Hi all

[owain25]

Hi new member,I own a HTC Wildfire S in Ireland

 

[MR. android]

WELCOME TO ANDROID FORUMS,
hope you have a great time with us..

 

[D-U-R-X]

Welcome to the forums!

 

[lunatic59]

Welcome to Android Forums!

HTC Wildfire S - Android Forums

 

[owain25]

Thanks guys.can someone explain what 'rooting' is?

 

[lunatic59]

Thanks guys.can someone explain what 'rooting' is?

Basically, rooting is gaining administrative access to Android's file system. By doing this you can do just about anything you want to the device which can be both powerful and dangerous.

 

[owain25]

So its a bit like jailbreaking but more in depth?

 

[lunatic59]

So its a bit like jailbreaking but more in depth?

Actually it's pretty much the same, however since iOS is not open source and parts of the OS is compiled into a monolithic kernel. There's a little less you can do with it.