before and I'm worried something will go wrong. If I can easily undo it then, whatever but if I can't I'm going to reconsider
Rooting a samsung stock OS is risky as samsung has a security built into it called knox. If you want better root etc, I would stay out of samsung devices and plus samsung is starting to remove oem unlock option as they want everyone to stop rooting and use their ssmjunks
Sir uh can patch ur current rom's boot img in magisk and Google Pay will not detect root after hiding magisk Or uh may use Magisk Canary for passing the safety net Sometimes Magisk don't pass the safety net so there Magisk Canary comes
I can't forget those moments when I used play around with phones. About 4 months ago I permanently bricked my device and I had to get another phone. Luckily I bought a motherboard and replaced it but then I sold the phone
Magisk Hide has "saved"(?) me as I've been getting official updates for my K20 Pro. Although, I don't update it, for obvious reasons... And soon I'll be installed AOSP anyways
on Samsung devices if you root your device it will trip Samsung Knox and even if you unroot or factory reset your device Samsung Knox will still be tripped so Samsung will still know that your phone has been rooted...
@@zezee5117 there is nothing wrong with rooting lol, I was using my S5 with android 11 installed Google pay, I installed a custom kernel for battery life and performance and everything works like a charm Throughout 4 yrs of rooting, never had performance issues or malware
Hiding google framework and all the google stuff like google pay will run all the applications that you mentioned. I am using Google pay and all the banking applications.
There are actually 3 types of a bricked phone. Of course, the Soft and Hard Brick, but there is actually a Super Hard Brick, where you flash another device's ROM onto your device. Trust me, it happened to me once when I wanted Android 7, but ended up flashing Wiko Lenny 4's ROM onto Wiko Lenny 3.
It doesn't happen anymore as far I know. I tried doing the same out of curiosity and the zip failed to flash. I assume modern ROM developers take this into account!!
@@joelvarghese3370 If you do that via TWRP or any custom recovery, it will obviously fail. Unless you have a MediaTek Chipset, where you can flash your phone via SP Flash Tool, then it can happen.
Sam be like " I'm playing both sides so that I always come out on top."
This was EXACTLY my reaction after reading the title
Yeah I'm on both sides too. lol.
But trust me, rooting isn't worth it. In 2016 I rooted my phone because my phone came with a lot of preloaded apps and I wanted to remove them and clear my phone's memory a bit. And rooting also allowed me to do a lot. I had access to many rooted apps, customizations, battery saving, optimizations and many things! But also messed up my phone like a hundred times. Sometimes I deleted my system files without even knowing, stuck on bootloop. Then another time my Google playstore detected rooted phone and stopped downloading of all apps! My phone actually got even slower performance wise after rooting. :(
It might be an unpopular opinion but I think that using your phone as it is - is better than messing it up. In 2021 your phone has enough memory, enough cpu speed to handle some bloatware apps and even some phone doesn't even have any bloatware like OnePlus. So don't root.
@@sheikhabdullah873 Old XDA saying- "Rooting is the drug and Super User is the gateway." Still addicted!
@@sheikhabdullah873 That's fine but what if I want to change the rom or get the latest android because sooner or later phones stop getting updated. It's better to have that option of being able to root especially when phones get outdated and stop getting updates. Especially now that phones have better hardware which should last longer with better and optimised software if the manufacturer supported it like Apple.
Thank you! Your videos are greatly appreciated, I'm constantly learning and am motivated to research what I don't understand ( quite a bit ) due to my lack of knowledge. I really like the speed at which you present, never a lag time and not a second to distract!
I normally use UA-cam Vanced's black theme and this normal dark theme looks so bright and light I know this is random but still wanted to mention it
i also use the black theme of youtube vanced, it's literally better then the normal yt dark theme
Best UA-cam is Vance
They say its dark mode but the color is Eigengrau color
@@shreyasdharashivkar8027 it's more than dark mode u get no ads and u can't save videos directly from there
@@iammrcarter5099 yes man I AM using yt vanced 🤝🤝
Hahaha every time i flash a new rom my heart drops into my stomach waiting for the first boot animation to end, great video!!
