Why root 2013 nexus 7?

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brenty108

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Thanks for all the support but I suppose what would make me root before I even finish this post is if I could flash window 8 on it or even RT. Maybe not RT but you get the point; it must be something really appealing more than just flashing ROMs for fun, some nice big tweaks here and there, trying different OEM skins and squeezing some battery life out of it.

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brenty108 said:
Thanks for all the support but I suppose what would make me root before I even finish this post is if I could flash window 8 on it or even RT. Maybe not RT but you get the point; it must be something really appealing more than just flashing ROMs for fun, some nice big tweaks here and there, trying different OEM skins and squeezing some battery life out of it.

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Having just returned a Dell Venue 8 Pro in favor of the Nexus 7.....trust me when I say Android is the better interface...especially in this size and form factor.

Go ahead and root, you'll eventually discover the many things it opens up for you.

For instance, I have several AirPlay speakers throughout my house, rooting the Nexus 7 allowed me to run apps that could communicate and stream to the AirPlay devices easily.
 
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Rooted it today and so far happy with it. I did not install and custom recovery or kernel. I like things as close to stock as possible. Main reasons for rooting involved otg and screen recording without the PC. Thanks for the notch.

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brenty108 said:
Rooted it today and so far happy with it. I did not install and custom recovery or kernel. I like things as close to stock as possible. Main reasons for rooting involved otg and screen recording without the PC. Thanks for the notch.

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Have you rooted with KitKat 4.4.2 installed?

Which type of tool have you used?
 
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You don't need any tools. Just unlock the bootloader and install supersu. Nexus devices are made to be developer friendly.


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rooted for speed boost and custom recovery with stock ROM and you get this results..
 

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brenty108 said:
Yeah I did. It was very easy.

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Wugfresh Nexus Root Toolkit is one of the easiest tool to root Nexus devices. It covers all functionality you needed in handling your Nexus devices. If you are a newbie, just follow qbking77 tutorial for using NRT.
Rooting helps so much than screen recording.

1.Installing a Custom recovery is so much useful in making nandroid backups (like system image in windows backups), so that if you ever need to factory reset, just restore from a nandroid backup. You don't have to sign in, reinstall any apps.

2. Titanium backup is one of the best backup app of Android & help to backup individual apps.

3.Greenify which help to save the battery.

4.Custom Roms like cyanogenmod & custom kernels like franco, faux kernels etc.

5. Xposed Framework & modules

Rooting opens the true power of Android & much more..

Thank me if you find it useful.

Nexus 7 (2013) with stock AOSP ROM(4.4.2), FRANCO Kernel (r12)
 
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    Mainly to satisfy the tweaking itch. For me, it's compulsive on Android devices nowadays. Some of the big reasons include:

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    I built on @locusto03's list:


    • AFWall+ (privacy, security)
    • AdAway (ad IP list blocker)
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    • Nandroid backups
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    brenty108 said:
    Look I've been around xda for a long time and am not stranger to root, hacking modding whatever. But this is the first nexus device I've own so the newest android OS is not a problem at least for now. And to boot this little guy is a beast with wings! So even performance is no problem. And also I made sure to buy one long after the reports of touch screen problems so I don't have no issues. So without any insults and cyber bullying kindly give your take on the matter. What the benefits at this point?

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    AdAway is worth it alone
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    brenty108 said:
    Look I've been around xda for a long time and am not stranger to root, hacking modding whatever. But this is the first nexus device I've own so the newest android OS is not a problem at least for now. And to boot this little guy is a beast with wings! So even performance is no problem. And also I made sure to buy one long after the reports of touch screen problems so I don't have no issues. So without any insults and cyber bullying kindly give your take on the matter. What the benefits at this point?

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    Faster ROMS, custom kernels for speed and battery save. As mentioned Ada way is great. Kicking system apps I don't need or use.

    That said, even if for some reason some device came perfect I would still root because I can.

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    fluidj said:
    What's the most up to date rooting method that is compatible with KitKat? The anchored post for rooting seems to be outdated now.
    I need root for Airplay compatibility.
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    Zedomax. It's an older hack, but if you go through the steps very carefully, one at a time, and be sure to follow the instructions on the video to a T then it's good. I just used it yesterday on a 2013 Nexus 7.
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