T-Mobile G1 Android RC30 root exploit released
If you have a T-Mobile G1 running Android RC30, you lost the ability to get root on your cell phone. Â Finally, hackers have found a way to return to RC29, which will allow you to get to the root exploit.
If you have NO IDEA what this means, don’t do it. Â You’re not losing any functionality that you can use right now. Â If you screw up, you could brick your phone, which means it’s worth tossing in the trash. Â I need root access so I can use my T-Mobile G1 as an Internet connection via Bluetooth tethering, which requires root.
Here are the steps, thanks to the Android DLS wiki:
- Format the SD card to FAT32 mode (this is sometimes needed. image not always found if other files are on the sd card)
- Copy image file DREAMIMG.nbh to the SD card. Â You can get this file from Megaupload or RapidShare.
- Turn the device power off and insert SD card
- Hold Camera button, and press Power button to entry Boot loader mode
- Press Power button to start upgrade procedure
- After it finishes, press the trackball and perform a soft reset by pressing “Call” + “Menu” + “End” to reboot.
Now you’ll have RC29 on your phone, which allows you to get to the root exploit. Â After your phone boots, do the following:
- Restart your phone
- At your phones desktop hit the <enter> key twice and then type “telnetd” and press <enter> again
- Download an Android Telnet client and connect to localhost.
You now have root access.
Thanks to all the development hackers that are working to keep the Android open code more open, rather than T-Mobile which continues to look for ways to reduce the functionality of the devices we paid for.
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