Back in the day - rooting Android phones and installing custom ROMs were such a big part of Android. I remember so well using titanium backup and Greenify and Cyanogenmod and the list goes on.

Is it still necessary to root in 2023 though?

I have been on vanilla Android without root access for the past couple of years and at this point most root features have made it into the vanilla Android OS. What are your thoughts?

  • yourdogsnipples@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    11 months ago

    Hold up… So are you saying that I could use Shizuku / Swiftbackup, and it would do backup and restore of app data, just like when I used to have root and Titanium Backup?! That would be a game changer, I never fully trusted Google backups or Samsung Smart Switch to do the full job.

    • bbigras@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      I tried and it seems root is needed to backup wifi passwords but I think I was able to do a local backup of an app.

    • yourdogsnipples@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      Ahhh, just found this in the FAQ, sadly I think it’s not possible to backup app data using Shizuku.

      https://swiftapps.org/faq#appparts

      "The private app data in /data/data/ or /data/user/*/ that stores your app preferences, login info, databases, etc. This is the most important part to restore apps potentially with their state preserved.

      Requirements: ⚠️ Root required for backup & restore ⚠️ Shizuku mode (ADB access) cannot read/write at these path"