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Why you cannot compare Jailbreak iOS to Rooted Android
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<blockquote data-quote="Ink" data-source="post: 888038" data-attributes="member: 3"><p><strong>Source: <a href="https://www.androidcentral.com/jailbreaking-iphone-nothing-rooting-android-phone-and-thats-design" target="_blank">Jailbreaking an iPhone is nothing like rooting an Android phone</a></strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>"When you jailbreak an iPhone, you are taking advantage of a vulnerability in the system firmware that lets you write to specific system folders. You should never be able to write or copy files to these folders. In essence, jailbreak software, no matter how it's delivered, is just like malware. This is why Apple is quick to patch any jailbreaks.</p><p></p><p>Jailbreaking an iPhone uses the same sorts of exploits as malware would.</p><p></p><p>On an Android phone, you're simply adding a user with permissions to access the built-in developer tools. If you build Android from code, you can actually build a pre-rooted system image and everything will still work. Google and other companies may try to block a rooted user from using their software — hello Google Pay and Netflix — but as far as the utilities that run the system are concerned, you're just another user."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ink, post: 888038, member: 3"] [B]Source: [URL="https://www.androidcentral.com/jailbreaking-iphone-nothing-rooting-android-phone-and-thats-design"]Jailbreaking an iPhone is nothing like rooting an Android phone[/URL][/B] "When you jailbreak an iPhone, you are taking advantage of a vulnerability in the system firmware that lets you write to specific system folders. You should never be able to write or copy files to these folders. In essence, jailbreak software, no matter how it's delivered, is just like malware. This is why Apple is quick to patch any jailbreaks. Jailbreaking an iPhone uses the same sorts of exploits as malware would. On an Android phone, you're simply adding a user with permissions to access the built-in developer tools. If you build Android from code, you can actually build a pre-rooted system image and everything will still work. Google and other companies may try to block a rooted user from using their software — hello Google Pay and Netflix — but as far as the utilities that run the system are concerned, you're just another user." [/QUOTE]
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