T-Mobile’s G2 gets the root treatment courtesy of XDA

By on Nov 9, 2010 at 4:38 PM
Software November 9, 2010

Dear hardware OEMs: Resistance. Is. Futile. It seems as though the gang over in the IRC channel #G2Root xda-developers have found a permanent rooting solution for T-Mobile’s HTC G2 handset. As you may recall, the rooting community ran into a little hiccup with the Android 2.2 device due to an auto-restore feature aimed at helping the average consumer un-brick their handset. The new solution comes just days after HTC released the source code for the G2 on their website. The root exploit for the G2 is far from production-ready, but it does look like the software is well on its way to getting the one-click treatment.

UPDATE: Quick correction — As Aaron pointed out in the comments, the G2 root was originally discovered by members of the #G2root IRC channel; an XDA forum member announced it. Thanks, Aaron!

[Via Android Spin]

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  • Kevin

    hell yea!!!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_GP2WYAHXS6CRUREISWBGPUSUGE Michael

    When they try to build idiot proof phones, XDA just builds stronger idiots.

    Not bad mouthing them in the least. i LOVE XDA’s site and Cyanogen’s site… they do some amazing stuff.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=537445492 Aaron Crabtree

    Several problems with your article. This wasn’t from XDA. It was from the IRC channel #G2Root. Also, HTC released the source code for this a few weeks ago. What came out a few days ago was just the bluetooth stack. And the exploit as of now is as easy to do as pretty much any root exploit has been in the past. It’s not quite at one-click phase, if that’s what you mean by not “production-ready”. It does have one line of code that, if you type it wrong, could brick your phone, but most root exploits do.

    For anyone who really cares, this exploit was figured out by mainly by scotty2, who was mainly helped by tmzt_ and IntuitiveNipple (these are all their IRC names). Scotty2 was the one who, when the G2 was first released, pledged not to sleep until we got permanent root.

  • http://twitter.com/raitchison raitchison

    FYI the G2 doesn’t really have an “auto restore” feature, what it has is flash memory that’s write protected which prevents any changes to /system from actually occurring.

    This method allows you to turn off the write protection.

  • http://twitter.com/MetalMessiah78 José Gómez

    As Aaron Crabtree pointed out, it’s very easy to apply this root. Anyone who knows how to copy and paste the code into Terminal Emulator or ADB command line can do this. As with any root, you always run the risk of bricking your phone, but it’s certainly not as dangerous or labor intensive as rooting the G1 and upgrading the SPL. Took me all of 5 minutes to do, and that’s including waiting 2 minutes before rebooting.

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