How rooting your Android [Part 1 of 2] - PC World in Spanish

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questions do you still want free your Android? because now you know what are the terms to not miss during the process.

class=”c5″> rooteo Glossary of Terms

notice rooteo the process, there are many words that can be confusing. Here are some of them that are most important, and its significance.

Terms of rooteo

Rooting : Rooting means having access to the root of the equipment, ie, you can run the sudo command, and has privileges allowing running applications like Wireless Tether and SetCPU. Can rooting through Superuser-install an application that many of the processes described for root abajos include-or flash a custom ROM that already has access included.

ROM: A ROM is a modified version of Android. May contain extra features, a look different, speed improvements, or even a version of Android that has not yet been released. ROM will not discuss in depth here.

Flash: Flashing means installing something on your computer, be it a ROM, a kernel, or anything else that comes as a ZIP file. Sometimes the process of rooting requires flashing ZIP file, and sometimes not.

Bootloader: The bootloader is the lowest level of software on the phone, running all the code needed to start the operating system. Most bootloaders are closed, which prevents access to the root of the phone. Desbloquar bootloader rootea not the phone directly, but allows it, then flash a custom ROM if desired.

Recovery: Recovery is the software in the phone that allows backups, flash ROMs, and make other system-level tasks. The default recoveries can not do much, but you can flash one custom-like Clockwork recovery Mod-after having unlocked the bootloader. This is usually an integral part rooteo process.

ADB : It stands for Android Debug Bridge, and is a command line tool for your computer so you can communicate with an Android device connected to it. It is part of the Android Software Developers Kit (SDK). Many of the tools described below use ADB rooteo, whether you are typing commands or not. Unless the installation instructions call the SDK running ADB commands will not need to use it.

S-OFF: HTC phones use a feature called HBOOT s ignature verification, your bootloader. By default the phone is S-ON, which means that it blocks the fact of radio images flash code that handles data, Wi-Fi, and GPS connections. Change phone to S-OFF allows flash new radios. Rooting does not require S-OFF, but many rooteo tools also give S-OFF root access, which is very good.

RUU and SBF: Rom Upgrade Utilities (for HTC devices) and System Boot Files (Equipment Motorola) are files directly from the manufacturer to change the phone software. The RUU and SBF are the means by which manufacturers deliver updates over-the-air and modders often post RUU and SBF files leakeados when updates have not yet been released. They are also useful to downgrade the phone, if rooteo method is not available for the latest software update. Can flash the RUU directly from your HTC phone, but Motorola users will need a program that runs in Windows called RSD Lite.

In the next part we will describe different methods for root that you can get on the internet.

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