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Debian Running On the T-Mobile G1
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."
Congratulations on your purchase of a brand new nigger! If handled properly, your apeman will give years of valuable, if reluctant, service.
INSTALLING YOUR NIGGER.
You should install your nigger differently according to whether you have purchased the field or house model. Field niggers work best in a serial configuration, i.e. chained together. Chain your nigger to another nigger immediately after unpacking it, and don't even think about taking that chain off, ever. Many niggers start singing as soon as you put a chain on them. This habit can usually be thrashed out of them if nipped in the bud. House niggers work best as standalone units, but should be hobbled or hamstrung to prevent attempts at escape. At this stage, your nigger can also be given a name. Most owners use the same names over and over, since niggers become confused by too much data. Rufus, Rastus, Remus, Toby, Carslisle, Carlton, Hey-You!-Yes-you!, Yeller, Blackstar, and Sambo are all effective names for your new buck nigger. If your nigger is a ho, it should be called Latrelle, L'Tanya, or Jemima. Some owners call their nigger hoes Latrine for a joke. Pearl, Blossom, and Ivory are also righteous names for nigger hoes. These names go straight over your nigger's head, by the way.
CONFIGURING YOUR NIGGER
Owing to a design error, your nigger comes equipped with a tongue and vocal chords. Most niggers can master only a few basic human phrases with this apparatus - "muh dick" being the most popular. However, others make barking, yelping, yapping noises and appear to be in some pain, so you should probably call a vet and have him remove your nigger's tongue. Once de-tongued your nigger will be a lot happier - at least, you won't hear it complaining anywhere near as much. Niggers have nothing interesting to say, anyway. Many owners also castrate their niggers for health reasons (yours, mine, and that of women, not the nigger's). This is strongly recommended, and frankly, it's a mystery why this is not done on the boat
HOUSING YOUR NIGGER.
Your nigger can be accommodated in cages with stout iron bars. Make sure, however, that the bars are wide enough to push pieces of nigger food through. The rule of thumb is, four niggers per square yard of cage. So a fifteen foot by thirty foot nigger cage can accommodate two hundred niggers. You can site a nigger cage anywhere, even on soft ground. Don't worry about your nigger fashioning makeshift shovels out of odd pieces of wood and digging an escape tunnel under the bars of the cage. Niggers never invented the shovel before and they're not about to now. In any case, your nigger is certainly too lazy to attempt escape. As long as the free food holds out, your nigger is living better than it did in Africa, so it will stay put. Buck niggers and hoe niggers can be safely accommodated in the same cage, as bucks never attempt sex with black hoes.
FEEDING YOUR NIGGER.
Your Nigger likes fried chicken, corn bread, and watermelon. You should therefore give it none of these things because its lazy ass almost certainly doesn't deserve it. Instead, feed it on porridge with salt, and creek water. Your nigger will supplement its diet with whatever it finds in the fields, other niggers, etc. Experienced nigger owners sometimes push watermelon slices through the bars of the nigger cage at the end of the day as a treat, but only if all niggers have worked well and nothing has been stolen that day. Mike of the Old Ranch Plantation reports that this last one is a killer, since all niggers steal something almost every single day of their lives. He reports he doesn't have to spend much on free watermelon for his niggers as a result. You should never allow your nigger meal breaks while at work, since if it stops work for more than ten minutes it will need to be retrained. You would be surprised how long it takes to teach a nigger to pick cotton. You really would. Coffee beans? Don't ask. You have no idea.
MAKING YOUR NIGGER WORK.
Niggers are very, very averse to work of any kind. The nigger's most
So let me get this straight?
Google G1 / Android / HTC / TMobile have been telling us this is going to be an open platform.
Someone already "broke" the phone (which isn't a problem on an open platform)
Someone is already working on getting unsigned code working? I thought it was an open platform?
Manu / Hacker arms race? Why? Isn't this an open platform?
Sounds to me like its just about as open as the IPhone, and a few early adoption idiots where taken for a ride.
Very much happy with my Windows Mobile HTC Wizard. And, I don't have to go to anyones "repository" or "app store" to purchase things, nor do I have to worry about MS telling me what I can and cant run on my phone (I know, the albatross IS the last part of that statement).
IOW, Good job, Google. You've turned into everything you detested.
NEXT!
--Toll_Free
The CEO of T-Mobile did not say how much he's going to charge Android users for data, or how certain data might just be given a low priority.
Now assume the position.
I'm sorry. I never would have replied to you if I knew you had such a profound emotional involvement.
Where is the distrust coming from? You're perfectly right... the poor telecom companies, most especially the mobile providers, have NEVER done anything that would justify anything but the utmost trust and dedication! Why, I'm sure they'll be delighted to surrender much of their revenue stream!
As I recall, your major US ISPs sold you all "unlimited" Internet access and said you could use anything you wanted on them as well. It's not like they'd ever change their minds about that, would they? Nor would they actually have hidden limits in place all the time. And of COURSE they'd never fiddle with the connection to discourage some applications they didn't like!
I'm not disputing that it would be great to have a really open smart phone. Nor am I disputing that Android, in concept, is a great idea.
The problem is, no battle plan survives first contact with the enemy.
All you need is (1) a nice open handset, (2) a nice open platform like Android and (3) someone to provide you connectivity.
When Google manages to finagle some open spectrum and builds out a network they control (or nobody controls), MAYBE you'll get something approximating the ideal. In the meantime, the only option for (3) is to go to a telecom company that already has such a network. If you think those guys are going to just roll over and let everyone run bittorrent, make unlimited VOIP calls and send free texts, you're in for a bitter, bitter disappointment.
I wish Android could deliver everything that has been attributed to it. I really do. But even if Google has the best of intentions, they currently only control one of the three required items. They might push that to two (hardware and software). Three will require some serious investment, in direct opposition to the interests of some seriously entrenched players.