http://helloandroid.com/node/698Hack: Howto get root on your G1Submitted by hobbs on Wed, 11/05/2008 - 14:35.Update: This is obviously way out of date, please see: Android DLS Wiki and Android Blogging Network for the latest.
Here are the steps you can take: 1. Download and install a terminal emulator on your phone. (Click here for Term.apk) 5. (optional) To permanently enable root access you can create an
"su" command in /system/bin (Warning:
creating su on your system could make you vulnerable to malicious
software. You could name it something besides su, but you would still
be vulnerable): mount -o
remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
cd /system/bin cat sh > su chmod 4755 su Now you can fire up the Terminal Emulator and run "su" to be root. It's likely that the next system update will fix this hole, but until then enjoy having full access to everything on your phone! Update: Term.apk updated to include launcher icon Update #2: Some people were having issues installing the Term app, so I published it onto the Market as "Terminal Emulator" to make it a bit easier |
Many
people were surprised that root was disabled on the production T-mobile
G1's, and everyone knew that we would eventually get root access, but
who knew it'd be this easy?!? Some users at 