T-Mobile G1 Rooted 246
An anonymous reader writes "T-Mobile's G1 phone, the first commercially available Android based phone, has been rooted. The exploit is extremely simple to execute, just requiring you to run telnetd from a terminal on the phone, and then connecting to the phone via telnet."
Re:Really? (Score:3, Funny)
I claim this first root post for Spain!
Rooted? (Score:5, Funny)
I haven't followed the whole Android business, but (Score:5, Funny)
...wasn't this supposed to be an open platform anyway? I don't quite get it.
Re:hmnn? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Coral to the rescue (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Bad Idea (Score:3, Funny)
Re:This is like saying... (Score:5, Funny)
Well, I found an exploit to alter the root password on Unix systems. It's really simple. You just login or su to root, then run the command 'passwd'. Works every time.
Re:Rooted? (Score:5, Funny)
in related news, researchers have discovered that if you open a root console on any flavour of linux and stick the keyboard out a window anyone walking by will be able to gain root access to you machine.
Re:Rooted? (Score:5, Funny)
Agreed. Non-story. This is just stupid.
Excuse me sir... I would like to hack into your phone. Could you please type this in for me...
iPod Touch = PDA (Score:2, Funny)
That depends on your expansion of "PDA." Have you seen the Apple fanboys making out with their devices in public? I think that counts as PDA as well.
Collective *gasp* (Score:2, Funny)
... everyone ready? one... two... three... *gasp*!!!
Re:Rooted? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Rooted? (Score:4, Funny)
That reminds me of the van owner that put up a sign saying 'No tools or valuables inside'
The next morning it had been broken into and the theives had left a note saying 'Just checking'
Re:Rooted? (Score:5, Funny)
Clearly, we should avoid using windows.
Re:Rooted? (Score:1, Funny)
Not a problem. I live in a tower block....
Oh, damn you spiderman!
Re:Rooted? (Score:5, Funny)
Null and void
These are very different things, at least if you are a C programmer.
Re:Rooted? (Score:5, Funny)
How do you know?
Re:BUT TEH GOOGEL BE TEH DUNT BE TEH EVEL!!!111!!! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Rooted? (Score:5, Funny)
i dunno. tech support operators have a hard enough time walking the average person through how to run ipconfig on their windows PCs. trying to get the average person to open a terminal in Linux to run anything would be like trying to walk a cow down a flight of stairs.
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Re:BUT TEH GOOGEL BE TEH DUNT BE TEH EVEL!!!111!!! (Score:2, Funny)
-1: Inbred
Re:Rooted? (Score:4, Funny)
No. Needs citation and permanent link to reputable source. We will then run it past the legal department and conduct a full analysis of all facts and observations and, upon filing the requisite forms, of course, only then will we consider your suggestion of "humor". Please allow the standard six to eight weeks for the laugh.
Re:Whole lot of stupid going on in these replies . (Score:3, Funny)
People should really read the articles and smarten up.
You must be new here.
Shut up, Vespucci! (Score:2, Funny)
And it's not even Monty Python.
Re:No, you don't have to run as root first. (Score:2, Funny)
As a robotics guy, I hate the name "Android" being used for a telephone.
This makes about as much sense as hating Apple because you're a grocery store clerk.
In addition to... (Score:5, Funny)
So are Terms and Conditions.
Terms are the things around your pluses and minuses.
Conditions (in my interpretation) are expressions of an integral type inside a conditional statement.
I wouldn't want to handle volatile chemicals or long johns or union jacks if I'm about to get struct bylightning. Happened to me once, a long long time ago.
Re:BUT TEH GOOGEL BE TEH DUNT BE TEH EVEL!!!111!!! (Score:2, Funny)
Where is the -1: WTF? mod?
What are you talking about? That could be a great reason for +1, too!
Re:Rooted? (Score:5, Funny)
Your right, dammit. Should be "NULL && void*".
Wow, that's two languages in which you've completely failed. In less than sixty characters.