What is rooting?
Rooting an Android phone or tablet is akin to jailbreaking an iPhone — basically, it allows you to dive deeper into a phone’s sub-system. After rooting, you can access the entirety of the operating system to customize just about anything on your Android device, and you can get around any restrictions that your manufacturer or carrier may have applied.
Rooting is best undertaken with caution. You must back up your phone’s software before you install — or “flash,” in rooting terms — a custom ROM (a modified version of Android)
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Rooting an Android phone or tablet is akin to jailbreaking an iPhone — basically, it allows you to dive deeper into a phone’s sub-system. After rooting, you can access the entirety of the operating system to customize just about anything on your Android device, and you can get around any restrictions that your manufacturer or carrier may have applied.
Rooting is best undertaken with caution. You must back up your phone’s software before you install — or “flash,” in rooting terms — a custom ROM (a modified version of Android)
@ethtophackers