How do I root my Android device? This is a common question asked by those who want to root their phones. How exactly do I root my Android device? Are there risks involved?
DISCLAIMER: ROOTING YOUR DEVICE WILL PROBABLY VOID YOUR WARRANTY FROM BOTH THE CARRIER AND THE MANUFACTURER. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO ACCEPT FAULT FOR ANY ADVERSE EFFECTS OF ROOTING, THEN DO NOT READ ANY FURTHER. HERE BE DRAGONS.



Questions?

Before rooting, you might have some questions about it.  Fortunately, they've already been answered!  Refer to the handy list below:


What does &quot;to root a phone&quot; mean?
What is the difference between: Rooting, Jailbreak, ROM, Mod, etc.?
Are there any risks to rooting a device?
What do I gain from rooting?
Do all applications run as root on a rooted phone?
See the sidebar to the right for more potentially relevant questions!


How do I do root?

Note there is no known method that will root all devices, nor is there any guarantee that any mentioned program or method will actually work. This is because there are many variables at play and device OEMs have no incentive to make the process easy. 

A final caution: Your warranties may be voided, you may screw up your device, and there may also be other adverse effects. If you do not want to risk it, stop now. If you are not confident in what you are doing, please do not deviate from the guides and read carefully.

The easiest way to root your device is via "one click" methods, most of which are developed for more popular devices. Examples include applications (.apk files) you can run on your device, or software you have to run on a PC while connecting the device with USB. Other methods may involve many steps or manual editing of files.

Methods typically vary between models and even between firmware versions of the same model. Check your rooting method is compatible with:


Your device model/brand (e.g. Samsung Note)
Your Android version (e.g. 4.4 KitKat vs 5.1 Lollipop)
Your firmware version (e.g. European vs. USA vs. Verizon telecom provider)
Your hardware version (e.g. 32GB model with antenna vs. 16GB without one)


Rooting Guides Index

These are links to questions on this site that have been asked for specific devices.  If the question for your device hasn't been answered, don't post a duplicate &mdash; you can attract attention to the question by offering a bounty on it, sharing the link, posting in our chatroom, etc.

Acer


Iconia A100
Iconia A500
Liquid Mini
Liquid Z630S
Liquid Zest


Amazon


Fire TV
Kindle Fire Version 6.x / 10.x
Kindle Fire 5th gen (aka 2015)
Kindle Fire HD


Archos


Archos 70 Xenon Color (Android 5.1)
Archos 97b Platium HD
101 XS Tablet


Asus


Eee Pad Transformer
Fonepad 8
Fonepad K004 (post deleted (aka ME371MG))
Memo Pad HD 7
Nexus 7
ZenFone 3 Max
ZenFone 5
ZenPad S 8.0
Zenfone 2 ZE551ML


HTC


Amaze 
Desire 300 (aka "Zara Mini")
Desire 500
Desire 625
Desire
Desire Bravo
Desire Z
Dream (aka G1)
Evo
Evo 4G
Gratia
Hero
Incredible 2 (Verizon)
Incredible S
Legend
Magic
myTouch 4G Slide
myTouch Q
Nexus ONE
One S
One V
One X
One XL
Salsa
Thunderbolt
Wildfire


Huawei


Ascend Y330
Ascend Y530
G330D U8825D
Mate 8 (aka Ascend Mate8)
Mediapad S7-301U
Nexus 6P
P1 U9202L
PLDT Telpad QS S7-961WD
STREAM X GL07S
U8160 (Vodafone 858)
X3 U8510
Y210


Karbonn


A7 + Smart Tab 7 (possibly same for A5)
Titanium Mach Two S360
Titanium S5


Lenovo


A660
A1000 Smartphone
A7000
S920
Thinkpad


LG


Escape
G2
G3
G4
Motion 4G
MS 330 (aka K7)
MS 690
Nexus 4
Nexus 5
Optimus 2X
Optimus 4X
Optimus L7 II - P713
Optimus L7 II - P715
Optimus L70™ LGMS323
Optimus Logic
Optimus M
Optimus Slider VM701
P500


Micromax


A089 Bolt
A25
A65 Bolt
A87
Canvas A1 AQ4501
Canvas A116 (Canvas HD)
Canvas 2 A110
Canvas 2 Plus A110Q


Motorola


Defy
Defy XT
Droid 3
Droid Maxx
Droid Razr
Droid Razr M
Droid Razr Maxx HD
Droid X
Droid X2
Fire XT316
Flipside
Moto G
Moto G XT1032/XT1033
Moto G 2014 2nd Gen (XT1063, XT1064, XT1068 and XT106)
Moto X stock Kitkat
Moto X Play


