In this section you will learn to root tablets and install unofficial applications. Following our tutorials you will be able to have "super user" permissions on your Android tablet, which allows you to optimize the performance of your computer and configure some of the options that are blocked by default to your liking. Remember that the "rooting" of a terminal and the installation of unofficial applications can cancel the guarantee of your tablet.
What is root?
The Root concept means something like a 'God mode' on Android. That is, we can do and undo as we please, no user account has more permissions than the root account in a system such as Android. It gives the user total freedom.
If we perform any method to root our tablet, we will end up giving privileges to our system, being these administered by a tool like SuperSU, although there are also other tools for this, such as KingRoot.
What can be done with a rooted tablet?
The possibilities are incredibly large and in fact, although we discuss the main ones here, there will always be more and more, since the tools and applications, as well as configuration and customization tutorials are almost infinite.
One of the most popular uses is to make backup copies of our applications, protect our smartphone with a firewall, etc. But the most common is to be able to use Xposed and its modules. These are pieces of software that allow you to change even the last detail of the interface in addition to providing more functions to Android than those that come standard.
Undoubtedly, another of the great options is to be able to change the ROM, that is, the full Android operating system for another based on the same platform but that does not have to be the one that comes standard. There are hundreds of "cooked" ROMs, that is, created by individual users and groups, like CyanogenMod, and many of them are much more interesting than the standard ones.
Finally, they will also allow us to adjust the performance of the tablet's hardware as much as we want, both reducing it and "overclocking" some of its components, tricking and patching our system, uninstalling applications that come by default - bloatware, and a long etcetera.
How to root your Android tablet and open all its possibilities are discussed in the following help tutorials: