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But you acquire that background knowledge faster when you follow the procedure.
My mother is retired, and sits paralyzed in front of the computer not knowing what button to press. I try to explain that you're unlikely to break anything, so just start looking around.
I claim that you have a lot of background knowledge which gives your experimental actions a probability distribution much more like “unlikely to break anything” than hers.
Not really, and particularly not with the new managed computing environments (Android/Ipad) that don't give you root. You can install programs they pre screen, and run them. And she's not likely to install anything I hadn't suggested. Just not a lot to break.
When in doubt, (<-back), (Home), or reboot, in that order.
Is there any kind of widespread problems with a google Nexus getting pwned?