How to Root your Android

[Papito]

How means be a root user?

Android root function is to give full rights to Android users to access the Android system. By doing root, user can add, delete, or modify files or data that is located on the Android system which when in the default state (not root) the files are not accessible.

If analogous to the Windows computer operating system, it is almost same like giving administrator privilege to the user. And not just the user, it also gives “administrator privilege” to some applications that need to access file system. By rooting Android phone, it will not directly increase performance or capabilities of Android phones. It is only “unlock the door” for you to develop this operating system.

 

Why Android OS d​on't give root access from beginning?

The main reason is to protect the operating system from damage. If the user inadvertently or intentionally modify or delete one or more system files, it can cause instability on the whole Android system. The effect is the phone become slower, some feature is not accessible and the worst, it can cause brick or you can’t turn on the phone.

 

It is safe?

In most case, it is safe enough to root your Android phone. It won’t make your phone brick or dead. What you do next (after root) is the one that can cause problem. However you should follow the procedure correctly because it still has some risk. If you can’t take the risk, or you don’t have time to fix the phone in case some problem appears, DON’T DO IT!

Full Article

 

If you decide root your device this you need:

(Gingerbread, some few Froyo's and Honeycomb)

- Make sure USB debugging is enabled.

- Make sure you have an SD card (formatted and) inserted.

- Get the APK on the phone somehow, and install it.

- Open the APK, press the root button.

- Wait a few minutes. If there are no problems, the device will reboot (note that the reboot itself can take like 10 minutes due to cache wipe)

- Make sure the Superuser app is install and working.

 

 

Gingerbreak 1.20 apk

[Latino555]

I used SuperOneClick to root mine. I think it's only for samsung

[Krayzie]

I use UnRevoked for mine, but I'm not sure if it's just for my phone (HTC Evo 4G) or others, can't remember.

[Papito]

This one root depending from your Android version and you can root and unroot whenever!

[tdkxeon]

i rooted mine using ubuntu, it was long time ago, but i mounted the primary 1 gig drive on linux, wiped it and copied some files over, recovery files, copied rom to sd card, and did a reboot !

[Papito]

Gingerbreak is an apk file so, you don't need a pc to root your phone.