Question

Is it worth being root without changing ROM?  Is it worth being root without changing ROM on android device?

Answer 1

Many times we read that the best thing to be root in Android is to change the ROM for some more optimized for our terminal, as Cyanogen or MIUI. It is true that one of the main attractions being root is to change the ROM, but is it worth being root without

changing ROM? 

The answer, from my point of view, yes, definitely. And to explain I will detail some of the things you can do on an Android as root, without implying no change ROM. 

 

First, how to be root 

For starters, it never hurts to mention how to be root. Much depends on the terminal, but ultimately the best method, if the terminal is supported, is to use unlockroot. 

With this application achieve take root in a lot of terminals (the list is very long) by simply pressing a button. It is also possible to backtrack in case you want to stop being root, for example to send to qualified service personnel. 

Busybox must for a lot of things 

The next thing to do to gain access to the most interesting applications is settling Busybox, which is just the most common Linux tools to Android. 

For this there are several apps on Android Market that make life much. A free, it works very well and takes little is Busybox Installer.

Once installed, open it and choose us to install the latest version of Busybox. 

 

System Cleanup, management applications installed on / system

 

We recently spoke system partition for Android, and the limitations he had. Well, as root you can skip some of these limitations. For this there is a very interesting application called System Cleanup.

 

With this application you can do three very interesting things: first, uninstall apps that come standard on our Android. As we know this frees space / system, so the only thing we've done with this is to stop bothering those applications you never use. For example, I use Tweetdeck and uninstalled the official Twitter and Facebook applications because they were redundant. 

The other thing you can do with System Cleanup is to move applications date back to system / system. For example, if we have updated Google Maps, this application will occupy space on / system (the original application) and / data (updated). We can move the date to / system and achieve gain space in / data. Many times you have to restart the phone to get things working properly after a few applications move back to / system. 

 

The third thing we can do with System Cleanup is to remove unused portions of the dalvik cache, a temporary space used by the Java virtual machine to run Android applications. Over time the footprint goes up, and does not recover. Many people say that the best way to remove this space that will "disappear" is to do a wipe from time to time, but do not go that far. Clearing the dalvik cache unused occasionally is enough.

 

Answer 2

Titanium Backup, backup data from our application

Titanium Backup allows us to back up our applications and data. Although there are other alternatives Titanium Backup is one of a kind. Also, the application is free and allows the backup to Dropbox or other tasks as moving apps to the SD. I personally find it an essential app for any Android user. 

Also, this is the previous step to change ROM, but even if we do not want to change ROM is very helpful. For example, we can have our copy of all applications and data and if you lose your phone or if it is damaged, restore everything as it was in a new terminal. 

Screenshot 

If you have a Samsung terminal you do not have this problem, but Android in general need to be root to take screenshots (up to Ice Cream Sandwich). As root you can install applications to take screenshots. 

A good alternative is aScreenshots, which also allows you to take screenshots by simply pressing one second search button. 

conclusions 

Being root can do interesting things in Android, not just change ROM. That is why I think it's worth doing just to do the things that I mentioned before. And it is essential if we are to make the leap to a new ROM step. We will have full control of the terminal and that is always appreciated. 

As mentioned here once, we often want to be root only or show we can say we are. But if we can do something useful with it, much better. I hope you have encouraged your rootear terminals.