What to do after Rooting ?
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This document discusses the options and benefits of rooting an Android device and customizing the operating system. Rooting a device allows for modification of the system partition and full access to read and write files. It also enables installation of root-level apps. Customizing the Android OS source code and building a custom ROM provides ultimate customizability but requires advanced technical skills and risks losing hardware functionality if not developed properly. Popular root apps discussed include Titanium Backup, LED control apps, and Greenify.
What to do after Rooting ?
- 1. Now that you are rooted What next ???
- 2. Disk Partition : Unrooted /boot Kernel partition, executed at boot Cannot be overwritten /system Can be read by all apps and users Cannot be written to by anyone /cache Can be written to by apps (for temp storage) Cannot be cleared without factory reset /userdata Apps can write to own folder (/data/data/appname) Apps/Users cannot read anything /recovery Recovery partition, executed at recovery-boot
- 3. Disk Partition : Rooted /boot Overwrite with your own custom kernel /system Delete/modify system apps Inject your apps in to /system /cache Can be cleared whenever you want to Refreshing of cache can make system faster /userdata Full read access to /data partition Change/backup/restore data of any app selectively /recovery Overwrite with your own custom recovery (TWRP & CWM are some popular
- 4. Some must have 'root apps'
- 5. Titanium Backup One of the most popular app data backup/restore apps on market. Save your game data or your whatsapp messages even accross a system format. Clear data of an app selectively without doing a factory reset of the phone. Shift an user-installed app to /system Disable OEM installed bloat apps.
- 6. LED Control Apps Get complete control over LED notifications Set custom colors, blink speeds for separate apps, or for a group of apps Set different LED notification styles according to time of day. Some popular apps : - * LED Light Flow * Notifications ++
- 7. Greenify! Greenify is an app manager tool that lets you "Greenify" an app and is unlike the "Hibernation" tool featured by many other apps. A Greenify-ed app is in a state of hibernation state and unable to access system resources, bandwidth, or run background processes. However, Greenify allows you to run an app normally in the foreground when explicitly called by the user without any extra fuss. Just don't greenify your alarm clock or messenger!
- 9. ClockWorkMod Recovery Developed by famous CyanogenMod developer Koushik 'Koush' Dutta. Replaces the default recovery present on the device Allows formatting of any partition, formatting of sdcards to any filesystem (fat/ntfs/ext) Flashing of custom ROMs, kernels Complete backup 'image' of the whole system and userdata partition. And restore the same.
- 10. TeamWin Recovery Project TWRP is called by many as Android Recovery on Steroids. It provides all functionalities of CWM Recovery, and some more. You can selective backup/restore certain partitions. The recovery has an inbuilt file manager too. Biggest draw : This recovery has a fully touch driven UI and complete themable.
- 11. Supercharge your Phone !
- 12. Supercharger V6 by zeppelinrox Possibly the most famous root script for android phones. Reduces the Android 'OOM' and 'minfree' parameters Makes multitasking on old and sloppy hardware (single core, 1ghz) phones possible. Get it via google search : google.com/search? q=supercharger+v6
- 13. Custom Kernels : Wings for your phone A custom kernel may allow you to : - Overclock the CPU Underclock the CPU volatages Use different I/O schedulers Use different CPU Governors Modify GPU parameters Tweak performance in other various ways
- 14. Custom Kernels : Precautions While custom kernels can promise to do wonders to your phone, try to keep in mind that excessively pushing your device beyond limits is not a bright idea. Each CPU is different. Some might not handle overclock gracefully. If your phone heats up or shuts down randomly, do NOT overclock/undervolt. A custom kernel is not the Holy Grail or the answer to the million dollar question always. It could be that your hardware just cannot perform any more than it does.
- 15. A world beyond rooting
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