Google’s Android mobile operating system is one of the most widely used on the market. This can largely be attributed to the fact that Android is an open source platform that allows pretty much anyone to create a mobile device based on it. Due to this nature, it also means that anyone who makes a device based on Android is allowed to preinstall whatever they want onto the phone. This can be made evident with Android skins like HTC’s Sense UI and Samsung’s TouchWiz UI.
However, when the device actually makes it to the consumer it’s open source-ness is diluted by hardware manufacturer restrictions. These restrictions are put in place for security reasons and other legal matter. As you’ll probably know, breaking these restrictions allows a consumer to recieve things like free tethering and the ability to install custom firmware on a device.
In the iOS world this action is known as jailbreaking and has been immensley popular ever since its emergence back during the first generation iPhone days. On the Android side of things, it’s known as rooting and has been done to just about every device on the market that’s powered by Google’s platform.
If you’ve been paying attention, you’ll know that the T-Mobile G2 HSPA+ smartphone has recently gone on sale. However, just because it’s only been on the market for a few days doesn’t mean the hacking community is going to waste any time tearing in apart. In fact, it was announced today over at the XDA-Developers forums that the T-Mobile G2 root has been confirmed and is now available for public consumption.
Unfortunately, there is a small problem with the root that involves rebooting the device. Apparantly, when you reboot a T-Mobile G2 rooted using this method, the root access disappears. Luckily, this is something that is being worked on and will be remedied sooner rather than later, or so we hope.
If you decide to root your T-Mobile G2 hit our source link but remember, proceed at your own risk.
However, when the device actually makes it to the consumer it’s open source-ness is diluted by hardware manufacturer restrictions. These restrictions are put in place for security reasons and other legal matter. As you’ll probably know, breaking these restrictions allows a consumer to recieve things like free tethering and the ability to install custom firmware on a device.
In the iOS world this action is known as jailbreaking and has been immensley popular ever since its emergence back during the first generation iPhone days. On the Android side of things, it’s known as rooting and has been done to just about every device on the market that’s powered by Google’s platform.
If you’ve been paying attention, you’ll know that the T-Mobile G2 HSPA+ smartphone has recently gone on sale. However, just because it’s only been on the market for a few days doesn’t mean the hacking community is going to waste any time tearing in apart. In fact, it was announced today over at the XDA-Developers forums that the T-Mobile G2 root has been confirmed and is now available for public consumption.
Unfortunately, there is a small problem with the root that involves rebooting the device. Apparantly, when you reboot a T-Mobile G2 rooted using this method, the root access disappears. Luckily, this is something that is being worked on and will be remedied sooner rather than later, or so we hope.
If you decide to root your T-Mobile G2 hit our source link but remember, proceed at your own risk.
