How to Root Any Android Phone with Unlock Root

Android devices or Android platform as a whole provide excellent features to the user with smooth touch interface, superior performance, fluid interface and running numerous applications for any kind of need.

Though this flexibility is quite appreciable, an Android user is restricted from installing any kind of custom ROMs or applications which require additional system and hardware rights.

Android users don’t have any access to the flash memory chip in their stock configured devices and thus are not able to modify or revise the operating system itself. The Rooting process here enables the bringsthe freedom and the features within their reach.

About Rooting

Rooting is a process of permitting the users of the Android Devices with full access to Android subsystem by granting Privileged control, also known as ‘Root Access’. Rooting overcomes the confinements and limitations that the carriers and manufacturers set on their devices. Thus it allows the user to alter the system settings and permits the use of Administrator-level authorization.

Android being a Linux –kernel derivative, rooting an Android platform is a lot like retrieving administrative permission on Linux. Rooting used be an obscure process and was only confined to the will of the hackers and modders.

Process normally includes exploiting a vulnerable security weakness in the firmware but is a time consuming process as every phone is different and one needs to find the right method for the specific device.

Read this = What is rooting and why we must have rooted android device

Nowadays that process has become quite stress-free these days. Now a user only needs to download and run the program designated for Rooting. One such application is Unlock Root.

About Unlock Root

unlock root software

Unlock Root is a free application that can be downloaded from their own website, http://www.unlockroot.com/. It is a Windows only application i.e. it can only work on computers running Windows 7/Vista/XP. Also USB drivers are required for the device before using Unlock Root.

It claims that it can root around 250 devices from variety of manufacturers such as Acer, Samsung, Dell,Asus, HTC,Huawei, Sony Ericsson and Motorola, along with devices from other less-known manufacturers. It is a safe and a hassle-free application.

It can easily root Android devices with OS versions 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 and support for 4.0 is currently on the way. It really doesn’t matter whether user have an entry level droid or a high end droid, unlock can root it. The user doesn’t need to know high level technical procedures to use Unlock Root.

All that is needed is the click of a button to root the device, which is something you can’t find in other root apps.

Instructions to root your phone with unlock root

Note: 

  1. Before following this guide make sure your phone and firmware is supported by this tool , see supported phone list 
  2. it will be a good idea to back up the important data on the device before starting the process.

All a user need is to follow these simple steps in order to get going –

Step 1.


Unlock Root Software needs to be downloaded from the website into the computer. To download go to unlockroot.com and download latest rooting software by clicking big yellow download button

Step 2.


The device that needs to be rooted has to be in USB Debugging mode. To enable this following steps can be performed: – Settings > Applications > Development on the device.

homesettingssettings applicationsettings application developement
 

Step 3.


The device then is to be connected to PC via a USB cable.

Step 4.


After executing “UnlockRoot.exe”, a little time is then required for the device to get automatically detected.

Step 5.


The desired device is to be then selected from a list of autodetected devices.

Step 6.


After selecting the desired device, the root process can start by pressing the Root button.

Step 7.


The rooting process requires a certain amount of time for installation, after which a greeting message will appear stating the device has been successfully rooted.

Step 8.


After the whole process a simple reboot of the device is required for the changes to take effect.

Step 9.


The user can check the root access by locating the Superuser app on the device.

Congratulations you have successfully rooted your phone, if you faced any problem leave a comment below i will try to respond asap. This F.A.Q Page will also help you to figure out problems

Conclusion

With such versatile software nowadays anyone can root their Android devices with just a click of a button.

If the user wants to avail the warranty of the device without voiding it a simple click on the Unroot button can bring the device to its previous state without leaving a trace of the previous rooting procedure.

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About Sreejan Niyogi

If Sreejan was not an engineer, he would surely have been a writer. Loves everything that is related to technology and possesses a huge weakness for gadgets. He has written for many tech blogs and is always on the lookout for some cool tech tips and advice.

Comments

  1. Great post. I am currently testing Unlock Root after using Super One Click for over a year.

  2. j.ajmera says:

    my phone does not get detected on the unlock root software…my usb is connected and debugging mode is ticked..still not detecting..what is the prob?

  3. N Sakulal says:

    Is rooting is possible on my samsumg galaxy pop GT-S5570 GINGERBREAD.DDKQ7 using unlock root????

  4. sakulal says:

    When i tried to root my device it shown failed to get shell root.. What does it means???

  5. Jishnu 9009 says:

    When i tried to root my device it shown failed to get shell root.. What does it means???

  6. fails on evo 4g 2.3.5

  7. My HTC Wildfire S is listed as proven to work with Unlock Root and was correctly detected, but failed shell root… seems to happen to a lot of people and no one is providing any solutions to this problem…

  8. can mts mtag 3.1 be rooted using it plz help…soon.

  9. My HTC Wildfire S is detected but get the following message “failed to get shell root”. I had already unlocked the bootloader.

  10. Riley Kirk says:

    Hello i am a mad person because every other root program does not work with my HTC wildfire s, 2.3.4 On the unlockroot webpage, it says my phone is supported but when i try to root i get “Failed to get sgell root” please fix.

  11. making fool only

  12. i have a lg ls670 and ive tried and i need the shell root aswell kind of a bummer when u dont know what this is :<

  13. I have a pantech burst and downloaded unlockroot
    The rooting was going fine till it fame to shell root. I seem to can’t get pass this problem.

    • Kuldeep Singh says:

      @Maximose @greed666 @Riley Kirk @David and all

      “The message “failed to get shell root” means you have failed to root your phone. We are working on this issue for some time and we are sorry to tell you that we can not solve this problem recently. This is a common problem of root exist in nearly all root applications, we will update Unlock Root when there is a new method of rooting.”

      [Via] Unlockroot website

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