Rooting your Android phone opens a world of customizations. If you can imagine of a customization or tweak, there’s probably a tool or mod to achieve it with root access. Here are 7 reasons why you should root your Android phone today.
1. Battery Improvements
Battery life is a crucial part of our device. Nothing really matters if you can’t use your phone all day without needing some extra juice. Sometimes the phone you’re stuck with doesn’t have great battery life, but there’s not much you can do about it. That’s where root comes in. Apps like Greenify give you much more control over apps that can eat up the battery. It will analyze the running apps and allow you to choose apps to be “hibernated” when not in use. This prevents apps from consuming battery in the background. It’s great for apps you don’t use frequently.
2. Better Backups
Just like your computer, a phone is full of information and media that should be backed up occasionally. The default non-root backup tools are decent, but they lack in some places. Root allows you to back up literally everything which includes your preferences and entire apps. A “NANDroid” backup creates a system image that essentially works as a restore point for your phone. If anything goes wrong, you can revert back to exactly how the phone was set up at the time of the backup. Titanium Backup is a popular root backup app.
3. Custom ROMs
The best thing about root might be custom ROMs. This is one of the most popular reasons why people root their device. A custom ROM is literally a custom version of Android for your device. Some of the popular ROMs include LineageOS, CarbonROM, and Paranoid Android,etc. Developers can often bring Android updates and features to phones faster than manufacturers. If you’re unhappy with the software on your device, a custom ROM can give you a completely new experience. Sometimes it is faster and even more efficient than your stock rom.
4. Extreme Customization
Customization is a huge deal in the Android community. It’s one of the core features that makes Android different from other mobile operating systems. You can already do a ton of customization without root, but nothing is off limits if you have it. You can change up the boot logo, install a custom system font, redesign the navigation bar buttons, use a different lock screen, and so much more.
5. Magisk & Xposed Modules
Magisk and Xposed are two very popular tools in the Android modding community. These are modifications that can be installed from a repository. Essentially an app store full of customizations and tools. The great thing about Magisk and Xposed is they make it easy to customize your phone. Developers can create modules and other users can easily apply them to their device.
6. More Powerful Apps
As we’ve mentioned with Greenify and Tasker, root access allows apps to do more. Root gives apps the ability to tinker with things on the system level. Obviously, this comes with some warnings. A rogue app with root access can do a lot of harm. They can also do amazing things. Once you have root access you should do a search for “root” in the Play Store. You’ll find a whole new world of options.
7. Remove Any App
Bloatware is an annoying part of most Android devices. Manufacturers and carriers like MI,Realme, VIVO,etc pre-install useless apps.Most people never use these apps. They just take up space and get in the way. Android does allow you to uninstall or disable most bloatware apps, but you can take it even further with root. Titanium Backup allows you to completely remove any app. This can be dangerous if you remove the wrong app. Make sure you only remove apps that aren’t critically necessary to the system.
So, these were the 7 reasons to root your device. There are many more but these are primarily the best of them. You can search web for rooting procedure of your devices.
There is not everything cool with rooting. Every good thing has its downside also, so as rooting, which we will discuss on another post.
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