Magisk has worked very well for me. With only a couple of hiccups. On Sun, May 26, 2019, 10:31 AM Michael Butash wrote: > See Inline: > > On Sun, May 26, 2019 at 5:05 AM wrote: > >> > Will not have root unless your phone is rooted. >> I've been toying with this idea for a while... >> What am I up against? >> > Hardware bootloader locking on all devices is the first problem. Need to > unlock that first, replace the loader, then os (as unlocking tends to wipe > the flash). > Or you need an os exploit, which is pretty rare if using a modern os 5.1 > and up. Kingoroot and some others exploit the os to soft root on older > devices, but just have to check compatibility. > > >> What are the risks? >> > Depending on phone, you might lose some functionality rooting. For > example, Sony liked to kill their extended camera and media features. They > still offer, and always have open bootloder unlocking. > You also tend to lose access to google pay or any other *pay features, as > they no longer trust your hardware device. > It also makes it easier for a 3rd party to access and do whatever to your > phone, such as install even more covert malware on the linux side, modify > android from underneath, back up your apps and all system data for > forensics, etc. > Think of the stories of the border guards grabbing and dumping your phone > (and doing who knows what else while in their possession and unlocked). > > >> Can you hide it from your carrier? >> > I think this depends on the phone and os level, but Magisk does this > supposedly. I've not tried it myself, my past few phones I haven't rooted > (see Risks). > > >> Can you recover the phone phone if you botch it... >> > Depends largely on the phone. Step 1 is always unlocking the bootloader > and replacing it with twrp or cwm loaders. Once that is there, you can 99% > recover a device. Screw that up, you may or may not have a brick. > > Best thing you can do is look up your device you want to root on xda > forums, and see if anyone else has already, and how. > > ET >> >> >> Stephen Partington writes: >> >> > Install one from the play store. >> > >> > Will not have root unless your phone is rooted. >> > >> > On Sat, May 25, 2019, 6:09 PM David Lopez >> wrote: >> > >> >> does anyone know how to get a terminal window up on android phone. >> >> what i'm thinking is to issue 'ls' commands etc. >> >> >> >> david >> >> >> >> -- >> >> David López >> >> Software Engineer >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss