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Leaving rooted Android [OC] (stepanzak.cc)

submitted 11 months ago by stepan@lemmy.cafe to c/android@lemmy.world

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I've written this blog post about moving from rooted Samsung to a Pixel running GrapheneOS. It's a list of every root tool that I used, with a note on whether I'll miss it. I wrote it as a checklist for myself initially, and decided to add links and more comments and publish it. Turns out I don't really need root, which truly surprised me.

Do you have any apps or tools that hold you back from leaving root?

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[–] unknownuserunknownlocation@kbin.earth 1 point 11 months ago

Does GrapheneOS actually backup all app data? My understanding was that Graphene uses seedvault, which is subject to the same limitations (i.e. a developer can prevent backups of app data).

I personally use adaway. I used to have a VPN slot ad blocker before, but it kept getting killed, and I just generally notice it much more. With Adaway, no VPN slot is used, and I don't even notice it's there. I could deal with the VPN slot ad blocker in the worst case scenario, but it just makes things easier for me.

For blocking internet access, I'm pretty sure there's a an xposed module for that.

Mind you, there's one glaring problem for me with graphene: it isn't available for my phone, and apart from the usual android nonsense, I quite like it and don't want to give it up.

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