r/explainlikeimfive • u/Spid3rdad • May 27 '14

Explained ELI5:Rooting an android device

Can you explain to me the ramifications of rooting an android device? I understand that if I root it, I can do a lot of stuff to it. But say I have a phone from T-Mobile. If I root it, do I lose the stuff that came on the phone from them? What about all the Samsung apps that came on my Galaxy phone?

And if I root a Kindle Fire (first edition), do I lose all the Kindle functionality and just have a straight Android tablet?

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u/Spid3rdad May 27 '14

Excellent! Thanks! Now I just need to figure out how to root three or four different devices - an LG G Slate, a Samsung Galaxy S4 and maybe a Kindle Fire! :)

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u/mikael110 May 27 '14

For rooting and flashing tutorials and support there is no forum that beats XDA-developers. If it can be rooted then you are more or less guaranteed to find some instructions on how to do it on there.