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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. Re:Rooted? by paeanblack · · Score: 5, Informative

    If the door's unlocked, it's hardly "breaking in," is it?

    Yes it is.

    The "Breaking" part of "Breaking & Entering" refers to breaking the plane of entry, not physically damaging anything.

    "Breaking" is not actually a separate action from "Entering". The reason they are used together is for clarity...one word derives from Old English, and the other word derives from French. Writing laws this way was useful when the Normans and Saxons were trying to cohabitate on the same island.

    There are many legal terms constructed the same way:
    Null and void
    Cease and desist
    Last Will and Testament
    Aid and Abet
    Goods and Chattels
    Terms and Conditions
    etc.