Do less people jailbreak or root?

[AnMig]

Been a while since I've been in the market for a new phone, but what can even be rooted on verizon these days (new or used)? I know a few like note4/5, gs4/5 are all out of the picture if they took some OTA update some time ago, is that right?

gave up on my verizon note 4 and gave it to my son. been rocking the Nexus 6p and it has been great, native tethering works without any hacks. i am still on unlimited so i use it frequently.

Being a Nexus device and bought strait from google verizon was not able to install any of there software.

I applaud there decision to allow non verizon branded phones to work on there network. I think we have apple to thank for that

 

[ControlD]

gave up on my verizon note 4 and gave it to my son. been rocking the Nexus 6p and it has been great, native tethering works without any hacks. i am still on unlimited so i use it frequently.

Being a Nexus device and bought strait from google verizon was not able to install any of there software.

I applaud there decision to allow non verizon branded phones to work on there network. I think we have apple to thank for that

Even if you buy a Nexus through Verizon it comes without any Verizon apps installed. At least that's how it was with my N6.

 

[Ichinisan]

gave up on my verizon note 4 and gave it to my son. been rocking the Nexus 6p and it has been great, native tethering works without any hacks. i am still on unlimited so i use it frequently.

Being a Nexus device and bought strait from google verizon was not able to install any of there software.

I applaud there decision to allow non verizon branded phones to work on there network. I think we have apple to thank for that

Now I need medical attention. Thanks a lot.

 

[DealODay]

It's great to root because it's a great way to get around permissions but probably less people do it because I'd assume most would just to change the aesthetics. Where as now most OS allow a lot of customization

 

[midwestfisherman]

Root is the primary criteria for any phone I get. Not having control of my computer is offensive.

I don't really give a dam if I have control over a phone. As long as it works and does what I want it to do I'm good with that. I would say that 99% of phone users feel the same way. Why waste time my time rooting and dicking around with something that's taken care of by the OS already? I have better things to do with my time. YMMV

 

[holden j caufield]

Have to root. I love the double tap to wake/sleep feature and having that on non LG phones is great, undervolt, underclocked, debloated roms. Special permission blocking, I have no clue why apps with zero need for my contacts/ location want location and contact access. Block that and have different hosts files.

 

[Raduque]

The only reason I wanted root on my Note4 and S6 was to get rid of the stupid volume warning. Completely ridiculous that I couldn't max the volume while in my pocket because the damned volume warning requires a tap interaction even with the screen off, while connected to bluetooth!

Even that can be done without root now actually.

Got some details on that one?

 

[sweenish]

Have to root. I love the double tap to wake/sleep feature and having that on non LG phones is great, undervolt, underclocked, debloated roms. Special permission blocking, I have no clue why apps with zero need for my contacts/ location want location and contact access. Block that and have different hosts files.

double tap to sleep does not require root, wake does
undervolt, underclock is a preference thing for me, but I'm not a fan of gimping my phone just to get a little more SoT. Even my N5 lasts long enough
debloated ROM is down to your phone choice, I buy Nexus, not really an issue for me
Marshmallow allows permission blocking, no root needed
hosts file for adblocking is a nice-ish thing, I just don't use many apps with ads (I support the dev by purchasing, or continuing to use it with ads in the case of my reddit apps), and if a site is bad enough, I use firefox with ublock origin installed.

Root still adds some stuff that it would be nice if stock did, but I haven't needed root since I got my N5. Custom ROMs are garbage compared to what shipped on the phone when it comes to stability, very nearly always (one exception for me was a BONE stock ROM for my GNex). AOSP has integrated enough of why I rooted into Android itself that I don't feel like I need root anymore. Throw in Tasker with some Auto* plugins, and I'm set.

I also use Android Pay.

 

[BW86]

I root for Gravitybox, Amplify, MinMinGuard and YouTubeAdAway(xposed modules). I also have a custom kernel installed for display calibration, speaker balancing & custom CPU governor settings.

Nexus 6P