How to Know if your Android has been Rooted

The question most people normally ask about their Android device is if it has been rooted.

Rooting your Android device gives you superuser access to your device; this means you can do almost anything with the phone which the phone will otherwise not permit.

I will quickly show you two major ways you can check if your phone is rooted or not.

METHOD 1
1. Open your app drawer by clicking on its icon.
2.Look for an app called Superuser or SuperSU. Either app will be installed during the rooting process; which one is on a rooted Android depends on the device. If either of these apps is on your device, it is rooted.

Superuser can temporarily block root access, while SuperSU has the ability to unroot a device and then remove itself. So if your device lacks any of this two apps, it means your Android phone is not rooted.

METHOD 2
Visit Google play and search for either Connect Bot Or Root Checker. Better still, run the app on your device and read through the instructions carefully; you will be prompted with the text entry and if you see this sign (#), then your device is rooted but if you see sign like the dollar ($) your device is not rooted.

Try entering the command "su" (without the quotes), you might see a dialog asking for permission from the SuperUser app, which you can safely grant. If the prompt changes to the (#) sign, your android has been rooted.