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    TheFatGuvnor58
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    Default Rooting - Explanation please!

    Can someone please explain to me (in laymans terms) what ROOTING is - I keep seeing this in the forum but no mention of what it means/does.Thanks.
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    Default Re: Rooting - Explanation please!

    It basically means getting administrator privileges so you can read and change things that you normally don't have permissions for. The term comes from the "root" user account on traditional unix and linux systems that is all powerful and can access everything. See also --
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