U said it xD
Yeah, when I used to play around with these things, I was so anxious each time a new version of ROM came out! I only had one phone with no other way of getting online, so if something went wrong, I was screwed...
happened to mine now im using an old phone LMFAOOO
Completely unnecessary. It's basically impossible to brick your phone these days (unless you are a super moron and try something like locking your BL with a Custom ROM).
Hahah true
1. Unlocking bl itself voids warrenty
2.bootloop that's what backups are for
3.don't use suspicious apps,use magisk hide
4.people who can't sideload and think it's pain shouldn't root
5.root access is your own responsibility whom to grant access (since you are this deep in rooting,you should know better)
6.performance issues are caused when you modify using bad modules
Be aware which module to use
Exactly!!!!!!
i copy this comment with your name(credit) in my own comment Its a nice well establish fact list xD
7. It takes a lot of your time for tweaking, installing modules/apps, backuping, restoring, flashing,....
In my country (bulgaria) if you flash your stock rom and go and ask for example battery change no one will notice and change your battery for free
8 you can fix performance by overclocking which is only possible with root
@@ANGEL-di2gq Sounds like my kind of country. ;)
Samsung didn't want to fix my broken screen even if we wanted to pay because knox was tripped. Even though it's illegal for them to do this in the EU.
Samsung suck
@@LegendaryITA Not as much as you...
@@breakfast7595 didn't ask + fatherless
Happened with me as well
@@LegendaryITA I didn't ask about your father, either.
I just watched your 10 reasons to root your smartphone video and once I finished it, your new video arrived! What a coincidence😂
The production quality of this video, wow! 🔥🔥🔥
If this surprises you then watch @mrwhosetheboss videos
Get off his nuts. The guy is just sitting there for crying out loud. It's hardly epic cinematography.
2:30 You can use magisk hide.
3:36 No problem, we can custom rom.
4:27 I've never heard of anyone having a virus because they rooted their smartphone, (after all, custom roms now have antivirus as well).
5:12 We can install tweaks or magisk modules to improve performance and battery life.
Then your advice is to get rid of fear and get my phone rooted?
4:27.
That's where you're wrong.
Not many people know that rooting should only be installed using magisk. Many still use kingroot,Cfroot and Super Su which are malwares and very vulnerable to threat.
Also, installing apps that requires root access is also threatening because you will never know what sort of mods they can do to your system, which is where the virus kicks in.
Custom Roms have antivirus? I've been using a lot of roms . Which one are you specifying?
5:12 most of the Tweaks and modules are just a bunch of nonsense scripts .
There are reasons why the magisk repo doesnt have all these tweaks.
@@islam1038 Its your choice brother. See we all have our purpose of rooting our phones but to what extend we use is very crucial.
I install root just for audio,bloat removal and theming mods.
There are risks involved but it only comes to a point on how and what your purpose of rooting is for.
@@android4life70 I agree, rooting with magisk is the best option props to john wu but cfroot, supersu and kingroot aren't 100% maleware they're just not open-source which means we cant see its code...
@@android4life70 Although I have to say that its very risky chainfire sold supersu to some chinese and 1click root needs to hack your phone to gain you root
I rooted my phone after watching your video on why you should root and now you post this?!!
I'm studying for Sec+ with Comptia and there was a part on rooting your android devices in a practice exam. Out of all the possible choices bricking the device and voiding the warranty was the greatest security risk and only because the other risks listed were capable without rooting a phone. My frustration with the question lead me here to learn more about rooting lol
I've flashed Lineage OS on my phone and it really gave almost all of the features I needed from root. I guess custom roms are better than rooting. There are a few specific features only rooting gives but I dont feel the necessity for them. I'm currently really happy with the rom itself !
Won't you need to root to install a custom ROM?
@@sayididit2930 Never!! Where did u get that info??
