Root Beginner Question what is root?

[Evo 5oh]

LOL ok yea stupid question what is and what happens when your phone is rooted? The positives and negatives for your phone being rooted?

Can you unrooted? (idk if thats a word) lol

I have a Sprint HTC 4 Evo by the way

 

[breadnatty08]

Let me google that for you

Also, I'd head over to the EVO forums for further advice.

 

[SinfulDragon]

Think of it like logging into your PC as Admin instead of a restricted user. After all Root is Administrator in Linux terms