What is "Rooting?"
The Android phone that you have learned to love and enjoy is running an operating system that was designed for commercial and private use. Like most any operating system, several features have been
disabled, either for future use or to prevent the casual user from causing permanent damage to the operating system. "Rooting" is the process in which
the limitations are removed and full-access is allowed.
Once rooted, the Android phone owner will have more control over many settings, features and performance
of their phone. Basically, "rooting" means to get to the root of the operating system and to have the ability to make global changes.
Advantages of Rooting
Android
As I mentioned above Rooting your Android opens up whole new world, Where you can do it anything and everything. After you read the advantages you will know why everyone wants to root their Android
Phone despite certain risks.
Remove unwanted Apps (aka Bloatwares)
and Save Memory
every manufacturer
got their own flavors, They also ship it with default Apps which cannot be removed or disabled without root permissions. These unwanted default Apps are called “Bloatwares”. For example you may never use
Stock Calendar App or Carrier based Apps, So you can simply remove all of them and make your Android light.
Beware that disabling some Apps might entirely break your device, But there are very few such Apps like Google App etc. Its better to check for the list of safe to remove Apps for your particular
Android device.
Install Custom ROM’s
If you are not satisfied with default Stock
Android, then by rooting you can install Custom ROM’s. Custom ROM’s are entirely new flavor of Android which might bring many new features and
customizations to your device. Custom ROM’s can also make your Phone faster and lightweight.
Few popular custom ROM’s are
CyanogenMod
Paranoid Android
AOKP
Liquid Smooth
Jelly BAM
SlimBean
Checkout those individually and choose the one you like.
ROM’s .
Running apps that require root permission
There certain Apps which runs only on rooted Android devices, These Apps are mostly very useful and extends your phone’s features
dramatically. Some of the Apps which requires root
permissions are
Nandroid Manager – Backup your entire phone
files
Titanium Backup – Most popular Android
backup App
Wireless Tether – Use your Phone as a Wifi
Hotspot
Screencast Video Recorder
ROM Manager – If you are interested trying various Custom ROM’s the this App is must
adb Wireless – Connect to your computer
without USB through Wi-Fi
There are plenty of others. Follow us regularly to
get frequent updates about these topics.
Ability to install Apps on SD card
This is one of the important reason for rooting Android Phones, Especially for low end models which comes with low internal memory. You can install Apps or move Apps to SD cards which helps you to save internal memory.
Overclock or Underclock to get performance and battery boost:
Every smartphone comes with a specification called processor clock frequency , The manufacturer
actually limits the clock frequency to Certain extend for better battery life but using apps like set CPU you can increase or decrease the clock frequency.
Increasing clock frequency is called Overclocking ,
It will be useful when you play graphic intensive games or use heavy Apps. It reduces the lag and
improves performance but drains the battery. So
that introduces a term called Underclocking, The
process of decreasing the clock frequency to increase the battery life.
Disadvantages of Rooting
Android
Rooting got plenty of advatages but it also comes with certain risks. Lets see some disadvantages of Rooting
Rooting may void your phone warranty
After rooting if you get any hardware or software
problem you can not claim your warranty, Its
perfectly legal to root your Android phone but
some manufacturers won’t give support if they find
you rooted the device. So, If you still have
warranty period to cover then kindly check the terms of use of your phone manucaturer before rooting.
Increased Security Concerns
This is the most important reason for locking the superuser permissions on Android devices.
At extreme case it may Brick your Phone
Bricking is a term used to denote serious problems
caused to your phone which is difficult to recover,The term refers that your phone become a brick(Yes they do). If you do mistakes while rooting your device or if phone switches of in between the
process then your phone may get bricked.
There are several levels of bricking, Some may be easy to repair but at extreme case you can’t use phone anymore. But, good news is rooting process is well understood now and many good and tested
tutorials are written. So check that any person complained about the tutorial or author himself tried it or not.Also, Charge your device upto 70%
before proceeding with rooting process...
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