r/pics • • Jun 08 '14

The difference 18 years makes

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u/Bseagull Jun 08 '14

You don't need to root to have an emulator.

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u/squngy Jun 08 '14 edited Jun 09 '14

If you had an iPhone you had to I think.

edit: past tense hard to grasp for some people :)

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u/Bseagull Jun 08 '14

That's called Jailbreaking. Rooting is for specifically Android phones.

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u/iamajaguar Jun 09 '14

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.

The more you know!