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Following 2 possible solutions will resolve this problem :  Solution1 : To fix the problem, it was required that I list the path to my corporate PAC file by using  Configure -> "Appearance and Behavior" -> System Settings -> HTTP Proxy . I selected "Automatic proxy configuration url:" Delete your  ~/.Android*  folders (losing all of your settings :/). Run Android Studio. It will show you a welcome wizard where it tries to download the SDK again (and fails due to my rubbish internet). Click the X on the wizard window. That will enable you to get to the normal welcome dialog. Go to Settings->Project Defaults->Project Structure and change the Android SDK location to the correct one. Solution 2 : To fix the problem, it was required that I list the path to my corporate PAC file by using  Configure -> "Appearance and Behavior" -> System Settings -> HTTP Proxy . I selected "Automatic proxy configuration url:...
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What is root, and why do I want it? in Android.

Root could best be explained (to windows users) as the "administrator" account. For game nerds, think "God Mode", for all others, you already know what root is. 

What Does Root Give Me?

1.    Full control over your system
2.    Ability to alter system files. You can replace many parts of the "Android Core" with this including:
§  Themes
§  Core apps (maps, calendar, clock etc)
§  Recovery image
§  Bootloader
§  Toolbox (linux binary that lets you execute simple linux commands like "ls") can be replaced with Busybox (slightly better option)
§  Boot images
§  Add linux binaries
3.    Run special apps that need more control over the system
§  SuperUser (lets you approve or deny the use of root access to any program)
§  Task Manager For Root (Lets you kill apps that you otherwise could not kill)
§  Tether apps (like the one found at [android-wifi-tether.googlecode.com])
§  <there are more but I cannot think of any right now>
4.    Backup your system
§  You can make a folder on your sdcard and backup all of your .apk files to your sdcard (helps if an author decides to "upgrade" you to a version that requires you to pay to use the version you just had)
5.    Relocate your (browser/maps/market) cache to your /sdcard
6.    Relocate your installed applications to your /sdcard
7.    Reboot your phone from the terminal app easily (su <enter> reboot <enter>)
Source(s): Root solutions

What Do I Lose Having Root

1.    The ability to accept OTA updates (well, you can but you would lose root, so its been made so they get denied)
2.    The sense that someone else controls your phone
3.    The need to sit in an Android chat channel asking how to get root
4.    The need for a stupid useless "File Manager" that lets you see filenames but almost nothing else.
5.    The ability to have a knowledgeable conversation with a T-Mobile rep about your phone. (Ask one of them to spell root for you)

to unlock your android device try universalAndroot_1.6.1.

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