Originally Posted by
Rhythman75 I have downloaded many apps on my computer and they all want my phone to be rooted. I am scared to do so as I've read in a lot of places where it is too easy to screw your phone up. Do you think it's safe?
Yes, you need to root your phone in order to recover data from phone memory. However, it is not as risky as you thought. There are many tips to keep your phone safe after root. Further more, if you don't like rooting, you could unroot it after the recovery with an OTA update or other methods.