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Originally Posted by ceiring
Using a PC as an example... if you install windows on a PC, there will be a bunch of files put on your hard drive that understands how to make the the processor, memory, video card, etc in the PC work. This is similar to what had been done on your phone except that instead of a hard drive a solid state flash is used for persistent memory (persistent memory or ROM holds its value when powered off). This is different ROM then your SDCard.
If I take that same PC, erase everything and then install Linux, which also knows how to make all of that hardware work, the computer works, but things are different. You could say that you just "rooted" the PC as the term is used with Android.
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Not at all. You don't replace the OS on the handset, you merely grant 'superuser' access. A better analogy imo would be a normal limited user account under Windows versus an administrator with UAC disabled. Even then you're not really close to the power of SU on a Linux-based system.
Back to the question.... my response was merely what someone else related, having asked the question of Orange CS themselves. I've no first-hand experience to offer.