Getting root on the G1 (10)
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If you’ve been holding off on a T-Mobile G1 purchase because you didn’t like the apparent user restrictions, there’s some good news. The Android powered phone comes with an easy button for getting root. Install a terminal app and you can manually start the telnetd service. All that’s left is telenetting into the device and it’ll give you root level access.
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jamie said:
not that i have a G1, or would have any reason to need root access...
Android G1 Jailbroken Already [Android] (29)
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It's been less than two weeks since T-Mobile's G1 hit shelves, and Android's already been jailbroken. Folks over at the xda-developers forum discovered an easy way to start telnet on the device, log in as root and get full system access and read and write. While the Googlephone is nowhere near as restricted as the iPhone, there were apparently still a few walls that needed to be broken down and now, anything goes. Check out ...
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Unk said:
Oh yeah!
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Brandon said:
Aren't you already able to install whatever you want on this phone?
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Niranjan said:
I don't understand what the big deal is about 'jailbreaking' something that is fully open sourced. Its like celebrating someone for escaping from an open prison (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_(HM_Prison)).
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Will said:
Here you go Karnell
T-Mobile G1 site goes live for real, first ad appears (1)
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Filed under: Cellphones The T-Mobile G1 web site went up with a bunch of placeholders late last night, but it's finally fully live after this morning's big unveiling, and while it's not exactly bursting with detailed info, there's plenty of new pictures and details, including updated 3G coverage information. The first G1 ad has also surfaced -- if you were tearing your hair out over Apple's grammatically-questionable "funnest iPod ever" pitch, wait'll you get a ...
