Android rooting is the process of allowing the users of smartphones, tablets and other devices running the Android mobile operating system to attain privileged control (known as “root access”) within Android’s sub-system.
In simple, Rooting is the process by which one gains access to the administrative commands and functions of an operating system.
Root access is sometimes compared to jailbreaking deices running the Apple iOS operating system. However, these are different concepts. Jailbreaking describes the bypass of several types of Apple prohibitions for the end user: modifying the operating system, installing non-officially approved apps via sideloading, and granting the user elevated administration-level privileges. Only a minority of Android devices lock their bootloaders – and many of the vendors such as HTC, Sony, Google and Asus explicitly provides the ability to unlock devices, and even replace the operating system entirely. Similarly, the ability to sideload (means installing an application package in APK format in Android OS) apps is typically permissible on Android devices without root permission.
As seen, rooting gives you additional options to do with your phone. Although rooting is a risky solution, it is not as risky as it used to be. Unsuccessful rooting process might brick your phone (i.e., it will malfunction). In addition, a successful root will void warranty. However, you can always unroot the phone, enables you to restore your warranty, as the manufacturers cannot tell if you have rooted your phone before or not.
What all you can do after rooting your phone ?
· You can install a custom rom. The ROM is basically the version of android installed on your phone. A custom rom is not an official one, but some of them are better. While this might solve many of the android smartphones problem, including lag and having a newer version of android, it is a very advanced, risky and not a recommended solution, because sometimes the custom ROM might not be stable, or might contain bugs and missing features that are found in the official ROM.
· Rooting enables to Overclock your phone’s processor. This will ultimately speed up your phone, but will eat up more battery than before.
· The ability to delete unwanted pre-installed applications. In case if you want to delete some applications, notice two things here:
● Download a backup application, such as Titanium Backup to backup the application before deleting it ( in case you wanted to restore it later).
● Be careful not to delete any system application, like the launcher or the status bar.
● Rooting also gives you access to more advanced applications, like root call blocker, normal and notification ads blockers and root memory managers.
