Rooting Your Android Phone: Benefits and Disadvantages
So, you are in a dilemma if you should root your new and expensive
Android phone. There might be many questions popping in your mind like
what isrooting exactly..what are the benefits ofrooting.. any
disadvantages of going through with this process?
Well, I take these up in my post today and try to answer them.
I will start by talking about the most basic question - what does it
mean when one says he should/should not root his Android? Let's see.
Rooting an Android phone... What Does it Mean?
Well, rooting an Android phone simply means to gain administrative
privileges(or root access if you are from a Linux background) on the
system. When you buy a new Android phone, you are just a guest user on
the phone. You can use the phone, just as a guest would use Windows,
but you will not be able to make any changes to the system files.
However, after you have a root access over your phone, you could
browse your Android root folderand make any changes to the system
files on your phone. And that'd mean the ability to make all kinds of
changes and install more powerful apps that you can't use on a
non-rooted phone.
I will now be talking about both merits and demerits associated with
rooting an Android phone. Let me start with the brighter side: the
benefits.
Benefits of Rooting an Android Phone
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Run Special Applications
After you have rooted your phone, you can run special applications
that require root access on your phone. When compared to regular
applications, root applications provide more features.
As these special apps can directly deal with the Android system files,
they can tweak your Android in more extensive ways. For example, you
can uninstall multiple applications silentlyafter you have root
access usingeUninstall.
Run Custom ROMs
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One of the main reasons I rooted my phone was because I wanted to
install and use custom ROMson it.
These custom ROMs bring many teaks and performance fixes and are much
more user friendly when compared to the stock ones. They are optimized
in performance and battery areupdatedmore frequently than the stock
ROMs.
Free Internal Storage
People who have low internal memory can transfer any application from
internal memory to SD card after rooting their phone. There are some
applications that provide the option by default. But if you want to
force move an app by creating a symlink, you must use an app that only
works on a rooted phone.
So those were about the merits. Nothing's perfect and there are
certain caveats associated with rooting an Android device.
Disadvantages of Rooting Your Android
So, let's take a look at the demerits of rooting your Android.
Your Phone Might Get Bricked
Not to demotivate you here, but when I tried to root my friend's first
Android phone - Samsung Galaxy S - I bricked it and it was in the
service center for next 15 to 20 days.
No matter how good a rooting tutorial is, it's a daunting task and if
you miss out any step or flash a corrupt zip file (that's what
happened to me) you might end up with a bricked (broken) phone.
Now assuming that you are not a power user, you will have to go to
your phone manufacturer's service center and get your phone fixed.
Moreover, if they come to know that the brick or semi-brick has caused
because you were trying to root your phone, you might as well be
charged for it.
You End up Voiding Phone's Warranty
As soon as you root your phone, you void your phone's warranty and if
anything happens to your phone even when it's in the warranty period,
the company is going to charge you for the repairs. In some of the
phones, you can un-root your phone, but in most of the phones there's
is no going back.
Conclusion
So, you've been acquainted and warned. If you think that rooting the
phone to run special applications and custom ROM is worth is, go
ahead. If you think it's not worth the hassle, stay put. At the end of
the day, it's depends on your usage and what you want your phone to do
for you.
Of course, proceeding with caution no matter how great an expert you
think you are is always advisable.
The bricking incident never stopped me from rooting my pal's phone again.
What about you? Are you going to root your Android phone?
Android Rooting: Benefits and Disadvantages
