Friday, April 12, 2013
What does rooting means for Android?
Android rooting is the process of allowing users of Smartphone’s, tablets, and other devices running the Android mobile operating system to attain privileged control (known as “root access”) within Android’s subsystem.
What are the reasons for rooting Android ?
“Rooting” your Android phone does afford you numerous benefits, including :
Running special applications-Superuser is an app that can only be run on a rooted Android phone. This allows you to control which apps have access to the “root” system. Another popular application that “rooting” affords is the ability to tether a computer to your Android phone so that the computer can access the Internet using the phone’s data connection. Another program can allow your Android to be used as a WiFi Hotspot without having to pay your provider for the feature.
Freeing up memory-When you install an app on your phone, it is stored on the phone’s memory. “Rooting” allows you to move installed applications to your SD card, thus freeing up system memory for additional files or apps.
Custom ROM’s-This is the most powerful feature of “rooted” phones. There are hundreds of custom ROM’s that can do anything from speeding up the processing speed of your phone to changing the entire look and feel of your phone.
Note : Rooting immediately voids your phone’s warranty so once rooted, don’t try to bring your phone back for service or warranty work. You are on your own!
So Now the real Game begins.. Simple steps are here for rooting android.
Note: Here I am rooting my Samsung Galaxy Ace Gt-s5830i.
Note: Before trying any such type of techniques make sure you have taken all your mobile phone’s data backup.
Step 1: Download this root file from here. (only for Ace GT-s5830i users)
If you are not using Ace GT-s5830i then you have to download different file. (google it or type your model number in comment I’ll try my best to provide you root file for your model).
It will be a zip file. Leave it as it is and don’t extract it. Just put this file in your sd card (Memory Card).
Step 2: Now switch off your phone and boot in recovery mode by pressing : ‘POWER+VOLUME UP+HOME’ buttons.
Now after 4-5 second you can leave home button.
Step 3: Now in recovery mode you will see some options from all those options select ‘Install Zip From SD’.
Now you will see all your SD’s files and folders here.
Step 4: Now choose the file you downloaded and put in your sd card i.e. ‘RootS5830i.zip’
Now it will process for some time and then done.. !!
Step 5: Reboot your phone and it’s ready. And yeah..!! You have rooted your android successfully. 
How would I know that my phone/tablet is rooted or not ?
To verify that your android is rooted or not simply check your Apps and you will found a Superuser icon in your apps.
No, I don’t wanna be root users anymore what to do ?
If you have rooted your android and now want to unroot it then all process will be same you just have to replace the file ‘RootS5830i.zip’ by this file: ‘unroot.zip’ [Download from here].
