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Saturday, October 17, 2015

How to Root Android Gingerbread Phone

If you don't know the full capability of an Android phone which can be obtained by rooting, this article will enlighten you. Rooting can be considered the jailbreak process of an Android phone (unlike iOS in an Apple product such as an iPhone). This guide will show you how to root your Android device.

Steps:-

1
Get the apps. Download the following apps and software: RootMaster for your PC and SuperSU for your Android phone.

2
Install. After you have downloaded these apps and software, install them on the required device.

3
Enable debugging. Open the settings of your Android phone and enable the debugging mode.

4
Connect to your PC. After you have successfully enabled debugging mode, connect your Android phone to your PC using a USB cable.

5
Open RootMaster. Run RootMaster, which you installed on your PC. When you open it, you will see an interface as shown in the image. Click on root.

6
Wait until restart. After your device has been successfully rooted, it will be restarted to confirm that rooting was successful.

7
Use SuperSU. You can now see an extra app which is super user access, you can replace it with SuperSU for English interface.

Method 1: Manually Unrooting

Steps:-


1
Open a root file manager on your device. There are lots of different file managers available on the Play Store that you can use to browse your Android device's root files. Popular file managers include Root Browser, ES File Explorer, and X-Plore File Manager.

2
Find and press /system/bin/.



3
Find and delete the file named su. You can press and hold on the file and then select "Delete" from the menu that appears. There may not be a su file here depending on how you rooted your device.

4
Press /system/xbin/.



5
Delete the su file here as well.



6
Find and press /system/app/.



7
Delete the Superuser.apk file.



8
Reboot your device.
  • The above method should unroot your device after you reboot. You can verify if you are unrooted by downloading and running the Root Checker app from the Play Store.