How to Pterminal

[Lukster]

Thanks to xda-developers forum discovered you can start telnet on the device by downloading PTerminal from Android Market, and then you can telnet to the device from your computer.

Once you've done that - you're logged in as root. One simple command mounts the system dir as writable, and away we go.



Here's the basic process:

1. Turn on WiFi in the G1 (Settings > Wireless Controls > Wi-Fi). Make sure you're connected to a network.
2. Start up PTerminal (search in the Market) and you'll get a prompt once its launched.
3. Enter cd system and hit Enter.
4. Enter cd bin and hit Enter.
5. Enter telnetd and hit Enter. You've now started telnet on your G1.
6. Enter netstat and hit Enter. You'll now see your G1's IP address. You can also find this in the Settings > Wireless Controls > Wi-Fi > and click on your network you're connected to. It will show you your IP.
7. Start up Terminal on your OS X machine, or bring up a command prompt on your Windows box. Type telnet [your.ip.address.we.just.found] and hit Enter/Return. So, if your IP was 192.168.1.101, you'd type telnet 192.168.1.101 and hit Enter/Return.
8. You are logged in as root now. To remount the system file as read write, type mount -oremount,rw /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system from the Terminal/Command Prompt and hit Enter/Return.

Thanks to poetic folley the word.

[JohnnyLicious]

thanks but im scared i might delete files that are needed hmm..

[horizonbreakk]

Linux coders are going to save the day!

Since Android is a Linux based platform many (almost all) Linux commands will come second nature

[matthewboii]

what telnet client are you using???

[Lukster]

wooot woot.. i have one to addd!

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[ariesboy]

Here's the basic process:

1. Start up PTerminal (search in the Market) and you'll get a prompt once its launched.
2. Enter cd system and hit Enter.
3. Enter cd bin and hit Enter.
4. Enter reboot and hit Enter.

how to reboot? look up

[nickbunyun]

so what can this be used for ?