Many people are talking about whether a phone should be rooted. There seem to be many proponents. I’ve only ever used a single application that needs root access (Titanium Backup). So I wonder whether I’m missing out. What apps do you use that only work with root access? What do you use them for? W…

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 :blush:

In my list (all apps that I ever allowed superuser access to) I have: BusyBox (I never actually used it but it’s needed for the next app) /system/app mover (I first needed it for µg Unified Nlp , but now that works as a user app. Last time I used it to make F-Droid a system app) F-Droid (If you …

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 …

Let’s see: Titanium backup (obvious) Xposed Gravity Box (I find the FP1 simply unusable without this, e.g. GPS) Xprivacy (obvious) Clean Master (when granted root access, can manage / disable autostart apps) ES File Explorer

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 (tim…

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 stab…

Or like making the notification bar orange. :sunglasses: [image]

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