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T-Mobile G1 Rooted

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the that-didn't-take-long dept.

An anonymous reader writes "T-Mobile's G1 phone, the first commercially available Android based phone, has been rooted. The exploit is extremely simple to execute, just requiring you to run telnetd from a terminal on the phone, and then connecting to the phone via telnet."

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  1. Rooted? by earthcreed · · Score: 5, Funny

    This just in, all machines that you have root access on rooted! If you have access to run telnetd you already have root.

    1. Re:Rooted? by Deadplant · · Score: 5, Funny

      in related news, researchers have discovered that if you open a root console on any flavour of linux and stick the keyboard out a window anyone walking by will be able to gain root access to you machine.

    2. Re:Rooted? by neowolf · · Score: 4, Funny

      Agreed. Non-story. This is just stupid.

      Excuse me sir... I would like to hack into your phone. Could you please type this in for me...

    3. Re:Rooted? by Koiu+Lpoi · · Score: 4, Funny

      I would honestly bet that a house with a rob me sign would not be robbed. Most burglars would feel it's some kind of trick.

    4. Re:Rooted? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      That reminds me of the van owner that put up a sign saying 'No tools or valuables inside'

      The next morning it had been broken into and the theives had left a note saying 'Just checking'

    5. Re:Rooted? by haystor · · Score: 5, Funny

      Clearly, we should avoid using windows.

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    6. Re:Rooted? by SnowZero · · Score: 5, Funny

      Null and void

      These are very different things, at least if you are a C programmer.

    7. Re:Rooted? by pete_norm · · Score: 5, Funny

      How do you know?

    8. Re:Rooted? by lysergic.acid · · Score: 4, Funny

      i dunno. tech support operators have a hard enough time walking the average person through how to run ipconfig on their windows PCs. trying to get the average person to open a terminal in Linux to run anything would be like trying to walk a cow down a flight of stairs.

    9. Re:Rooted? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      No. Needs citation and permanent link to reputable source. We will then run it past the legal department and conduct a full analysis of all facts and observations and, upon filing the requisite forms, of course, only then will we consider your suggestion of "humor". Please allow the standard six to eight weeks for the laugh.

    10. Re:Rooted? by Speare · · Score: 4, Funny

      Your right, dammit. Should be "NULL && void*".

      Wow, that's two languages in which you've completely failed. In less than sixty characters.

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  2. I haven't followed the whole Android business, but by Loibisch · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...wasn't this supposed to be an open platform anyway? I don't quite get it.

  3. Re:hmnn? by antifoidulus · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, its a problem if you are both security conscious AND stupid.... oh how I wish that was a much smaller intersection than it actually is....

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  4. Re:This is like saying... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, I found an exploit to alter the root password on Unix systems. It's really simple. You just login or su to root, then run the command 'passwd'. Works every time.

  5. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 5, Funny

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  6. In addition to... by jonaskoelker · · Score: 5, Funny

    So are Terms and Conditions.

    Terms are the things around your pluses and minuses.

    Conditions (in my interpretation) are expressions of an integral type inside a conditional statement.

    I wouldn't want to handle volatile chemicals or long johns or union jacks if I'm about to get struct bylightning. Happened to me once, a long long time ago.