Root access is even needed if you want to install trivial things like certain custom fonts, and rooting Android can also unlock new features in certain apps and launchers.

In this guide, we’ll show you how to root an Android phone with your PC – it’s pretty simple, but you will need some third-party rooting software… There are limitations that mobile phone manufacturers ...

Android is based on Linux, but it does not include the superuser support a desktop OS running the Linux kernel might. If you want to make changes to the fundamentals of the system or install ...

[Adam Outler] shows us how to expand the Linux tools available on Android without rooting the device. He does this by installing BusyBox. The binary is copied to the device using the Android Develo… ...

Google’s Nexus 5 smartphone is the first to ship with Android 4.4 KitKat, and the stock software is pretty nice. But if you think you might want to install a custom ROM or custom recovery, it ...

Android phones rooted by “most serious” Linux escalation bug ever New rooting technique is believed to work against every version.

Rooting, for those of you that don't know, means giving yourself root permissions on your phone. It's similar running programs as administrators in Windows, or running a command with sudo in Linux ...

No Android device is really yours unless you have root access. Here's how to install the Android SDK and root your Kindle Fire.