It have been never easier to root an android device, no need to lose your time learning methods and flashing custom roms, download, install this app and you will be root, if you want to revert back, download Terminal emulator and delete the app and remove modifications it did.
You might want to root your device just to run apps that require root, or you might want a custom rom.
Yes it's so simple.
1) Download the InstantRoot APK from here
2) Install InstantRoot.APK
3) Load a recovery img.
4) Load whatever ROM you want
5) Enjoy
3) Load a recovery img.
4) Load whatever ROM you want
5) Enjoy
Read more if you don't know what you doing:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Main_Page
Support Thread at AndroidCommunity
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=561071
How to UN-ROOT your device "Only if you used InstantRoot.APK":
You can undo the changes made by this app by installing and opening a terminal emulator (there are several on the market) and typing the following:
su
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
rm /system/bin/su
rm /system/xbin/su
rmdir /system/xbin
mount -o remount,ro /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
exit
exit
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Main_Page
Support Thread at AndroidCommunity
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=561071
How to UN-ROOT your device "Only if you used InstantRoot.APK":
You can undo the changes made by this app by installing and opening a terminal emulator (there are several on the market) and typing the following:
su
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
rm /system/bin/su
rm /system/xbin/su
rmdir /system/xbin
mount -o remount,ro /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
exit
exit
