Saturday, June 11, 2011

Why root and how to root Android Phones

Most newbie Android phones users must have come in contact with the word rooting. What root means is actually gaining the full power over your phone, unleash the whole of it. The first thing you should know is what is the benefit of rooting. Benefits of rooting is not equal to all users. If you are testing a lot of apps from the Android Market you may need rooting specially if you want to change the things your phone operator doesn’t want you too. You may have saw many apps in the market which says root only, Do not use it if you do not know what is root or something like that. For example if you want to take screenshot of your android you need to root your phone, if you want to change any system file to tweak your phone you need to root your phone, if you want to overclock your phone you still need to root. Even for a proper phone backup you will need to root your phone. So, I guess you have already got the reasons to root your phones and understood the benefits of rooting.

Next point. Is it safe to root your Android? Yes it is if you are not too fool to give whatever app the Superuser Access which is the extra privilege you unlock by rooting. Otherwise it is a completely reversible act. That means you can unroot your phone again. Though I do not prefer rooting before ending the Warranty.
Now the last but the most important thing. How to root Android phones? It is not that complicated as it

Now the next point. How to root? It is not as complicated as it sounds. Two ways of rooting Android phones are popular and they are easy too. One is to be done from your phone using z4root. How to use z4root? At first collect Z4root app by Googling it a little. Then transfer it to your mobile using a USB cable or whatever method you use to transfer your files to phone. After that open the file using any file manager in your phone and install it. The next step is the most thrilling one. Open the app and click Permanent Root. After that the phone may be stuck for some time. Don’t panic! If it is stuck for more than five minutes pull our battery open and the next try should do the job for you. If done your phone will reboot. After rebooting find the app called Superuser from your app drawer. It will show “su is up to date”. There you go! You have successfully liberated (rooted) your phone!

But I prefer the other way of rooting as it seems more secured and easier. It’s done from the pc using SuperOneClick. Find it from the internet and connect your phone to the PC with USB cable. Your phone must be in debugging mode to be rooted. After that just click Root to root your phone. Then reboot your phone. This time you will also find Superuser installed in your Android. Congrats! You have successfully rooted! (again!)

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