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Android rooting tools? (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 hours ago by Tattorack@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I've rooted my android phone many years ago. Back then that was a different phone than I have now, and I was still using Windows.

I'm now trying to find a way to root my current phone (Motorola g62 5G), and have no idea how to do it through Linux. However, I seem to only be able to find instructions that are specific to windows.

How would I go about doing this on Linux (specifically Ubuntu)?

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[–] silverhand@reddthat.com -5 points 8 hours ago (4 children)

What exactly are you hoping to achieve by rooting your phone btw?

From what I know rooting used to make sense back in the 2015's when the Android market used to be littered with shitty OEM OS's filled to the brim with bloatware, ads and restricted functionality. Rooting or installing custom ROMs used to give a very tangible boost to performance in those times. But nowadays most OEMs (except the ultra-cheap Chinese ones) have settled down to a uniform stock-Android-like design with minor design tweaks, and hardware has also improved to the level that it's extremely rare to notice comparable lags. I know Motorola is one of those who prefer to keep their UI as close to stock Android as possible.

[–] bubusleep8941@lemm.ee 1 points 2 hours ago

Increase phone life by avoiding scheduled software obsolescence...

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

My phone still comes preinstalled with a bunch of crap and I want it gone. Like I'm never going to use Google Games, I'm never going to use LinkdIn, I'm never going to use YouTube Music, or Opera Web Browser. None of these apps I can remove without root.

[–] GrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 hours ago

You might be able to by connecting it to a pc and using console commands. I was able to do it with a cheap onn tv box.

[–] iJustGhost@lemmy.ml 4 points 7 hours ago

For extended phone lifespan, useful for thirdworld countries when OEMs stopped shipping updates to older models. Rooting/Unlocking can give you option to stay in stock and install security updates yourself or installing custom roms like Lineage OS. I use Samsung S9 which it doesn't recieve updates anymore but I like keeping it so I rooted it to keep up with modern standards.

[–] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Googal shits.

Also stock android isn't the best android. And proprietary stock android is so bloated even if it is not chineese

[–] mr_right@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 7 hours ago

yeah, its not about usability its about the preinstalled FAANG

also don't judge not all people can buy pixels or oneplus (even if they had the money) so they have to buy whats available to them (price or brand)