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[AndyRoid]

*cough* superuser *cough*, as its a NIX derivitive And just what does 'that mean'?

A smartphone is essentially a PC that has the ability to make & receive phone calls, and just like Windows there are several levels of "privileges" that can be assigned on a per user basis.

By default a smartphone logs on as a standard user so applications can only do certain things, however rooting a phone means that the same application can then do a lot more (including potentially breaking the phone).

One thing/answer I was really looking for is. 'Why on earth would the repairers do 'that'?? 

I can see no reason for the repair centre to root the handset, it's not like they were going to make any money out of it.....are you sure your son didn't root it before he broke the screen?

[Jusme]

Thank you for that intelligent answer...

[Rods2]

*cough* superuser *cough*, as its a NIX derivitive And just what does 'that mean'?

A smartphone is essentially a PC that has the ability to make & receive phone calls, and just like Windows there are several levels of "privileges" that can be assigned on a per user basis.

By default a smartphone logs on as a standard user so applications can only do certain things, however rooting a phone means that the same application can then do a lot more (including potentially breaking the phone).

One thing/answer I was really looking for is. 'Why on earth would the repairers do 'that'?? 

I can see no reason for the repair centre to root the handset, it's not like they were going to make any money out of it.....are you sure your son didn't root it before he broke the screen?

Where Android is a Linux variant, I presume this means basically logging in as root so you have access to everything?

[CaptainZok]

Can't be much to repairing an S3 screen the technically challenged Stokie managed to do his and he wouldn't be able to root it to save his life. Well he probably would but not in the gaining root sense of the term.

[Entwood]

Did an S3 mini in 30 minutes ... cost £60 ... screen/digitiser/frame ..   YouTube even has a guide to follow

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaK9r8I4a7I

[TheBoy]

I can see no reason for the repair centre to root the handset, it's not like they were going to make any money out of it.....are you sure your son didn't root it before he broke the screen?

Replacement board, which was locked to another network, rooted to apply dodgy unlocks?

[TheBoy]

*cough* superuser *cough*, as its a NIX derivitive And just what does 'that mean'?

A smartphone is essentially a PC that has the ability to make & receive phone calls, and just like Windows there are several levels of "privileges" that can be assigned on a per user basis.

By default a smartphone logs on as a standard user so applications can only do certain things, however rooting a phone means that the same application can then do a lot more (including potentially breaking the phone).

One thing/answer I was really looking for is. 'Why on earth would the repairers do 'that'?? 

I can see no reason for the repair centre to root the handset, it's not like they were going to make any money out of it.....are you sure your son didn't root it before he broke the screen?

Where Android is a Linux variant, I presume this means basically logging in as root so you have access to everything?

Android, like IOS, blocks you logging on with superuser rights. Hence rooting/jailbreaking relies on exploiting flaws found in the security of the phone (and then blowing the phones security wide open)

[AndyRoid]

Where Android is a Linux variant, I presume this means basically logging in as root so you have access to everything?

That's pretty much it.
By default the only area of a smartphone that the user can access is /sdcard/ and any subfolder down.
By rooting the phone the whole system from the top down is accessible to enable the user to do things such as uninstall pre bundled applications that they will likely never use.

Replacement board, which was locked to another network, rooted to apply dodgy unlocks?

I can see them swapping the board out with one that is blocked/corrupted/whatever, but I would assume that Samsung would have noticed the IMEI mismatch when they decided it had been rooted.