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Baffled! Successfully rooted, but no data lost?

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http://androidforums.com – I'm new to the forum, and I'm hoping to stick around and participate cause I'm really into my Android (JRO03C, v. 4.1.1). Tonight I successfully rooted it, which is awesome, however I'm baffled by one thing. It was my understanding that when you unlock / root your phone (e.g. through Nexus Root Toolkit), you lose all the data on your phone. I backed up my phone in anticipation that all would be lost.. but lo and behold, everything is still there! Apps, contacts, etc. I know it is rooted because I have installed root-only apps onto it and they work fine. So yeah - this makes no sense to me. (General)

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Submitted by sunime on 10/03/2012

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