Jailbreak: Difference between revisions
m I removed the note on piracy. Correct me if I'm wrong but it didn't seem to add anything. We need to be aware of promoting or positively describing piracy without mentioning the legal ramifications - all of which is outside the scope of this article anyway |
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'''Jailbreaking''' | '''Jailbreaking''' , in general, consists of bypassing artificial restrictions of a system.<ref>{{Cite web |title=JAILBREAK Definition & Meaning {{!}} Dictionary.com |url=https://www.dictionary.com/browse/jailbreak |url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
When referred to as '''rooting''', it consist of gaining access to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superuser SuperUser] account of the system, or at least, to get the same permissions as that user. | |||
==Reasons to jailbreak== | ==Reasons to jailbreak== | ||