AdAway, AFWall+, A-GPS SUPL Replacer, Pixel Tensor Audio Decompressor, Wireguard Command line tools, Termux and chroot capabikities, App Manager, Pixel IMS, SDMaid automation, and a number of other controls on how my phone works.
I stopped some years ago but I think I’ll have to start again because ROMs are becoming so sh***y and won’t let me use my phone and my app the way I want
Play Integrity Fix solves that for most apps. It even worked for Google Pay last time I used it last year (but I usually don’t want Google to know my shopping habits).
I used to, but ever since I started using a Sony Xperia Z3 Compact followed by the XZ1 Compact and now the Zenfone 8, ive never rooted it since it’s not as easy to do so compared to my old Nexus 4.
No root, no fun, I always go with custom ROMs and a bunch of modules, LSposed services and apps with root services.
Currently in Magisk I have the following modules:
Play Integrity Fix and Playcurl both to pass Safety Net and device integrity.
REX YT and REX YT music I found it faster and easier to handle with said modules than using a revanced app manager (especially because I change custom ROMs often and I hate ticking stuff often LMAO).
Systemless Hosts for AdAway.
Zygisk LSposed for a bunch of other services.
Zygisk Detach to have a sane way to avoid auto update per app in the Google Play Store.
In LSposed I have currently on the following apps:
Classic Power Menu which gives me quick access to my Google Home gadgets, even from the LS.
Discovery Killer to get rid of Google Discovery, or better yet, take advantage of it and replace it with a better app, like Feeder.
Lucky Patcher to get coins and stuff for the old game “Nimble Quest” which I had to side load because it is no longer possible to download it from the Playstore, nor buy stuff “legally” (yey freedom!).
Twifucker for getting rid of Twitter ads and some other perks which I don’t think I use (I also use Instander for the same subject).
Regarding the apps I granted root permissions to work nice:
AdAway to block ads systemwide with the host file without wasting the DNS/VPN spots nor draining Battery.
App Manager to manage apps (duh).
Battery Guru to manage the battery (I’m still amazed iOS has more transparency than android in this regard, at least in A14 with my phone I’m not able to see the battery health of my hardware).
BBS, I used to use it to check wakelocks, but Guru does it too, I have it on, but the app is frozen.
Classic Power Menu
Discovery Killer
Droidify (the only sane way to auto update apps without manual interaction, I think).
Force Doze, to save battery, allegedly.
Fp Downloader to spoof my fingerprint when Google bans it, just open the app and that’s it.
FKM to manage my kernel, install other kernels, backup boot and dtbo images etc.
Hail to froze apps as I like.
Horizon Kernel Flasher to flash other kernels (I found it faster than FKM).
IceBox, similar to Hail, I found it first but I could just use Hail alone.
Swift Backup to have a sane system backup, again, iOS does this way better than Google, with Swift Backup at least you get a way to backup all the relevant stuff of your info and it also support plenty of cloud services.
Termux to manage detach and some other stuff.
I wouldn’t say I’m a power user, but I like complete freedom of using my phone as I please, and as a former jailbreak user I won’t let Google get rid of that fun for me.
I always rooted but I stopped cuz it’s such a hassle these days. All my apps stop working and magisk is not as good as it used to be since the guy went to work for Google.
Since I like my phone with a bunch of 2FA codes and banking apps working, I don’t flash my phone anymore. But I did it in my teens with my Galaxy Y and some rom (I only remember the boot up sound to be a section of a song, being extremely loud and it got me in trouble resulting in a phone confiscation) I found online to get root permissions and later on my S4 with CyanogenMod and later with LineageOS. Still have both :)
The only thing I want to root for anymore is adblocking. All the other shit that I used to add, they’re part of default android now. I’m just lazy and haven’t gotten around to rooting my current phone.
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