Android Rooting safe?

>>55980703
Well..that's an hard question to answer.

While CM is open source where possible (there are some proprietary drivers so you can maintain usability), unlocking your bootloader possibly opens the door to hacking. If somebody wanted to, he could probablyinstall an unsigned firmware (read: not official, possibly with malicious intent) and hack your shit up. That probably requires direct usb connection, though.

But the stock firmware may have is not quite safe, either. It contains a lot more proprietary bits, and I'm not talking just about the Google apps, which could be removed if you have root access. Depending on your phone, it can also stop being supported quite quickly, and you won't receive any security updates, leaving security holes.

I recommend running constantly updated stock with a locked bootloader - it's the best for your security.

I have an old galaxy s5, the verizon locked one or whatever. no service. considered rooting it awhile back but at the time they said the root was impossible. is there a tardproof way to do it or is rooting still nogo

>>55980861
this is the easiest question to answer. You are the most safe when you are in
complete control of your device.
Or you know what, don't root and keep second guessing.

>>55982747
Not suee about the verizon one. I have the international version and I only had to put it into download mode and use odin to root it. I'm not sure whether you can do that with a carrier model though.