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Thanks a lot Jackie &amp;&nbsp;Shailesh for your excellent explanations
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Thanks a lot Jackie & Shailesh for your excellent explanations

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Hi Experts,<br />
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I have an android smart phone and want to root it to install some application, but before that I want to know:<br />
- What rooting mean?<br />
- What the Pros and Cons of rooting?<br />
- If I restore manufacturing setting does I loose the rooting and need to root it again?<br />
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Thanks a lot in advance.<br />
Harreni
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Hi Experts,

I have an android smart phone and want to root it to install some application, but before that I want to know:
- What rooting mean?
- What the Pros and Cons of rooting?
- If I restore manufacturing setting does I loose the rooting and need to root it again?

Thanks a lot in advance.
Harreni

General Androind Questions regarding to root

Android is a mobile operating system developed by Google, based on the Linux kernel and designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. Android's user interface is based on direct manipulation, using touch gestures that loosely correspond to real-world actions, such as swiping, tapping and pinching, to manipulate on-screen objects, along with a virtual keyboard for text input. In addition to touchscreen devices, variants of Android are also used on notebooks, game consoles, digital cameras, televisions, automobiles and other electronics. Applications are usually developed in Java programming language using the Android software development kit (SDK), but other development environments are also available, including Delphi, Ruby and Visual Studio (using C++).

Android

A smartphone or smart phone is a mobile phone with an advanced mobile operating system that combines features of a personal computer operating system with other features useful for mobile or handheld use. They typically combine the features of a cell phone with those of other popular mobile devices, such as personal digital assistant (PDA), media player and GPS navigation unit. Most smartphones can access the Internet, have a touchscreen user interface, can run third-party apps, music players and are camera phones. Most Smartphones produced from 2012 onwards also have high-speed mobile broadband 4G LTE internet, motion sensors, and mobile payment mechanisms.