@@_mr.__phoenix8884 that's what I thought... I've only ever played around with these things a long time ago when I flashed a custom ROM on my Galaxy s3... I guess I am wrong!
the funny thing is some apps won't work on custom Roms either or more specifically on unlocked bootloader devices
@@sayididit2930 No no. Custom rom is a totally different part. Its completely safe. Just the bootloader of your phone needs to be unlocked.
That moment that your banking app still works but the freaking mc Donald's app does not work when rooted
magisk hide :)
lmao this also happened to me
@@ali_xD_ ye ik but that doesn't always hide (eg when using edxposed)
Riru Core works fine here, even on banking apps
Hide the magisk app ,clear cache and data ,profit
For people thinking about rooting their phone there are a few things to keep in mind. Firstly is that Magisk hide let's you hide the fact you're rooted from apps that can detect this, and you can have the app repackage itself under a different name to get around the increasing number of apps that check to see if you have Magisk installed.
However, if you root you lose WideVine CDM L1 which, amongst probably other things, prevents you from watching Netflix in HD. As far as I know once it's lost there's no way of getting this back. Secondly, and probably more importantly, John Wu (creator of Magisk) has said a few times that with the way Android is changing SafetyNet to be even more secure, he believes that in the near future it will be *impossible* to get around tripping SafetyNet is you're rooted. So there will be no possible way of using apps that rely on not being rooted, such as google pay, banking apps and various other apps. Unfortunately, restoring safetynet isn't always as easy as just unrooting, from my experience once you've rooted you have no choice but to stay rooted if you want to use apps that rely on SafetyNet.
If people know of solutions to these issues that I don't then please let me know :) I love rooting but haven't rooted by new phone for these reasons
Hey i have 1 question please , if i root my phone and unroot it after uninstalling some useless apps am i getting normally my software updates ?
Just to add I don't know if that's true for every device, I would Google for your specific device to be sure about whether you'd still get software updates. From my experience this is the case though
@@mishmishb okay thanks, i have the s20 plus 5g
I have rooted my phone and I have l1.
Magisk modules like Universal SafetyNet Fix work fine on Pixel 5 and Google Pay is working fine while it's installed. Phone system can be updated with OTA using a PC. I've rooted every phone I had and I'll keep doing so till the end. I'm a linux user and I believe that everything I buy belongs to me so I can do whatever I want with it.
OTA does not = "using a PC"
OTA updates are delivered Over-The-Air, meaning using the wireless radios on your phone, from within your ROM. If you use a PC to update then you are sideloading, updating over the wire 👍
5-7 years back with kitkat and lolipop andriods it was totally worth it
Nowadays everything is built into the ui from screen recording to dark mode
Rooting dosent seem worth it anymore
I just gotta get those ads and bloatware off, though!
It's fairly easy to fix a boot loop/ anything. The hard part is keeping your apps and data intact. It's best to keep all your important stuff away from rooted phones. Especially if you wanna test out some new beta root app xd
or just do twrp backups once in a while
TWRP backups exist
You can get safetynet to pass (at least on Samsung phones). My daily driver galaxy note 9 has a custom rom installed and it's rooted. Google pay and all the banking apps work just fine.
A few years ago rooting was mandatory and I rooted both my S3 Mini and S5 on the first days of getting them but I found out that with my Note9 there's no need anymore for me, great video as always man :)
Interesting, I have the exact opposite sentiment. I had no use for it before but now that important phone features got disabled (phone recording), I'm starting to need rooting, which is something I didn't before.
Make a detailed video about developer settings ✌🏼
Im just watching rooting videos then this pop up on my notification😂
You deserve more attention for the amazing quality of your vidoes!
More like he needs to read more and stop talking out of his ass
@@MrCallofkill What does that even mean?
Same reason here, In India we use a common payment network call UPI which means there are apps based on this from all the banks and other companies...like Google Pay..Most of them check for safetynet which is good..but yeah kinda annoying as we can't root...magisk hide always fails after a week or so...I hope Google makes changes to maybe isolate this from rooting or something.
