If you are sick and tired of what your device manufacturer spoon feeds you use your phone, or simply want to go beyond the standard and the basic functionality of your Android phone, then maybe it's time for you to have full control over your Android handset. The process is called rooting, which is just a geeky term for obtaining root or administrative access to your phone.
By rooting your phone, you can improve performance, change the user interface, and benefit from emulated games from game consoles. You can completely brick your phone. That's why you should always keep in mind that there are risks if you want total control of your Android device. When performing some potentially debilitating to your phone, rooting, have no room for mistakes and be extra careful.
As if having a bricked phone is not bad enough, you can also void your device warranty should you decide to root your Android device just to climb out of the well-defined perimeter.
Also, because you're god, lord and master of your own phone, you need a responsible exercise of your almighty power. This means you can transfer games from game consoles through emulators to play if you really want. But, as god, lord and master (okay, okay, call themselves superuser or root admin or something similar) on your Android phone, you are responsible enough to install and play those games if-and-only if you legally acquired them or you have license to use them.
So, here are some tips to make your phone your docile and obedient slave to:
Gaining Root Access
Root access is an administrator-level log-on to obtain the authorization to the root, the top level directory of the file system to manage a computer. Because this directory is not contained in another directory, is said to be the root directory. If you have access to that level, almost all access to other folders in the root directory.
Have root access to your Android device gives you full control over the device. You can then use it for almost anything you want hosting multiple websites, installing third party software and apps, game servers, and much more. You can also maintain, depending on your preferences.
The procedure differs slightly from device to device, but the basic steps one way or another the same for everyone. You will connect your Android device and your computer via a USB cable. You also need a memory card (SD, MMC, MicroSD regardless of your phone) to your backup data to store.
Open your browser and search the Internet for rooting Android software. Multiple rooting programs are available for different devices. Many programs can root many devices, too. The most popular rooting programs are: Z4Root, Universal Androot and SuperOneClick. Download and install one of these to your computer. The following steps:
- Install the Android Software Developer Kit (SDK). Some rooting programs need it. Others don’t. Just install it anyway. Even if your preferred rooting program doesn’t use it, there’s no harm having the SDK lying around.
- Copy a backup of your important phone data (e.g., contacts, files, music, etc.) to your computer or to a remote storage account. Rooting your phone will wipe your device to a blank slate.
- Hook up the Android to the computer with the USB cable. Enable USB Debugging mode on the Android. The place for that is on the device’s Settings > Applications > Development menu. A green check means the feature is enabled.
- Start the Android SDK application. Then, run the rooting software and follow the instructions to complete the rooting process on your device. Your Android will reboot during the process.
And that’s it. You now have taken control over your Android device!
ROM Central
ROM images (or just ROM) have been hacked or modified copies of Android apps and rooted. These can be found all over the internet, even on Android Market. These are usually explicitly tagged as "Android ROM" or "For Root Users."
With the ROMs, the challenge in the system, because the procedure is more complicated than just the usual download and then uninstall process for apps from Android Market. Like many users, you may have fewer headaches by using ROM management software. There are several on the Internet. Search for "ROM manager" should do the trick.
A well-liked and top-quality managers ROM available in Android Market is a ClockworkMod.
Since a ROM manager allows you to instantly restore images you can use to restore your device to a previous state, it can come in very handy in cases where a new ROM misbehaves or causes you problems. ROM Managers can also easily switch ROMs.
Improve speed and endurance
Once you already have full access to your Android device experience, you almost everything you want with it, including jacking and pushing her speed to the maximum limits. There are software programs, but such programs can only be used on embedded devices. Some popular examples are Optimus Root Memory Optimizer (for memory management to the extreme, getting Android Market) and Appolicious. Through these programs, you can now optimize the memory of your Android device, and you can expect to improve their performance.
When it comes to endurance of your device, you can download for root users SetCPU your device processor clock speed, something that can speed up your machine (but eat more power) or slow the clock (but loses less power) tweak .
Games from the past
So many classic games like Donkey Kong, Legend of Zelda, Centipede, Asteroids, Missile Command, etc. are transferred from popular game consoles like the Nintendo 64, Super Nintendo, Game Boy, Atari, Sega, and Sega Genesis. Just look over the choices and select the one that has better ratings. However, note that it is illegal to download and install games, unless your license to use (eg you do not own original licensed copies).
Final word and warning
With the many ROMs are available, you can easily find those who can provide what your phone needs. For example, there is a ROM to change the default behavior of the hardware of your device. There are ROMs for customizing the user interface and for making backups. There are even ad-blocker ROMs, ROMs but the device into a game emulator. No matter what ROM fascinates you, keep one thing in mind: Root your phone and install new ROMs-all at your own risk.
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