Did any of the complainers even go to PhoneDisk link conveniently provided in the hint? Right on the developer's front page, it says "Works with or without jail breaking the device".

Bunch of stupid, whiny, lazy, and yes, ignorant bums.

Umm... yes, PhoneDisk works, but as many have said, you can't access the root without jailbreaking.

How do I get access to the real-root on my device?

Gaining access to the "real" root of the iPhone requires jailbreaking the device and in many cases installing "afc2add" from Cydia. Once you've got that figured out, from the Phone Disk menu make sure to connect to the "root" instead of the "media" one.

You are correct; to gain full access requires jailbreaking. I have amended the hint accordingly.

Craig A.