Don't Plan on Rooting Android 7.0

Except that Verified Boot is disabled (completely, if I'm not mistaken) while the bootloader is unlocked.

So if you go the usual, clean, hack-free approach of unlock -> recovery -> root -> custom ROM you'll be absolutely fine. This might cause problems if you're one of the security-conscious few who like to re-lock the bootloader after loading a custom ROM.

This will impact devices with less-friendly bootloaders though - those that need exploits in order to root. And really, that's probably a good thing - if you can bypass the bootloader lock and gain root-level control over the OS, so can some malicious app.

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Don't Plan on Rooting Android 7.0