[Complete GUIDE] All About Rooting an Android Phone

What Rooting actually means ??

We mostly heard people saying "hey ! ! ! i just rooted my new android phone ", so what this rooting actually is???  what it does??  how it is done ?why to root an android phone and many like this questions dwelling into your mind would be answered, while reading this whole article.

Lets start !!, "Rooting " actually means , gaining a root access or can say superuser access to OS. Android is basically Linux based, Linux users would be familiar to it. for windows user its like administrator access to the system i.e access to core files of the systems.

Generally, when you buy a android phone, manufacturer provides guest privileges to you i.e you are not allowed to do any system level alterations, which is good in one sense ,as you cant mess with system.but at the same time it becames hurdle to some tech savvy peoples who want their phones to provide 100% performance.

before knowing the actual process of rooting, we'll see why to root an android phone.

Why R00ting ??

• As i said earlier that manufacturer imposes some restrictions, though you have owned it but what if you mess with your phone in such a way that it would be no more functioning at all.
• Who would be held responsible for that?? to avoid all these crap , manufacturer provides guest access to the system.
• But due to this guest access many features of the phone remains LOCKED. like you cant give a super user access to the app, or you cant install Custom ROMs to your phones and so on.
•  So to do all TECH SAVVY stuff you need root your androids.

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• But let me warn you rooting too involves some risk bagged with it which are as follows

          1) Rooting voids Warranty

          2) It may make your phone unusable.

          3) As root access is provided to all apps, if you knowingly/unknowingly install some malicious app it may compromise your phones security.

• But that doesn't conclude that you should not root you android, you should do it if you expect something more from your phone. BUT CAREFULLY

How R00ting is Done??

• Till yet we know what rooting is, why it should be done and risk factors associated with it.
• Now we' ll know how it is done .  

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• Simple Answer to it is by h*cking the protection mechanism like

             1) Bootloader and Recovery
             2) ADB(a.k.a Android Debug Bridge).
             3) Android UI

• Though there some automated tools for windows users like SuperOneclick, Z4root etc etc. and using same you could unroot your device too.
• I would be explaining in detail process in my next article. have some patiences til l then

Pro's of Rooting:

                                  

1. Total Access: after rooting your android phone become the real boss of your phone .which means you can now alter system files, apply your own themes and mods as you wish, you could now remove those useless stock apps which are of no use to you.
2. Improved Performance: You could now install custom ROMs like CyanogenMOD, which would improve the system performance as well as the battery life, also you overclock your android phone.
3. Improved UI: Rooted Android phones allows installing many community based themes and widgets which may improve the way you use your phone earlier.
4. Wifi-Tethering: Wifi tethering basically means, sharing network data connection like 2G or 3G with your laptop/desktop Via Wifi Or Bluetooth. rooting your android may provide this feature for which you would charged by the carrier otherwise.
5. Backing up: backup feature is sorely missed by the stock OS, which would be done after rooting your phone and installing apps like Titanium Backup(which needs root access).    

Con's of Rooting:

1. Bricking
2. Security Compromised

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[GUIDE]Top 4 Points For Android Device Buyer

Most of the people around the globe, are now moving onto most sophisticated , powerful  and user friendly phones. or simply can say the "ANDROID PHONES". but most of them while buying such phones, randomly choose one on the basis of Brand or looks or suggested by some of their colleagues, unfortunately i would say its not correct way. just going onto brand name or just to opt an phone coz of its looks or going with the colleagues choice. C'mon you are spending hundreds of bucks buying it.

So to make it simple silly, i have framed an this post. without wasting more time lets get onto the point.

Basically, there are 4 MOST IMPORTANT points. that should be took into consideration while opting an Android Phone. if you follows these points i ' m darn sure you would getting the best phone in price budget.

