rooting

How to Unroot the Oppo R7 Lite

Unrooting the Oppo R7 Lite is as easy as rooting it and all it requires you to do is install a couple of apps and you’re good to go. You don’t even have to flash the stock ROM (which erases your device) to unroot the device as these two apps should take care of everything for you. Once you’ve done the below procedure, you’ll no longer have root access and a custom recovery on your device. You’ll be back to stock recovery and unrooted state. Here’s how: I. Before You Begin 1. You should’ve rooted your device using our how to […]

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How to Unroot the Huawei Ascend Y520

People have their own reasons to unroot their Huawei Ascend Y520 and you also have your own reasons. Maybe you loaded tons of root-only apps on your device after rooting it and they’re now causing issues and your device’s crashing too often, or maybe you loaded a custom ROM on your device and it just didn’t work as it was supposed to. Either way, the following guide should help you unroot and get your Huawei Ascend Y520 back to the stock firmware. Unrooting solves most of the software related issues, such as device’s crashing too often, issues with launching apps, other system

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How to Root the Huawei Ascend Y520

While many universal methods have failed to root the Huawei Ascend Y520, there is one method that’s confirmed to be working and that is to flash a custom recovery and then use it to flash SuperSU to gain root. It works for a number of devices including the Huawei’s Ascend Y520. Once you’re rooted, you’ll have the ability to remove the bloatware from your device, flash a custom ROM, install root-only apps, and do tons of customizations on your device. It all starts with rooting your device and here’s exactly how you can do that: So folks, here’s how to root

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Video: How to Root the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Plus

Want to root your Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Plus and get rid of some of that annoying bloatware Samsung puts on the phone? I don’t blame you. I’m pretty vocal about my disdain for the majority of custom UI’s that manufacturers put on their devices in an effort to make their phones a bit different than the rest of the Android phone world. I get the need, sort of, but it generally just slows down the phone and has some questionable design choices (comic sans font? really?). If you feel the way I do, don’t worry, there is a solution.

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Video: How to Root the Samsung Galaxy Note 5

Looking to root the Samsung Galaxy Note 5 and remove some of Samsung’s bloated software on the phone? So long as you have a specific version of the Note 5, it’s a pretty easy affair. Essentially, we can just flash a rooted kernel onto the phone via Odin, Samsung’s own flashing software, and that’ll give us root access. Once you have root access, you’ll be able to flash custom firmware in the form of custom ROMs (once you flash a custom recovery image onto the phone), remove bloatware from the phone, and more. If you’re ready to get started, here’s how.

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How to Unroot the Samsung Galaxy S5 (Verizon)

If you went ahead and rooted your Samsung Galaxy S5 (Verizon) despite the carrier’s restrictions and now wish to get back to stock, you do have a way to do that. There are various reasons as to why you wish to unroot your Galaxy S5. Maybe the root-only apps didn’t cut it for you, or maybe you have issues with the software on your device and you think flashing back the stock firmware should solve that for you. In many cases, flashing the stock firmware has solved most of the software related issues as the procedure just removes everything from

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How to Root the Samsung Galaxy S5 (Verizon)

Verizon has that habit of keeping the bootloaders locked on their devices and the same has been done with the Samsung Galaxy S5 that comes from them. Since bootloader’s locked, you’ve a limited number of options to customize your device. However, that doesn’t mean you can’t root your device or can’t have a custom recovery. You’ve got both of these and the guide below discusses how to go about getting both. Root on the Verizon Samsung Galaxy S5 has been achieved with Towelroot, and a custom recovery has been possible with Safestrap. Here’s the entire procedure for you to root your

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How to Root the Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini (AT&T)

Gaining root on the AT&T variant of the Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini involves flashing two kernels and then using saferoot to actually root the device. While that may seem like a lot of things to do, it actually isn’t. It’s darn simple to gain root on your Galaxy S3 Mini from AT&T and the following procedure should walk you through all the steps to do that. It’s worth following this guide to root your device as you’ll then be introduced to some of the really great custom developments available for the Android OS. From root-only apps to customized version of

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How to Unroot the Samsung Galaxy J1 Ace

If you’ve done tons of customizations on your Samsung Galaxy J1 Ace and you wish to remove that all in one go, then you can do so by flashing back the stock firmware on your device. Doing so will put back all the default apps and default settings on your device and you’ll have a completely untouched device in your hands. The following guide should teach you how you can go about how to unroot the Galaxy J1 Ace and get it back to the stock: I. Before You Begin 1. You should’ve rooted your device using our how to root

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How to Root the Samsung Galaxy J1 Ace

If you’ve grabbed yourself a shiny new Samsung Galaxy J1 Ace and just wondering what else it can do, then you might want to consider rooting the Samsung Galaxy J1 Ace to try and squeeze some extra capabilities out of the device. Root access combined with a custom recovery lets you install root-only apps, flash custom ROMs and custom kernels, remove the bloatware from the device, and add some of the coolest customizations to your beloved device. Gaining root access and flashing a custom recovery on the Samsung Galaxy J1 Ace is a cakewalk as all you need to do is grab the Odin

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Video: How to Unroot the Nexus 5X

So maybe you’re done messing around with the Nexus 5X or maybe you just need to sell it. Either way, here’s how to unroot the Nexus 5X so you can get it back to stock before handing it off. Unrooting is the process of flashing the stock firmware back onto a rooted device, like the 5X. Thanks to Google, and how it treats its Nexus line of devices, the firmware to flash back to stock is readily available and, thanks to WugFresh a developer over on XDA, there is even a toolkit to help us download it & flash it

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Video: How to Root the Nexus 5X (Toolkit Method)

If you’ve ever thought about rooting your Nexus 5X, here’s the easiest way. Utilizing a toolkit from developer WugFresh (that coupled with the fact that Google has a pretty lax attitude about you rooting their phones), it’s pretty painless. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to root the Nexus 5X by unlocking the bootloader, then flashing a custom recovery and gaining root access by flashing SuperSU from that recovery all while using his toolkit. If you aren’t familiar with rooting, it’s the process of gaining full administrative rights on an Android device (think Jailbreaking for iOS but for Android).

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How to Unroot the Nexus 6P (Toolkit Method)

If you’re done messing around with your Nexus 6P or just need to sell it, return it for warranty or what have you, then you’ll need to unroot the Nexus 6P to get it back to stock beforehand. Essentially this process will flash the stock firmware (made available by good old Google online thankfully) and relock the bootloader to get the device back to the way it was when you first took it out of the box. To make things a lot easier, I’m going to use WugFresh’s toolkit to automate some of the steps for you –trust me, it

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Video: How to Root the Nexus 6P (Toolkit Method)

Google’s latest flagship phone the Nexus 6P has some of the top of the line hardware and, with updates directly from Google, top of the line Android software as well. But what if you’re like me and want to tinker a bit with said software? Well, there’s always rooting the Nexus 6P to get even more out of the software. Rooting, aka gaining administrative rights, allows you to make backups of the entire system, remove system apps that normally cannot be deleted, and even the ability to flash custom ROMs which can be completely revamped versions of the operating system.

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How to Unroot the Samsung Galaxy Ring

If you’re a “flashaholic” and have flashed a number of custom ROMs on your Samsung Galaxy Ring but just none of those could satisfy your needs and you wish to go back to the stock, this guide should help you do that by letting you unroot and flashing a stock ROM on your Samsung Galaxy Ring device. Unrooting helps in various situations, for example, it lets you bring your device back to the working condition if it was soft-bricked before due to the issues of a custom ROM, but most people also unroot their device when they plan to sell

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