surferdude wrote: > I want to take the source code from > source.android.com, build it and flash it on to my device, so I can > have superuser privileges instead of being restricted by Google/T- > Mobile.
Whether the G1 accepts replacement firmware, and the process for doing them, is a hardware question. HTC has a decent track record in this regard, though I haven't seen a definitive statement one way or another on the G1. > Telling your developers that root access is disabled and still > calling the platform open is unacceptable. By your definition, Linux is not an open platform. It is eminently possible to take Linux and install it on a device that does not grant root access and is not designed to have its firmware replaced by end users. Take, for example, the TiVo. Getting root access on a TiVo, where possible, is a royal pain, and replacing the TiVo software appears tor require physically dismantling the unit, AFAIK. Yet, TiVo runs Linux. Linux is open -- the TiVo is not. Similarly, Android is open -- the G1 may not be. The Android "distro" that is installed by HTC on the G1 has root access locked down. It is eminently likely that mainstream Android "distros" on other devices distributed by major carriers will have root access locked down. This should not preclude other device makers from offering Android devices with root access, via their own patch to the Android source to lift that restriction. So, rolling all the way back to your statement of what you want, the questions you'll need answers for are: 1. Which pieces of Android hardware will allow flashing of replacement firmware, and is the G1 one of them? 2. Where in the Android source is the no-root lockdown implemented and, if it's not configurable today as a build option, will the core Android team accept a patch that *does* make it a build-time configuration option, so those interested in root access can easily make firmware that offers it? #1 will determine how you can do it at all on hardware; #2 will determine if this is perpetually a non-mainstream patch or if your wishes and OHA's wishes can be met simultaneously. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 1.3 Published! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" 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-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
