What is Rooting?
Rooting is the process of unlocking the Operating system for specific purposes. Rooting is performed to overcome the limitations put the hardware manufacturers on the device. With rooting , you will get the root access to your device . By this you can modify your Phone's software to the deepest level.The process of rooting is not recommended by the manufacturers and can ruin the Phone's warranty.
Need of Rooting
By rooting, you gain the ability to load Custom ROM of your device. There are many Custom ROM's available which has completely different look and performance. Some of the popular one's are CyanogenMod, AOKP, Paranoid Android. You can select from the wide range of ROM's available based on your need. Here are the advantages of Rooting
* Install Incompatible apps
Sometimes, Android will block installation of certain apps which may hack into the android system or which might be a threat to your device. By rooting, you can install incompatible apps to your device and unlock new features.
* Update your OS
If your device is working on an older version of OS and the manufacturer does not provide a way to get updated to the latest version, you can get latest version of OS in your device even before they are officially announced.
* Change Theme
By rooting, you can get the full themeing capabilities of your device and every graphic on your device can be customized. Even the colour of the battery indicator and the font of the device can be altered.
*Full Control of the CPU and the Kernel
*Improve Battery life and Speed
There are many Custom ROM's available which would increase the speed and performance of your device and also improve battery life
* Better Backup
By rooting you can backup or recover all the data ( pictures, apps, files, audio clips and so on ). You can even recover the information stored in your apps.
* System processes can be automated
Disadvantages of Rooting
In spite of all the benefits you gain via rooting, there are some disadvantages too which are discussed below.
* Security
There is an increased risk of getting malware into your device by rooting. Root access the permissions to the apps which might be harmful to your phone. on rooting, these permissions are removed and the harmfull apps gain the right to control the device. Because of security reasons, even Google refuses to support the Google Wallet service for rooted devices.
* Warranty
Once you have rooted your device, you had void your warranty of your phone but you can always un root your device by simply re introducing the original Backup ROM onto your device.
* Bricking
' Bricking' means screwing up your phone's software so badly so that your phone can never function properly. Loading of Unsupported Custom Rom into your device can also ruin the software and cause bricking.
Rooting is the process of unlocking the Operating system for specific purposes. Rooting is performed to overcome the limitations put the hardware manufacturers on the device. With rooting , you will get the root access to your device . By this you can modify your Phone's software to the deepest level.The process of rooting is not recommended by the manufacturers and can ruin the Phone's warranty.
Need of Rooting
By rooting, you gain the ability to load Custom ROM of your device. There are many Custom ROM's available which has completely different look and performance. Some of the popular one's are CyanogenMod, AOKP, Paranoid Android. You can select from the wide range of ROM's available based on your need. Here are the advantages of Rooting
* Install Incompatible apps
Sometimes, Android will block installation of certain apps which may hack into the android system or which might be a threat to your device. By rooting, you can install incompatible apps to your device and unlock new features.
* Update your OS
If your device is working on an older version of OS and the manufacturer does not provide a way to get updated to the latest version, you can get latest version of OS in your device even before they are officially announced.
* Change Theme
By rooting, you can get the full themeing capabilities of your device and every graphic on your device can be customized. Even the colour of the battery indicator and the font of the device can be altered.
*Full Control of the CPU and the Kernel
*Improve Battery life and Speed
There are many Custom ROM's available which would increase the speed and performance of your device and also improve battery life
* Better Backup
By rooting you can backup or recover all the data ( pictures, apps, files, audio clips and so on ). You can even recover the information stored in your apps.
* System processes can be automated
Disadvantages of Rooting
In spite of all the benefits you gain via rooting, there are some disadvantages too which are discussed below.
* Security
There is an increased risk of getting malware into your device by rooting. Root access the permissions to the apps which might be harmful to your phone. on rooting, these permissions are removed and the harmfull apps gain the right to control the device. Because of security reasons, even Google refuses to support the Google Wallet service for rooted devices.
* Warranty
Once you have rooted your device, you had void your warranty of your phone but you can always un root your device by simply re introducing the original Backup ROM onto your device.
* Bricking
' Bricking' means screwing up your phone's software so badly so that your phone can never function properly. Loading of Unsupported Custom Rom into your device can also ruin the software and cause bricking.
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