Android lovers wanting to enjoy the latest features and more of the Google mobile platform need not to wait for say Samsung or telcos to deliver the updates, which come excruciatingly slow.

The quick fix out there, according to Android experts, is rooting your smartphone or tablet, which they said is actually device owners' way of claiming back the Superuser status initially denied them by gadget manufacturers.

"Rooting your Android smartphone or tablet is the process by which you bypass the limitations put in place by your device manufacturer to become the true master of your device," said tech blog site Redmond Pie in a post.

These limitations were originally intended to provide security for consumers and to minimise foul ups likely to occur when tinkering with handset but these safety nets are for novice users, Redmond Pie said.

"For enthusiasts, though, these safety mechanisms are limitations. Limitations that limit how they get to use a device they own," the blog post added.

Rooting, in essence, leaves owners of Galaxy S3, Note 2 and other Android gadgets as power users, elevating them from being mere guests of Google and device manufacturers and affording them the benefits that were initially unavailable on non-rooted smartphones and tablets.

And there are arrays of exciting advantages that await rooted device owners, according to blog site KnowYourMobile.com, chief of them is getting the latest Android platform, which "means no more waiting on networks or manufacturers for Android updates."

Rooted devices are also likely to become lean and mean Android machines as owners will acquire the privilege of dumping preinstalled but unnecessary apps from manufacturers, overclock the processor speed, extend battery life and flash custom ROMs for more efficient Android life outside the dictates of Google.

"With a rooted device ... you're in charge of what software runs on your phone, not HTC and Samsung ... Rooting your device turns you into its owner in the truest sense of the word, as it puts you in charge of every aspect of your phone," KnowYourMobile.com wrote.

This is especially true with custom ROMs, which replaces Samsung's TouchWiz and HTC's Sense for more emphasis "on enhanced usability and performance, rather than marketing and brand differentiation and bloatware," the blog post added.

Rooting, however, comes with inevitable complications and one of them is the certainty that retailers would cease honouring your device's warranty in the event it malfunctioned during the life of the warranty period. There's no turning back once Android device owners embrace the liberating world of rooted gadgets, as some experts would say.

Another danger is the possibility of ending up with a bricked handset, which means your smartphone and tablet is as good as dead. It will be completely unusable unless restored to life by a tech genius.

Yet nowadays, bricking a device has become an exception and the likelihood that users will encounter such issue is generally negated by carefully following step-by-step instructions and guidelines on the procedure.

"Bricking ... is rare in the Android community but does happen ... if you install the wrong app or not properly follow instructions when rooting your device or flashing a new ROM, you may brick your device," Redmond Pie said.

In spite of the hazards, those who have bricked before remained convinced that rooting is indispensable if one is to enjoy the full and exciting features of Android without limits, which is made possible by the so called power apps available only to Superusers.

As Awais Imran of Redmond Pie had declared: "I can't live without a rooted Android smartphone because I rely too much on apps such as ProxyDroid, ClockworkMod Recovery, Titanium Backup and Cerebrus on a regular basis."