How to Root Android Phone: An all in One Process That You Can Follow

Millions of android smartphones & tablets are being activated every month, as android is the most easy to use & flexible mobile OS. Additionally it also have a vast variety of applications as compared to other mobile OS like Windows Phone, Blackberry or Symbian. These have made android as the most popular Mobile OS, but wait have you enjoyed using android fully along with its additional features. I guess no, that's why you are here. Yes here i am going to tell you How to root Android Phone? Why you should root? & so on. Before getting onto this i would first like to tell you that all the stuff i am going to discuss was tested on Android Gingerbread OS (2.3.1), so if you're using newer versions of android this might not work. I guess you have already read my last post Bluetooth tethering in android. So now lets get started:

All About Rooting Android Phone You Need to Know! -

Rooting refers to unlocking as Jail breaking an Apple IPhone. You might be knowing that Android is a Linux based mobile OS, it where Rooting process came into the foreword. Rooting android phone unlocks the new capabilities of your smart phone that you might have not seen yet. Initially it is intended as a process to make some specific applications such as firewalls, spy wares, certain antivirus etc to make run on your device. Well, that not much of a case now as you can enjoy them all without rooting too. Sometimes GUI apps, floating apps & other specific apps requires your phone to be rooted for better performance, it is the major reason why people opt out to root android phone. First you should know why you should root android phones:

Top Reasons Why You Should Root Android Phone:

Here are the top reason why to root android phones:

• Get Rid of Bloatwares - 
  Bloatwares are inbuilt apps or particularly games that use up your internal memory. These apps are never ever used rather slow down your device performance, you can't get rid of them unless you root android phone. 
  
  
• Access to Blocked Apps -
  There are certain apps which google play might have been made incompatible with your device, but they run on your device. These glitches are removed when you root android phone.
  
  
• Upgrade Firmware -
  You might simply root your phone to gain superuser access or can also upgrade your device to newer versions of android through custom ROMS even if your manufacturer doesn't support upgradation.
  
  
• Unleash Hardware Performance -
  There are certain applications available in play store that lets you customize Graphical Interface of your device. These apps will work only when you root android phone.
  
  
• Get Compatibility With Apps & Games -
  There are certain apps & games that do not run on some android devices due higher graphics require or RAM requirements, including Temple Run, Subway Surfer, Candy Crush Saga etc. These restrictions can be overcome when you root android phone.

I guess that's enough to convince you to root android phone, but wait don't be too judgemental. Know about what can be its adversities.

With Great Power Comes Great Responsibilities:

There are certain risks in rooting android phones which are:

• Bricking -
  Well don't go literally. But if you end up with the rooting process in a undefined manner there are chances of your smartphone to become as useless as a brick. So if you choose to root android phone do use a single procedure from a single source, so that you might now mix up ending up your phone to brick.
  
  
• Voids Warrantly -
  It is definately going to void your warranty. Well we can show a bit of smartness here, what you need to do is to backup your original rom or get it from internet. So whenever you are required to service your device you can back it up. But that's just a trick not a permanent solution in case of some damage to your device. So think well before rooting android phone.
  
  
• Security Breach -
  Gaining root access leads to opening of certain undesired holes in your device. Holes refers to communication ports through which your device shares information on internet, there ports are left unsecured when you root android phone. It's like an open invitation for hackers, so think twice before rooting android phone.

I guess that is enough, that you must know about rooting android phones. Okay so now lets get onto the real part, which is exciting too.

How to Root Android Phone?

As i have already discussed that rooting android phone refers to unlocking or jail breaking your android smartphone. This can be accomplished using various methods, here i will tell you how to root android phone using Root Master. This method of rooting is suitable for android smartphones running in Gingerbread or lower editions, as i have tested it on my phone running on Gingerbread & it worked. So before starting to root you must get following apps/softwares:

Apps/Softwares Required to Root Android Phone -

To successfully root android phone you need to get following things ready:

• Phone Drivers:
  Firstly download device drivers for your phone, these are device specific & can be easily found on the manufacturers website for free. Do not confuse this with some PC SUITE or something like that, these are required to connect to root master on your PC.
  
  
• Rooting Software:
  There are a bunch of these types of softwares. Here i have used Root Master, so i will recommend it. I strongly recommend you to use only one procedure otherwise you may end up bricking you phone. You can download rootmaster from here.
  
  
• Superuser App:
  You can find this app as SuperSU on play store. It will control the root operations of your phone.

Procedure to Root Android Phone -

I guess you might have downloaded the above softwares till now. Okay now lets move on further.

• Install Softwares:
  Install your phone drivers & Root master on your computer. Please note that your phone needs to be atleast 80% charged so make sure it is charged more than that. 
  
  
• Enable USB Debugging Mode:
  You now need to enable USB debugging mode in your phone. This option is located as "Setting>Applications>Development>USB Debugging".
  
  
• Connect to PC:
  Now connect your phone using USB cable to your computer, do not turn on USB Storage.
  
  
• Open RootMaster:
  

  As you will open root master interface as below will be appeared. Click on root, wait a few seconds to connect it to your phone. When rooting process will be completed your phone will restart confirming the successful completion of the process.
• Rooting Successful:
  You have now successfully rooted you android phone. You will now notice an additional app, which is for super user access or root access you can replace this app with its English version by installing SuperSU.

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