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Originally Posted by jlechner
Wow, this transition is gonna suck. I have no idea what rooting a device means. I'm guessing it's like unlocking or something along those lines. Anyways, thanks for the answers  |
Have you ever used Linux? Basically, with the stock OS, you're locked down like a regular user in Windows. You can't access the core directories of the OS by default, this is to keep you from screwing something up. This is fine for the most part, but there are a few things (like wifi tethering) that requires access to the core OS folders.
"rooting" is giving you root access to the filesystem, just like an administrator in Windows. You can see and change everything.