Will you root your Note8?

[Carlo Villa]

Leave it as is because I'll return it after a year and get the Note 9.

Exactly

 

[blopez24]

Rooting sucked for me. most of the time there are all sorts of bugs and crap that go un-fixed, newer phones come out and they stop updating the builds ota updates are disabled, etc. In my experience, just to get rid of the bloat wasn't worth all the extra baggage you have to worry about with a hacked image. I trust Samsung engineers over some kid in his bedroom eating nachos. My 2c.

Hey hey it's hot pockets not nachos.

 

[Cary Quinn]

I would root if I have a guarantee that I will not break Knox or the warranty; otherwise I will enjoy at least a month or two of standard use before I try to break it.

 

[bradleyem]

I have a Pioneer AppRadio, and in order to mirror my phone screen, or more accurately, in order for the touch screen to work with the screen mirrored on the stereo, the phone must be rooted. I've been pissed off for a long time because there was no root for my Verizon Note 5, so I couldn't use it with the stereo the way that I could use my Note 3. But now that I use Samsung Pay for almost everything now, it's a moot point...root the phone - break Samsung Pay.

 

[smooth4lyfe]

I would root if I have a guarantee that I will not break Knox or the warranty; otherwise I will enjoy at least a month or two of standard use before I try to break it.

I'm pretty sure rooting breaks the warranty unless you are able to restore back to factory

 

[LegalAmerican]

I'm in the boat with those who don't see a need for root access. I never got into rooting and I always got so frustrated when every single forum thread was about how someone screwed up their root and needed troubleshooting help. I've loved recently when root has become far less common and we can discuss other things about the device.

 

[Nakrohtap]

Never rooted since my Galaxy Nexus. Wanted to probably root the Note 3 and 4, but read too many horror stories about phones either bricking, crashing certain apps or generally just tripping Knox.

 

[toenail_flicker]

never had an issue, and still don't, with any of my rooted devices. I like to block all the ads that may, or may not, be trojan type links, etc. nicer not to have to look at them too. the N7 was so good though that I didn't bother, but after a year I might have. still love my rooted devices because I do love to have things my way. I rooted my N4 immediately rather than waiting for warranty expiration like I normally do.

the good news about sprint is they don't care. I've gone in to have them do something and they saw my root apps on the home screen and just grabbed a blank screen instead. the guy looked up at me and smiled as he was doing it and finished his work on my phone. it was great.

 

[bhatech]

It's been few years since I rooted.. Partially because I'm fine with features shipped with current Android phones and don't need the option to root.

 

[Leykis]

Yep, I'll root when it becomes available and then permanently disable that stupid Bixby button.

 

[toenail_flicker]

Yep, I'll root when it becomes available and then permanently disable that stupid Bixby button.

yeah! forgot about that. dang.

 

[L0n3N1nja]

I wouldn't root it, due to DRM changes some apps block content to rooted devices now.

My old Note 10.1 was rooted to get a ROM with a newer version of Android, was great until Google made some updates available for app makers to implement for DRM protection.

Now my tablet can't access Netflix or Hulu. It was primarily used as a video streamer and my 2 main platforms became unavailable earlier this year.

 

[toenail_flicker]

I wouldn't root it, due to DRM changes some apps block content to rooted devices now.

My old Note 10.1 was rooted to get a ROM with a newer version of Android, was great until Google made some updates available for app makers to implement for DRM protection.

Now my tablet can't access Netflix or Hulu. It was primarily used as a video streamer and my 2 main platforms became unavailable earlier this year.

that's interesting. I haven't checked it this year but mine was fine all along. I don't update it regularly so who know. not going to worry about it.

and I haven't had any app issue with my N4 root.

 

[Almeuit]

never had an issue, and still don't, with any of my rooted devices. I like to block all the ads that may, or may not, be trojan type links, etc. nicer not to have to look at them too. the N7 was so good though that I didn't bother, but after a year I might have. still love my rooted devices because I do love to have things my way. I rooted my N4 immediately rather than waiting for warranty expiration like I normally do.

the good news about sprint is they don't care. I've gone in to have them do something and they saw my root apps on the home screen and just grabbed a blank screen instead. the guy looked up at me and smiled as he was doing it and finished his work on my phone. it was great.

I just use a VPN for ad blocking. Works well

 

[toenail_flicker]

I just use a VPN for ad blocking. Works well

thanks. and that's an area where some of my skills are weak. no idea how to set that up. my focus has been so far in another direction that it took over and I didn't develop my networking skills. and it sucks.

I did find something today on another forum but I have a feeling the support won't be robust since someone took over another's tool when it was abandoned. I really think I might like to stay unrooted this time. need the phone in hand to be sure.

 

[Aquila]

No. Can't think of a reason to do so. Lots of reasons not to.

 

[Liskrig]

Coming from someone who unlocked and rooted every phone I had since the HTC Incredible (including one of the first people to successfully achieve S-off on the One m8) I have not rooted a phone since the One Plus One.

I find that a lot of what I rooted for was increased performance, efficient battery life, and Viper4Android (nothing holds a candle to what that was capable of). Since Android at its core has stepped up so much in the past 2 years, I haven't found a need to root my s7, or V20 yet. Unless another Nexus gets released, I can't see myself rooting anytime soon. Core Android features fit my needs as they are.

 

[dpham00]

Lol I don't even remember what phone I had in the 90s, probably an iPhone 3 or something

Apple never released a phone called the "iPhone 3". However the first iPhone came out in 2007

 

[smooth4lyfe]

Apple never released a phone called the "iPhone 3". However the first iPhone came out in 2007

Actually I might have has the Moto Razr or Silvr...see how bad my memory is?? lol

 

[LeoRex]

Well... and this is coming from somone who is way in the Root camp... the need to root has dropped dramatically. A lot of the features and functions that used to require root have rolled into Android. I used to use root to get enhanced battery statistics, which are now available with some special ADB-granted permissions. I also required root for more complete backups... Titanium Backup requires it still. But even then, with improvements in Google's backup and restore... just about the only thing I am not able to reliably save is my WiFi endpoints (getting all of those back can be hit or miss on non-Google phones).

I'm running on a G6 at the moment and I'm not running into anything where I wish I had root to work around.

But there are edge cases of course. There are still a few use cases that require root, but that list is dwindling quickly.