just got an android phone for the first time. i hear a lot about

>>57504467
Yeah, rooting your phone is totally the cool thing to do
You are so free with your Android phone, instead of being kept in a walled garden like all the apple sheep

except you'll be running shady binaries from questionable sites to do so, but nothing to worry about, amirite???

>>57504467
Wipe recovery partition and install solus

>>57505445
You have been spruiking solus in several threads. What is it exactly?

OP here. why are the xda forums so unreadable? i have no idea what have the shit says and there's no glossary or FAQ for most of it.

>>57505821
Google

>>57505840
Nice one. Way to killl off a discussion numb nuts

>>57504467
Unless you have a developer device or something with great community support, you shouldn't even bother rooting, let alone a bootloader unlock.

Devices that have good community support still:
>Pixel shit
>Nexus 5/6/5x/6p
>Nexus 7 and 9 tablets
>Galaxy Note 3 and 4
>Galaxy s4/s5/s6
>A few HTC and LG phones
>Various chink phones

I've used Android for a while now. If you don't want every ROM to be poo in loo trash, invest in a Nexus.

Skip iOS and android. The next big thing is Solus.

>>57504626
You do the same thing with iOS. If you want a non-botnet mobile OS with root, install Sailfish.

>>57505821
A mediocre GNU/Linux distro.

>>57505839
XDA has a super shitty layout. Install a third party app or something if you plan to visit often. Or just deal with it when you need it.