Give 10 really really good reasons to root.

[AstroTurf]

So far only found two.
Will in the future but only if the list gets long enough


1. Avast phone tracking even if phone is wiped.

2. Full Ubuntu install

 

[AstroTurf]

Will have to add this:

3. DroidWall - Android Firewall (simply because of SA's restrictive 3g pricing).

This looks fun but only if I find 7 other reasons.
Live dmesg boot ani and live logcat boot ani

 

[Pooky]

TitaniumBackup

 

[Elimentals]

As I pointed out in this post

Here is a couple:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/07/13/8-great-apps-every-rooted-android-user-should-know-about/
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...oted-user-should-know-about-part-2-apps-9-16/
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...ted-user-should-know-about-part-3-apps-17-25/
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...ted-user-should-know-about-part-4-apps-26-33/
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...ted-user-should-know-about-part-5-apps-34-41/

 

[Elimentals]

For me the biggest reason, well the only one that I needed, was the ability to remove bloat.

Applications that is not needed that runs in the background consuming battery life and CPU cycles, anything after that is just a bonus.

 

[AstroTurf]

As I pointed out in this post

Here is a couple:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/07/13/8-great-apps-every-rooted-android-user-should-know-about/
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...oted-user-should-know-about-part-2-apps-9-16/
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...ted-user-should-know-about-part-3-apps-17-25/
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...ted-user-should-know-about-part-4-apps-26-33/
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...ted-user-should-know-about-part-5-apps-34-41/

lol, yea, went through those, found 1 I was really interested in.

Removing unneeded background services is not something I really need to do as yet, the phone is plenty fast for me.

 

[OGroteKoning]

For me the biggest reason, well the only one that I needed, was the ability to remove bloat.

Applications that is not needed that runs in the background consuming battery life and CPU cycles, anything after that is just a bonus.

Do you have a list of items you froze/removed?

 

[droplet]

remove camera sounds.
replace default camera.
root explorer (explore complete file structure).
custom roms.
proper image backups.

just off the top of my head.

 

[Elimentals]

Do you have a list of items you froze/removed?

Depends on the Phone/ROM.

In Xperia its the Music, Whatapp and Facebook integration. Also the EA and PS store links. Come to think of it, anything that is not in Stock goes bye bye.

What I normally do after that is install Watchdog Task manager on whatever device I have and see what kicks off automatically and then decide if I need it or not.

 

[CranialBlaze]

Most NB reason of all, more shizzle works.
I have a number of essentials, Titanium backup, SD Main, Rom TOolbox, CWM, all which need root.

 

[AstroTurf]

remove camera sounds.
replace default camera.
root explorer (explore complete file structure).
custom roms.
proper image backups.

just off the top of my head.

If you can show me an awesome default camera I will make that my #4

 

[Elimentals]

If you can show me an awesome default camera I will make that my #4

Pity you sitting with the same phone as me, so I know recommending MIUI will be a waste as its not out yet for us

Oh well, we just have to wait for someone to do it, if the push comes I'll build one but don't have the time or the energy to do it now.

 

[BigAl-sa]

1. You are giving root access to anything that can access your phone?
2-10. See 1 above

 

[BigAl-sa]

1. You are giving root access to anything that can access your phone?
2-10. See 1 above

Sori forgot that most folks here don't know what root access is

 

[Elimentals]

1. You are giving root access to anything that can access your phone?
2-10. See 1 above

Erm no.

With https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.noshufou.android.su installed you still get to decide what apps can and can not have this access

For example the one built into MIUI on my HTC looks like:

Only those 2 have root access and that is because I gave them access.

 

[Vulk]

Depends on the Phone/ROM.

In Xperia its the Music, Whatapp and Facebook integration. Also the EA and PS store links. Come to think of it, anything that is not in Stock goes bye bye.

What I normally do after that is install Watchdog Task manager on whatever device I have and see what kicks off automatically and then decide if I need it or not.

The nice thing about ICS is that it's effectively solved this problem without requiring root.

 

[BigAl-sa]

Sort of OT based on your pic: Do you find that you really need Samba? I've found ES file explorer to be more than adequate for accessing files over my network, and it doesn't need root.

 

[Elimentals]

Sort of OT based on your pic: Do you find that you really need Samba? I've found ES file explorer to be more than adequate for accessing files over my network, and it doesn't need root.

Es File Explorer is when I use my phone to copy files from my windows PC.

Samba is to share my Phone as a Windows PC, and I use that a lot. For example just last night I asked a friend of mines son to copy something for me but left my phone in my pocket. He just went to his Windows pc looked for it on the network and pasted the files I needed.

 

[BigAl-sa]

Es File Explorer is when I use my phone to copy files from my windows PC.

Samba is to share my Phone as a Windows PC, and I use that a lot. For example just last night I asked a friend of mines son to copy something for me but left my phone in my pocket. He just went to his Windows pc looked for it on the network and pasted the files I needed.

Ah, ok I understand your reasoning. I don't need it that way around. I have one of my PCs setup as a samba server to handle the sharing side - don't particularly want my phone or tablet to act as a server.

 

[Syphonx]

Es File Explorer is when I use my phone to copy files from my windows PC.

Samba is to share my Phone as a Windows PC, and I use that a lot. For example just last night I asked a friend of mines son to copy something for me but left my phone in my pocket. He just went to his Windows pc looked for it on the network and pasted the files I needed.

You can also use ES file explorer to copy files from your phone to your PC, which mostly negates the need for Samba