What is rooting Android and why to root or not to root Android? ~ Digipan-The Ultimate Technopedia

What’s up guys? Today I am going to tell you the pros and cons of rooting Android device. But before that you should know what rooting is. Well, it is pretty simple. Basically, it gives yourself root permissions on your phone. Now think of running programs on windows as administrator or jail breaking your iPod or iPhone. Just like that, it is giving you more privileges and access variety of features on your phones which are blocked by the carrier or by the manufacturer of your phone.

With every good thing there is a bad side. Same for rooting too, it also has a darker side. Well, for a change let us start analyzing the cons one by one first.

1) RISK OF MESSING UP YOUR PHONE

This is just like having an administrator access just like windows. You can modify anything. And that can lead to some bad stuffs. Also, there might be some apps taking advantages of bricking down your phone and they could leave you with a phone that doesn’t function.

2) NO MANUFACTURER SUPPORT

Yes, smart phone manufactures doesn’t support rooting android and they don’t want you to do this. So rooting is just like moving forward with your warranty left behind.

Whenever you are in need of your manufacturer support, they are not likely to support you. They just blame the rooting process for any problems you may have with your device.

3) NO OTA UPDATES

Sometimes you are more likely to get the latest update for your device over the air from your smart phone without the need of having a computer to start the update process.

If you are rooted you will still get the notification in your notification bar, but there is no guarantee that you can update it, it may fail. Sometimes it is gonna succeed if you remove certain manufacturer programs. Just keep this is mind and try something like cyanogen mode so that you can still get the latest firmware.

Now there are a lot of cool things that you can do once you root your phone and I will be going over some of the top features and things you can do if you root your smart phone. So let us move on to the pros.

1) CUSTOM ROMS

The majority of the people that I know root Android because they are allowed to install all kinds of cool softwares on their device including the Cyanogenmod. Most of the smart phone manufacturers take too much of time to provide the latest update for the phone, but sadly by the time another new firmware would be launched. But with root access you can actually update to any firmware that you choose from the available custom ROMs and cyanogenmod to get all the latest features updated.

2) OVER CLOCKING

Overclocking helps to boost your Android smart phone performance. By default, Android handsets has a fixed frequency and the users cannot adjust it. But after rooting, there are no limits so that one could easily adjust CPU frequency and speed to obtain better performance.

For example, by Overclocking you can actually limit the amount of power your phone gets thereby helping you save more battery juice.

3) ‘NO’ TO ADS

Yes, this can only be done with root access. Probably, What annoy’s us most is the ads displayed during browsing, playing certain games or using some sort of app. The one and only one way to get rid of this is to root your Android smart phone. There are plenty of apps available in the market capable of blocking ads providing seamless ads free browsing and gaming experience. Adblock plus, Adaway, AirpushAd detector are some of the best root apps that falls under this category.

4) BETTER BATTERY LIFE AND PERFORMANCE

Yes, most of the recent smart phones in real cannot offer a full day battery life with an average usage. Even when the screen is turned off, there may be plenty of apps running in the background that can easily eat up your battery. But to overcome these problems, rooting can help you with certain root apps like setCPU that can squeeze the most out of your battery juice. This is one among the #1 rooted apps that can boost your battery performance. SetCPU allows you to choose minimum and maximum clock rates, offers you with a variety of profiles to choose from under specific voltage and clock settings.

ALSO READ: HOW TO BOOST YOUR ANDROID BATTERY LIFE IN 9 EASY STEPS.

5) REMOVE PRE INSTALLED APPS

Of course, this is gonna be the main reason why many of the Android users roots their smart phones. Android smart phones come pre loaded with lots of applications that you will never gonna use and even they cannot be uninstalled too. This is the main thing which I hate.

When you root your device, you can either install a custom ROM without any pre loaded apps or manually delete these applications. There is no need to worry about those apps and by removing unwanted pre installed apps you are able to use cleaner user interface as well as you get lots more of free space.

6) WIDE VARIETY OF APPS

You can download tons of new apps that can only be used with root permissions. For example, you can have some certain backup apps like titanium backup which provide more advanced backup options, screen recorders etc.

Although you get plenty of apps without rooting Android phone, what makes root apps different is that it provides more advanced options and help you dig deeper.

WIND UP

So that’s all friends. I hope after reading this article you became much more aware of the good and bad sides of rooting your Android smartphone. Next is your choice to root or not to root and is left for you. If you have any doubts or any other points that I missed and are to be included here, please let me know it through comments.

Thanks. Have a nice day ahead :)

This Article is written byGANESH SANKAR KK

Ganesh Sankar is the founder and owner of digipan. He loves sharing whatever he knows in the field of technology including how to guides, tip and tricks and much more.

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