What is Android Rooting

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  • September 13, 2013 at 3:37 PM #4499
    imported_umit
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    What is Root and How to Root Android Devices?

    The process to get administrative user privileges on a android phone or tablet device is called root Android. Android phones and tablets generally comes locked with only standard user access. In this tutorial, we are going to cover how to root android mobile or tablet device.

    What is Super User or SU?

    Super User is a user in a operating system with administrative privileges. A super user is also known as Power User or Administrator. Android is a Linux based operating system. Super user means the same here. A super user can read, write or delete system files, has low level access to hardwares.

    What is Android Rooting?

    Rooting enables all the user-installed applications to run administrative privileged commands that are typically unavailable to the devices in their stock configuration. Rooting is required for more advanced and potentially dangerous operations including modifying or deleting system files, removing carrier- or manufacturer-installed applications, and low-level access to the hardware itself. A typical rooting installation also installs the Superuser application, which supervises applications that are granted root or superuser rights.

    What is Unroot?

    Unrooting an Android device is totally opposite and reverse process of rooting. If have rooted your Android device, have some problem with it and need to visit manufacturer service center, then should unroot your device first. It keeps the warranty. Unrooting option should be available on the application where you rooted it first. So, you can always unroot your device when needed.

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    September 13, 2013 at 5:58 PM #14366
    eoinboyler
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    I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 Plus running Android 4.1 and I want to root and install Android without a skin (nexus)

    Please help me out

    Thanks

    September 14, 2013 at 7:31 AM #14377
    davidexct
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    eoinboyler wrote:
    I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 Plus running Android 4.1 and I want to root and install Android without a skin (nexus)

    Please help me out

    Thanks

    You need to follow the following steps to root you Samsung Galaxy SII :-

    1. First of all you need to install the basic drivers for your Android mobile which came with your mobile phone in your computer.

    2. Now you need to download unlock root application and install it in your computer.

    3. You need to enable USB Debugging in your phone and connect it to your computer via a USB cable.

    4. And finally, you have to open unlock root after connecting your device to your computer and click on the “ROOT” button and wait till your mobile is rooted and is restarted.

    5. Your mobile is now rooted and you have voided your warranty for your phone but have opened the gate for a whole new Android experience. Congrats.

    September 27, 2013 at 3:30 PM #14502
    flaxtick
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    Android rooting is the process of allowing users of smartphones, tablets, and other devices running the Android mobile operating system to attain privileged control (known as “root access”) within Android’s subsystem.

    Rooting is often performed with the goal of overcoming limitations that carriers and hardware manufacturers put on some devices, resulting in the ability to alter or replace system applications and settings, run specialized apps that require administrator-level permissions, or perform other operations that are otherwise inaccessible to a normal Android user.

    September 27, 2013 at 6:03 PM #14507
    Dusan Todorovic
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    Hi there. How is everyone? eoinboyler? You wanna get more outta your SGS2? I can help you with that. But i have to know a few things first.. Is your phone I9100 or I9100P(NFC)? Is it still under warranty? Although it is true that rooted devices can get unrooted thus “enabling” the warranty, i prefer working with no-warranty ones. In any case, you need to have at least some basic android knowledge in order to understand Odin (pc utility for flashing roms, kernels, rooting,..). Depending on your (presumably stock) rom, you will have to download the proper “root access” piece of data, most of the time the file’s extension will be “.tar”. You will have to learn how to enter dowload/recovery mode on your SGS2, download according USB drivers and tick that “allowusbdebugging” thingy.
    Last but not least, you should know that there is a small chance your phone becoming a useless pile of plastic. So called “brick” doesn’t happen often, but maybe you should take it under consideration before proceeding.
    As mentioned above, if you go forth with it, i can help.

    September 28, 2013 at 11:10 PM #14515
    mareebaybay
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    Android rooting allows you to basically control what your device does. Android rooting allows you to get certain programs and apps that you normally would not be able to download. I recommend rooting for older phones but not new, recently purchased phones.

    September 29, 2013 at 3:58 AM #14522
    ChiChai
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    Rooting voids your warranty. If you can unroot it, it would undo the rooting and you can take advantage of your warranty again. Just a warning, in case your phone is still in warranty.

    November 22, 2013 at 8:11 AM #15031
    choppin
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    very useful.thx
    the first thing when get a android device is root it

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