Electronics & Appliances Which Dumaguete company will root a Samsung Phone

Interesting that businesses/apps are checking that status. Of course with a rooted phone I'm sure there are ways to restrict their access to view such information. I don't root my phones anymore but if I did I certainly would be looking for a way to keep apps that don't need SU access from knowing if my phone is rooted.

Having a rooted phone does not necessarily mean your phone is more vulnerable. You just have to take certain precautions to keep it secure. Of course, if I bought a phone I thought was new and noticed it was rooted I would immediately take it back (or "unroot" that phone). You have absolutely no idea what type of code/app a person may have hidden in that OS. The phone could be collecting and pushing out private information to a server somewhere.

On a related note: You should also be careful selling your used phones. Just because you delete everything and did a factory reset doesn't mean that someone can't recover your deleted files/pictures. There are plenty of free apps on the app stores that can quickly find that stuff.

Stop Thieves From Recovering Your Data After A Factory Reset

TLDR: Make sure your phone's hard drive is encrypted (if the option is available)....then do a factory reset. There is basically no reasonable way the information can be recovered after that. (Unless someone like the NSA or CIA has your phone. But if they are looking through your phone you probably have much bigger things to worry about.)