Benefits of Rooting Android Device

Earlier I have discussed about: What is rooting? , But now I am discussing about the pros and cons of rooting. This post will help you to take decision or clear you mind whether you should root your Android device or not.

Advantages of Rooting:

1. Installing Custom ROMs

After rooting your device, you can flash a custom ROM or Kernel, which means you can have a new device

2. Remove Preinstalled Crapware

Manufacturer won’t allow you to uninstall those preinstalled apps on your device. Rooting a device can make them removed easily, which ensures a high running quality.

3. Blocking Ads in Any Apps

Sick of the pop-up ads when playing games? A rooted device can remove this annoying ads immediately.

4. Install Incompatible Apps

Some wonderful apps need the root access if you install them on your device. Root your phone, enjoy more apps.

5. Keep Latest Android OS

A rooted Android can get the new OS months before the carrier releases the update, often along with a few bonus features.

6. Change Skin for your Android

As you can see, there are only 3 to 4 default skin on your device to change. But if you root your phone and install the new ROMs, you can enjoy the customized and tweaked skins on your device.

7. Unlock hidden features

After rooting you can unlock hidden features.

8. Boost your Android Device’s Speed and Battery Life

After rooting you can boost your Android device speed and battery life also. Some powerful apps like Greenify which closes the useless background applications automatically. By this app, it effectively improve your device performance.

9. Make Complete Backups of Your Android Phone or Tablet

An unrooted Android phone can only backup some settings and apps of your device. Titanium can be used on rooted device to give you a complete backup.

10. Automate Everything

Tasker is the app for automation! This app works on IFTTT (If This Then That) logic, with this awesome app you can automates about anything on your device. For example, you can turn off the Wi-Fi when you leave your home, or when you connect your phone to a car dock it turn on Google Maps. Tasker is also work on unrooted android devices with less automation options but if you rooted, it can do a whole more.

11. Add External Storage

After rooting your Android device, you can download USB-OTG Helper and mount USB sticks and externally-powered hard disks on your Android device.

 

12. Track Your Android Device

Just like tracking in iPhone with “Find my iPhone” feature we can also track android device with having root access on it. All you need is to install a tracking app like Cerberus.

 

13. Be Master of your Android device

After rooting your Android phone or tablets, you can truly own your device.

Above are the reasons why you need to root your Android device, but sure, there are some risks by rooting android phones. You need to know both Pros and Cons of rooting android so you can avoid the risk from rooting.

 

Disadvantages of Rooting:

Most of you may know more about the benefits of rooting, however, there are some disadvantages of rooting also. Viewing all of the pros and cons of rooting Android can be good for you to make decisions.

1. Root can Brick Your Device

Compared with unrooted Android device, the rooted one faces a common threat from misoperation and sometimes you may turn your Android device into a brick.

Avoid this risk: Just download apps from reliable place like Google play, and, do not delete the files if the files are suggested not to delete by rooting apps.

2. Say Good-Bye to the Warranty

The Android device manufacturers will not cover the damage after you rooting your device. For some brand, we can unroot the device after rooting, so, the manufactures don’t know if you have rooted your Android device or not.

3. Problems with Updates

Sometimes you root Android phone to get latest OS but after rooting, you may find that the automatic updates to the firmware stopped. Updates fail to install due to software modifications that occurred while the distribution has been rooted.

 

Now you have both pros and cons of rooting your Android device by comparing with these pros and cons of rooting your Android device, then choose if you need to root your Android device or not.

Hope this post is helpful to you. Thank You!!