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[Nexus 5 General] pantera70:
I have rooted every device since my original G1 back in 2008 (Does anyone remember JesusFreke roms?). I usually play with the phone for a week then root and spend an entire weekend trying roms etc, before settling back with CM and impatiently waiting for official CM roms / nightlies. HOWEVER for the first time I have felt no compulsion to root. The Nexus 5 gives me everything I need, however watch this space as not rooting your Android is harder than trying to quit smoking...
[Nexus 5 General] bjoostema:
I've rooted every phone I've owned and did the same with the N5. I really enjoyed some of the mods, kernels and unique features that ROMs offer, but nothing really seemed quite solid. Every time I would get odd battery behavior or something strange going on with the system, I have to wonder if it was whatever I had flashed, be it a kernel or firmware. I found that I am completely happy on stock, I honestly don't even need root anymore. No OS is flawless, but I feel being on stock is the closest to stable I'm going to get and I'm actually finding what Googs did with this phone to be quite a pleasant experience. This is definitely the first time I've ever relocked a bootloader, it felt wrong haha. Truth ne told, and this IS JUST MY OPINION, custom ROMs just aint what they used to be. Always seems something is borked or some weird [MENTION=237736]SS[/MENTION] behavior starts up over time. It's kind of freeing not having to follow threads daily for updates and bug fixes or just waiting around for something to go wrong andhaving to spend hours trying to track down what. I respect everything the devs do, it is beyond my ability, but I have yet to find a ROM that is truly stable. I think this phone has cured my desires to tinker. Again, just my opinion.
[Nexus 5 General] PMamba:
On previous Android phones I've installed custom ROMs to get an AOSP experience but for the Nexus I'm not installing any custom ROMs but I did still root it. Didn't even install a custom recovery. The reason I root it is to use apps/features like Greenify, avast firewall, maybe Xposed or an ad blocker, etc. But the stock software is too good!
[Nexus 5 General] howard bamber:
I keep the rom but Google kernels are crap. I replace those, put Dalvic and bionic patches in. That's it end up with a phone beating the note 3 on antutu.

Root is needed to get rid of the growing google bloat. The kk roms are fine though and deodexeing them just slows the phone down. Any phone scoring 33k full of apps is OK in my book. It's a lot better in real life. Why does google have the kernel at su H a narrow range I have mine down to 300 which the standard can't do and mine spends 70%of its time there, or one up

Sent using reversed alien technology...
[Nexus 5 General] tien113:
we need to root to use more powerful apps like Greenwich or xposed.
[Nexus 5 General] gee2012:
After a while (years in my case ;)) of rooting, flashing and modding you slowly loose the urge to do all that. It will happen to everyone at some point :)
[Nexus 5 General] Dark-Black-71:
I already rooted my nexus 5 and future phones will be rooted also.
[Nexus 5 General] Stories:
Agreed. New kernel plus gravity box with Xposed and I'm golden.
[Nexus 5 General] :
Who the @%$# buys a nexus and doesn't root it.

Wth!

Sent from my N5 cell phone telephone....
[Nexus 5 General] nico4k:
I do. No rooting for me. I bought a nexus 5 to avoid rooting my phones, :)
[Nexus 5 General] :
No custom roms? No custom recovery? No Xposed? No titanium backup? No adaway? No greenify (fully automated kind)? No lightflow?

Freak! ;)

Sent from my N5 cell phone telephone....
[Nexus 5 General] jd1639:
To each his own. I gotta have root but beyond that it's a toss up

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] :
I had a Moto x....and sorry, but I still believe its a better phone overall......but I gave it to my wife (she finally was ready to give up her precious iPhone when she saw the things my X could do) and got an N5 so I could do more. The X is unlocked and rooted too, but stock is the best rom for it....with gravity box to customize, but I got bored. LOL

Loving the tremendous development for the N5....like my N7. ;)

I'd never own a phone I couldn't root the second I got it home. LOL

But yes, to each their own. :)

Sent from my N5 cell phone telephone....
[Nexus 5 General] nico4k:
That's the reason I have an LG G2 for my flashaholic days. Lol
[Nexus 5 General] Spectrum75:
unlocked+rooted before even the first charge...:D
[Nexus 5 General] es0tericcha0s:
I'll stop modding phones when they stop being modifiable. I got my first Android phone 4 years ago, am on my 15 one now. I've flashed 100s of roms (if not over 1000 by now) on my own devices and 100s more on others and my enthusiasm for it, I don't feel has waned a bit. (Though I'm too lazy to develop themes and stuff anymore so I guess that part has died down some) I own a little cell phone repair shop where software fixes and mods are my specialities. I get to customize multiple phones per week and still enjoy every bit of it, as well as the look on the customers face when there is new life breathed into their device. Sorry that your joy has dwindled, but we're not all like that. ;)
[Nexus 5 General] WarRaven:
He must have changed his mind,

he wants to flash kernels now.

