What is Rooting?

What is “Rooting an Android”

Rooting is the process of gaining full admin control of the android phone. You can use the device to its full potential. Rooting means giving special privilege & root permissions on your phone. After rooting your device you can install latest Android updates on old device by installing third party ROMs. You can install different MODs, kernel and ROMs on your device. You can underclock the CPU to get better battery life. You can overclock the CPU and GPU of your device to get the best performance. You can hibernate any app you want. Simply saying, you can use the device to its full potential.

See also: How to root any android mobile or tablet

Root refers to getting SU permissions (super user access) to the Android OS, just like an Administrator on a Windows PC. Rooting has several benefits, check some of them below.

1)      It allows you to flash a custom recovery image that replaces the stock HTC Recovery.

2)      With a Custom recovery you can erase data, delete caches, backup and restore you cell phone through Nan-droid backup.

3)      It also allows you to install a custom ROM.

4)      After rooting you can do numerous other stuff as well such as turning off the security flag on your device (S-off), updating the radio on your desire, install custom kernels (ex. For over-clocking) etc.

There is a list of mobile brands (Android of course) that supports rooting.

If you’re on the fence and not sure if you should root your device then check out our guide about Advantages and Disadvantages of rooting Android.