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the explained series is back hey what's up guys i'm kb HD here and ever since my super nexus project video i've gotten a lot of questions about what exactly it means to root and android device and will cover the jailbreaking part in the end but basically people want to know what exactly it means and what it entails to root an android device so by definition root is having the ability to write to the root of the system partition that's the basic definition of what it means and once you've rooted you've opened up a whole bunch of different possibilities that allow you to do a ton of different things and allow a little bit more control over your phone or tablet or any Android device once you root you can get rid of all those pesky carrier installed pre-installed apps that you don't want and you can install and use a bunch of root only apps that only work on rooted phones which gives you even more control than you had before as is ranaut from xda-developers points out there are a ton of great root only apps for your device and for tons of android stuff if you google up and frankly it's these features from these root only apps that end up getting implemented into newer versions of Android so you used to need root to for example take screenshots now that's built in to Android you need to need root to tether with an Android device now that's built into Android as well so if you want to be on a bleeding edge of features and new customizations and new things to be able to do with your Android device whether it's a tablet a camera or a phone or whatever it is look into routing and route apps do you want to backup and restore app data add themes to Android change your boot animation or change your entire ROM altogether if you want to take a device running one version of Android and flash and install a newer more updated version of Android without waiting for your carrier to push it you can do that if your rooted the most common question after that is how do I route my device so basically the way to find out how to root your device since it is just slightly different for every device is to Google the exact model of the device you want to route followed by you know routing instructions and chances are you going to find the exact instructions you need so for example I have a verizon samsung galaxy s3 if I Google how to route verizon samsung galaxy s3 chances are you going to find a direct set of beginner level instructions that will help you figure it out now yes routing does void your warranty but as I like to say you don't even really own the device until you've avoided the warranty but chances are if you do screw up if you have a device even slightly newer than the original Motorola Droid there is a community behind that to back you up and help you get fixed problems oh yeah and you can unroot so yeah on the iOS side it's called jailbreaking as you probably already know you can jailbreak iPhones iPods and iPads there's also a huge jailbreak community as well so if you want to jailbreak your device it's similar to rooting it's not technically the same you know gaining root but it is very very customizable you can add a whole bunch of features and things to your device that weren't previously available for example an iOS you used to need to be jailbroken to add wallpapers now that's built in so go figure again jailbreaking does void your warranty but if you're up to it Google the instructions for your specific device and you shouldn't have a problem a lot of websites are really helpful if you visit a very certain website on your device that you want a jailbreak you can actually just push a button on the website and it will jailbreak you through that website so it's really easy for both Android and iOS to get more control over your device whether you want a root or jailbreak it's up to you and for the most part you can tell if a guide is trustworthy by reading the comments below if there are a lot of comments a lot of success stories then chances are a trustworthy can go for it so get crackin anyway thanks for watching this quick video on routing and jailbreaking explained it was a pleasure hopefully you guys go out and get that customization going on in your devices again the super Nexus project which you can click on this device to watch was done after I routed the device so once you root you get the control and you'll be able to do all these things either way thanks for watching hope you enjoy the video and I will talk to you guys in the very next one which should be sort of a collab video so we'll be ready for that bass you