The major steps to rooting break down like this:
Unlocking the boot loader: THIS WILL RESET YOUR DEVICE
Installing custom recovery: This allows you to make nandroid backups, which saves a snapshot of your device in exactly the way it is at that moment
Flashing either rooted ROM or the files needed to root the stock ROM
You can stop after any point. In my opinion if you're thinking about rooting you should at least do step one as soon as possible.
The process of installing a ROM wipes your data, but then you restore it from a previous backup and you're good to go in no time
Unlocking the boot loader: THIS WILL RESET YOUR DEVICE
Installing custom recovery: This allows you to make nandroid backups, which saves a snapshot of your device in exactly the way it is at that moment
Flashing either rooted ROM or the files needed to root the stock ROM
You can stop after any point. In my opinion if you're thinking about rooting you should at least do step one as soon as possible.
The process of installing a ROM wipes your data, but then you restore it from a previous backup and you're good to go in no time
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