I’ve written this blog post about moving from rooted Samsung to a Pixel running GrapheneOS. It’s a list of every root tool that I used, with a note on whether I’ll miss it. I wrote it as a checklist for myself initially, and decided to add links and more comments and publish it. Turns out I don’t really need root, which truly surprised me.
Do you have any apps or tools that hold you back from leaving root?
Not against the idea of someone doing what they want with their hardware. That’s what got me into custom ROMs, and Linux, and Open Source projects to begin with.
I personally will not be rooting my GrapheneOS, even though once upon a time I would have jumped at the idea because of wanting a few things.
I feel it does compromise some of the security mechanisms and philosphies of GrapheneOS.
Like I said though, it’s our device, use it how we want.