How to Root the Samsung Galaxy S III

All the focus might be on the 14th of March and the Galaxy S IV right now, but if the enduring success of the Galaxy S II is anything to go by, Sammy’s current flagship is here for the long haul. Given that, we thought we’d take a little trip down rooting lane, to find the very best way to squeeze the best performance out of the Galaxy S III. Like any other Android handset, we’re firmly of the opinion that you’ve gotta root your handset...

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Root Galaxy Nexus I9250 on Android 4.2 Jelly Bean

The Galaxy Nexus is still one of the most popular phones out there, despite being superseded by the Nexus 4. Luckily, you can root it with just a few clicks thanks to a program called the Nexus Root Toolkit. Here's how it works. For more information on what rooting is, what it can do for your phone, and what all those confusing terms mean, check out our always up-to-date guide to Android rooting. The Nexus Root Toolkit is pretty simple...

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Rooting Methods

Here you'll find what we think are the best rooting methods for the 10 most popular phones among readers. We won't go through the nitty gritty details of each method, since we can't test them ourselves, but we will tell you what you need and what each method entails. Before rooting, we recommend you read up a bit more on your phone, and we've provided some links for further reading at the end of each description. Click on your phone's thumbnail...

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Up to Date Guide to Rooting on the Popular Android Phones

We love Android, but rooting your phone can give you the opportunity to do so much more than your phone can do out of the box—whether its wireless tethering, speeding it up with overclocking, or customizing the look of your phone with themes. Here's how to root some of the most popular phones with minimal effort. 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. With a rooted phone, you...

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ROMs for Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830 Jelly Bean 4.2

The Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830 is one of the most popular Android low-end phones which has been in the market for a long time. The device was launched in February 2011 with Android 2.3 Gingerbread which has recently been updated to Android 2.3.6 (still GB). Due to its moderate hardware specifications, the phone never saw an official update even to Android 4.04 Ice Cream Sandwich, not to talk of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. Android...

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