07-09-2017, 11:42 AM
Rooting is the process that enables smartphone users, tablets and other devices running the Android mobile operating system to achieve privileged control (known as root access) across multiple Android subsystems. As Android uses the Linux kernel, the rooting of an Android device offers similar access to administrative (superuser) permissions as in Linux or any other Unix-like operating system such as FreeBSD or MacOS.
Rooting is often done with the aim of overcoming the limitations that carriers and hardware manufacturers put on some devices. Therefore, rooting gives the ability (or permission) to alter or replace system applications and configuration, run specialized applications ("applications") that require administrator-level permissions or perform other operations that are inaccessible to a normal Android user. On Android, rooting can also facilitate the complete removal and replacement of the device's operating system, usually with a newer version of your current operating system.
Root access is sometimes compared to the jailbreak devices running the Apple iOS operating system. However, these are different concepts: Jail-breaking is bypassing various types of Apple bans for the end user, including modifying the operating system (enforced by a "boot loader blocked"), installing applications not officially approved to through side-loading, and granting the user elevated management privileges (rooting). Only a minority of Android devices block their boot loaders, and many vendors like HTC, Sony, Asus and Google explicitly offer the ability to unlock devices and even replace the entire operating system. Likewise, the ability to load applications is typically allowed on Android devices without root privileges. Therefore, it is primarily the third aspect of iOS jailbreaking (giving users administrative privileges) which more directly correlates with Android rooting.
Rooting is often done with the aim of overcoming the limitations that carriers and hardware manufacturers put on some devices. Therefore, rooting gives the ability (or permission) to alter or replace system applications and configuration, run specialized applications ("applications") that require administrator-level permissions or perform other operations that are inaccessible to a normal Android user. On Android, rooting can also facilitate the complete removal and replacement of the device's operating system, usually with a newer version of your current operating system.
Root access is sometimes compared to the jailbreak devices running the Apple iOS operating system. However, these are different concepts: Jail-breaking is bypassing various types of Apple bans for the end user, including modifying the operating system (enforced by a "boot loader blocked"), installing applications not officially approved to through side-loading, and granting the user elevated management privileges (rooting). Only a minority of Android devices block their boot loaders, and many vendors like HTC, Sony, Asus and Google explicitly offer the ability to unlock devices and even replace the entire operating system. Likewise, the ability to load applications is typically allowed on Android devices without root privileges. Therefore, it is primarily the third aspect of iOS jailbreaking (giving users administrative privileges) which more directly correlates with Android rooting.