Rooting the Motorola Droid

[evltwn]

Has anyone tried to "root" their Motorola Droid?  If so can you tell me the benefits of doing this.  Does it void your warranty from Verizon?  Also, how does it affect the performance of the phone?  Thanks.

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Further, any posted content that states any benefits of why rooting or hacking should be done is also not allowed.

Thank you.

[#2]

You're actually going to ask that here?

[Angel894]

What is rooting?  From the reply, I am guessing it's not legal or very frowned upon.

[Andrew_C · Accepted solution]

it's getting root access / superuser status. with it you can modify most anything on the phone along with possibly making it inoperable.

it's like jailbreaking the iPhone

[supitsmike]

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Angel894 wrote:

What is rooting?  From the reply, I am guessing it's not legal or very frowned upon.

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It's not that it's illegal, it's just that it's not taken well on the Verizon forums. They donot support such activities.

[evltwn]

i see that, so please no more posts.   Thanks for all the comments.