Root apps I do use:
AdAway (extremely good system-wide adblocker!)
BusyBox Pro
Root Explorer (i think there are better ones, but I have it and use it sometimes)
Titanium Backup (great backup app; only the GDrive sync is a bit broken for me…)
Root apps I do use:
AdAway (extremely good system-wide adblocker!)
BusyBox Pro
Root Explorer (i think there are better ones, but I have it and use it sometimes)
Titanium Backup (great backup app; only the GDrive sync is a bit broken for me…)
Reasons to use AdAway and Titanium Backup are immediately obvious to me. But why do you need BusyBox and Root Explorer? What is your usecase?
BusyBox: a program I used needed it (I am not exactly sure which one right now)
Root Explorer: it’s just the file explorer I use when either navigating through “protected” space or just downloads and other files
And why do you navigate "through “protected” space? Isn’t everything important to users accessible with the normal file system app?
One example is that I extracted the paid (in-app purchases) skins from Minecraft PE
In my list (all apps that I ever allowed superuser access to) I have:
I’m not sure that’s really all. If I find/remember more I’ll edit the post.
No, for example the calendar database is not accessible via the default data manager.
@paulakreuzer: I didn’t know that making F-Droid a system app, let’s you uncheck “apps from unknown sources”. But you need /system/app/mover (which requires busybox) for that… Are there other ways to make apps to system apps?
Let’s see:
Does GPS really improve that much with Gravity Box? Occasionally my phone also seems slow to get a GPS fix. Does that improve noticeably?
Are there any drawbacks to installing the Xposed framework (it is necessary for Gravity Box, isn’t it?).
As far as I understand it the Xposed installer itself does nothing, it’s just needed to install the modules. So there is no drawback.
Gravity Box has a fix if you have the problem that your location is sometimes calculated inaccurately although you have a GPS fix. It doesn’t help with the TTFF (time to first fix)
For more info see the gps guide
It (Gravity Box) improves accuracy mostly, not speed of getting a fix. That is unfortunately still “hit or miss” sometimes. What I’ve found helps is: only try to get a fix when you have a reasonably clear view of the sky, and have the phone unplugged. The phone can be plugged in once you have a stable fix, and it will hold onto that fix reasonably well.
But Gravity Box has other nice features as well, like making the shortcut pull-down menu a little more useful.
Gravity Box indeed needs Xposed. There’s no downsides to Xposed in my opinion. Except that you do open a potential hole into the system. So you’d better know what you’re doing.
Or like making the notification bar orange.
AFWall+ (permanent)
Autostarts - for getting rid of repeated searching for FP updates. Have also blocked autostart of a number of google services that I don’t use.
DiskUsage - for clearing internal storage before the unified partition update was available, don’t use it any longer
F-Droid
FP Updater (permanent)
FasterGPS
FP1-EPO Update
Power Toggles (permanent) - a widget actually. Don’t know why it requires root access but it does, e.g. for enabling GPS
Shell Terminal
Xposed with GravityBox - for disabling 2nd SIM indicator, 360 degree screen rotation
X-plore - file manager
Hi,
I use:
Good point. I am using AIDE (http://www.android-ide.com/) to do development on my fairphone. Then I need access to the “closed off areas” of the file system to debug and check the files my apps are creating, so I have installed a file browser and a file editor that both are running with root acces
all apps that I ever allowed superuser access:
AdAway (Security)
AFWall (Security)
DisableService (!)
Greenify (Powersaver)
Secure Settings (Plugin for Tasker)
System App Remover (Cleaner)
Tasker (Automation,. My Favorite app)
xposed.installer (To install GravityBox, XPrivacy, App Settings, Secure Settings, Bootmanager)
You (unfortunately) need root access to use different passwords for device encryption and screen unlock: http://nelenkov.blogspot.de/2012/08/changing-androids-disk-encryption.html
Here’s the list of root apps I’m using on my Sony Xperia V:
Titanium Backup pro and Tasker are paid apps.