Having an HTC Droid Incredible 2 smart phone? Then now you have a reason to cheer as just in case if you just thought on to install the custom ROMs or say the applications which require the root access, you can now do it after rooting the phone. Android being an open source platform allows you to customize the phone the way you want it, it was just last time which we saw on how you can install Cyanogen MOD 7.1 on Htc Droid Incredible 2 and over the next coming days we will also see on how to install other custom ROMs. Also, the talks are doing the rounds in several forums that the latest version of Ice Cream Sandwich Android 4.0 version will be launched for HTC Droid Incredible 2 phone which too will be covered on androidadvices.com
Disclaimer: Please note that we should not be held responsible in any manner in whole or in parts if any damage is done to your device caused by updating the firmware which is a very unlikely event if you follow the instructions as mentioned in the article including the pre requisites and the procedure to update the phone.
So, in the due course of this article we will see on what is the rooting process, merits and demerits followed by which we will see the procedure to root Droid incredible 2 in the Page 3. Please note that this version of Rooting process only works for the Gingerbread 2.3.3 based firmware version and it hasn’t been tested on any of the other firmware versions.
What is Rooting?
Rooting is basically a process where the access to system level files is given to the third party custom ROMs or the files so that the required customization can be made. Only rooting makes it possible to customize the phone the way you want to. So, let’s proceed and check out the merits and demerits below.
Merits of Rooting:
Rooting has the following merits;
- It allows you to customize the Phone’s appearance as you can apply several themes to your phone,
- It allows you to install the custom ROMs and other beta leaked firmwares,
- It also allows you to remove the default applications which come up with your phone.
De merits of Rooting:
There are two main demerits of rooting which are,
- Rooting voids the warranty,
- Rooting process if not followed properly from the trusted sources can even brick the phone which may permanently damage the phone.
So, now let’s proceed to the next page where we will see on what are the pre rooting instructions.
