Android Jailbreak, first steps forward !!- get root access to your G1

[shebanx]

just unlocked and activated my G1, purchased a code from http://www.unlock-tmobileg1.com and it worked.

And I don't know how but, Google features are working (apparently they don't work once you unlock your G1) - I can access my calendar, gmail and the market. On an unlocked phone - woohoo !!

[bizarro_stormy]

I look forward to hearing more about this.

[RegGuheert]

Would this give the opportunity to solve the SD Card Storage Problem (i.e. mounting the drive and re-directing installs)?

Exactly what I'm thinking! Here are the commands:

http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f...nt-panic-2895/

Alright, there have been plenty of panic threads about applications only downloading to the phone. Stop it! Applications WILL be able to be installed to the SDcard! There have been rumors cited that Google will add that option to the OS, and even if they don't we are running on a linux kernel, and apparently can use a terminal. The fix would be simple.

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The commands below are NOT TO BE RUN on your phone. I will not have my hands on the phone until Tuesday, if you feel like doing this before then you need to do some exploration first to figure out the proper directories to move over to the SDcard. This is just what you would do in any linux based system.

Say you find out the bulk of your apps are in:

/usr/local/apps/

So you have like

/usr/local/apps/breadcrumbz.apk
/usr/local/apps/opera.apk
/usr/local/apps/...

You would just open up the terminal (which I've heard alot about and am very excited about having linux shell access on my phone!) and enter...

~ $ mv /usr/local/apps /sdcard/
~ $ mount --bind /sdcard/apps /usr/local/apps
~ $ echo /sdcard/apps /usr/local/apps bind defaults 0 0 >> /etc/fstab

And BAM you just moved all your apps to the storage card and set it up so that whenever android accesses or writes to /usr/local/apps it's writing to the storage card. The power of linux haha.

This is NOTHING to be worried about.

I haven't looked at the file structure closely, yet, so beware you might have to make small adjustments to what rogers has written.

I'm too busy/chicken to try this today. Anyone want to give this a try. (I don't recommend unless you consider yourself to be a Linux administrator! But, hey, it's YOUR phone...)

[jmejiaa]

This is awesome, soon developers will start making there own builds since they can update manually. This is GREAT news if it falls under the right group of dev's. Now they can truly manipulate EVERYTHING

[71CH]

Can I just say that the average user shouldn't be doing this. Root access is great and I've been waiting for this but it can potentially hurt your system if you don't know what you're doing.

[short/y]

Does telnetd listen on a local port? Could we use an SSH/telnet app running ON the G1 to get to localhost:23? I'd answer this question myself but I'm waiting for my replacement G1.

[shebanx]

well, i hope the average user resists the urge to ... play about with a linux root.. super user access should usually be left to those who really know what they're doing.

[eightyfour]

I'm on average user, I just hope that developers will star to find ways to change themes on the phone, icons, really manipulate to the users advantage. Best of luck

[Brains]

Hmmm... telnetd doesn't start on mine.

[ministersin]

Is there anyone here who has run the commands to move app storage/execution to the SD card via the terminal apps/telnet to root?

Please let us know results, and source of commands if you did not use these:


/usr/local/apps/

So you have like

/usr/local/apps/breadcrumbz.apk
/usr/local/apps/opera.apk
/usr/local/apps/...

You would just open up the terminal (which I've heard alot about and am very excited about having linux shell access on my phone!) and enter...

~ $ mv /usr/local/apps /sdcard/
~ $ mount --bind /sdcard/apps /usr/local/apps
~ $ echo /sdcard/apps /usr/local/apps bind defaults 0 0 >> /etc/fstab

And BAM you just moved all your apps to the storage card and set it up so that whenever android accesses or writes to /usr/local/apps it's writing to the storage card. The power of linux haha.