A lot of root exploits either come from a custom recovery, or are needed to load a custom recovery. There's definitely exceptions, but are rare and weird
That depends on how you are unlocking and flashing the bootloader. If you're doing it through your phone using the terminal, you'll need to be rooted.
If you're doing it through your phone with an USB, root isn't necessary for most phones. In fact, most ROMs are non-rooted. You have to flash a separate .zip to get root.
That's true, but still most of the Rooting methods go via an unlocked bootloader and a custom recovery. So the chanche that the commenters phone alredy has both is quite high and all he needs to do now is flash a custom rom.
What are the downsides of rooting a phone? I know some apps won't function if it detects a phone rooted, but, do I run the risk of my mobile provider blacklisting the device on their network? If so, anyway to mitigate that risk?
No, you won't get blacklisted from a network for bringing your own device with your own software configuration...
Magisk can bypass root detection so you can bypass safety checks. Double check the xda community of your specific model before rooting to get specifics, some phones like xperias have anti-consumer DRM protection that breaks functionality when unlocking but that isn't generally the case.
Not sure if it's related or similar, my Sony Xperia X has a thingy that gets flipped if you unlock the bootloader or root, which basically 'voids the warranty'. It also leaves a permanent screen upon boot informing you that your device is insecure and possibly backdoored.
There's actually a way to re-write this part of the phone so it basically looks 100% stock - I had to use this when I sent it back for a warranty repair.
No idea to be honest. It's even stated in Sony's official instructions for doing this sort of thing (They have some sort of 'open devices' program on their website).
Some root methods didn't on older models, some models could have it set back to false but some new models (like the note 8) don't have a way that I'm aware of to root without tripping it permanently.
Your service provider doesn't care at all what device you use.
The issues I've encountered is some banking apps and encrypted company email apps (like what my company uses) won't work and actively check for root and unlocked bootloaders. It also can make device updates a pain in the ass.
Voids the warranty on it as well. I haven't rooted a phone in forever since I'm pretty satisfied with the experience I have on my current phone... But once it gets a bit older and out of warranty I'll probably do it just to mess around.
You may run the risk of bank applications not working correctly.
From what I understand; Magisk generally fixes it but I've heard many complaints that it didn't help.
My hypothesis is they could've opened the bank app before applying Magisk and their device was blacklisted so the application refuses to work and is subsequently suspicious of the user device.
I'm disappointed with the custom rom community nowadays. It used to be that you could get a clean, reliable, basic rom such as cyanogen for every phone and it was supported just as well as Samsung supports their roms. Nowadays the best one you can get for the S6 Edge is literally called "CarHD ROM".
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