Must be old, I'm pushing 50 and I'm not too old period.

BTW, Grats to you young man for enjoying something beyond the mundane.

WR

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] es0tericcha0s:
Glad to know you can teach an old dog new tricks then. :P
[Nexus 5 General] jd1639:
Pushing 50, that's young. Wait till you get into to your mid 50's and still messing with your phone, lol. Gotta have a hobby!

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] es0tericcha0s:
What a great hobby to keep the mind sharp - right on!
[Nexus 5 General] DespairFactor:
CyanogenMod 11 is a beauty on this device, I see about 500-700MB RAM used at any point in time. A few of the CAF kernels make the battery last longer, it seems like these kernels allow the device to sleep more.
[Nexus 5 General] WarRaven:
Wait, nah, no rush if you know what i mean ?

As well, like I'm going to stop in between, not much chance of that happening.

WR

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] Sander M:
When asked by friends how to root I always replied: name me a few good reasons why you need root. When they came up with nothing I refused to help them root.

Now I'm on the other side of that debate, I just love this device as it is. Can't think of something I would need root for. Like said before, for me it's always been about getting a stock rom, and since I got my stock Android device I settled down :)

Verstuurd vanaf mijn Nexus 5 met Tapatalk
[Nexus 5 General] lowtje:
Running stock for over 3 months now :) no need to custom rom this baby

Verstuurd vanaf mijn Nexus 5 met Tapatalk
[Nexus 5 General] igchy:
I've been unlocking/rooting/using custom roms since i've got my galaxy nexus 2.5 years ago.

I usually have 2 same phones for me and my wife.

And I'm keeping her phone on a stable branch of the rom of my choice and mine on nightlies.

So, I decided to let her have stock rom for a while to see what she'll miss.

After a month of using it, she complained about following:

1) customization of quick settings tiles;

2) no option to disable <enter> on unlock screen;

3) ads;

4) volume rocker to wake;

5) ascending ringtone.

but she doesn't want to set everything up after i unlock bootloader and phone will complete a factory reset.

i have a feeling that she'll give up soon though ;)
[Nexus 5 General] RusherDude:
No root, no party. FOREVER ON.
[Nexus 5 General] J.Bart:
At the beginning I was not sure to root my nexus 5, but after 1 month in stock Rom without rooting, I looked a lot of threads in XDA and I did it.

I don't regret it.

Firstly for battery drain, I'm in Droidkang V.19 and ElementalX Kernel 0.31 and it's work great.

Secondly for "Ok Google" it's work in French.

Thirdly for lot of things you can do with root.

Finally Like RusherDude said No Root, No Party !!!

Everyone Let's go to Root
[Nexus 5 General] gee2012:
Let everyone decide for themselves if they want or need to root ?

Verstuurd vanaf mijn Nexus 5 met Tapatalk
[Nexus 5 General] hawktalon:
Yes rooted. And will always root. To flash ROMs and kernels.
[Nexus 5 General] tien113:
Root is always better than jailbreak on iPhone.
[Nexus 5 General] Vanhoud:
Cm11 with chaos kernel ftw
[Nexus 5 General] kronflux:
I don't own a single piece of computer-type hardware that I haven't modified in some way, shape or form. I'm all about custom firmwares, new roms, new OS's and customization all around.

In the first 5 minutes I had my Nexus 5, I had it rooted, and had an unofficial CM11 rom on there. :)
[Nexus 5 General] mjr80:
I tried so hard NOT to root my Nexus 5 (or my Nexus 10). I got both last month. I kept telling myself that these are stock devices, there's no bloatware, and I don't have to root.:p

Well, I gave into my temptation today and I rooted both my Nexus 5 and Nexus 10. I can't believe I didn't do this on day one! :silly:

I have rooted all of my Android devices except for one. I rooted my Motorola Droid, my Samsung Galaxy S3, and my Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. For whatever crazy reason, I never rooted my Samsung Galaxy S4.
[Nexus 5 General] lolcopter:
got fed up with apps crashing after running bone stock for so long, i figured what the hell...

