Speaking from personal experience with my G1 with root access, you can indeed see protected apps. As I have mentioned in another thread, I was able to download a protected app, and pull it off the phone from the app-private folder. Up to this point, nothing illegal about it, but if I were to uninstall the app, then use ADB to install the APK could be considered illegal, especially if it were a paid app that I got a refund for.
Anyhow, long story short, rooted G1s can indeed see and access protected apps. Now, per the discussion, I personally do not see anything illegal with gaining root access on MY phone. It has allowed me to modify the OS so that application are stored on the SD card rather than on internal memory. There are some other nice things like WiFi tethering, of course that app may be breaching the telco's contract by using it. The way I see it, I paid for the hardware so I should be allowed to do with it what I want, provided it does not infringe on laws. ~clark On Apr 3, 2:26 pm, Stoyan Damov <[email protected]> wrote: > From what I've seen on the net, a G1 rooted phone (not an ADP) have > full access to PROTECTED paid and free apps on Android Market. > > On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 12:24 AM, Mattaku Betsujin > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Really? I think the restriction is only for ADP phones which has legal > > (bestowed by google) root access. > > > I heard that "unconventionally" rooted phones have full access to paid apps > > on Android Market. Can anyone confirm this (without incriminating yourself, > > that is)? > > > On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 1:57 PM, Andreas Kostyrka <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > >> Luckily for us, Google does not allow us to install copyprotected apps on > >> rooted phones. > > >> Andreas > > >> Mattaku Betsujin <[email protected]> hat geschrieben: > > >> >I am not a lawyer, but in case you are, and you are sueing other people > >> > on > >> >grounds of *The Digital Millennium Copyright Act* (DMCA), then I would > >> >strongly implore that you shouldn't root the G1 on grounds of hypocrisy. > > >> >According to Wikipedia: > > >> >DMCA is a United States <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States> > >> >copyright <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright> > >> >law<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law>that [...] also criminalizes the > >> >act of circumventing an access control, > >> >whether or not there is actual infringement of copyright itself. > > >> >Because G1 has some sort of (very weak) DRM to control paid apps, and > >> > root > >> >can allow you to copy paid apps, all you guys rooting G1s should get > >> > ready > >> >for some jail time. Cops are coming real soon now. > > >> >On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 5:54 AM, Dave White <[email protected]> > >> > wrote: > > >> >> IANAL*, nor am I qualified to give you legal advice, but I keep reading > >> >> these messages on this list. I would think there's a difference > >> >> between > >> >> "illegal" and "in breach of contract". ie: The police can put you in > >> >> prison > >> >> for the first one, and you can get civilly sued by an individual or > >> >> company > >> >> for the second. I would have thought that in most countries what you > >> >> do > >> >> with your phone after you have purchased can really only invalidate the > >> >> warranty, or breach your contract with the teleco. That would > >> >> potentially > >> >> put you in line for a civil case against the teleco, but not have the > >> >> police > >> >> come looking for you. > >> >> I'm guessing you come from America, where I think the RIAA / MPAA have > >> >> muddied the waters about what is and isn't illegal. > > >> >> With regards to Google, and again with the proviso that I'm not in the > >> >> lagal profession, I would suggest that they don't actually have any > >> >> control > >> >> over what you do with YOUR telephone, which was in any case made by > >> >> another > >> >> company. Don't forget they sell the Dev phone completely unlocked. > > >> >> *IANAL = I Am Not A Layer. > > >> -- > >> Sent from my Android phone with K-9. Please excuse my brevity. > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" 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-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
