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Debian Running On the T-Mobile G1

Posted by timothy on from the teaching-the-android-to-fetch-and-sit dept.

chrb writes "Following hot on the heels of the G1 root exploit, Jay Freeman now has Debian ARM running on the G1. The RC30 update has fixed the root hole, but with utilities and images already available to replace the flash image with your own signed code, it looks like the manufacturer-hacker arms race is on."

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  1. Re:Isn't that the whole idea of an open platform? by inKubus · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Google releases a Beta phone on a carrier network, so they had to bait the carrier a little bit.. Once Google or a subsidiary gets the spectrum they are trying to get, this thing will be so open you'll not believe it. And Google's business is search, so you'd better believe they are going to dominate mobile search also. The ads thing is secondary, just an evolution. The marketplace demands ads on everything, and when they are ready to move into mobile, Google will already be there with a solid database of mobile searches, mobile pages and they'll be in the phone too.

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