unlocked and rooted with a new kernel in no time :good::good:

probably won't flash many roms, given that i don't even do that with my n7 that much
[Nexus 5 General] 3DSammy:
I have the same combination of devices on rooted stock and this is what I added to both of them (listed in priority order) :

- Onandroid (nandroid backups without booting into recovery. Get one of the many US front ends on the play store, I use Online Nandroid Backup paid version)

- Titanium Backup paid version (App and their data backup/restore but also many other features)

- Viper4Android (incredible audio enhancement)

- Xposed framework and at least the Gravity Box module (custom Rom features but keep stock's stability)

- Franco Kernel (primarily enhances battery Life but can do much more)

- FKU App (Franco's App to control the Kernel settings free or paid versions on playstore)

Also checkout:

- LMT (pop-up Pie navigation and App launcher a must have if you use the "immersive mode" option from Gravity Box)

Everything I listed can be found on XDA and is free (except where noted) !

Have fun.
[Nexus 5 General] :
Having come over to Nexus from HTC, initially I was all set to root again. My first rooting experience started with the HTC EVO 4G and then again with the EVO LTE. I rooted to remove the excessive amount of bloat preloaded by Sprint. Also, I was never particularly fond of the Sense UI. I always ended up running CyanogenMod. I became quite a big fan of "vanilla Android". That being said, this device, right out of the box, doesn't have any of the issues I would normally root for. I've had it now for a few weeks and I am so satisfied with it bone stock that I've decided to keep it that way. I still have my EVO LTE so I satisfy my flashaholic self with that phone. The fact that the Nexus will always be running the most up to date software is also a huge plus to stay stock. For me, there just isn't any reason to root. I'm not knocking the incredible development community here though. I'm absolutely amazed at the spectacular amount of ROMs being built for this device and the desire to try them all is definitely overwhelming. But for now, I'm staying stock. :)
[Nexus 5 General] wim69:
Root gives me features like Adaway, Gravity Box and some other stuff. But I will keep stock ROM and kernel for a long time. Totally happy with my Nexus!
[Nexus 5 General] dhaval:
I'm trying to be rooted, but with stock ROM, but a little spoiled from custom Roms, I can't live without custom nav buttons I use as a shortcut for fb/calling fav contact home/cell/WhatsApp etc.

I tried with gravitybox, but couldn't find a way to add 2 additional nav buttons, is there a way to do it?

Please let me know if someone knows about it.
[Nexus 5 General] fredoman:
Why would anybody hang out in a developer forum and not wanting to root his phone ? For me, I simply need root for Adaway that's enough reason to root. I have been flashing the Purity ROM after two weeks of stock for testing and I am very satisfied. This ROM is as reactive and stable as the stock ROM, but with a configurable notification drawer & quicksettings panel. Three clicks to switch on/off Wifi are two too many (in stock)!
[Nexus 5 General] bliizzz:
:angel:Got mine this morning the first thing i did was bootloader unlock and then root. Gravitybox is a must using stock rom Rooted:angel:
[Nexus 5 General] joannn:
root your nexus

I just manually root the stock ROM.

There are applications that require root, so yes, I will always root my NEXUS 5.

There is only advantage no disadvantage, then why not!?:)
[Nexus 5 General] habitformer:
(@D.D.P. You stock?

I buy phones off contract so I use my power as the owner to do what I want...if I want to "void" my warrnety so be it because I tried to open phone up and instill larger m.chip.(Whoops)

My point is nexus give you freedom from what other manufacturer's don't.
[Nexus 5 General] BATZ DA LOCC:
Wait u can do that

N5⅝ to DA 6 aka IPHONE KILLA
[Nexus 5 General] joannn:
Ota updates

So the answer to your question is it DEPENDS. If you only add root, you are just adding files to the system, so all the SHA signatures will pass and the OTA update (both full and patch) would succeed, though in the process of running the update, it resets all the permissions in the directories, so you would lose "root" capability, though the files used to give you root are still there (in the patch style update)

However, often if folks add root, they are eventually tempted to change some original OS files, in which case, the patch-style update would fail.

Incidentally, you normally don't need to worry that rooting your phone and changing files and subsequently having the OTA update applied by accident will screw up your phone. The patch-style OTA update will first verify all the files are original before making a single modification and if you have changed files (it depends on) the OTA update will just fail. That's not to say you couldn't artificially create situations where an OTA update will screw up your phone, but it normally wouldn't happen.:good:
[Nexus 5 General] Akoolive:
I root for root features, not Roms.
[Nexus 5 General] eman3316@optonline.net:
The first time ever since using a smart phone I am finally happy to use it straight out of the box. I am finally able to just enjoy my phone every day without flashing 100 things a day, rebooting it all day long after flashing mods, obsessing while impatiently waiting for new mods to flash every day or one to get fixed.

