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Just Days After Release, Google's Nexus 4 Has Already Been Rooted

Posted by timothy on from the slathered-scattered-and-smothered dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Google's Nexus 4 sold out around the world very quickly this week, and while there was talk of very limited supply, apparently some key people managed to get their hands on it. That's right: the Nexus 4 has already been rooted."

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  1. Rubbish by ConallB · · Score: 5, Informative

    Entering the command "fastboot oem unlock" using ADB is what enables custom firmware and bootloaders to be flashed. This is hardly a revelation. In fact, this is how you unlock many Motorola devices and others. Saying it has "already been rooted", as if there was some kind of elaborate hack or cleverness involved is simply wrong. Thats like saying by taking off your training wheels yo9u somehow rooted your bicycle.

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  2. Re:Why is this news? by movrev · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here's the link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rooting_(Android_OS)

  3. Re:Why is this news? by Psychotria · · Score: 5, Informative

    Isn't this supposed to be dead easy?

    It's not news. Clueless journalist and an even more clueless Timothy for accepting this as a story. But, hey, what else should we expect?