"the device has been rooted"

[lynndomeier]

what does "rooted" mean?

 

[Laptop_Nerd]

Hi,

I'm not sure if you're on the right forum but rooted or rooting is actually for Android devices.

If you're referring to your Android device please do refer to this link.
http://www.tomsguide.com/forum/forum-117.html

 

[katalyst12]

As Android uses the Linux kernel, rooting an Android device gives similar access to administrative (superuser) permissions as on Linux or any other Unix-like operating system such as FreeBSD or OS X.

Basically allows you to edit functions typical users cannot access.

Rooting (Android OS) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rooting_(Android_OS)Wikipedia

 

[lynndomeier]

thanx for the info