I am even happy with Kit-Kat's colors and theme. Heck, I am even running a stock wallpaper!
[Nexus 5 General] samagon:
I never unlocked or rooted my n1 or gnex. Won't do with these either. Some would ask why get a nexus if I don't plan on rooting, or at least unlocking, but I like stock android rather than all the other skins and stuff. Don't need or want to over clock, or any of that, so why for?
[Nexus 5 General] rosswil:
I always root/unlock in the first day before going heavy on customizations, then it isn't as painful when you want to do it later and have to try to wipe/restore.
[Nexus 5 General] Lucke:
This.

no reason not to root... give you the option of doing whatever you want (apps that require root access, custom ROMs, mod and tweaks, etc...) Just because you root it, doesn't mean you have to throw a custom ROM on...
[Nexus 5 General] mistahseller:
Apps like greenify and roms like Carbon, make rooting a must. Plus there are so many things that are missed and that can be improved.
[Nexus 5 General] Stay Frosty:
This is the first phone that I unlocked/rooted. After installing adaway, I can't believe I didn't do this sooner. Soooo much better. No more ads in youtube burning away my precious data. :)
[Nexus 5 General] je55ter:
Unlocking/Rooting is pretty much the first thing I do with any device. As others have pointed out, there's really no downside, and root is necessary for a few really useful apps (AdAway, Titanium Backup, etc.)

I used the stock rom on my nexus 5 for a few days, until I found Cataclysm ROM. Unbelievably stable for such an early 4.4 ROM, and it gives me access to the two most important features (for me anyway) that are missing from stock:

NFC polling mode

Ability to hide the soft keys (So I can replace them with Lmt Launcher's PIE controls).
[Nexus 5 General] Haeretik:
I root my phone because i like that! Testing Roms, see what the devs did, what features ect. I'm a rootaholic!
[Nexus 5 General] jt3:
I used to be a flash junkie, especially back in my OG Droid days. Now though, I usually root only to have access to certain apps or abilities, such as Titanium, Cerberus, themes, etc. I'll unlock and root my N5 when it comes (c'mon Google, ship it already!), but I'm pretty sure my rom-flashing days are behind me.
[Nexus 5 General] Evo_Shift:
Yep, to block ads and install titanium backup. If there was an easy way to uninstall play store updates I might live with the ads. So many app updates break stuff or change things for the worse that I need the ability to go back.
[Nexus 5 General] Clancy_s:
Root for adblocking, quick reboot, TiBu etc.

No plan on romming this phone though, which is a first for me.
[Nexus 5 General] 1stx2:
Had mine unlocked/rooted within 20 minutes of being out of the box. Wouldn't have it any other way.

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 General] pseudoware:
With my last few Android purchases, I'd think about just stayin un-rooted and "not dealing with it." I swear, within a couple days after purchase, I always end up rooting somehow. :p

I used to flash nightlies when I had an HTC or Samsung through my carrier. I'm on my 3rd Nexus device and just use the stock ROM, although I'll experiment with kernels sometimes for better battery life. The main reason for rooting is for root-only apps.
[Nexus 5 General] ed33:
Rooted straight away. Needed to get rid of Nav bar. Waiting for paranoid to arrive, then will have full control of the beast.
[Nexus 5 General] movielover76:
I unlocked my phone, so that when and if I feel like using custom Roms, I won't have to wipe the device. But I haven't rooted or installed a custom recovery yet. At this point I don't really feel any need to play with custom Roms. Device is great as it is.
[Nexus 5 General] Notechis:
Unlocked, rooted and a custom kernel and satisfied... Maybe I will try a ROM, maybe not

VIVA las Tapas
[Nexus 5 General] hutzdani:
I doubt i'll use a Custom ROM, development is just pushing into needless UI tweeks and stuff you never acknowledge as a day to day user who flashes,

Rooted as I always have for :

Ad blocking

Custom Kernel

CWM-R
[Nexus 5 General] Notechis:
I am a bit annoyed Google do not support APP Permissions like in 4.3

