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[Chad Petree]

What do u guys refer to  when u say u cant root an android device, unless u hack it  

Edited by Chad Petree, 30 October 2009 - 06:31 PM.

[Chad Petree]

Chad Petree, on Oct 30 2009, 03:28, said:

What do u guys refer to  when u say u cant root an android device, unless u hack it  

anyone  

[TheCodeMonk]

Chad Petree, on Oct 31 2009, 09:06, said:

anyone  

To the best of my knowledge (granted, I've only been doing research about a month now so I'm still fairly new to the android community), gaining root access to our phones has only been possible through using a exploit on the kernel...thus "hacking" to gain access to the device (Unless it's a developer phone I think)

[thetwiztidfreak]

TheCodeMonk, on Nov 8 2009, 19:27, said:

To the best of my knowledge (granted, I've only been doing research about a month now so I'm still fairly new to the android community), gaining root access to our phones has only been possible through using a exploit on the kernel...thus "hacking" to gain access to the device (Unless it's a developer phone I think)

I have also read that the only way to get apps installed to your SD card is by having root access.  But only been reading for about a week in preparation for getting my Motorola droid last week

[TheCodeMonk]

thetwiztidfreak, on Nov 8 2009, 17:53, said:

I have also read that the only way to get apps installed to your SD card is by having root access.  But only been reading for about a week in preparation for getting my Motorola droid last week

This is true...Apps2SD needs root access to perform some of the actions it does.

[Chad Petree]

i still dont get it, the folders on the device cant be accesed like a regular usb drive? thats what u mean by root?