Comments on: Getting root on the G1

By: anonymous

anonymous — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:06:53 +0000

is there a keylogger available for the g1? i have found alot but they are for windows os phone only

By: imwithdateline

imwithdateline — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:18:07 +0000

no one has posted for a while but just to answer some new g1 users questions…. the newest g1s dont need to be hacked or rooted. you wont find anything yet that lets you “root” it. its already a beast ass phone with no limits… why need more?

By: MR.Riles

MR.Riles — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 05:44:20 +0000

how do i update my g1 manually if it doesn’t have a root for the MicroSD card

By: haNk

haNk — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:46:20 +0000

ooooooh snap! i just installed the hacked firmware, and now i have root on my phone…

you don’t have to install a terminal app to start telnetd though. you can take advantage of the “random root shell” bug in RC29 and just type “telnetd” to start telnetd.

By: haNk

haNk — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 22:03:56 +0000

^^no shit…

well i’ve got my G1 and root. i’m holding off on updating for now. i think they’ve already created a hacked update though. that’s what i’m looking for now.

By: Orv

Orv — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:39:30 +0000

I’m looking forward to hearing about the first cell-based botnet. That should be interesting.

By: biqut2

biqut2 — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:23:40 +0000

first of all the phone can roam, you cannot use it with at&t because that is a limitation that they impose. also you have been able to download and install terminal apps since before the device was even released. Thats nothing new. also the is no need to hack anything you can freely download the sdk and do anything you want with it.I know that is what I am doing.

By: plokko

plokko — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 09:08:43 +0000

lol,telnet rulex!

Tmobile g1 is a great phone but it use too much internet for me(i don’t spend too much moneys on phone bills),also it don’t have tomtom,yes it have google map but it sux like all the others navs

By: Michael Kirkland

Michael Kirkland — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:35:58 +0000

@bountyx: Are you sure? You probably can’t get to it through the GUI.

@aaron: All you need for a telnet “client” is a socket.

By: rpcyan

rpcyan — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:57:53 +0000

seriously, telnetd? Ssh people! Get with the times

By: ME

ME — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:17:03 +0000

I guess a firewall will be needed for the phone.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:11:22 +0000

Wait … why can’t you just telnet to 127.0.0.1 and get root on the phone from the phone? does the g1 only have telnd and not the client?
No putty either?

By: bountyx

bountyx — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:48:22 +0000

I recieved my G1 on november 1st and it DID NOT come with the telnetd service. Sadly, this is something I wanted to run for development, not sure why its not there when everyone else is claiming they have it on their g1’s.

By: mike

mike — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:18:00 +0000

The problem with living in nebraska is that we don’t have the cell providers around here where we can get iphones or g1’s or anything like that. i want a jailbroken g1.

By: ninethcircle

ninethcircle — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:42:32 +0000

that’s just like my nokia n770