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Is Rooting still as essential as it used to be?
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this post was submitted on 03 Aug 2023
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I still root my phone for Freezing System Apps, reVanced, AdAway(system-wide adblock), Shell automation, circumventing Hotspot restrictions from my Carrier.
I've also been a customization junkie before (mainly with audio mods and UI plugins for Exposed). Not anymore.
But since then rooting to me become not only a means to the end, but an essential part of my phone, as in I get to control and choose what and why is installed/active, not the Vendor/Google. I would root my phone even if I didn't had the need, just cause I like owning things, opposed to modern standard of "everything is a service".
What kind of restrictions?
They require an extra fee to share connection via Wi-Fi.
Essentially, they can detect that your phone sends two types of ttl packets (your own and recipient device's).
When they detect it, they cut 99% of your connection speed and redirect you to page with "Enable wifi sharing for 1$/day or continue at 60 kb/s". (airplane mode toggle removes the speed cut-off).
I use a very simple solution:
This line is executed at boot by djs magisk plugin. When the default ttl is 63, it'll match the ttl value of all Linux and Android recipient devices.
But I still haven't defeated the Windows detection: for a start, Windows ttl is 127, but even if I change it on the recipient PC, my carrier could see windows-related packets and still blocks me out. I even tried the vpn, but that's still not enough.
Huh, this sounds nice, although I don't quite understand how to implement it to my scenario, my carrier does not allow hotspot either, that's why your comment intrigued me, but I am not sure how to achieve this, even when I get the big picture ๐