I have been using magisk for couple of years, never had issue with Gpay. I guess you need to try some stable version of magisk. It does also matters which rom you are using. I have used 21.0 magisk which is working fine in my phone for 2 years, that is not working on other phone. So check with different Roms as well
The production is on the next level, not only that, Sam also knows how to attract the viewers, excellent content!
i rooted one of my phone today it was a 2 day nightmare, i accidentally wrote the boot image to my system partition which ended up bricking my phone, i spent hours and hours of search for my phone's stock rom since it isn't a large manufacturer and difficult to find stock rom but luckily i found one thanks to firmwarefiles, but then my phone had an hardware issue which i fixed by disassembling my phone and put it back in place and then 1-2 hours of trying to boot into Recovery Mode to reboot my phone into fastboot mode and then flashing the stock rom on my phone and i tried to root again but thank god it worked perfectly fine and it's still working as im writing this, please everyone read instructions properly and be careful what device you are rooting because you could end up in the same situation.
I hope he found the safety net fix module
I'm using rooted devices for more than 4 years now. I never face any problems. Using Custom ROM + Rooted Device = The Sky's The Limit 🔥🔥🔥
What type of phone do you have
You know how to use it but a simple mistake your phone is destroyed
this is not true, it's like you have a PC and can't install Linux or older windows.
Broken apps are untrue. SafetyNet can be passed fairly easily. There are also multiple modules that can assist with this too. I also never lost system update privileges. It still pushes no issues. Lastly, performance issues? More like performance gain. I get better performance with better battery backup.
I use a 7T Pro McLaren with rooted OOS 11.
Definitely no hate, I love Sam - just pointing out some few important things. Of course, these can fail with no knowledge on rooting, but absolutely do as much research as you can as any issue may have been solved by somebody else.
I rooted my phone 2018. Faced many issues but now i am an expert in everything software. Found workaround for many things.
I've never personally met a single person who has a rooted device. I can see the benefit if you plan to use the device long term and you want the custom ROMs. It just seems like a lot of work though when there's always cool new devices coming out.
Custom roms are best on smartphones that lapsed on software updates. When the latest android is no longer supported by the manufacturer, then you can extend the lifespan by simply flashing a custom rom based on the latest android.
@@Slayer8957 maybe you could ( would) answer a question I have. I've got an old Samsung 7s Edge that I haven't had activated in a long time and I thought I'd use that to root ( I've no experience with rooting) as it doesn't matter to me if I inadvertently do something dumb ( good possibility) and really screw it up. I have other old phones I could use or ones I just don't use any longer but I'm thinking that, if I "root" successfully ( well I don't plan on failing!) then I will have done so on a phone I used to appreciate instead of a "junker". Is my thinking screwy in this regard? Your input would be appreciated, thank you.
@@Bebold94 And if none of the phones you have are supported, you can always just buy newest used phone you can for like $200, and then use that to test on.
I have rooted my phone and installed Pixel Experience on my Redmi note 7 Pro and I see massive performance gain in it. Earlier it used to hang a lot on Miui.
Yeah this is why I buy Xiaomi Devices they just work with custom roms and provide a significant increase in Performance and Usibility compared to MIUI
These issues plague root users since the eons, nothing related to 2021.
imagine people who rooted their phones because of the other video and now they watch this 😂
You should do a video about how to backup everything on your phone. Apps, app data, contacts, photos, etc.
Sam, you can try magisk hide to see if those app works... Make sure you also hide magisk itself
found this channel few dayw ago and since then I'm happy subscriber😂
My way of explaining to people when they ask “does it make your phone hackable and dangerous” to any root or Jailbreak (iOS) is, don’t do it if you are asking that question. Go do a little more research then decide.
Theres an option in magisk that lets you hide your root status from specific apps
Thanks for the advice, I would only do that to an older device if something else happens or just buy a new phone.
