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title: Pros/Cons
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# Things to consider when modding your Android Device

## Modding your Android Device has many benefits, like for example:

- You can make modifications to your system and apps through [Magisk](https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk) or [LSPosed](https://github.com/LSPosed/LSPosed)
- You can restrict certain apps on their permissions even more than Android allows by default ([AppOps](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=rikka.appops))
- You can get system updates for longer than your OEM provides them (see: [LineageOS](https://lineageos.org/))

## However, there is also some things to consider which might be deal-breakers to you:

- Banking applications, some specific games, and other applications might misbehave, check the "[What is SafetyNet?](/YtWs3bmwTP-qXlzT48TpFw)" section
- You could risk *bricking* your device, that means rendering it useless until restored
- Some OEMs and Carriers only offer replacements if the device hasn't been tampered with, or if the issue is caused by an external modification, like Custom ROMs for example.

<!-- ### Though, if you're not careful, you might do something you weren't supposed to, and end up "bricking" the device instead.
This means the device is then *broken*, and cannot be further used, *effectively turning it into a brick*, which is where the name comes from
#### There are 2 types of bricks:
- A "Soft Brick" is one you can recover from
- A "Hard Brick" is something which you can't recover from (meaning the device is completely broken)

There are still many things you can do which I haven't touched on, like for example Viper4Android to modify Audio, though, I leave that for you to discover yourself :wink: -->