Regain root access of your G1 with leaked RC29 firmware

[refused9150]

How many of you upgraded your T-Mobile G1 to the RC30 firmware only to find that you no longer had root access?Â* A member by the name of “chavonbravo over at the XDA-developers forum has gotten his hands on the uploaded image for the RC29 firmware... Read more

[divestoclimb]

Yesssss!

I don't know why I bothered accepting that update without checking the forums first, but now I'm saved!

[birdman81484]

Works great too! Takes very little time. Lots of help out there too if you get stuck. I recommend upgrading to JC modded rc30 v 1.3 as well. This will get you started:


http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=443797

[DesignDawg]

I did it last night, and as I said in another post, it practically does itself. No slaving needed. My mom could have done it.

Upgrading to the JF R30 v. 1.3 was a liiiittle tougher, but not much.

[warzchit]

spent from 1130 pm to 530 am playing with my g1 after i got root access

[outsider]

The good thing about the JF1.3 RC30 is that it is built with a fix to prevent any applications from accessing su without your knowledge.

[VValdo]

Wow. There's a uk version too.

I already had 29 going, but this basically allows ANYONE who wants root to have it. And it's got a competency threshold so that only those who can at least follow the flashing instructions will have it...

Jesus Freke's 1.3 is out btw.

W

[averad]

Would be nice to have a stickie about how to do this and a faq.

[Jesse]

To the casual user, what are the benefits of having root on your G1? I realize there's much more you can do, but, is there anything that makes it 100% worth it for every G1 user to have root?

[VValdo]

Some things you can do with root:

• Delete or replace official Google applications you don't want (e.g., lose Amazon stuff, update browser, use K9 instead of Mail, etc.)
• Customize UI by adding behavior (auto-rotate to the browser, for example) or radical new themes (already in development) to enhance the look and feel of your phone
• Tweak Android settings to let you do things you would otherwise not be able to do (such as get high-quality YouTube... or do SIP/iax2 VOIP... over your g3 connection)
• Access parts of the phone (dialer, microphone, gtalk service, etc.) in ways that are either restricted or there is no API for yet to enhance phone's functionality.
• Add full support for apps inside Android written in other languages besides Android's Java-like VM (ie, Flash, Mono, Python, C, etc.)
• Install non-official variants of Android such as the new Cupcake release
• Support non-official capabilities of the G1 (multi-touch? Voice distorter? etc.)
• Add more unix tools (such as full busybox prompt), windowing systems (such as X11) or unix programs programs, potentially adding tens of thousands of new applications.
• Replace OS entirely with Debian or something else.
• Overclock (?) or otherwise alter default behavior at CPU level
• Add enhanced "full" backup & recovery of the entire phone

etc. etc.

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