Android executes everything you type

posted Nov 9th 2008 12:29pm by Eliot Phillips
filed under: android hacks, cellphones hacks, g1 hacks, google hacks, security hacks

g1

This is one of the more bizarre bugs we’ve ever heard. The T-Mobile G1 has an open root shell that interprets everything you type as a command. It was discovered when a user just happened to type the word ‘reboot’ in a conversation and the phone immediately rebooted. A patch has already been rolled out to fix this issue. It also buttons up the earlier telnetd SUID problem.

[photo: tnkgrl]

Getting root on the G1

posted Nov 5th 2008 5:29pm by Eliot Phillips
filed under: android hacks, cellphones hacks, g1 hacks, security hacks, wireless hacks

If you’ve been holding off on a T-Mobile G1 purchase because you didn’t like the apparent user restrictions, there’s some good news. The Android powered phone comes with an easy button for getting root. Install a terminal app and you can manually start the telnetd service. All that’s left is telenetting into the device and it’ll give you root level access.




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