What does "rooting" mean?

mink_man

An app I installed said I needed to root something or other to work, what are the advantages and disadvantages to doing it and also how do I do it?

aidan_walsh

Jailbreaking, essentially.

cqms13

read

http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/04/15/rooting-explained-top-5-benefits-of-rooting-your-android-phone/

Dmz1984

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_(Linux)

osnola ibax

There are very few advantages to rooting. Sorry I ever did it, wasted so much bloody time arsing around with my bloody phone. If you have no life, then work away, you too can get frustrated with custom roms that don't load, become unstable, inferior updates etc etc. Learn a new language, use words like Ubuntu, gpart, s-off etc etc. ,all to change the splash screen on your phone, its only ever on for a minute when you turn your phone on. So you want more space for apps? Really? Do you really? You use all the ones you have on already?

D2EXT is more stable than, a2sd, is more stable than xpart is more stable than custom partitions etc. Etc. Which is the most stable? Why didn't original manafacturer think of that?

Spend days checking quadrant scores whatever they mean? Benchmark the **** out of it. Linpack? Wtf? I used to boast to my friends about this ****, what was I thinking?

Seriously though, maybe rooting improved the performance of older phones but don't waste your time experimenting with this **** just to overclock your processor and burn it out prematurely if you have a newer Desire onwards phone.

IMO

Dmz1984

osnola ivax wrote: »

There are very few advantages to rooting. Sorry I ever did it, wasted so much bloody time arsing around with my bloody phone. If you have no life, then work away, you too can get frustrated with custom roms that don't load, become unstable, inferior updates etc etc. Learn a new language, use words like Ubuntu, gpart, s-off etc etc. ,all to change the splash screen on your phone, its only ever on for a minute when you turn your phone on. So you want more space for apps? Really? Do you really? You use all the ones you have on already?

D2EXT is more stable than, a2sd, is more stable than xpart is more stable than custom partitions etc. Etc. Which is the most stable? Why didn't original manafacturer think of that?

Spend days checking quadrant scores whatever they mean? Benchmark the **** out of it. Linpack? Wtf? I used to boast to my friends about this ****, what was I thinking?

Seriously though, maybe rooting improved the performance of older phones but don't waste your time experimenting with this **** just to overclock your processor and burn it out prematurely if you have a newer Desire onwards phone.

IMO

yup agree, with initial points,

pull one off instead, will be far more gratifying

ill prob get banned for that

osnola ibax

Dmz1984 wrote: »

yup agree, with initial points,

pull one off instead, will be far more gratifying

ill prob get banned for that

And wouldn't take as long

Bluefoam

I've been using Android for over two years, consider myself a heavy user, but never felt the need or desire to root.

Jimmy Garlic

Sexytime on Australia.

mise23

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

Sexytime on Australia.

You just beat me to it.
'I'm rooting for you' means something completely different here to what it means in the States