VIVA las Tapas
[Nexus 5 General] king5697:
The only reason I ever rooted any android device was to put some type of stock or close to stock rom on a phone and to obtain (what should be free) wifi tether. The Nexus 5 is the second stock Google phone that I have had (Sprint) and I hope the update experience is alot better that the last Nexus phone we had.
[Nexus 5 General] onmike:
The only other Android I had was the galaxy s3, which I rooted to put I believe it's called cyanogenmod. Nexus 5 stock I'm happy with. Give it time we'll see what happens.
[Nexus 5 General] stone_phalanges:
You should root your phone. It has nothing to do with how good the phone is. You just have less functionality. it is not a sign that your phone is so awesome it doesn't need it
[Nexus 5 General] GoRhY:
Necessary tweaks:

-Battery %

-LMT/Pie

Necessary apps:

-Backups (MyBackup Pro/Helium)

-Cerberus

-Adblock

-Advanced options in apps like ES File Explorer, Llama, etc.
[Nexus 5 General] Taubin:
First thing I did when I got my phone was root it. How else am I supposed to use Titanium Backup to restore all of my apps
[Nexus 5 General] GiantAxe:
Only reason I need to give to justify my rooting:

blocking ads

The rest that comes with root is great and all, but ad blocking is mainly what I do it for.
[Nexus 5 General] galaxys:
The XDA cheerleader's prefer unlocked rooted devices! Happy Flashing!! ;)
[Nexus 5 General] MisterEff:
The first thing I did when I got the phone was unlock the bootloader, install a custom recovery and, root. I will still get OTA updates and I can use my apps. Plus I can install Cerberus as a system app
[Nexus 5 General] RodKahx:
I'll answer by saying this. My nexus 5 is the first phone I didn't root within the first 24 hours. Had mine a week now and not sure I'll root either. Ill keep reading the threads for now to decide I guess.
[Nexus 5 General] Vlade12:
I would root it, got mine done within a couple of hours when i bought it ;)
[Nexus 5 General] meethere:
i am still thinking what to do - when i receive my device tomorrow...

confused :D
[Nexus 5 General] Gorgtech:
No root, no fun for me. I use some apps which are useful and need a rooted device eg. Titanium Backup, Adaway, Greenify.

I use Stock based Custom Roms on Nexus devices. You may not obtain the highest benchmark scores in comparison to CM and similar AOSP ROMs; however, everything is stable as a rock and this is more important for me. I need a reliable device ;)
[Nexus 5 General] daisun:
I really didn't want to unlock the boot loader or root but after RMAing 3 N5s for dead pixels my last one finally had no dead pixels but instead has a yellow screen. So rather than risk returning for another one with dead pixels I had to fix the yellow screen with Franco's kernel. :rolleyes:
[Nexus 5 General] fintheman:
Screw Airwatch MDM is all I have to say.
[Nexus 5 General] wendellc:
Stock still......
[Nexus 5 General] evildave_666:
Unlock immediately yes, to avoid pain and suffering later. Haven't felt the need to root yet, unlike most phones I've had.
[Nexus 5 General] SamReciter:
You sure with custom recovery and OTA? All i read says stock kernal,ROM ans bootloader needed.

At least you have to flash it manually.

Greets...
[Nexus 5 General] krabman:
Mine will be rooted immedietly. Blocking ads is not optional and I use a several apps which require root. As mentioned above I also use Ti to load all my apps on and for backup purposes. Outside of a walk on the wild side way back on windows phone some years before android was even released I stick to stock(ish) roms, I need the phone to work. Have never had a problem finding a decent rom that provides stock like reliability once the boys get revved up. Please keep in mind I'm not putting down the guys who like to play out on the edge or the hard work of those who develop such roms. Its just not for me.

As to OTA, don't care. It will be available here within hours and in two cases I had it here before it actually rolled out officially in my area. I'm honestly not sure why anyone would consider gimping their phone just to maintain the ability to get an OTA from Goog when its going to be a neck and neck race with this site as to which you can get it from first?
[Nexus 5 General] Carloswithac:
I always say the same thing, but then I root it a couple of weeks later.
[Nexus 5 General] lolcopter:
^ prob what I will do

my Nexus 7 has kept me entertained enough as far as flashing custom roms, however I do like titanium backup so it's just a matter of time. not worried about losing data later on from an unlock, all of that is easily replaceable
[Nexus 5 General] maxpower7:
I fully intended to keep this phone totally stock for a while and not even root it. Then I realized that unlocking the bootloader would wipe the whole phone, so I just decided to do it right away before everything gets too "established," and of course that led to flashing CWM and rooting the phone. I don't plan to flash any roms for a good long while though.

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You won't get OTA updates if you have a custom recovery.