Root access or simply put root user is the term for Linux operating system environment which allows full read and write access of all commands and files in the system. From a tech perspective, it is termed as Superuser. For Microsoft Windows, it is called Administrator account which is familiar for most people. That’s vastly different from Linux where you don’t get Superuser a.k.a root access by default on your Linux machine, be it Mandriva, Red Hat, SuSe, Ubuntu or Fedora just to name a few.

Windows’ administrator:

• superuser, full control of the system
• ability to setup administrator rights to different account

Linux administrator:

• non-superuser, most system files doesn’t permit read and write access.
• ability to setup administrator rights to different account

As were mentioned earlier, Superuser/root access is not enabled by default across all Linux distributions. In fact, you were given only Administrator access in Linux environment which is suffice for most users actually. It was an added security measure to prevent users from tinkering the system which might cause severe system failure. Fortunately, there are ways to enable root access and one of them is simply by going to the Linux terminal and enter “sudo root password” without the quotes. The root access is limited to only one account, incidentally name “root” as well.

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Root access or simply put root user is the term for Linux operating system environment which allows full read and write access of all commands and files in the system. From a tech perspective, it is termed as Superuser. For Microsoft Windows, it is called Administrator account which is familiar for most people. That’s vastly different from Linux where you don’t get Superuser a.k.a root access by default on your Linux machine, be it Mandriva, Red Hat, SuSe, Ubuntu or Fedora just to name a few.

Windows’ administrator:

• superuser, full control of the system
• ability to setup administrator rights to different account

Linux administrator:

• non-superuser, most system files doesn’t permit read and write access.
• ability to setup administrator rights to different account

As were mentioned earlier, Superuser/root access is not enabled by default across all Linux distributions. In fact, you were given only Administrator access in Linux environment which is suffice for most users actually. It was an added security measure to prevent users from tinkering the system which might cause severe system failure. Fortunately, there are ways to enable root access and one of them is simply by going to the Linux terminal and enter “sudo root password” without the quotes. The root access is limited to only one account, incidentally name “root” as well.

But what does this techie stuffs have to do with rooting an Android phone?  Continue Reading »

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It’s never been that hassle free when you change your phone. Transferring contacts especially is a troublesome process if you have a big number of contact number in your list where your SIM card is not able to store all of it. One of the advantage of Android smartphone is the ability to read vcf vCard files. By doing so, you can send your contacts from your older phone to your new Android phone on the fly, usually by multi-selecting the contacts and choose ‘Send Contact’ or by exporting to VCF file using “” Professional the phone’s PC Suite software. Though there are some many cases where older feature/symbian phones from Nokia/Sony Ericsson/Samsung/LG having Bluetooth object push incompatibility with Android phones. If you’re happened to fall into this category or if you just wish to look for a super easy way to transfer your contacts from older phone to your new Android phone, just read on. Continue Reading »

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