We have a few reasons to root your phone, and then a few to not. Probably the ugliest part of the software that a device can have is bloat, which some manufacturers love to stuff in. That is unless you root.
There is. You might have heard about apps like Tasker and Macrodroid. Or, ever wondered if you could restore back to a point in time after you messed something on the phone? You can. Once you have root access, you can backup and restore just about anything on the phone with the help of apps like Titanium Backup.
With root access though, you can get these things to work seamlessly. Then come modified apps and tweaks, those are only possible on rooted devices. Take, for example, the modified Google Camera GCam app. Once you get your phone rooted, there are literally thousands of super awesome things for your phone. Cool, get Viper4Android, or Beats Audio. Want to change system font? Piece of cake. You can also flash zip files from Recovery to install themes too.
Not convinced about having a rooted Android phone? There are ways to reverse your handset to stock software. Just check out our guide on how to unroot your Android phone. Benefits of rooting your Android phone or tablet Considering rooting your phone but need a little push? Here are some great reasons to go for it. Features By John Callaham. Alternative: How to disable Android bloatware without root Real backups. Overclocking and underclocking.
Save on battery life. Apps that do more. Here: The best root applications you can download Dress to impress. You can flash kernels manually or simplify the process with something like Kernel Manager. Okay, so you probably already know about this one—but it's one of the best benefits of rooting. A custom ROM is basically a custom version of Android, and it truly changes how you use your phone.
Some merely bring a stock version of Android to non-stock phones, or later versions of Android to phones that don't have it yet. Some add a few handy features , some add lots of really unique features , and some change your operating system from head to toe. No matter what phone you have— even if it's a Nexus —we highly recommend checking out the custom ROMs out there. You won't be disappointed. Note: As some of you have noted, you don't actually need root access to flash a custom ROM—though you will need to unlock your bootloader a process that sometimes comes bundled with root access.
Still, it requires freeing your device from manufacturer lockdowns, so we've kept it in the list despite this technicality! In the end, all of this boils down to one thing: you own your device, and you should be able to do with it as you please.
Certain manufacturers and carriers try to keep that from happening, but with root access, you truly own your device and open yourself up to all the possibilities other parties try to block.
Sure, there's some risk involved , and we don't usually recommend rooting other people's phones , but in the end, you can't put a price on true openness and control. SD Maid is one of them. It easily topped our list of junk-cleaning apps , and we would recommend installing the app on any device older than a year.
What SD Maid does is scan your hard drive for leftover data from uninstalled apps, empty folders, unused system files, and delete them for you. The problem is that without root, SD Maid has restricted access, specifically anything that will modify a system app.
It can modify and delete any file, providing you with a better overall experience. And when you combine it with its ability to run automatically, you can ensure your phone will run smoother longer. The kernel is an essential component of your phone that handles communication between the hardware and the software. The default kernel that comes with Android is designed by OEMs to manage their hard drive and run according to their testing.
You have virtually no access to it and can't adjust its settings. With root, that changes. You can flash a custom kernel, such as ElementalX or Franco Kernel , and make significant adjustments to the way it's tuned. You can overclock your Gold cores to a higher frequency for more power Gold cores are the cores used for power-intensive activities , or underclock for better battery life.
You can do the same with the Silver cores Silver cores are the cores used for light workload such as reading text. You can adjust the strength of the vibration motor or even recalibrate your phone's display. You can even change how your phone deals with various loads using something known as Governor.
We will talk more about governors later, but the simple explanation is it controls how your phone adjusts the CPU frequency based on the kind of the work currently being done. Tasker is an automation app which lets you activate various actions on your phone automatically based on certain triggers. It is a powerful app and can help make moving around your device much easier. The thing is, while you can use Tasker without root, it significantly benefits from root access.
Android limits how much third-party apps can access in order to protect your data. However, when given root access, you can supercharge an app like Tasker, allowing you to automate tasks previously not possible.
With Tasker and root access, everything can be automated on your phone. You can set up your phone to turn on the GPS when you connect to your car's Bluetooth. While you are driving, all text messages are read out loud using Google Assistant. Plugins such as Secure Settings and ReptiTouch can provide even more control when Tasker has root access. ReptiTouch can automate specific actions in games, such as daily logins so that you gain rewards without having actual perform the action.
After rooting, you can download apps that will modify the OS to your preference. However, because they are installed from the Play Store or sideloaded, these are non-system apps that are limited in their access.
