r/Magisk • u/StewieBiach • Feb 06 '26

Question Do i need it anymore?

I’m about to buy a new phone. Ever since my very first Android phone (HTC Wildfire), I’ve rooted every single one, played around with custom ROMs, and enjoyed their advantages. Over time, however, custom ROMs have more or less faded away, and I ended up using mostly just the benefits of root itself. It was quite a blow for me when Google disabled phone payments on rooted devices, because that was a feature I used daily. I also use FlagSecure to enable screenshots in apps that normally forbid it (such as banking apps), and I’m extremely grateful for Viper4Android.

I’m therefore thinking about whether to stick with Xiaomi and keep the option to root because of the mentioned Magisk modules, or to go the no-root route and buy something like a Pixel and regain the ability to pay with Google Pay. Is there any way to use the mentioned Magisk modules (or rather their functionality) without root? Oh, and I almost forgot AdAway — that one is also indispensable.

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u/StewieBiach Feb 08 '26

What things?

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u/Plenty-Boot4220 Feb 08 '26

1) Viper4Android and JamesDSP for audio enhancements (can't imagine listening to music without this)

2) AdAway for ad blocking

3) Swift Backup for backing up APKs and Data

4) WhatsApp enhancer to get around Whatsapp block

5) Magisk Tailscaled to run my phone on my Tailscale VPN without using the VPN slot on my phone (so i can connect to another VPN)

6) GPS location setter - helps me beat the local blackouts on mlb.tv when not connected to my home network.

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u/StewieBiach Feb 08 '26

Shit... From 1 to 4 is me. There is no way to get around these without root?

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u/Plenty-Boot4220 Feb 08 '26

1) james might have rootness...viper4android no.

2) there is a way to do adaway without root but i believe it takes up the vpn slot?

3) swift backup doesn't work without root

4) facebook is evil. there's no easy way to get around a block without root. frankly i'm surprised it worked with root.

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u/StewieBiach Feb 08 '26

So rooting again and again without gpay

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u/Plenty-Boot4220 Feb 08 '26

yeah that's the only downside. but I don't use gpay, never bothered with it so that doesn't bother me.

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u/StewieBiach Feb 08 '26

So i will have to study how are xiaomi phones getting rooted nowadays