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Normal Android system recovery mode
The following screenshot shows the modified recovery mode:
Modified recovery mode
The most used recovery program in the Android world is the
Clockwork
recovery, also
called
ClockworkMod
. Hence, most of the rooting methods begin by flashing a modified
recovery to the recovery partition. After that, you can issue an update, which can root the
device. However, you don't need to perform all the actions manually as software is avail-
able for most of the models, which could root your phone with a single click.
Rooting a device has both advantages and disadvantages associated with it.
The following are the advantages:
• Rooting allows modification of the software on the device to the deepest level.
For example, you can overclock or underclock the device's CPU (
ht-
• Bypass restrictions imposed on the device by carriers, manufacturers, and so on.
• For extreme customization, new customized ROMs could be downloaded and in-
stalled.
The following are the disadvantages:
