jailbreak your iPhone is not one of the best ideas you may have on safety. Android something similar happens: root the phone has serious implications that may not consider: invalidate the manufacturer’s warranty, opens a potential security breach that is incompatible with the era of mobile payments and establishes a balance that in the Most cases does not pay. These are the consequences.
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Disclaimer: We do not say that the root does not have benefits, but we believe that it is generally not pain. Especially for the average user (who should read this article). . Feel free to disagree with the post and expand on comments
First, what exactly is the root
Android is an operating system based on Linux, which in turn is based on Unix. Everything that happens in Unix is managed by files to which the normal user can not access, but the “root” yes. Root is the name commonly given to the user system administrator, also known as the “superuser”.
Rooting an Android means gain full access to all those files prompt to modify any part of the device or allow applications to do things that can not normally do.
Depending on the device, can be extremely difficult or extremely easy to get root access. There are applications such as One Click Root or KingRoot they do for you in one click with compatible terminals. This process is not directly linked to install custom ROMs such as Cyanogenmod, although these usually come with longer root.
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Here’s what you can do to access my root
All. The root user has permission to read, modify or execute any of the “files” that control the system. An app with root access can view and delete your personal data, download and install applications, buy things with your mind, make calls and send messages. You can alter the operation of the hardware of the device, change the CPU voltage, battery leave you …
To protect all this there is an intermediate step between the application and the root. Once rooted the terminal, we need an application like SuperSU or Superuser to grant root access to applications that request. Also to monitor and manage all the apps that have these permissions. That is, in theory only give access to applications that trust.
Why SuperSU is not enough
The security layer that SuperSU offers is not enough. Firstly because, as a rule, we are blindly trusting the developers. This is unless we get down to read the source code of the app, which is not available to the ordinary user.
Secondly, because, what usual, it is to give the button “Always allow” for us again not to disturb the popup with the access request. And no, it makes no sense to accept an application to have root access forever without a second thought. Not only because the developer can be deceiving, because it can also make mistakes in the program. Mistakes are magnified with the root, a gap that can sneak by malware.
Grant root access to an application is just a gesture A tap , which can make our bank password is transferred to a server across the world. It is an extreme case, but there was many people are willing to make money with these types of vulnerabilities. This can happen with normal applications, but the root opens a new level of danger.
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The root voids the warranty, and that’s not trivial
In most cases, unlock the root overrides your contract manufacturer warranty. True, it is a reversible process, but in the meantime do not have support from the brand or the operator. What if a problem arises factory? Or worse, if you suffer one brick.
The term bricking is used in the forums development and adaptation of a play on words in English: “become a brick.” It is the worst thing that can happen when we played around with the device, it is useless. Under warranty, the manufacturer would be required to fix it; void the warranty, there is the possibility that we run out of phone. Or rather, with the phone turned into a nice paperweight.
It gets ugly with the arrival of mobile payments
Google in 2012: “ encourage people to not install Google Wallet on rooted devices “. They had to make these remarks after a security company discovered how to crack the PIN payment application Google.
The theme is topical Android Pay, the payment via NFC system that comes with Android 6.0 Marshmallow. This type of system does not function as an intermediate service but directly as a credit card. For obvious security reasons, it will not work on Android Pay terminals root. But in the community of Android and there are very smart people and there are ways to bypass this limitation (not recommend to anyone).
It’s the same with Samsung Pay when try to pay on a rooted phone Galaxy displays this message: “Pay Samsung has been blocked by an unauthorized modification”
You run out updates
<. p data-textannotation-id="26b054cfb703ff6a55c88965a73df353"> When you download a system update via OTA, we not only receive new features, performance improvements and interface changes, also security patches that fix things like Stagefright, critical vulnerabilities in the system.
Update can leave us without root, so rooted mobile users have two options: update and wait for someone to find a way back to rooting your phone or not update and keep the ass in the air without those security patches. Recall that 88% of Android devices are unsure about the lack of updates.
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Android is already reasonably customizable
Android is a mature platform. The latest versions offer performance and user experience that are light years away from the dark times of Froyo and Gingerbread. The problem is that not all phones Nexus. Manufacturers put their own flavor to the experience, sometimes adding lag and often horrible interfaces
But Android also It is highly customizable: you can install launchers and icon packs that completely adapt the home screen to our liking. True, there are things that can not be removed as all those applications and services that are preinstalled manufacturer. And yes, you should be entitled to organize your phone as you want, but this need not compromise security.
With a little luck the market pivots an experience “Motorola”, with slight interfaces and faithful to the great Google design language that is material design, and less bloatware that slows down the system.
The rootear benefits
Despite the responsibility that comes unlock the root and the maturity of Android 5 and 6, there is still reason for rooting an Android handset. One is the just discussed: change immovable interface elements manufacturer. But there are profits beyond customization:
- Titanium Backup Although Marshmallow, finally, there will be a backup system. security, the latest version of the system take to reach everyone. The easiest way for users to save data to avoid losing their applications with a change of mobile or restore is to root and keep it all with Titanium Backup or a similar app.
- Adblockers. While no independent browsers adblockers as Adblock Plus, there is the possibility of installing a content blocker for the default browser, as in iOS 9. This is quite logical because Google live from advertising. However, the root helps us to skip this restriction and blocking ads in Chrome.
- More speed on slow devices. The root allows us to alter the speed of the CPU and improve graphics performance of the slowest adjusting devices a number of system parameters. One of those functions to be used with extreme caution.
Removing the root
The root is a reversible process and there is an easy way to do it: in SuperSU, go to settings and select the” full unroot “. If your device supports, in seconds should have it locked.
Google does not want you root. The manufacturer wants you to do root. The operator does not want to do root. This should not matter, because it’s your phone. But if you consider the potential security problems, you can not compensate. Especially if you do not know what you’re doing, which is usually the case with all that we can not read the source code of an application and depend on the confidence in the developer.
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