Total noob question

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Hey guys sorry to be a total noob but we all have to start somewhere. I have preordered the evo from RS and this will be my first smart phone. I really have no exp with aps or what these phones can do.

I guess what I am wondering is what is rooting and why is it useful.

Thanks again in advance. I apologize for my ignorance on this topic.

Originally Posted by sasigns

Hey guys sorry to be a total noob but we all have to start somewhere. I have preordered the evo from RS and this will be my first smart phone. I really have no exp with aps or what these phones can do.

I guess what I am wondering is what is rooting and why is it useful.

Thanks again in advance. I apologize for my ignorance on this topic.

Rooting is basically hacking your phone.

It is useful to get super admin permission. Allow's you to customize your phone more and remove carrier app that you may not want. There is alot more stuff but I am new myself to Android.

Basically it's useful for removing crapware. It's kind of like when you buy a Dell computer and it comes with useless programs that may be really good but you find no use for. You can also edit things such as wallpapers and enable hidden menu options for features.

Rooting gives you literally UNLIMITED access to the software operating system on the computer.

When compared to a Windows computer think of your default phone as a Guest account. You can generally use everything but anything important can't be deleted or modified, which also prevents you from pretty much modifying anything at all.

Once you gain Root you're on the Administrators account, you can edit anything you want, move, delete, & in general do whatever you'd like with the device. Sometimes this can introduce risk to unexperienced users -- Think about what would happen if you deleted your entire sys32 folder on Windows...you'd break something.

That is the best explaination of rooting that I have read...thank you! Very simple to understand when put into the Guest/Admin scenario.

thanks ohwut that really puts it in perspective !

you also get wifi tethering and can overclock