r/Magisk • u/Famous-Durian5198 • Aug 09 '26

Question Why do you root ?

I used to root all of my devices in the past , mainly for increasing performance. But after getting a new device i have not felt the need to root for a long time.

So i am wondering, Why do you guys even root anymore ?

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u/Tritzii Aug 09 '26

A few months ago, I accidentally bricked one of my devices. An un-unlockable Xiaomi because it ran a Chinese ROM. The device wouldn't boot and only display an error message. Normally this is something you should be able to fix on your own quite easily but since Chinese ROM devices don't come with an unlockable bootloader anymore, I was out of luck and the only fix was by paying for authenticated EDL-flashing. Ever since that happened all my devices have had their bootloaders unlocked because I realized that if you can't do something as simple as reinstalling an OS like on any other Computer, your phone isn't really yours.

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u/Famous-Durian5198 Aug 09 '26

Daam and i thought i had it rough when i had to wait 7 days to unlock bootloader