What are the disadvantages and advantages of rooting Android by TechnicalTru

What Is Root 

Whenever we take a new Android phone, then there is some limit from the company side under which we can use the same feature in our phone which the company has given to us. But if we break this limit and some new feature. If we want to use then we have to root our phone and when we break the company limit then we can call root.

Say in simple language rooting the phone is one such process. In which we are giving super power to our phone i.e. it means that after rooting we want to change anything in our phone, we can do it after rooting like we want to increase the android version of our mobile or Then we want to change the font style in our mobile or use some rooted app, Then you can customize the phone according to you after rooting the mobile.

Advantage Of Root

• Installation of custom ROMs

You can install a custom ROM or Kernel after you root you device, which essentially means you get a new device software-wise. In fact, this is often the biggest reason for people to root their devices.

• Removing pre-installed OEM apps

Every Android phones comes with a bunch of apps directly from the manufacturer. Some of them are good, but most of them are useless, if not worse, and you cannot even remove them. Once you root your device, Then you can remove all pre-installed apps

• Installing root apps

Most devices will not let you download an app from just anywhere on the internet. Instead, users have to go through one of the few approved platforms, like the Google Play store. While this is partly done to maintain security, it also allows giants like Google to censor and control application access. Rooting allows you to scrap those restrictions and download apps from any source.

• Full Backup

Our devices and the applications we use on them store huge amounts of data for us, and losing that information could be a real problem. After rooting your phone, however, you can back up the data of any app and upload it directly to another device. Backing up data in this way can be great if the system crashes and you need to reinstall the OS.

• Block ads on any app

Ad-blocking is simple on a web browser, but it gets infinitely more complicated on a smartphone or device. Pop-ups are considered a regular problem in most games and apps, but rooting takes care of it all immediately.

Disadvantage Of Root

• No more warranty

Another big disadvantage of rooting Android is the fact that you lose your device warranty. Device makers will not cover damage caused after you root the device or if you realize that the phone was bricked while it was being rooted. In some devices, you can still unroot the device after rooting so that device makers do not know whether you rooted it or not. On the other hand, device makers can go to great extents to find out the truth about your device.

• Update problems

The best thing about using an unrooted device is that the manufacturer will keep your smartphone in check with regular updates, though they may arrive a bit late. However, it becomes much more difficult to get those on the rooted smartphones. As rooted smartphones tend to run a slightly modified code, the official updates don’t properly work or download due to incompatibility. This can be turned around by unrooting your smartphone.

• Higher Chances of Virus Attack

You might gain access to more apps and features, but that also means that you’ll have to be very selective with what you download on your phone. Some apps might contain malware and steal your sensitive data like login details, passwords or even payment details. Others might even grant hackers complete access to your phone. If you do root your phone

• Brick your device

Sometimes if the wrong method of rooting is used, power failure or some of the other unknown reasons can result in the bricking of your Android device and make it unusable. But you can try searching unbricking the phone and can get it working again, but it may be a complex process.

• Reduce Performance

With a rooted phone, you will surely face performance issues on your phone and you will not be able to perform anything on your phone smoothly. Many Android users install the root app for boosting their phone performance and battery life. But, they do not know that when they make changes to their phone software, it actually creates performance issues that are hard to resolve even after uninstalling the root app.