@jasonbrennan

If Android is open what's the deal with rooting your phone? Can someone explain what this means and why one would need to do this?

3:53PM Sun, July 25 2010

@chris_saunders

to be honest, rooting isn't the big thing that makes android. It does give you access to things like tethering and such.

4:00PM Sun, July 25 2010

@chris_saunders

it's that the phones (eg: droidX) have encrypted bootloaders which prevents the installation of custom firmware.

4:00PM Sun, July 25 2010

@chris_saunders

which allows you to create custom baked versions of android which you can run on your device as you please.

4:01PM Sun, July 25 2010

@andrewd77 Ottawa

android phones still locked by the carriers? That could be one reason, although there's usually an OS method to unlock

4:42PM Sun, July 25 2010

@jlgosse

@jasonbrennan unlocking the bootloader so You load custom roms on the device

5:03PM Sun, July 25 2010

@jlgosse

@jasonbrennan for example you can load many standard OS builds but not Cyanogen

5:05PM Sun, July 25 2010

@SnorkelPop Chattanooga, TN

Rooting is similar to jailbreaking. You can do things like free wireless tethering or modifying system files, just like on iOS

5:18PM Sun, July 25 2010

@SnorkelPop Chattanooga, TN

There are a couple of things you can do without rooting though, like installing apps not from the Market (ie, AppStore).

5:19PM Sun, July 25 2010

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All about Android rooting here http://netmediablog.com/android-rooting-benefits-and-disadvantages/

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If Android is open what's the deal with rooting your phone? Can someone explain what this means and why one would need to do this?

to be honest, rooting isn't the big thing that makes android. It does give you access to things like tethering and such.

it's that the phones (eg: droidX) have encrypted bootloaders which prevents the installation of custom firmware.

which allows you to create custom baked versions of android which you can run on your device as you please.

android phones still locked by the carriers? That could be one reason, although there's usually an OS method to unlock

@jasonbrennan unlocking the bootloader so You load custom roms on the device

@jasonbrennan for example you can load many standard OS builds but not Cyanogen

Rooting is similar to jailbreaking. You can do things like free wireless tethering or modifying system files, just like on iOS

There are a couple of things you can do without rooting though, like installing apps not from the Market (ie, AppStore).

All about Android rooting here http://netmediablog.com/android-rooting-benefits-and-disadvantages/

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If Android is open what's the deal with rooting your phone? Can someone explain what this means and why one would need to do this?

to be honest, rooting isn't the big thing that makes android. It does give you access to things like tethering and such.

it's that the phones (eg: droidX) have encrypted bootloaders which prevents the installation of custom firmware.

which allows you to create custom baked versions of android which you can run on your device as you please.

android phones still locked by the carriers? That could be one reason, although there's usually an OS method to unlock

@jasonbrennan unlocking the bootloader so You load custom roms on the device

@jasonbrennan for example you can load many standard OS builds but not Cyanogen

Rooting is similar to jailbreaking. You can do things like free wireless tethering or modifying system files, just like on iOS

There are a couple of things you can do without rooting though, like installing apps not from the Market (ie, AppStore).

All about Android rooting here http://netmediablog.com/android-rooting-benefits-and-disadvantages/

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