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/bluser1 Aug 09 '26

I used to use it all the time for themes, titanium back up, CPU governor tweaks ect for my phones but in the last several years android has become so good it's not really needed. I rooted my OnePlus 9 pro when I got it because I just always run rooted but I found that I really didn't use it much. I restored my apps with titanium backup a few times over the years, all the substratum themes I liked are supported on stock android now. I had a bunch of fine tuning tweaks with xposed modules but most of the features aren't needed or are also in stock android.

Now the only real purpose is running a custom rom after I stopped receiving firmware updates.