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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:Arms race? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I hope it becomes a foot race instead. My feet are much better at running than my arms.

  2. Re:Isn't that the whole idea of an open platform? by Chyeld · · Score: 2, Funny

    Instead of using $10,000 per gigabyte SMS, use email

    I understand your point, but my fingers still have sympathy blisters and my wrists ache thinking about actually sending a gigabyte's worth of SMS texting....