I can be root on my dev phone 1 without flashing any firmware. Just get the terminal emulator from the market, open it and type 'su': voilà a root shell (although I haven't tried anything with it yet). Enjoy!
BTW: To me it seems like a great idea to ship the dev phone with root access. After all this is true openness.. On Jan 17, 6:19 pm, Samat K Jain <[email protected]> wrote: > On Friday 16 January 2009 12:48:26 Beni wrote: > > > From about 3 Weeks ago I got a Dev g1 Phone from Google. And as far as > > I know I should have the Root rights because it's a Developer Phone, > > right? > > I do not think the developer phone ships with root enabled... seems like a > remarkable bad idea (even for a developer phone). > > However, unlike retail G1s, the ADP1 lets you flash any firmware you like at > any time, including those with root enabled. I believe JesusFreke's firmwares > work fine? > > -- > Samat K Jain <http://samat.org/> | GPG: 0x1A1993D3 > Partner, Chief Technology Officer | Rhombic Networks, LLC > > In Paris they simply stared when I spoke to them in French; I never did > succeed in making those idiots understand their language. > -- Mark Twain (250) > > signature.asc > < 1KViewDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
