Honor 7 root advantages - Honor 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi im currently using honor 7 PLK L01C185B380 without root access. I want to know since there is no custom rom like CM currently available for Honor 7, what advantages will i get from rooting my device?
Are there any good kernels available that i can use with the stock rom?

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asad.kazmi7 said:
Hi im currently using honor 7 PLK L01C185B380 without root access. I want to know since there is no custom rom like CM currently available for Honor 7, what advantages will i get from rooting my device?
Are there any good kernels available that i can use with the stock rom?
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there is pretty decent cm 13 in dev thread ... actually i am using it and i am overall happy with it except some minor things.
for root:
there's so many things you can do with root, a few things important to me:
- root most likely also means you have custom twrp, with twrp you can completely backup your device to have a safe return to point
- better battery stats
- xposed with all its modules
- titanium backup to have individual app backups completely with all data
- freeze/disable/remove system apps
- cpu adjustments
- firewall
- proxy
- adaway
- tasker

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xposed is one of best adventages of rooting. adblock, all cool mods etc...

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endrancer said:
there is pretty decent cm 13 in dev thread ... actually i am using it and i am overall happy with it except some minor things.
for root:
there's so many things you can do with root, a few things important to me:
- root most likely also means you have custom twrp, with twrp you can completely backup your device to have a safe return to point
- better battery stats
- xposed with all its modules
- titanium backup to have individual app backups completely with all data
- freeze/disable/remove system apps
- cpu adjustments
- firewall
- proxy
- adaway
- tasker
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Thats tempting
What about custom kernel and governors?

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asad.kazmi7 said:
Thats tempting
What about custom kernel and governors?
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there's digigoons kernel which i had running on an emui rom a while back then which was pretty smooth and let's say the best kernel available, but i wouldn't experiment with another kernel on cm13 rom for now...

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endrancer said:
there's digigoons kernel which i had running on an emui rom a while back then which was pretty smooth and let's say the best kernel available, but i wouldn't experiment with another kernel on cm13 rom for now...
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Can you link me both?
CM13 rom and digigoons kernel

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asad.kazmi7 said:
Can you link me both?
CM13 rom and digigoons kernel
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cm13
https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-7/development/unsupported-cyanogenmod-13-honor-7-plk-t3542627
kernel ( i don't advise using this it in combination with cm13)
https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-7/development/kernel-digikernel-v1-0-t3445846

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endrancer said:
cm13
https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-7/development/unsupported-cyanogenmod-13-honor-7-plk-t3542627
kernel ( i don't advise using this it in combination with cm13)
https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-7/development/kernel-digikernel-v1-0-t3445846
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what about r2 Madoco kernel?

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haven't tried it.

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endrancer said:
haven't tried it.
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Thanks alot buddy
I can use the custom kernel with any stock rom version?
B370, B380 etc

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i used the digigoon kernel with b380... there hasn't been any major change from b330 onwards, so i assume b330 to 380 is safe. however it's always good to get a backup before flashing kernels.

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endrancer said:
i used the digigoon kernel with b380... there hasn't been any major change from b330 onwards, so i assume b330 to 380 is safe. however it's always good to get a backup before flashing kernels.
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Thanks buddy.
Did you root using the XDA guide?
I just hate the fact that my data will be lost after unlocking the bootloader, that's the only thing that's stopping me

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rooted like this:
- download newest super su zip file
- transfer to sd
- reboot to twrp
- install from zip
- select super su zip
- install
- no wipe
- done
( you can also look at digigoons pure emui rom which has aroma installer, where you can have several options with the best mods available for emui on honor 7 )

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endrancer said:
rooted like this:
- download newest super su zip file
- transfer to sd
- reboot to twrp
- install from zip
- select super su zip
- install
- no wipe
- done
( you can also look at digigoons pure emui rom which has aroma installer, where you can have several options with the best mods available for emui on honor 7 )
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Yeah but you had to unlock the bootloader right?

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For me most advantages about rooting/twrp are:
-Installing BusyBox
-Viper4Android (you'll need 3rd part music app to hear the changes, stock have DTS sound)
-Changing Calendar dates to my language like Ataasinngorneq (Monday) (Greenlandic is not an option in language settings)
-Xposed to use Softkeys Fade mod, double tap notification to turn off screen (after installing Xposed, booting takes time, be patient, took little over 5 mins)
-Installing Kernel Adiutor
I'm using stock PLK-L01 B370.
I always do it in that order.

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Root access has become a must for all my devices
Here's my use/advantages of root access:
-First of all, I use Greenify that has the functionality of close every app in the background, even system apps. This with root access, Greenify can works in background while I'm doing something else with the phone. With this app, my battery last longer.
-I use custom recovery, witch allow me to flash mods that requires root. I use mods to increase the phone's performance and adblocker like AdAway, blocking ads also make browser loading faster and uses less data because I don't load any ad. Other useful mods are sound mods like Dolby Atmos or Viper, that boost sound volume and quality, increasing the experience of sound on our devices.
-Full control of the the phone. With root access I can use Kernel Auditor in order to monitor and control my phone's CPU, memory usage etc..
-Xposed Framework. I don't think it needs explaination, it would be also too long ?
-Use of substratum, with this app I can customize more the phone, change navigation bar, boot animation, system sounds.
-There are countless things you can do with root access, on XDA you will keep finding out new and amazing mods and things that requires root!