Explain what rooting the Nexus7 does

[Hondo_Lane]

Can someone just explain to me what rooting the nexus7 will actually do? What will I achieve from it? Will I be able to download apps and games for free? Is it hard to do

Thanks

It's like taking the red pill... it frees the mind...

 

[dmmarck]

It's like taking the red pill... it frees the mind...

Love this lol

 

[Ty Buchanan]

If you had paid the little bit extra you could have got 32GB of memory that is more than you will ever need. Do you leave videos on a Nexus 7 after viewing them - obviously not! Do you?

 

[Ty Buchanan]

You won't lose apps or data.

 

[Ty Buchanan]

Yes, I have checked it and it is rooted. The apps are still there.
Just click the little circle with the six dots at the botom of the screen. You will see them all.
Drag the icon of an app you installed before rooting onto a window. When It asks
if you are a returning users click "Yes". You will have your old app with the old data.

 

[mxb54587]

Just got a nexus 7, cant wait to start playing with it! If I root it, will I be able to connect it to my tv via an hdmi cable?

 

[TheStanger]

No you will not be able to do that with or without rooting.

 

[mxb54587]

oh well, thats what my note 2 is for

 

[BapuBoy]

Will rooting allow me to plug a USB drive via an otg into my Nexus 7 and then watch movies etc?

 

[Javier Dissimoz]

I totally agree with you, Tyndall, and want to add my experience: I own the Nexus 7 2012 since 2013 and the experience out of the box was great. Never had the actual need to root that great piece of technology. Recently, like 1 week ago, I received the worst Android update, called Lollipop, which basically turned my device into a paperweight, unusable, stuck on most screens, apps crashed and the tablet itself randomly rebooted. I decided to downgrade to KitKat 4.4.4, and no root is needed for that. So, the only actual reason why I finally rooted my device, was in a desperate attempt to stop OTA (Over The Air) updates, because I want to stick with the current Android version. And I still can't do that without impacting on Google's great apps, like GooglePlay, even though I'm a root user. So, my advice, even though I'm arriving late to this party, is no, you don't need to root your Nexus 7 at all. Only if you want to tweak some details to improve some details, but I would say that's almost being picky. You can even manually change your Android version without needing to root your device. You risk to change thinks in it that could turn it into a useless device, so be careful.

 

[danielneivaamorim]

I'm in the same situation as you Javier!
I love my Nexus 7 but with this update using it became awful!!!

What do you advise me to do? Rooting? How do I do that? Could you help me please?

Daniel