You can unlock your phone's potential when you root Android and get access to all it can do. But do you even need that much power?

Some Android devices are easier to root than others, while some are currently not possible to root. Keep in mind that rooting can damage or destroy your device.

For Android enthusiasts, rooting and custom ROMs were once the ultimate draw ... While iPhone users had the option of jailbreaking their devices to install a handful of apps that Apple didn't approve ...

Google used to do very little curation of the Play Store (or Android Market, if you go back far enough), but it has long ...

I have a ~3 year old Android device. I was thinking pretty much the opposite, since Apple's MO is to first remain utterly silent about issues - especially security issues - as they work on a fix.