Android Rooting: The Risk and Benefit
What is Rooting?
Rooting is the process of allowing users of smartphones, tablets and other devices running the Android mobile operating system to attain privileged control (known as root access) over various Android subsystems.
The benefit of Rooting and The Risk of Rooting
Of course the benefit of controling bunch of android subsystems is huge, but there is of course a risk on every benefit. It is important to know the risk of Rooting before you start rooting, so you could know what to do at the time. Here is some of the Rooting risk that you would definitely need to know.
1. Security might be off
Rooting a distribution is practically achieved by exploiting a security flaw and installing an application (like SuperSU) to manage requests for elevated permissions. Theoretically, this means that the distribution is more secure because there is one less security concern to deal with and because users have an app that lets them know when another app wants to use elevated permissions.
2. Brick your Devices Hard / Soft Brick
No, i am not talking about you hitting your phone with a brick. This brick mean that your phone will be dead, if it is a hard brick then there is no more helping you, if it is soft brick. Congrats there is a way to fix it. The rooting process is sometimes messy and kind of dangerous in their own right.
If it failed, you might brick your device. You’ve probably (technically) voided your warranty doing so. Depending on the company, you might still be able to get a device repaired if you damage it attempting a root, but that’s not a guarantee.
3. Phone Warranty will turn Void
It’s legal to root your phone; however, if you do it, your device gets straight out of warranty. Say you root your phone and some time after that, you experience a phone malfunction – hardware or software related. Because of the Android rooting, the warranty is no longer valid, and the manufacturer will not cover the damages.
But of course if you want to risk it, and you indeed succeed in Rooting it, there is definitely a benefit which is :
1. Full customization for just about every theme/graphic
2. Download of any app, regardless of the app store they’re posted on
3. Extended battery life and added performance
4. Updates to the latest version of Android if your device is outdated and no longer updated by the manufacturer
This article is written not to scare you for not rooting your devices, in fact the writer of this article is searching through the web by using a root phone. There are definitely a useful thing that can be done by rooting your phone. Just be careful and by knowing the risk you could be more careful not to break your phone. Comment and share this article, as others might need this knowledge more than you do. Thank you for reading and have a nice day.