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Rooting your phone is essentially running a program that makes changes to the phones configuration to provide you root (also known as administrator or superuser) access to your phone. Unrooting is essentially reversing the sequence.
For many phones rooting can be as simple as installing an app and clicking a button. The potential risk of rooting is that carriers and phone manufacturers don't want you rooting the phone. They'll void your warranty if they determine that you've rooted your phone. For more info on rooting your Samsung Captivate, check out...
Captivate - All Things Root - Android Forums
Rooting your phone is essentially running a program that makes changes to the phones configuration to provide you root (also known as administrator or superuser) access to your phone. Unrooting is essentially reversing the sequence.
For many phones rooting can be as simple as installing an app and clicking a button. The potential risk of rooting is that carriers and phone manufacturers don't want you rooting the phone. They'll void your warranty if they determine that you've rooted your phone. For more info on rooting your Samsung Captivate, check out...
Captivate - All Things Root - Android Forums