Root To root or not to root... with towelroot

dwang040 · Dec 15, 2015

Hello, i just got the htc m9, and i was thinking about rooting it. So, one question is should i even root it? I mean, besides forcing certain apps to an sd card, why would i need to root it? I'm 100% overclocking it is a terrible idea, i've uninstalled the bloatware updates and disabled them so removing them completely isn't that big of a deal, and finally, is there an xposed module that will work for this phone? I'm pretty sure HTC has some special sort of protection for their software that makes them harder to root, so i'm not even sure if i'd be able to root it (i can't root with pc since my computers aren't that capable to root phones). So will towelroot work?
anyways, here are my question.
1. Why did you root your phone?
2. Can i install root with towelroot (according to http://www.usmanalitoo.com/how-to-root-htc-one-m9-without-pc/) What about kingroot
3. does my bootloader have to be unlocked for this?
4. Can i install xposed or some other form of rom without a good chance of it bricking or being screwed up.
Thanks

RomFlasher · Mar 8, 2016

What version system do you have? Carrier? I also think that at least one of your computers should be capable of rooting your phone. I think you should root it. The system takes up about 10 GB on mines, so rooting is a good idea. Permanently getting rid of bloatware, having more RAM, etc. I'll help you after you give me details about your phone. Different models and systems require different techniques to root.

psionandy · Mar 8, 2016

If you don't know why you wanna to root it... Then don't.

There are some things that you can only do if you've rooted your device, but there are also some things you lose.

With a rooted device it's easy to screw things up, and break your device if you don't know what you're doing.. Also some apps (particularly banking or media) don't play nicely on rooted devices. There are ways around some of these but it doesn't seem a good idea to fight these battles if you don't need to.

At the moment I'd simply enjoy the new device.. Have fun with it. Learn what it can do.. And later on (if you feel the need) root it later.

RomFlasher · Mar 8, 2016

psionandy said:
If you don't know why you wanna to root it... Then don't.

There are some things that you can only do if you've rooted your device, but there are also some things you lose.

With a rooted device it's easy to screw things up, and break your device if you don't know what you're doing.. Also some apps (particularly banking or media) don't play nicely on rooted devices. There are ways around some of these but it doesn't seem a good idea to fight these battles if you don't need to.

At the moment I'd simply enjoy the new device.. Have fun with it. Learn what it can do.. And later on (if you feel the need) root it later.

True... If you have never rooted a phone or have never needed it, then don't. I am very experienced with root, ROMs, etc., but if you are not, don't risk bricking your phone. Like psionandy said, root does break some functions like Android Pay, other paying apps, OTA, and several others. Again, don't risk it...

psionandy · Mar 8, 2016

And when you get to the point that you do need to... (and ROMs are a very good example) make sure you do some reading first... And follow some good guides.

With great power comes great responsibility

dwang040 · Mar 8, 2016

Thanks guy. I have the htc m9 for tmobile running Android 6.0. I rooted my last phone since it was pretty bad... No storage space when I got it and it was very laggy. I want to root the phone so I can remove bloatware, move apps with gl2sd to make more space, see if I can allow 3rd party apps to clear cache and download to sd card, greenify and amplify to extend battery, xposed module for youtube adaway, and what else can be useful for htc. Last time I used xposed module, there wasn't anything cool for lg... But I do remeber seeing some things for Android. I am aware of the issues with rooting. That's how I lost my last phone, this battery saving app killed my android os, putting it to sleep, and the tool I used to flash the stock rom didn't work, so after a month, the phone would break again, reflash, a monthater, it would break. Oh, I'd also like to root to see if I can set the clock speed (remove the 1.5 speed cap if it's there)

Anyways, I'm interested in rooting this phone since my last rooted phone became a lot better. However, the issues I'm having is 1 I rooted the last phone with a one click app, no pc used. 2 I did not make a nandroid backup or any custom rom backup. I did install a custom kernal through an app (freedom kernal on Google play). So, just wondering, can one of you guys clear up the point of a nandroid backup and a custom rom backup? Thank you.

dwang040 · May 15, 2016

Hey guys, i'm stuck in a bit of a jam and was wondering if you could help.
So, today, i decided to unlock, root, and install a custom rom. Well, the rooting part got to me.
I was able to sucessfully unlock my phone (going into the bootloader mode, it said unlocked)
I was able to install twrp (since i was able to go into bootloader, recovery, and into twrp)
BUT something went wrong when i tried to install the supersu zip file through twrp.
The instructions that i followed gave me a download link, i downloaded the super su zip, placed it into my internal storage card, went to twrp, install, selected the zip file, swiped to install the zip file, rebooted my phone, and bam, i got stuck on the loading logo. SO now, the only thing that happen when i restart my phone is it gets stuck on the htc one screen. However, if i hold down power button and volume up, i can turn off the phone (strangely, holding the powerbutton for 10 seconds does nothing) and by holding powerbutton and volume down, i can access download mode. Now, in my moment of, "oh crap" i relocked my bootloader, so my current status is modified relocked. What can i do? Will installing the stock rom from the htc website work? I really f'd this one up... Thanks

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