Not rooted; what am I missing?

[not V]

From veteran to n00b lol, feels like annoying fresh start with not being able to post in all forums after that many years @ XDA, but clean starts are good for you (really).

With some black magic and a lot of cash I decided to get PXL and thinking of staying clean (not rooted) this time.

I unlocked bootloader and flashed @franciscofranco kernel and that's all. As I can not post in dev thread, can a good soul explain if and what am I missing without root? I almost never change anything in FKU so anything else that is not there or there's no francos magic because of no root?

And yeah, I do miss Naptime. I know..

Thanks a bunch,
V

 

[TonikJDK]

I am stock Franco rooted. If I unroofed there are four things I would miss a great deal. High brightness mode in FKU. It is key for using my phone for navigation on my motorcycle. Later on as he finishes development for our kernel I would also miss performance profiles. I like his power saving profile.

Ad blocking and themes are the other two not related to Franco.

 

[not V]

I am stock Franco rooted. If I unroofed there are four things I would miss a great deal. High brightness mode in FKU. It is key for using my phone for navigation on my motorcycle. Later on as he finishes development for our kernel I would also miss performance profiles. I like his power saving profile.

Ad blocking and themes are the other two not related to Franco.

Thanks for the answer..

Yeah, ad blocking.. forgot about that one well I'll try without it.

Other three things I won't miss, but at least now I know what HBM means, thanks again!

V

 

[dpalmer76]

Thanks for the answer..

Yeah, ad blocking.. forgot about that one well I'll try without it.

Other three things I won't miss, but at least now I know what HBM means, thanks again!

V

Adguard with macrodroid app is what I use with a custom profile to turn it on and off. Unrooted!

 

[not V]

Adguard with macrodroid app is what I use with a custom profile to turn it on and off. Unrooted!

Thanks for the tip. Will try!

V

 

[dpalmer76]

Thanks for the tip. Will try!

V

Welcome

 

[Juzman]

High Brightness Mode, YouTube without ads, Adaway, ability to delete stock apps from /system. I've probably missed a few things.

 

[not V]

High Brightness Mode, YouTube without ads, Adaway, ability to delete stock apps from /system. I've probably missed a few things.

As suggested above I am testing Adguard now.

But some good points here (YTw/oA & apps /system), thank you!

V

 

[flex360]

the only thing i root for
AdBlocking

 

[Nitemare3219]

I REALLY appreciate the high brightness mode and Viper4Android.

 

[not V]

Thanks to all. So far so good. Maybe if we have @franciscofranco AK2 kernel I'll root.

[edit: it doesn't.] Anyone knows if Magisk works with Pixel? Oh, well I may just go to Magisk forums and find out myself, but XDA app is acting up

 

[alobear]

just me or does it seem like Adguard drains a lot of battery tho?

 

[buzzboy]

just me or does it seem like Adguard drains a lot of battery tho?

I used Blokada before I rooted. Great results with minimal battery drain. It's still In its infancy, but worth a try.

https://forum.xda-developers.com/an...da-fire-forget-root-ad-blocker-t3503374/page8

Dns66 is another alternative:

https://forum.xda-developers.com/an...6-source-host-ad-blocker-root-t3487497/page27

 

[Kollachi]

I'm rooting just for titanium backup.

 

[alobear]

I used Blokada before I rooted. Great results with minimal battery drain. It's still In its infancy, but worth a try.

https://forum.xda-developers.com/an...da-fire-forget-root-ad-blocker-t3503374/page8

Dns66 is another alternative:

https://forum.xda-developers.com/an...6-source-host-ad-blocker-root-t3487497/page27

man wish someone would have told me about this before I forked over 7 dollars haha. will try it and see how it goes!

 

[muzzy996]

Primarily I root for GMD Gesture Controls so that I can set up custom edge gestures for easy one handed operation using a bunch of thumb swipe gestures from either edge of the screen (and many more multi-finger gestures on screen). By setting up edge gestures I no longer have to reach for the back, home or recents buttons for example but beyond that I can pull up any other app or shortcut I wish to program to whichever gesture I choose to record.

Second to that would be a tie between Tasker and Titanium Backup. With Tasker I've got profiles ranging from audible notification when a bluetooth connectivity change occurs, automatic volume adjustment to a particular setting upon plugging in headphones (or another when in my car on BT) to setting up quiet times of the day or going to speakerphone when on a call and being set on the table face up. I've even got a profile to turn wifi on/off automatically based on my activity (off when i leave home and start my car, on after getting out of my car but only long enough to connect to work/home wifi otherwise back off). Titanium I use to freeze apps that I don't need and to back up all apps just in case an update on Play Store brings unwanted changes to an application (bugs or unwanted features).

Then there's other minor tweaks like Adaway, Greenify and QuickTile. Quicktile I am using to cycle through different display timeout settings when I want to hand the phone over to someone else to look at something, it makes quick work of switching display settings.

Lastly I currently am using Fingerprint Quick Action app to program powering off the phone with a double tap of the fingerprint sensor and to launch an app of my choice (LastPass in my case) on fingerprint scan once the phone is unlocked by fingerprint.

Also add a +1 for me for audio mods Viper4Android and Dolby Atmos.

I'm currently patiently waiting for Xposed to add further mods but for now I'm fine without it.

 

[not V]

Primarily I root for GMD Gesture Controls so that I can set up custom edge gestures for easy one handed operation using a bunch of thumb swipe gestures from either edge of the screen (and many more multi-finger gestures on screen). By setting up edge gestures I no longer have to reach for the back, home or recents buttons for example but beyond that I can pull up any other app or shortcut I wish to program to whichever gesture I choose to record.

Second to that would be a tie between Tasker and Titanium Backup. With Tasker I've got profiles ranging from audible notification when a bluetooth connectivity change occurs, automatic volume adjustment to a particular setting upon plugging in headphones (or another when in my car on BT) to setting up quiet times of the day or going to speakerphone when on a call and being set on the table face up. I've even got a profile to turn wifi on/off automatically based on my activity (off when i leave home and start my car, on after getting out of my car but only long enough to connect to work/home wifi otherwise back off). Titanium I use to freeze apps that I don't need and to back up all apps just in case an update on Play Store brings unwanted changes to an application (bugs or unwanted features).

Then there's other minor tweaks like Adaway, Greenify and QuickTile. Quicktile I am using to cycle through different display timeout settings when I want to hand the phone over to someone else to look at something, it makes quick work of switching display settings.

Lastly I currently am using Fingerprint Quick Action app to program powering off the phone with a double tap of the fingerprint sensor and to launch an app of my choice (LastPass in my case) on fingerprint scan once the phone is unlocked by fingerprint.

Also add a +1 for me for audio mods Viper4Android and Dolby Atmos.

I'm currently patiently waiting for Xposed to add further mods but for now I'm fine without it.

That's the answer that makes me wanna root. Thanks for this (or not lol)

 

[Amritttt]

Not rooted; what am I missing?

BALLS
(hahaha just wanted to write that)

I dont think so you are not missing much i have also rooted pixel but i haven't flashed anything waiting for Xposed or some mods maybe Magisk or something phone is flawless for me working perfectly.

 

[jasonstackhouse]

This is an old one but still relative, enjoy

 

[mlin]

I root for substratum and cf lumen mainly, with titanium as an extra perk since I'm already rooted.