Rooted phones that have up to date firmware DO NOT give superuser access unless you tap "Grant" on the superuser prompt. Every person that roots their phone should always practice caution when granting superuser permission. If they see a prompt out of the blue with no context, they should be really careful and probably deny the request.
One of the things i like about rooting that it provides us ability to isolate apps from accessing our storage
Another thing, you no longer have to uninstall magisk to keep root. All of you have to do is, after the update is finished installing, DO NOT REBOOT. Go to magisk, hit the install button and install it via install to inactive slot. Once it's finished then reboot and presto! You still have root after over the air updates. Cheers!
Wait you just scared me, I haven't restarted my phone or shut it down since rooting it coz I'm scared of bricking it somehow. What should i do to make sure and when I restart or shut down it doesn't brick
@@ahmadalhazouri9096 you will only lose root. Not brick it. You can then flash magisk again in TWRP or whatever custom recovery you have
My logic on the matter is this; If you do not have root privileges to the device you do not truly own the device. Its a philosophical reason so the technical upsides and downsides are moot. I am not willing to hand that control over to the manufacturer or carrier.
i was not keen on rooting my new phone but the thing pissed me off was not being able to run htop in in phone .. apperantly that requires root access on android and I didnt have one
I am using gpay in a rooted phone(Android 11) from last one month... But you have to hide every google and system apps in magisk to do that...
You should make a video on why should someone install custom roms, and why shouldn't
There's no why shouldn't except for if you don't want to do it.
As an OnePlus user I have to disagree to most of the points in this video. Some points might be specific to OnePlus others maybe not but here is my experience (and maybe it helps someone in the future):
The biggest problem to overcome for me is indeed Google Pay. I use it daily and after rooting it doesn't work out of the box. But there are many guides to fix it and I never had problems after fixing it once. Even with updates today it isn't hard to pass safety net or trick some apps into thinking that the phone isn't rooted.
The warranty void is as far as I know specific for OnePlus phones: OnePlus did or still does let you root your phone and even shares the original OOS files in case something goes wrong while rooting.
And since we are talking about OS, my next point is the update situation. I don't know if this is specific for some brands but i still get these OTA updates via my settings app. But since my phone is rooted I get a message telling me it will download the update completely as flashable zip. You then can flash it via TWRP and you will have always an updated phone. Keep in mind you have to prepare some steps to not loose root or access to TWRP (it's 2 or 3 taps in magisk).
What actually is something that annoys me while rooting today is the new architecture of phones with A/B partitions. But even this is a very small problem if you keep in mind that you root your phone maybe twice a year. Long story short, especially for OnePlus users (and maybe other brands too) i think rooting doesn't get more difficult these days than it was before. I am curious about other opinions. Have a great day and thank you for such good videos Sam!
Thank you for that.
But I have a Samsung phone and everything is not easy like OnePlus.
You're a damn good content creator
Rooting not required on Pixel and Oneplus phones otherwise root required for a decent user experience.
Rooting is definitely worth it especially if you have a Google Pixel and the main reason I Root is so I can block ad's in apps I use AdGuard and the only way you can block basically all app ad's is with Root some other apps block ad's that don't require Root but they don't block all the ad's AdGuard does but only if you have a Rooted phone because you have to have access to the System Certificate Store which you can only access with Root.
idk why u r so underrated
Your phone can update manually but the system will only download a new rooted software if it is even available other then that yes you do have to sideload a new update
The only reason for me to root my j7 was the fact that i can change system sounds with my own,like low battery,system intro and outro etc,the rest was totally fine with emulators for example.Can it cause battery break with root? because my battery is kinda dying,it does charge but even if it is connected it starts to drain it like it isnt connected even if it is.
no, magisk doesn't give all apps access to root only the ones you accept..
Not all manufacturers void warranty if you root. Oneplus is one of them if I remember right.
And You can't un-root almost recent Samsung phones because KNOX. It causes a hardware change on the motherboard. You need to change the motherboard...
