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I dislike the hassle rooting has become. I have to weigh the benefits vs. managing my banking apps, etc.
Plus, honestly, there's not as much benefit as there used to be. I used to root so I could install that app that red-tinted the display. That's been built into stock Android for a while now. I also liked making the navigation buttons smaller and trying different gesture systems, but imo stock Android gestures leave everything else I tried in the dust. Theming? I only ever used OLED themes, and most Android phones and applications have an option for that now. One by one over the last few years almost every justification I had for rooting was rendered moot. Then Android phones started doing that a/b partition thing and it was just too much of a pita for not much benefit
I like the gestures but the app edge gestures just does it better and it is fully customizable. I can't even use a phone without it now. It's super intuitive plus I have gestures to call or text certain people, open apps, flashlight etc... check it out if you haven't it's tits
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ss.edgegestures
There's also [One Hand Operation +] (https://galaxystore.samsung.com/detail/com.samsung.android.sidegesturepad) for Galaxy users.
That's pretty similar to edge gestures but I don't have a galaxy so haven't tried it. Thanks for sharing!
Google removed a lot of tasker functionality with the recent versions. Can't even toggle wifi with an unrooted device anymore
I switched to iOS a while ago so I'm able to keep my Android phone on an old crusty version of Android that still does what I want. Plus it's rooted so I can really do whatever. "This app won't run on future versions of Android" won't apply if you never update *taps head*