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Originally Posted by AGDLynn
Newbie question for the Droid....
What is rooting?
I am reading about it on the Droid Life website but I have no idea what it means.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rooting_(Android_OS)
Basically you hack into the phone and gain full access of features that may be locked out or just unused by your carrier or phone brand. It lets you rewrite any file, not just the ones you're 'supposed' to mess with and lets you install custom versions of Android, or apps, etc.