Sooo if ur trying to trade n hodl crypto for more than a day then the rooting would be a bad thing? Ya idk they say to have it on a non rooted phone which im like ok. So is my phone non rooted from default?
About the problems with magisk and google pay, there are some workarounds that actually work. It starts becoming a not so easy thing if we talk about Xposed. Do you guys know a way to use both Xposed and Google Pay? (if you are wondering why I need xposed in 2021: I hate the album art appearing as a wallpaper in my lockscreen, the only way I know to disable this "feature" is by using an xposed module; so I would be grateful if someone could tell me another way to keep my personal wallpaper when playing music)
About Bootloop and soft brick, the first time it happened I was freaking out, then I learnd the stuff
Its basically like, you own the original iPhone, and the first call ever, back in 2007, you'll be blank, not knowing what to do. Then you learn to swipe to answer the call. Till date you answer a Phone like a pro.
Restoring from a soft brick is similar situation IMO and in my experience ✌🏽
So what to do?
@@anonamemous6865 Take the risk, and learn the stuff 😁 You wont regret it. Xiaomi phones are good to start. Buy a used one, start roasting it 😂
@@sanjeevstunner we'll I actually think of doing it in my real phone and now that you've said it I had think twice
@@sanjeevstunner teach me something bro.... But first, should I root my phone or something? Im only worried about my privacy and security if it's not the case then I do
@@anonamemous6865 Doin it on pixels, samsungs or even onplus can go risky. But Xiaomi phones, AFAIK has a lot of support and tools to recover both from community, and from the brand themselves. So it'd be easy to work with that. Also if you're working or rely on your phone a lot, it'd be annoying and sometimes frustrating to loose connection, to flash a rom and setup back your app data(you can backup all app, with data. and restore after flash, and the apps will work like nothing has changed) it takes an hour or more. there are a lot of options to try and explore (magisk modules, custom roms and kernels. its like a video game, but demands time offline, so you cant use the phone)
Atleast it happened for me and most newbies will hate developers and people for not making the stuff perfect, while he did something wrong missing some steps in instructions
If you wanna learn some stuff, come chat with me. I'll share what I know
github.com/sanjeevstunner
I have my telegram contacts here, go check and PM me if you want something, I'm open to help ayone
My S21 SM-G991U model never get auto update. I live in Malaysia and bought a US set. How can I do to make auto update possible? Cause recently I just updated my phone manually using Odin
So even with Magisk hide Google pay doesnt work?? And I use Google pay a lot and Service NSW too 😳
i rooted my phone after i decided to get a custom rom and custom kernel
so im having better performance than ever
i cant relate to any of those problems
So. What should we do to avoid own risk after rooting? It sounds a good content for the next video
Will unrooting instantly give me all security features back, for example : will rooting and unrooting affect Play Protect Certification or Safetynet?
Cough OnePlus was the funniest truest thing I heard all week
I buy fone only after making sure it can be boot unlocked, rooted and/or having custom rom.
All other risks are understood and i don't find them hazardous
This man is outstanding ❤️
But rooting Xiaomi phones doesn't void your warranty
I guess that also applies to OnePlus and Pixel I guess🤔
Not Pixel
2:35 I'm pretty sure you can hide the fact that you are using a rooted device
Can't you use magisk hide to fix safety net issues with Google Pay?
I root to be able to record my calls which I really need. Never found any other ways around this problem unless you know how !
There are plenty apps you can download to record calls , I'm currently recording calls without root
@@iammrcarter5099 Here in the UK we are banned from using phone recording except for a business who announces that they're recording. Totally unfair..Well amazingly I found a way with the Oneplus 9 Pro ! I'm loving it !
Rooting can be dangerous or safe, If you want to root your phone, be careful and read the instructions before rooting. If you don't read the instructions and don't be careful, and rooting, you can kill your phone. In prestigio phone at 3 years ago, i rooted my prestigio phone using lucky patcher, and nothing happened! Because i readed the instructions and being carefully before rooting. And now today i scared to root my new phone.
