Why can't I root my Android phone?

For Android phone users, whether they are enthusiasts or not, they will inevitably encounter things that need to be completed by ROOTing the phone while using the phone.

The so-called ROOT actually means obtaining the permission to the root directory of the mobile phone. The ROOT of the Android system can be interpreted as opening the root directory permission (the highest administrator permission), which is almost the same as jailbreaking of Apple iOS.

The reason why many users need ROOT is that the Android system is very open. Mobile phone manufacturers always implant many applications into the system when the phone leaves the factory and set corresponding advanced permissions, which users cannot delete freely. ROOT to obtain the highest permissions is the only way to delete these applications.

Theoretically, any system developed based on Android can be rooted. The reason why I am so sure is because of the open nature of Android. Of course, it is only theoretically possible to root. There are many types of Android phones, and most of the built-in ROMs are used after secondary modification. At the same time, there are differences between different versions, which leads to differences in the rooting methods of almost every phone.

In the early days, the rooting of mobile phones had to be done manually, and it was complicated from searching to preparing tools. Fortunately, there are many one-click rooting tools now. Users can use the rooting tools provided by developers to achieve rooting simply and quickly. The principle is that the rooting software has collected the rooting methods of various models in the cloud. The tool can quickly execute the rooting solution for the mobile phone that needs rooting by matching the model, achieving the function of one-click rooting.

However, this method also has some disadvantages. For example, most of these one-click tools have specific requirements for the phone model and system version. If your phone does not meet the requirements, there will be a high chance of ROOT failure.

For such unlisted models, the flashing tool will usually flash a kernel with Recovery into your phone. This is a way to Root some low-version phone models, but it is not a panacea solution. If your phone version is higher, or it is indeed a low-version model and the problem still occurs, you may wish to go to the corresponding forum to look for tutorials from experts and find a kernel and ROOT solution that suits your phone. Perhaps you will find that ROOT is not a difficult thing.

For some mobile phones that support OTA or ICS upgrades, if you cannot ROOT with one click, you can also search for the ROOT card package on the Internet, because most of these devices have opened Recovery. If you find the corresponding card package, you can also ROOT by entering Recovery.

Some phones do not respond when using the One-Click ROOT tool. This can usually be solved by manually entering Recovery before running the ROOT tool. The specific entry method can be found based on the model.

The last thing is the problem of system and driver installation. Many mobile phones cannot be ROOT, mostly because the driver is not installed properly, or there is a compatibility issue with the PC system. You can try to adjust the compatibility settings of the PC software and download the mobile phone driver from the official website to solve the problem.

If the above methods are unable to perform ROOT, for example, there is no manual ROOT tutorial on the Internet, and the one-click ROOT tool cannot recognize the model, then it is very likely that the audience of this phone is too narrow, or it has just been launched and no experts have studied it yet. If this is the case, then unfortunately, you can only wait and hope that a ROOT solution will appear soon, or give up ROOT completely.

As a winner of Toutiao's Qingyun Plan and Baijiahao's Bai+ Plan, the 2019 Baidu Digital Author of the Year, the Baijiahao's Most Popular Author in the Technology Field, the 2019 Sogou Technology and Culture Author, and the 2021 Baijiahao Quarterly Influential Creator, he has won many awards, including the 2013 Sohu Best Industry Media Person, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Beijing Third Place, the 2015 Guangmang Experience Award, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Finals Third Place, and the 2018 Baidu Dynamic Annual Powerful Celebrity.