A beginner’s guide to rooting your Android device
Rooting your Android phone is a term that you are
bound to come across at some point or another while learning how to
optimize your Android device. With millions of new Android owners
cropping up each month, we decided to give a basic introduction into the
world of rooting and to let you decide if it’s something you’d like to
do. Towards the end of the article, you will find links to all rooting
guides that we have here on Android Authority.
What is rooting?
Rooting
is the process by which you regain administrative access to your phone.
Even though Android is an opensource operating system, you still don’t
have full “root access” to do what you please on your phone. Back when
the iPhone launched in 2007, the hardcore techies quickly realized the
true potential of the device and the cruel software limitations that
Apple had sealed it with. What became ‘jailbreaking’ on the iPhone was
quickly translated to other platforms as well, and when the world saw
the first Android back in 2008, the term “rooting” was born.
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