{"id":83,"date":"2012-07-22T11:50:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-22T16:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chrystalsander.com\/blog\/?p=83"},"modified":"2023-07-26T12:40:51","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T17:40:51","slug":"android-root-your-device","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrystalsander.com\/blog\/?p=83","title":{"rendered":"Android:  Root Your Device"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lately, I&#8217;ve been receiving allot of &#8220;Phone Almost&nbsp;Out Of Memory&#8221; messages on my&nbsp;Android 2.2.1.&nbsp;&nbsp;I was frequently&nbsp;having to delete text messages and clearing browser cache, etc.&nbsp;&nbsp; Interestingly (and suspiciously) enough, at this time I also became eligible for my &#8220;new-every-two&#8221; phone.&nbsp; I saw this as a perfect opportunity to do some rooting and other experimentations.&nbsp; After all, if I bricked the phone I would just get a new one.&nbsp; Here are the steps that I would advise before rooting:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1.&nbsp; PREPARE YOUR BRAIN:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you&#8217;ve never heard of rooting, Linux, .NET Framework,&nbsp;or &#8220;command line&#8221; then STOP&nbsp;NOW, STEP AWAY from your device, and continue no further.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2.&nbsp; PREPARE YOUR WINDOWS PC:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Make sure you have at least .NET Framework 2.0 installed (I used Win7 with .NET 4.0.)<\/li>\n<li>Download the drivers for your Android device from the manufacturer&#8217;s website or, if available, the CD that came with your device.<\/li>\n<li>Download<a href=\"http:\/\/shortfuse.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> SuperOneClick<\/a> via the developers blog. (I used v2.3.3.)&nbsp; If you prepare to do all the heavy-lifting instead of using a software solution then continue no further.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>3.&nbsp; PREPARE YOUR ANDROID DEVICE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Back up your SD card. <\/li>\n<li>It is also advised that you back up your entire system by using <a href=\"http:\/\/matrixrewriter.com\/android\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Titanium Backup<\/a>&nbsp;or similar software. I skipped this step.&nbsp;Like I mentioned, mine is an old phone that is headed to my graveyard of disassembled devices.<\/li>\n<li>Enable USB Debugging mode on your Android by navigating Android: Tap Menu &gt; Settings &gt; Applications &gt; Development. <\/li>\n<li>Unmount your SD card: Tap Menu &gt; &#8220;SD Card &amp; Phone Storage&#8221; then &#8220;Unmount SD Card.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>4.&nbsp;ROOT IT<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Connect the device to your PC via USB.<\/li>\n<li>On your PC, navigate to and click on SuperOneClick.exe.<\/li>\n<li>Finally, the SuperOneClick software opens up and you then click &#8220;Root.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You&#8217;ve done it.&nbsp; You can now get SuperUser access, uninstall bloat-ware, replace your ROM, or whatever your imagination desires.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; See <a href=\"http:\/\/chrystalsander.blogspot.com\/2012\/07\/android-uninstall-factory-applications.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Un-installing Apps.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lately, I&#8217;ve been receiving allot of &#8220;Phone Almost&nbsp;Out Of Memory&#8221; messages on my&nbsp;Android 2.2.1.&nbsp;&nbsp;I was frequently&nbsp;having to delete text messages and clearing browser cache, etc.&nbsp;&nbsp; Interestingly (and suspiciously) enough, at this time I also became eligible for my &#8220;new-every-two&#8221; phone.&nbsp; I saw this as a perfect opportunity to do some rooting and other experimentations.&nbsp; After &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chrystalsander.com\/blog\/?p=83\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Android:  Root Your Device&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[60],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrystalsander.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrystalsander.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrystalsander.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrystalsander.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrystalsander.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=83"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrystalsander.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":201,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrystalsander.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83\/revisions\/201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrystalsander.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrystalsander.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrystalsander.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}