Android being an open source platform gives us the option to modify our phones to suit our speciffications depending on our daily use of our phones.this is achieved through rooting of android handsets same as jailbreaking an IOS.
Rooting is acquisition of absolute control over the device e.g choice of apps to execute in your device .
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After rooting your device super user app is created in your phone which now breaks all the barriers and enable you modify your phone to suite your needs through use of third party apps such as Rom Manager and Rom Toolbox to enhance your devices performance such as clockspeed , flash custom fontpacks and themes.it also allows you to flash custom roms from android developers such as xda developers since waiting for official android updates from relevant device developers ussually takes long.
Your next step is to download an operating system that is compatible with your device considering specs such as RAM and processor generation of your device for a practical example lets use huawei ideos u8150 .
steps to root huawei u8150
Now download and install the rom manager
app. That will enable you flash custom Roms after installing the ROM
manager flash it to the latest recovery to update its database
Now download the custom Rom clockworkmod 7.2 and its GOOGLE APPS by clicking on the relevant highlights and copy them to the root of your sd card.
At this point before proceeding back up your current operating system and data just incase things go wrong you can restore from the created backup and make sure your device battery is atleast 70% fully charged.
you now boot into recovery by switching off your phone and holding the volume up+call button and holding the power on button as shown by the image.
From the menu that pops up choose factory reset data to wipe data.
navigate using volume rocker button choose go back and select using the power button and select install zip from sdcard and navigate to the zipfile and choose install and wait for the installation to take place.
Repeat the same procedure to flash the google apps.
Once all is complete select "REBOOT NOW"and wait for the device to power on which should take around 4-10mins.
Proceed to the settings menu and select about phone and check the android version to confirm.
DISCLAIMER: I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR BRICKED PHONES AND DEAD SD CARDS DURING THE PROCESS IF YOU POINT AT ME I WILL JUST LAUGH AT YOU!!
Any questions and complication in the process just drop them in the comment box below...success and dont forget to thank me the blogger for this work...
Now download the custom Rom clockworkmod 7.2 and its GOOGLE APPS by clicking on the relevant highlights and copy them to the root of your sd card.
At this point before proceeding back up your current operating system and data just incase things go wrong you can restore from the created backup and make sure your device battery is atleast 70% fully charged.
you now boot into recovery by switching off your phone and holding the volume up+call button and holding the power on button as shown by the image.
From the menu that pops up choose factory reset data to wipe data.
navigate using volume rocker button choose go back and select using the power button and select install zip from sdcard and navigate to the zipfile and choose install and wait for the installation to take place.
Repeat the same procedure to flash the google apps.
Once all is complete select "REBOOT NOW"and wait for the device to power on which should take around 4-10mins.
Proceed to the settings menu and select about phone and check the android version to confirm.
DISCLAIMER: I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR BRICKED PHONES AND DEAD SD CARDS DURING THE PROCESS IF YOU POINT AT ME I WILL JUST LAUGH AT YOU!!
Any questions and complication in the process just drop them in the comment box below...success and dont forget to thank me the blogger for this work...
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