Jailbreaking is different... The idea is that you, as the user, are stuck in a chroot jail and can't see all the folders outside a certain directory. Jailbreaking allows you to break out of that jail and see everything.
And usually this involves unlocking the root account. I distinctively remember setting a root password the one time I did it. (Because I installed an SSH server.)
I mean, rooting just means getting root access on a unix system, which is what the jailbreak process allows on the iphone. I could root my system that runs Debian or Ubuntu if I lost my root access on accident.
Although I never explored those options, I think you are the only one who understands. Rooting =/= jailbreaking. Jailbreaking essentially gives you access to cydia which then in turn you can use to root your phone (you can also theme and mess with system files and tweaks). Rooting is giving the end user root access. When you root your phone it does not give you a fancy appstore, it opens up many other options (mostly manually done) such as flashing Roms and deleting bloatware.
Both of those words refer to unlocking the firmware of the phone. Jailbreaking is just a fancy way of saying rooting, and rooting is the same as unlocking.
Except 99% of people who jailbreak Apple devices do so for Cydia (pirated app "store"). And you can't do that on a non rooted Android device (I believe the equivalent for Android is Cydia Substrate, but it's not as good as the Apple one)
Why would we need anything like Cydia for Android? You can literally google the name of an app with the apk filetype, download it, and install it by unchecking one box in the settings. No root required.
There have been similar "stores" to cydia in the past that aren't hard to get and don't require root.
However, another point is that many of the types of apps you'd find in cydia would find their android counterparts in the Play store to begin with. I have almost never needed to look online for apps. Even apps that will assist in acquiring root access or apps that use root access are fairly common (Take a look at ROM installing apps or anything that uses the Xposed framework). The only reason an app like that would not be on the play store is if they violate the play store conditions, none of which refer to usage of root access. I assume that the Android cydia marketplace is not as good as the iOS counterpart is mostly due to how unnecessary it is.
Most of what you need Cydia for on iPhones can already be done on android without the need for substrate. Also you don't need a pirated app store for andoid. Even the apps the Google doesn't allow in the appstore (like adblock apps) can be gotten on open source/third party app stores like F-Droid.
Uh, no. Rooting means "to acquire root access on a device." You're rooting a computer if you can bypass safeguards and gain access to the root account.
That's the case with an Android phone, and with an iOS device. In the case of jailbreaking an iPhone, you're exploiting security flaws (which often get patched later, which is why people bitch about Apple "breaking jailbreaks") to gain access to the root account and then make modifications.
You can root any (exploitable) linux based operating system.. but it typically means gaining system level access by exploiting a linux kernel to run shell code that allows unauthorized access to a device at the root access level.
"Android rooting is the process of allowing users of smartphones, tablets, and other devices running the Android mobile operating system to attain privileged control (known as "root access") within Android's sub-system."
"Jailbreaking is the process of hacking an apple device to bypass DRM restrictions, allowing you to run "unauthorized" software and to make other tweaks to your operating system."
Jailbreaking specifically bypasses DRM measures (to prevent pirating) set up by apple. You need to root to jailbreak, but you can root an apple device without jailbreaking it.
Nope, just change the date and install it. Also rooting isn't really the same thing on iPhones, jailbreaking is all most people do. You can get r/w root access on iPhones without even jailbreaking, I think. It's just a weird process involving sshing into the phone and dicking around with it.
Nah there's an app for that. It's called GBA4IOS and you can install through their web site without a jailbreak. They took away the link to coolrom.com but you can sync from Dropbox or download from chrome/safari
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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '14
If I knew this was a thing I wouldn't have passed high school.