Additionally, if you ever factory reset your phone, you will lose these apps as well. With root, you can upgrade these non-system apps to system apps. As a system app, these apps won't be uninstalled or deleted if you factory reset your phone.
They will also gain deeper integration to the OS thanks to this conversion and will run more optimally on your device. With the help of Titanium Backup Pro version, you can turn any third-party app into system app and enjoy these benefits.
A common choice is to take your favorite file manager app such as the ones on our list and convert them to a system app since you will always need one and the built-in file manager is pretty limited. Another option is to make your custom launcher a system app to enable Google Now integration or get it working in Android Pie's new multitasking UI.
While there is a host of call recording apps on the Play Store, the method used by each app has a varying degree of success. And it because of this variability, some may work on non-rooted devices while others don't. Additionally, with Android 9. Root access also allows for the best recording since call recording apps can directly access audio from the call and not have to use a workaround. A great way to accomplish this is by using the app BoldBeast , which will also give you an enormous amount of control to the quality of the recording if you're rooted.
Busybox is often called the Swiss Army knife of Embedded Linux. This is because with one file, you can add over common commands to any Linux based OS such as Android. Busybox gives you extra root-level commands you can use in any terminal emulator app. To be clear, BusyBox isn't just an app; it is commands.
Busybox requires root to install on your device. While you might never actually use it, some apps will require Busybox to function as they need the additional commands. For example, to install Ubuntu a Linux distribution on your Android device, you need Busybox. Rooting also allows you to cheat in mobile games.
While it is possible to achieve some methods without rooting, with root, you have far better control. Some tools will let you max out your health, max out the in-game currency, make in-app purchases for free, and so much more. Of course, we don't endorse or condone cheating, but having options is always a good thing. Rooting is said to make your device less secure.
That's not true at all — as long as you use a root management app to dole out superuser access properly, you actually stand to improve your phone's overall security by rooting. While Android has gotten better over the years in security, it is far from perfect. Because of the many attacks against the platform, it actually gained a reputation as being unsafe, which it continues to work to on. While you can always wait on Google to improve security or use phones such as the BlackBerry KEY2, you can also improve your security by rooting.
Let me be clear, rooting does open your phone to additional vulnerabilities as you have given yourself and therefore potentially others access to the root level of your device. However, with this access, you can also better manage your defenses. There are custom ROMs that do a far better job at security than stock Android. LineageOS formerly known as CyanogenMod is one example which has a built-in feature known as privacy guard that gives you immense control over the permissions accessible to individual apps.
Easily one of the most secure ROMs available is Copperhead OS , which is solely focused on protecting your privacy and security. This ROM hardened the kernel, receives security updates as soon as they are available, includes a firewall, and much more. While it is limited to Pixel devices excluding the Pixel 3 and 3 XL as of this of writing , it is one best options available to smartphone users wanting to protect their data.
There are also firewalls. With a firewall, you can manage the internet access for individual apps, preventing them from phoning home in the background.
While there are non-root options that offer similar functionality, they require the use of a VPN. After about two years, most OEMs will stop pushing updates to a phone. At that point, it isn't profitable for them as they'd rather you upgrade to a new device.
But those who can't upgrade their device are stuck with an insecure phone that uses old software with vulnerabilities and bugs that Google already fixed. The other big problem is that far too many phones are abandoned after one year, resulting in fairly new phones being insecure.
A big example of this is LeEco, which ended US operations after a year of releasing their first phone in the market. The great thing about rooting is that many phones are supported by developers afterward in the form of custom ROMs. By installing a custom ROM, you can update your phone to a newer version of Android. Depending on support, this may be a one software letter update, but there are phones which receive even further support. What's even more important is that security patches will usually be pushed out each month by the developer.
This means your phone will continue to remain secure years after the OEM stopped support. So many people use terrible passwords for a home Wi-Fi network. Whether it's the default one set up by the ISP technician or one we created, simple passwords are easy for someone to decipher and join the network.
As a result, you may have a few neighbors piggybacking off your network, allowing them to get free access to the web and potentially the files on your devices. A major problem here is that ISPs see all traffic from your modem as yours — even if someone is piggybacking off your router. Therefore, anything they do on your network, you are responsible for. And that includes watching illegal movies or downloading pirated music, which can result in hefty fines.
With a rooted Android device, you can not only see who is on your network, but kick them off with a quick switch. Using the app in the link, you can permanently ban them from your network without having to change your password.
Prior to Android 6. Often, apps would use batch permissions , allowing them to request the use of all sensors, including those they didn't need. And with that data, they could track you or sell your info to marketers.
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