The only reason I'm considering rooting my phone is because I have a 4.5y old OnePlus 3T and it's starting to be very sluggish at times. If rooting can cause even more performance issues then maybe I shouldn't do it
Installing a custom ROM would be better than root.
Also, regarding voiding warranty. It's impossible to revert a Samsung phone since Knox trips an e fuse once rooted inside the device
Really? Is there any way around that, I have never rooted a device before and I'm worried something will go wrong. If I can easily undo it then, whatever but if I can't I'm going to reconsider
Rooting a samsung stock OS is risky as samsung has a security built into it called knox. If you want better root etc, I would stay out of samsung devices and plus samsung is starting to remove oem unlock option as they want everyone to stop rooting and use their ssmjunks
Sir uh can patch ur current rom's boot img in magisk and Google Pay will not detect root after hiding magisk
Or uh may use Magisk Canary for passing the safety net
Sometimes Magisk don't pass the safety net so there Magisk Canary comes
I can't forget those moments when I used play around with phones. About 4 months ago I permanently bricked my device and I had to get another phone. Luckily I bought a motherboard and replaced it but then I sold the phone
What did u do to get hard bricked anyways :/
Wow. Great explanations
Thanks for the tips. I've been considering rooting my phone again but I remember I irrevocably bricked my software the last time I did it
Magisk Hide has "saved"(?) me as I've been getting official updates for my K20 Pro. Although, I don't update it, for obvious reasons... And soon I'll be installed AOSP anyways
Anyone aware of the keyboard type speaker name (green keys and speaker grill) which is shown in this video
on Samsung devices if you root your device it will trip Samsung Knox and even if you unroot or factory reset your device Samsung Knox will still be tripped so Samsung will still know that your phone has been rooted...
Magisk dev joined Google recently and I don't think he will be able to continue with this project 😞
I think he will
@GTB7979 that's messed up
My phone has been soft bricked for 8 hours while I was flashing wrong twrp
Please make a video on how to enable camera 2 api on most of the phones without root via adb
What software Is that at 4:59
I literally rooted my phone like 10 minutes ago...
How is it ?and what phone is it ?and how did you do it ?
@@zezee5117 there is nothing wrong with rooting lol, I was using my S5 with android 11 installed Google pay, I installed a custom kernel for battery life and performance and everything works like a charm
Throughout 4 yrs of rooting, never had performance issues or malware
Please make detailed video about developer settings Please explain all settings
Using Custom ROM and Kernel With Root and I am Ok and have no Probs with both Performance and Other Stuffs .
Hiding google framework and all the google stuff like google pay will run all the applications that you mentioned.
I am using Google pay and all the banking applications.
My phone's so old the warranty's void it doesn't update anymore
I searched for this!
good vid. thx beckman
The aspect ratio is 🔥
0:42 Me With A Abroad Fale IMEI Phone: Never Heard Of It Am I Supposed To Care
IWill there be security issues in downloading external apps (apps out of play store)
I wasn't even aware plp still root their phones in 2021 I stop doing that 5 years ago
the only reaon i wont root is banking apps like google pay. I CANT AFFORD TO LOSE USING THAT APP
Also malicious apps can access your system files only if you allow super user request
There are actually 3 types of a bricked phone. Of course, the Soft and Hard Brick, but there is actually a Super Hard Brick, where you flash another device's ROM onto your device. Trust me, it happened to me once when I wanted Android 7, but ended up flashing Wiko Lenny 4's ROM onto Wiko Lenny 3.
It doesn't happen anymore as far I know. I tried doing the same out of curiosity and the zip failed to flash. I assume modern ROM developers take this into account!!
@@joelvarghese3370 If you do that via TWRP or any custom recovery, it will obviously fail. Unless you have a MediaTek Chipset, where you can flash your phone via SP Flash Tool, then it can happen.
You can't root a Samsung phone and reset it so Samsung won't know. You'll trip Samsung's Knox if you root and there's no resetting it so beware.
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