Following Are the points:

         

            1) Android OS Version

            2) Basic Technical Specs

            3) Build Quality

            4) Some Advanced Specs

1) Android OS Version:

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• It is one most important key point which an andro-phone buyer should be concerned about. 
• As most us know android OS are getting frequently updated starting from android v1.0  to android v4.0(also known as Icecream sandwich).
• So while buying an andro-phone, you should see if either it 's having latest OS version. latest till these date is the android OS v4.0.
• But as OS version increases the more you have to pay for it.As different version have quite different features packed with them. 
• You better refer this detail guide on android OS with the associated  features "Different android OS's and there features".
• Lastly would like say Most recent the OS version ,better the features it offers you 

2) Basic Technical Specs:

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• After choosing desired droid-OS.next comes the basic technical specs you should look onto.

  Processor ,RAM and GPU: 

                                                                

 Mostly of the first time buyer , avoid these factors  but they are of the top priority. bcoz you loosing you precious money for it, so while buying an ideal droid phone . it should be having atleast 600Mhz of procesor alongwith 256mb RAM.so that it would be running with zero noticeable lag. GPU is optional becoz higher the GPU greater the price of the phone.

         Screen Size and Type: 

                                                     An another important factor, Screen Size and type. It would be afffecting your whole experience of feeling your droid phone. So be concerned atleast it should be 3.1 inchs to give you awsum feel. At last but not the least the screen type, most popular out of them are Resistive and Capacitive but i would be recommend you to opt for capacitive. its super smooth as compared to resistive.

         Camera:

                                                    Coming onto next factor, is camera . its more important thing for those who expect their droid phones to capture some special moments in their life. so it be in your mind while buying droid phone.

        Wifi, GPS, Bluetooth:

                                                    Hmmm, till yet we saw several top priority factors. now comes turn of communication stuff , without which the use of smartphone nothing. coming to the point. you should be take into consideration that you should get that device having Wifi + A-GPS + Bluetooth 3.0(much faster transfer rate than bluetooth 2.0).

3) Build Quality: 

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Enough talk about the technical specs, now comes to build quality. while inspecting build quality you should keep this in mind . placing of buttons on the phone like volume rockers, home, search, back etc. audio jack and color, for which i would not be telling you bcoz it varies from person to person.

4) Advanced Specs :

           Ok, we covered almost all things . now the last thing is advanced specs for some extraordinary tech savvies. following are advanced specs you should look around

•    Could the phone be rooted (CAUTION: rooting void the warrenty and may brick your phone if not done  properly).
•    Does the phone have Custom ROMs and Recoveries .

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[GUIDE] All You Need to Know about Custom ROM for Android Devices

In my previous posts, I had used this term viz "Custom ROMs", Umm so  what are these Custom  ROMs???,Why should we flash Custom ROMs, From where and how to flash them??, you will get an appropriate answer for all such queries throughout this post.

Ready!!!! ,  OK then lets start,

"ROM", you may had heard this word, technically its full form is  Read Only Memory. so whats the relations between Custom ROM  and read only memory? , off course there is. In the modding community ROM is  redefined as a custom OS which are flash/install into the read only memory of the phone. hence called as CUSTOM ROMs.  got it !!!.

So this was intro of Custom ROM, now I'll tell you amazing things about  it

• Custom ROMs are completely independent OS along with there modded kernel, apps  services  and many more  interesting tech stuffs.
• We can say them as more advanced Stock ROMs with added features and increased performance.  
• So how do they modify these Stock ROMs, is not unjust,  noways because  it comes under the bold tag line of "OPEN SOURCE".
• Anybody with sufficient knowledge and imagination could customized as they like.

Reasons for opting  Custom ROMs:

• Most of times Custom ROMs comes with increased efficiency and  performance, than the earlier  installed stock ROMs.
• All the unwanted garbage,  like idiotic apps adhered  to stock ROM  by the manufacturer, are  ripped off.
• Optimized Kernel.
• Upgrading to some newer version of android, which was otherwise not provided by  your phone manufacturer.

• Ability to install App to SD card directly, hence saving the precious internal memory. 

Till yet you saw positive impact of Custom ROMs,  but still it has  some negative ones too.

