G1 multitouch proof of concept

posted Nov 23rd 2008 4:51pm by Eliot Phillips
filed under: android hacks, cellphones hacks, g1 hacks, google hacks, multitouch hacks

[RyeBrye] has been trying to get multitouch working on the Android based T-Mobile G1. He hacked the Synaptics touchscreen driver so that it would dump raw event info to a character device. The demo above is using example code from Google for a fingerpaint program. Polling the device is not the fastest method, but [RyeBrye] just wanted to get a demo out there to prove it could be done.

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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