What is root?
These days, we often hear about programs that require root or people asking for help in rooting a specific phone, so some of us must ask: What is root?
Rooting is the process of jailbreaking your Android phone, which enables you to fully control the phone. For example, there is a program that changes the font style in the Android system, but it requires root. Why?
Because it will make a change in the system, which is changing the font. Therefore, companies do not allow any program to be able to modify the system because it may be designed to sabotage your system while claiming to do a specific job. Therefore, the root process is called breaking the Android protection, meaning that if you root, you will lose the protection of your system files, and you must pay attention to the programs that you will give root powers through a program. Superuser or SuperSU .
What are these two programs? They are an application that is installed when performing the root process automatically to control the root, so if there is a program that requests root privileges, then it requests them from one of these two programs, and then a small notification screen will appear for you stating that the specific program is requesting root privileges. Do you want to be aware of these privileges or not?
How do you root your phone? The method varies from one phone to another, and there is no specific method
What are the benefits of rooting?
- You can use any program that requires root privileges
- You can make a backup copy of your Android phone via Titanium Backup or via CWM Recovery
- You can install an unofficial Android version for your device called Custom Rom
- Delete a system application that you do not need
- Download an application that changes the font shape and size for you
- And many other benefits
What are the disadvantages of root:
- Loss of security because, as we mentioned, we may download a program that sabotages the system and disables it, so you must pay attention to the programs that you give root privileges to.
- If you make a mistake in the rooting process, your phone may malfunction and the entire system may malfunction, or the entire phone may malfunction and you will need to buy a new phone.
I hope that you have a good idea about rooting and how it works. God willing, in other posts, we will show you the most important applications that you may want to install after rooting.
