GusterAug 3, 2023

Is Rooting still as essential as it used to be?

https://lemmy.world/post/2589174

Is Rooting still as essential as it used to be? - Lemmy.world

Back in the day - rooting Android phones and installing custom ROMs were such a big part of Android. I remember so well using titanium backup and take and Greenify and cyanogenmod and the list goes on. Is it still necessary to root in 2023 though? I have been vanilla Android without root access and at this point most root features have made it into the vanilla Android OS. What are your thoughts?

Show threadHidingCatAug 4, 2023
Can't root, breaking Safetynet destroys about 30% of what I use my phone for.
Show threadpacjoAug 4, 2023
Have you tried KernelSU? Also if you’re careful with magisk you can get SafetyNet to work, even Play Integrity API (but only Basic and Device integrity as Strong requires locked bootloader (or a really bad implementation of security mechanisms as seen here))
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A kernel-based root solution for Android GKI devices.

Show threadmatt4542

KernelSU? Hadn’t heard of that one before.

Do you get proper compliancy with the Integrity API?

Aug 4, 2023 at 11:04amWeb
Show threadpacjoAug 4, 2023

KernelSU? Hadn’t heard of that one before.

It’s relatively new, few months old at most and started as a joke.

Do you get proper compliancy with the Integrity API? Screenshot_20230804-134241_Play Integrity API Checker

Show threadMigratingtoLemmyNov 18, 2023
I’m very interested! Which device is this and how did you get to this stage? I believe GKI only really exists for devices running kernel version 5.10 and over. My device is running 5.4 so I can’t use this. I hope that in a couple of years KernelSU will become mainstream and I can reap the benefits of SafetyNet without having to deal with Magisk + Zygisk + LSPosed and a bunch of other stuff.
Show threadpacjoNov 18, 2023

That was 3 months ago.

  • My phone is Redmi Note 10 Pro (global version) running a custom ROM (AOSP based).

  • You can install KSU on non-GKI devices: kernelsu.org/…/unofficially-support-devices.html. I was probably using this one, but there are multiple KSU kernels available for my device and you can probably find some for yours in the telegram groups.

Unofficially Supported Devices | KernelSU

A kernel-based root solution for Android GKI devices.