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modification of Android devices to obtain root access
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rooting

Summary

rooting ranks in the top 2% of studies entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,322 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • rooting is a type of modding[2].
  • rooting is a type of Q139743155[3].
  • rooting is used for custom firmware[4].
  • rooting is used for modding[5].
  • rooting's Commons category is recorded as Rooting (Android)[6].
  • rooting's facet of is recorded as Android[7].
  • rooting's has effect is recorded as access[8].
  • rooting's different from is recorded as iOS jailbreaking[9].
  • rooting's uses is recorded as privilege escalation[10].
  • rooting's uses is recorded as bootloader unlocking[11].

Why It Matters

rooting ranks in the top 2% of studies entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,322 views/month).[1] rooting has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] rooting is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

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Android bootloader unlocking custom firmware modding Shizuku

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Gpkp · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Commons category → Rooting (Android)
    Sitelink count → 33
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'az', 'bn', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'f
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P373]]: Rooting (Android)"
  2. 14w ago · Honza9513 · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Use → —
    Gentoo wiki article → Android/Root
    Uses → —
    Has effect → —
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q139743155]]"
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