One of my favorite sites to start on is xda On Sun, May 26, 2019, 12:21 PM Todd Cole wrote: > interesting I have a Samsung S5 with Teamwin with SUroot and LinageOS ver > 16 and openGapps aroma built from android 9 rooted for over three years > other than flashing to a new version rom too early I have not had any > issues even with google apps but I only use a few but was able to buy > several apps. > > There have been several court cases regarding root and custom roms but > last I have seen is 100% legal to modify your phone. Software might be > another issue but sofar I have not heard of any legal cases. > the first time it took me three days so it is not a quick easy project but > for me it was well worth the work to have root and a terminal. drive droid > I use very often to install linux from my phone. and battery is better > speed is better > and access to newer apps and able to remove unneeded apps. and I am happy > with my old phone sd card and able to change batteries if needed. > > not all phone can be rooted and or custom roms available. and do backup > your image just in case. I have only had to flash it back to stock on a > early rom to activate my phone but current version work fine > XDA LinageOS are the best places to start reading > > > On Sun, May 26, 2019 at 10:49 AM Stephen Partington > wrote: > >> 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 >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> 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 > > > > -- > Todd Cole > Ubuntu Arizona Team > 2928 W El Caminito > Phoenix AZ 85051-3957 > toddc@azloco.com > 602-677-9402 > --------------------------------------------------- > 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