Can’t control when apps run, eating ram and battery, without root (yes, this is still an issue). I don’t use Maps but very occasionally, but it runs at startup and eats a fair amount of ram every day. Many apps set themselves to run on screen on, network connected, etc, for no hood reason. This just (again) eats ram and cpu, wasting battery.
Regarding ram, the default OOM settings are still awful, letting phones get so low on free ram that running OOM to cleanup causes phones to lag, even on phones with 6,8,13gigs. With root, you can bump up the Empty Apps requirement to something like 200mb and never have lags from OOM.
Root enables me to run faster, with lower battery consumption. I have a 2017 phone that currently runs faster than my 2021 phone because it’s rooted, and the battery lasts much longer than it used to. They both have similar apps installed (the older one has more stuff, with less ram, 2gigs!)
Apps can’t see all of storage without root, so sharing docs between them can be challenging.
Banking apps rarely have problems with root anymore. If they do, just use a bowser (like Hermit) that show web pages like apps. And with the new KernelSU, all these issues go away as root becomes virtually undetectable.
Plenty of reasons for root, but most importantly, having root defines whether the device is mine or Google’s.
Guess you don’t need root on your pc then?
Can’t backup apps without root.
Can’t control when apps run, eating ram and battery, without root (yes, this is still an issue). I don’t use Maps but very occasionally, but it runs at startup and eats a fair amount of ram every day. Many apps set themselves to run on screen on, network connected, etc, for no hood reason. This just (again) eats ram and cpu, wasting battery.
Regarding ram, the default OOM settings are still awful, letting phones get so low on free ram that running OOM to cleanup causes phones to lag, even on phones with 6,8,13gigs. With root, you can bump up the Empty Apps requirement to something like 200mb and never have lags from OOM.
Root enables me to run faster, with lower battery consumption. I have a 2017 phone that currently runs faster than my 2021 phone because it’s rooted, and the battery lasts much longer than it used to. They both have similar apps installed (the older one has more stuff, with less ram, 2gigs!)
Apps can’t see all of storage without root, so sharing docs between them can be challenging.
Banking apps rarely have problems with root anymore. If they do, just use a bowser (like Hermit) that show web pages like apps. And with the new KernelSU, all these issues go away as root becomes virtually undetectable.
Plenty of reasons for root, but most importantly, having root defines whether the device is mine or Google’s.
What do you use to attempt to improve your battery life? Curious.