Help rooting

[Android Question]

What is rooting?

 

[scary alien]

To me, rooting is gaining special access to things on your phone that the carriers and manufacturers didn't intend for you to have (and they often have very good reasons for this, by the way).

Some people have made the analogy that being rooted is like running in Administrator Mode on your Windows PC.

Here's some other links you may find helpful:

What is root or being rooted mean?

Root Terminology

Rooting Best Practices

You've rooted your phone, now what?​

Cheers!

 

[tube517]

http://androidforums.com/threads/what-is-rooting.12585/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rooting_(Android_OS)

http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/how-to-root-android/


EDIT: Ninja'd by the scary one!!!!