Risk Factors :

• During flashing of Custom ROMs, if something goes unexpected it may brick your phone. making it mere piece of metal, plastic and glass.
• Loss of data, so taking a backup prior to flashing would good for you.
• Though these Custom ROMs  are developed by some experts, but still they are humans there could be some potential problem too. for example problems like draining of battery at much faster rate or malfunctioning of Bluetooth or like wise.
• Last but  not the least, like rooting , flashing Custom ROMs "voids the warranty".    

Some Popular ROMs:

•  CyanogenMod
•  Lewa
•  MIUI
•  AOSP

At last, i would be advising you  after taking all things in mind, decide for flashing Custom ROMs.

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Overclocking / Underclocking EXPLAINED

• Overclocking  basically means, operating the processor of the device at much faster clock frequency than it is meant for.but at the same time the power consumption increases too. 
• Which concludes that our android phone is going to drain battery at much faster rate than before overclocking it.
• To successfully overclock your andro-device, first need to have root access over the system. and then using some popular apps like SetCPU, we overclock it.
• Exactly opposite is underclocking the device, in this we are operating it at much lesser rate than intended to.sometimes manufacturer underclock device so that more power battery backup could be given to the device 

        " Risks involved in overclocking /under-clocking: "

• As i said before overclocking drain the battery at much faster rate, that means you should willing to have a good performance batteries or atleast spare batteries with you.
• Battery isn't the only issue, along with the battery processor of the phone heats up too, like our PC's we cant put-up better cooling system to compensate the excess heat produced. so to which extent the device should be overclocked is to be decided first.   
• also underclocking a device below certain extent could make it useless too.

        "Why to overclock/ underclock device then":

• Though after reading risks involved, you would thinking then "why the heck should i overclock/underclock my beloved andro". for that my answer would be you should overclock your device within limit (till it remains stable and doesnot affects the battery ). so that you could get a bit more of you device.
• And about underclocking i would be saying that you should do it when you prefer more battery performance rather than the speed performance or can say you dont need much clock freq. given by manufacturer.

Overclocking Step by step using some popular apps would be explained in my next post , so stay tuned !!!!

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[GUIDE] 7 Most Important Points You Should Know Before Rooting Your Android Device

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Root:

• Root or precisely called as rooting, is referred to gaining administrator level(for windows users) or superuser level(for Linux n Unix users) access over the device.        

• Those using Linux would be knowing sudo command, which means you permitted to run apps which needs superuser access, like apps used for overclocking, wireless tethering, backup and many more.

Rom:

• ROM is nothing but modded version of an existing android, as like we have variants of Linux.

• As it is modified version, it contains certain improvement,addition of new features.but make note that installing Modded ROM needs rooting first.

• if we take an example of samsung galaxy y, which is having stock android 2.3 gingerbread could be replaced by cyanogenmod 9. which bundled with some sizzling features which were missing in the stock ROM.

Flashing:

• Flashing , is term referred to installing something to your device, which may include Modded ROM or kernel. 

  

Boot loaders:

• So in technical language, boot loader is piece of instructions which are run, before the running actual operating systems .

• main purpose of boot loader, is to instruct the device where and how to find and run the kernel(is like a bridge between the application and the data processing on H/W level) of device.

•  By default in android devices boot loaders are locked.

ADB:

• ADB also known as Android Debug Bridge, is sort of a command line tool much like command prompt in Windows OS.

• It allows the computer to communicate with your connected android device.

•  Most of rooting tools uses ADB , which is part of Android SDK(Software Development Kit).

Recovery:

• Recovery is a kind of software bundled with the phone, which makes backups , flashing ROMs and many more OS level tasks possible.

• Stock Recovery doesn't performs many of tasks stated above, instead you need to install an Custom Recovery like  "Custom Thunderg  Recovery by Drellisdee" .

Signature Verification:

• Android devices especially of HTC made, contains this feature which embraces the HBOOT and bootladers

•  Hboot is analogous to the BIOS in our computers, all the hardware checking and initializing tasks in phone are done by HBOOT.

• By default Signature Verification is ON, which disallows us from flashing radio images(code which deals with Wifi and GPS of the phone).This Feature is included in most of the rooting tools like Z4root. 

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