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Originally Posted by madcat033
So I've read about rooting in those various threads, but could someone sum it up for me? I hadn't really heard about "rooting" your phone until everyone got all excited about it.
What exactly is rooting and how do you do it?
What are the benefits / disadvantages?
Will it affect our ability to update to Android 2.0?
Would you recommend rooting?
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The simple answer is rooting is to android what jailbreaking is to the iPhone. It basicly gives you full control over your phone.
Benefits are a slew of apps that require root access to use. Just search "root" in market and take a look at what you get. It will also allow you to flash your ROM if you decide to do that.
No.
Yes.