Most advanced users choose smartphones with the Android operating system due to the openness of the OS. Indeed, “Android” provides the user with many features, which allows you to make the phone “special”. For example, you can increase productivity or completely change the design. Unfortunately, without ROOT rights, this will not work. You can get them quite simply. In this article, you will learn how to obtain root privileges.
Each user can choose for himself what he needs. But not all possibilities are available to ordinary people. If you want to fully use your smartphone, you need to get root-rights. It should be understood that rooting “Android” 2.2, 4.4 and other versions is necessary only for advanced users. Let's look at how to get root privileges.
How to root Android
There are many ways to get root rights. Some suggest the use of special programs, others - a computer. About a few hours will need to be spent on learning the methods and setting superuser rights. In addition to the time spent, you risk losing the smartphone itself, as an unskilled owner can very quickly kill the phone.
How to root Android 6.0 and other popular versions? You can find many applications on the Internet for this. They will allow you to quickly root Android without a PC. The developers of the software assure that it will not do any harm to your smartphone, but it should be understood that any application is not suitable for all devices. This causes a lot of negative points. If you do not know this, you can harm the phone. Therefore, the user must first browse through many sites and find the right program. Only after this can we proceed to gain superuser rights.
Many people do not think about what can harm their device. Root rights carry a lot of both positive and negative aspects.
Superuser privileges
- Ability to change and delete some system programs and files.
- Some special applications can only be used with root privileges.
- Additional settings and functions for a smartphone with the Android operating system appear.
- A rooted device allows you to delete programs preinstalled by the manufacturer.
- As we already mentioned, the user can improve the performance of their smartphone.
- Superuser rights allow you to remove ads from various applications.
The negative side of the rooted device
Obtaining root rights will invalidate the warranty.
Unstable operation of the device may be observed. This is due to rash deletion of system files or overclocking the phone.
To update the smartphone, you will need to independently install a new version of the firmware.
Only after familiarizing yourself with the pros and cons of root-rights, you can proceed to obtain them. First, back up the files that are on your device. This must be done, since any actions can lead to a device failure and data loss.
Data backup is quite simple. To do this, save all the files on a virtual cloud or transfer them to a memory card. Remember that failures can lead to data loss on the SD card. How to protect files? Just remove the memory card, and after checking the functionality of the device it can be returned to its place.
Obtaining root rights
How to root Android? There are many ways to do this. You can perform the necessary actions both with a computer and without it. It should be remembered that some devices must be flashed before rutting.
As we have already found out, you can find many different programs that will allow you to easily gain superuser rights. You will only need to install the application and click on one button. But which utility to use? The most common programs for rooted Android devices:
- iRoot;
- KingoApp;
- FramaROOT;
- King ROOT.
What caused their popularity? These utilities contain a large database of devices that can gain superuser rights, and rarely cause smartphone malfunctions.
How to root Android 4.4.2? If you do not use a computer to obtain root rights, you must first allow the installation of programs from unknown sources. To do this, open the "Settings" and go to the "Security".
Next, install the selected application and run it. Click on the “ROOT” button and wait for the program to complete completion. This may take about 1-10 minutes.
You should also install the Root chacker app. With it, you can make sure that everything went well.
How to root Android using a computer
A mandatory requirement is the battery level of the device is not less than 45% and the ability to connect it to a computer. To do this, install a special driver and enable USB debugging.
Unfortunately, rooting "Android" 4.4, 5.1 and other versions is necessary using a special program. There are also quite a large number of them. However, we will consider only one of them.
Using Kingo ROOT
Before installing and using the utility, you must make sure that the program is compatible with your device. How to do it? We go to the developer's site and look at the list of supported devices.
How to root Android? Download and install the selected program. It supports the Windows operating system, starting with version XP.
Remember that before obtaining root rights, you need to back up data. This is the only way you can protect your files from various crashes. How to root Android?
- Open the installed application and connect the smartphone to the computer.
- The program will immediately try to find the Android device. On the phone, select "USB Debugging".
- This method involves downloading an additional program to the smartphone, which will be installed automatically.
- If all the previous steps have been completed successfully, the “ROOT” button will be displayed, which must be pressed. In the new window we agree with all warnings.
- After 5-15 minutes, the device will reboot.
If everything went well, you can see Root Succeed on the computer screen. After rebooting, the device can be fully used.
Removing root rights
Removing superuser rights is quite simple: to do this, go to the program with which you received root-rights. In it, you need to click on the Remove root button. The process lasts about three minutes.
How to root Android 5.1, 4.4 and 6.0? This is a fairly simple process. For later versions of the Android OS, many high-quality applications are available that will allow you to get superuser rights in a few clicks. Of course, it can take a lot of time to find the necessary program and obtain root rights. Do not rush: in the selected application, you need to look at the list of supported devices and only after that proceed to the installation.