Jake uncovered it, and as he says, it’s almost stupidly easy. Curious to see if this gives you access to the bootloader firmware, and if so, whether you can alter it to allow non-signed kernels. Exciting! Should-be-unnecessary!
Currently:
… and then there’s root access for the G1
3 Responses to “… and then there’s root access for the G1”
November 4th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
So good to hear about this.
November 9th, 2008 at 11:19 pm
It’s worth pointing out that the reason this works is the root shell listening on the console(!)
November 14th, 2008 at 5:47 am
Debian & Android Together on G1 http://www.saurik.com/id/10
This does not replace Android. This also gives you access to the full plethora of programs available in Debian and let’s you continue using your phone as it was intended to be: as an Android device with all the capabilities thereof. I think that gives you every thing you where asking for. :)