Don't Plan on Rooting Android 7.0

zuben el genub · Jul 26, 2016

I found the version of Color OS that was on the Oppo Find7 almost as clean as straight Google. No weird overlays.

If all phones were generic Android - carriers can and will require their own apps to run. A mfg. could do the same.
TMO has its app, but only for billing. I use Linux on the desktop for that.

If all is homogenized it will be harder to separate the chaff from the wheat. Saw this on Daily Rotation:
http://www.androidcentral.com/googl...mpaign=Feed:+androidcentral+(Android+Central)

No thanks, Google, I'll decide who is a pest and who isn't. Let me install my own blocking software, or use my carrier's if they have any.

Gmash · Jul 28, 2016

zuben el genub said:
I found the version of Color OS that was on the Oppo Find7 almost as clean as straight Google. No weird overlays.

If all phones were generic Android - carriers can and will require their own apps to run. A mfg. could do the same.
TMO has its app, but only for billing. I use Linux on the desktop for that.

If all is homogenized it will be harder to separate the chaff from the wheat. Saw this on Daily Rotation:
http://www.androidcentral.com/google-brings-spam-call-protection-some-nexus-and-android-one-phones?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+androidcentral+(Android+Central)

No thanks, Google, I'll decide who is a pest and who isn't. Let me install my own blocking software, or use my carrier's if they have any.

I guess I'm out of the loop, but I've never heard of an Android One phone. (from the linked article)
I'm guessing that's similar to the Google Play Edition phones they were doing awhile back?

El Presidente · Jul 28, 2016

Gmash said:
I guess I'm out of the loop, but I've never heard of an Android One phone. (from the linked article)
I'm guessing that's similar to the Google Play Edition phones they were doing awhile back?

They're low - mid range phones designed for "emerging markets".

Basically a way of getting a "decent" Android experience to users in places like India and other similar countries. I'm not sure if they were ever that successful though.

Revenant Ghost · Aug 29, 2016

Sometimes, it doesn't pay to be an early adopter. Here's why:

http://www.xda-developers.com/android-n-testers-heres-why-your-root-apps-keep-failing/

scary alien · Aug 29, 2016

Yeah, Chainfire railed about that back earlier this year (March?) along with how a lot of root apps explicitly look for "su" in /system/bin or /system/xbin instead of doing it dynamically since systemless root houses the su binary in the /su partition.

He's (Chainfire) also not a big fan of busybox in general since he thinks that way too many folks install that for no good reason other than it was the thing to do in rooting methods early-on.

The beta SuperSU thread on XDA has made for some "interesting" reading but got waaaay too long/big for me to keep up with (especially with all of the posters that didn't bother to read much of it at all

).

The_Chief · Aug 31, 2016

Speaking of Chainfire, he's done it again with a new app that hides root on a PER-APP basis! Imagine Android Pay running on a rooted phone!

http://thehackernews.com/2016/08/chainfire-suhide-root.html?m=1

scary alien · Aug 31, 2016

+1, Chief

.

Chainfire's a bit pessimistic though as to the long-term viability of suhide (due to the back and forth with the protection and detection efforts of the vendors/Google), but wanted to strike while the iron was hot and make his solution available to folks.

Bg260 · Aug 31, 2016

9 out of 10 would not want root if they implemented some changes.

1. No ads.

That's about it actually.

krokus · Aug 31, 2016

Bg260 said:
9 out of 10 would not want root if they implemented some changes.

1. No ads.

That's about it actually.

I want to root, to have granular control of permissions.

Hadron · Aug 31, 2016

I thought you didn't need root for that with the latest versions (relevant since this thread started about Android 7).

AZgl1500 · Aug 31, 2016

Hmmmm,

I have a Note 4 with Definitive 1.9 ROM
and I just checked my Walmart Pay app, and it is running just fine...

Android Pay didn't like it....
as I just got this Rooted Note 4 from @The_Chief and I am totally ignorant of Root stuff,
I am going to forgo this trial test.

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