ADVANTAGE & DISADVANTAGES OF ANDROID ROOTING.

Advantages:

Running special applications – If you have a rooted android device then you can install special applications on it. Special applications means the applications which requires root access. You can search on Google about which apps to download on rooted device.


Using custom ROM’s – This is one of the most powerful feature in rooted android device. There are many ROM’s available, we can use them on our android device for variety of tasks from speeding up to changing the entire look of the device. The below advantages can be merged into this advantage but I’ve separated all the points so that you will understand it better.Uninstalling default applications – You can’t remove default applications like Browser, calendar etc on your android device. When you’ll go to the apps settings you will see a Disable button instead of Uninstall. Rooting gives you the power to uninstall any application you like including the default one’s.
Installing Linux distros – You can install different types of Linux Distros like Ubuntu, BackTrack etc, on your rooted android device.
Boosting battery life – A rooted android device allows you to stop applications which you don’t need. You can stop them so they’ll not run on background and consume your device’s battery.
Freeing phone storage – Another advantage of a rooted android device is that you can transfer applications from your phone’s internal storage to SD card. When you download and install an application from Google play, It is installed on your phone’s memory. Moving these applications into SD card will help freeing space for new applications on phone memory.

Disadvantages:

Risks of bricking – While trying to root your android device, you can put yourself in problem and come up with a bricked phone. Bricked phone is just like carrying a brick in your pocket. It can happen if you missed out any step of the rooting tutorial which you are followig or you flashed a corrupt zip file.
Voiding device’s warranty – Once your device is rooted then it only belongs to you. If you have many months of warranty available, then rooting your device will help you end your warranty. If you had done anything wrong and you wanted to get it fixed by the company then the company will charge you more for fixing it. There is an option to un-root in some devices, but in most of the devices there is no way to go back.
Viruses – It is not a very big disadvantage but still It has some potential. When you install custom ROM’s, you’re not aware that what it contain. A bad ROM developer can put malicious files in it which can harm your device.
Battery issues – You can stop default applications to save battery life, It was an advantage but there is also a disadvantage, which is some ROM’s consume more battery than usual. So It can cause issues related to battery.