Nook


Nook Color
Nook HD


OnePlus


OnePlus One
OnePlus 3
OnePlus 3T
OnePlus 5


Prestigio


MultiPad PMP3670B
PAP 7500


Samsung


Admire R720 (Also known as Samsung Vitality)
Captivate
Epic Galaxy 4G (SPH-D700)
Fascinate
Galaxy A3 2016 (SM-A310F)
Galaxy A5 
Galaxy Ace Plus
Galaxy Ace S5830i
Galaxy Alpha SM-G850A
Galaxy Attain 4G
Galaxy Chat B5330
Galaxy Core i8262
Galaxy Fit
Galaxy Grand Duos
Galaxy Grand Quattro
Galaxy Note 2
Galaxy Note 3
Galaxy Note N7000
Galaxy Player
Galaxy Precedent
Galaxy S
Galaxy S Advance/S II Lite i9070
Galaxy S2 GT-i9100, GT-I9100P, GT-I9100G
Galaxy S2 plus
Galaxy S3 i9300, i9305
Galaxy S3 Duos3
Galaxy S3 Lite (S6790)
Galaxy S3 Mini GT-i8190
Galaxy S4 GT-I9500 (Android 4.4.2) (build XXUBMH1) 
Galaxy S4 GT-I9505 
Galaxy S4 Mini GT-I9195
Galaxy S4 SCH-I545
Galaxy S4 SGH-I337
Galaxy S4 SGH-M919
Galaxy S5 SM-G900V (Verizon) on Lollipop
Galaxy S6 / S6 Edge / S6 @ Sprint / S6 Edge @ Verizon (S6 Edge is S6 but has curved screen)
Galaxy S7 / S7 Edge (us carriers)
Galaxy SL GT i9003
Galaxy Star Duos S5282
Galaxy Star Pro (S7260)
Galaxy Stellar
Galaxy Tab
Galaxy Tab A (SM-P550)
Galaxy Tab 10.1
Galaxy Tab 3 10.1
Galaxy V
Galaxy Young 2 (SM-G130HN)
Infuse (i997)
Infuse 4G
J5
Nexus S | on Gingerbread
Spica
Xcover3 (SM-G388F)


Sony


Xperia Arc S
Xperia J
Xperia Mini ST15i
Xperia Mini Pro SK17i
Xperia Neo V (MT11i)
Xperia P
Xperia Play
Xperia Pro MK16a/i
Xperia Ray ST18i
Xperia S
Xperia Sola (MT27i)
Xperia SP (C530x)
Xperia Tipo
Xperia Tipo Dual
Xperia T2 Ultra Dual
Xperia T3
Xperia U
Xperia X8
Xperia Z1
Xperia Z2
Xperia Z3


SpreadTrum


SC6830
SP8810 (Wynncom G1)


Xolo


Xolo One
Xolo Q1010i


ZTE


DL 800
Fury
Score
Optik
Origin
Prestige
Zinger (Z667T)


Other


Alcatel OT-997D
Alcatel One Touch Mini Idol 2
Android Emulator
Arnova GBook
Azpen A727
Casio Commando
Celkon A95 Pro
Chinavasion TechPad
Cruz Tablet
Dell Streak 5 / Mini 5
Doogee Voyager2 DG310
Emdoor EM79 c
EPad MX1014
Freelander PX2 tablet
General Mobile e-tab 7b
Gionee P5W
HP Pro Slate 12
Innos A35
Kyocera Echo
Lava Iris 504q
Mpie MP707
Oppo N1
Pandigital Novel
Pantech Crossover P8000
Prizma VSGK845
RealPower MT65515-C910
TCL Idol X (S950)
Teac TC-7120
Teclast tPad
Toshiba AT100
Viewsonic gTablet
Xiaomi Mi A1
Wileyfox Swift
Yarvik tab 411


Methods/Apps


Chainfire's CF-Autoroot (follow link for a list of supported devices). Supports plenty of Samsung devices, plus some Motorolas and the Nexus line
Droid X Recovery Bootstrap (Motorola Droid/Droid2/Droid X, probably Android 2.x only)
Framaroot - One-click rooting and unrooting; supports a number of devices using Qualcomm, MTK, Exynos, Omap and other SOCs (Android 2.x to 4.x)
Gingerbread exploit app - Works on 2.1 and 2.2, as well as early 2.3 releases (hence the name).
Gnex Toolkit - Software for rooting and handling your Galaxy Nexus phone.
Google Nexus 7 Toolkit - Software for rooting and handling your Nexus 7 tablet.
iRoot a One Click Root (see here for supported devices
Kingoapp Root: Pratically roots most androids in 1-click and supports Android 4.1 to 6.0. Even unlocks some bootloaders. Also see Wikipedia.
KingoRoot: Android 6
Kingroot: Easy to use and fast rooting. Works on almost every Android phone.
Magisk: requires custom ROM to be installed. Also see this guide at AndroidPolice.
Ready2root collected a lot of available rooting methods
Root Many Android (ICS/JB devices)
ROOTx supports a selection of devices produced prior to 10/2014
SRSRoot One Click Root for Android (SuperUser) lists supported devices on their page. Download is an .exe file, so it probably requires Windows. Android 4.1 to 6.0 (?)
SuperOneClick
Towelroot should support all phones with a kernel built before June 3, 2014
Universal Androot - Read the page to see what devices are supported.  Mostly pre-2.2.1 versions of Android
Universal One Click - Make sure your device is support by reading the whole first post (probably not, last release was 10/2010 – so most likely 2.x devices only)
Unrevoked: some older HTC devices only
vRoot: Android 2.2 to 4.2
XDA Developers: The biggest resource for rooting, mods, etc.
Also check out the CyanogenMod wiki for other ways to root your device.


Here is a guide on how to root Android without a computer, naming each of the apps listed above and in-depth guides on how to use them.



I've rooted my device. Now what?


We have another question about that!
If you have another method or know how to root a device that's not listed, feel free to add it to the list!  Just follow the same format.