How to “root” your Samsung Galaxy Ace GT-S5830 ?

What is “root” ?

"root" basically comes from Linux terminology. "root" is the super user, like Administrator on windows. root user have complete permissions, like to alter system files, perform system level updates and such. 

So, basically, "rooting" for android is the process of getting "root" permissions. That is, to modify the android operating system to get complete control over it. 

What the rooting process actually does is to upload a special program called "su" (consider this as short for superuser, actually it stands for switch user) which allows us to perform "root" operations.

THE ROOTING PROCESSDownload the file attached here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...9&postcount=16 
1.) Download needed file
(update.zip)

2.) Copy ZIP file to your SD-card

3.) Turn off your phone

4.) Switch ON your device in the 
recovery Mode (hold power, volume up, home
button together).

5.) Select update from SD Card
option.

6.) You will see that the list of files will come from which you will have 
to select the file which is named as 
Update.zip

7.) Wait a few minutes

8.) And Your Galaxy Y
S5360 is now rooted!

WHAT TO DO AFTER ROOTING???

Well, after rooting, the first thing I did was back-up and un-install all the unwanted app using Titanium Backup. Be sure to back-up apps if you are not sure whether it is an unwanted app or a system app.
Next thing I did was to backup the entire system using ClockWorkMod recovery (If you want a how-to, please ask). I would recommend that you do this step first.
After that, some thing you can easily do are : change the boot animation, use scripts, and so on... 


BENEFITS

The benefits of rooting are many. I will note down a few here :
1. You have almost full control over your android.
2. You can back-up restore your system.
3. Change the appearance by modifying PNG's.
4. Run scripts for performance and usability.
5. Allows to remove unwanted apps, that are otherwise un-removable.
6. Installing custom ROM's become so much easier
7. SO MUCH MORE 

CONS

1. You may brick (damage) your phone (If you trust people in this forum, most of us have rooted our phones and there was no problem at all). 
2. Well, I am not sure, but rooting may/may not void your warranty as you are modifying the operating system from what was given to you by the manufacturer. 


Finally, here is a link that I have posted earlier. This is a post on XDA Forums with details on almost every basic thing about android. 
Dictionary for n00b - What is.../What does ...mean?

I hope someone benefits from this information. 
Credits to:-rahules(member active in A70 section),sayan 8 for Rooting process of Galaxy Y
These are my friend, insane_subro's lines:
Rooting and Modifying the OS will void the warranty !! But you can easily get back to the state where you were any time   
And if things go wrong say you downloaded an app from the market !! The service centre people will buy it without bargain !!

Wiki - How do I know ?
I hard Bricked my phone twice and blamed Samsung people for that 
Soft bricked more than - lost count !!
Played with the bootloader fked things up, went to Samsung Service Center with LG logo showing up on the screen!! when asked why, I said I dont know, it went off and when I turned it on LG appeared, I think LG people hacked it .... The bought my story and flashed with the latest firmware which I lateron distributed! 

Bottom Line : Enjoy the device !!

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------If you’ve upgraded your Ace’s firmware to the official gingerbread update you might know that SuperOneClick rooting method doesn’t work anymore. Luckily there is another method involving installing a zip file from recovery which I’m going to explain now. This method is actually better since you don’t have to connect the ace to a computer. You can root and unroot on the fly. So in this tutorial I’ll be showing you how to root AND unroot you Samsung galaxy ace!
Caution: In my experience nothing has ever gone wrong with rooting. There is always that slight chance something can mess up. Use caution and only do this if you want to. I am not responsible if anything happens (but I really don’t think anything will happen if you do everything right)   Also rooting voids your warranty but don’t worry, unrooting should give it back like nothing ever happened.!!
Download the two zip files I’ve attached below

Steps  to Root Samsung Galaxy Ace 2.3

1. Copy the Root.zip file (download below) into your sd card. You can even put it in a folder if you want.

2. Turn your phone off

3. Boot your phone into recovery mode. To do that, hold HOME+POWER buttons. When the screen turns on and you see the Samsung logo, let go of POWER but keep holding HOME. After the Galaxy Ace logo shows up and disappears, you should enter recovery mode. You can let go of HOME now.

4. Now in recovery mode, you can scroll up and down using the VOLUME UP and VOLUME DOWN buttons and select using the HOME button.

5. Scroll to the second option “apply update from sdcard” and press HOME to select.

6. Scroll to the Root.zip file and select it (if you put it in a folder, find and open that folder and then select Root.zip

7. After it’s done installing, select “reboot system now” and wait for the phone to reboot

8. To check if your phone is rooted, go to you app drawer and look for an app called superuser with an icon of a pirate android with cross bones. If you see it, your phone is rooted.


Congrats! You’ve officially rooted you galaxy ace!!
Now what if you want to go back to unrooted for some reason , or just for the heck of it?? It’s easy. Very similar to rooting

How to Un-root the Ace 2.3:

1. Download unroot.zip (below) and put in sd card

2. Turn off the phone and boot into recovery (refer to step 3 above)

3. Install the unroot.zip (similar to step 5 and 6 above)

4. Restart phone (incase you’re THAT stupid, refer to step 7 above)

5. Look in the app drawer and if all went well, the superuser icon should no longer be there!!!

Your ace is now un-rooted! It’s that simple. Hope I’ve helped! I’m not sure this method works for froyo, but there are plenty of tutorials for rooting froyo ace as well. If you want, you can request me to make one. But I doubt I’ll need to. Anyway, do this at your own risk and of course have fun!! Take care!! (of the Ace, that is)

Note: the root and unroot zip files are not mine. Got them from some nice people on the internet and then renamed them! 

I got the root.zip from http://androidforums.com/ace-all-thi...d-2-3-3-a.html ......... on this site the zip is originally named upd_1.zip

The unroot.zip is from here http://www.tutebox.com/3708/mobile/h...-3-4-or-2-3-3/ ….. the zip was originally named update.zip

Thanks to the people who made these zips!!