Droid's Defenses Makes Jailbreaking Look Easy
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terraphantm
macrumors 68040
From what i've read, the bricking thing was FUD. All that happens is if an attempt to load an unauthorized ROM is detected, the phone enters its recovery mode. At this point, one can load a factory ROM, and the phone will be functional again. Kind of similar to tethered jailbreaks actually, except they don't have the means to send a command that will force the boot.
yeah yeah, but you forgot to say, that the Android Droid OS is not as locked down as iphone 4, with the droid you can theme/customize your device without jailbreaking, you can install non android market apps with out jailbreaking and you can change just about everything in the OS without jailbreaking.
so there is not much need to jailbreak the droid useless you want to overclock the device
Compile 'em all
macrumors 601
This article is 1.5 months old.
Axemantitan
macrumors 6502a
If you want to nitpick, it is 38 days old, which is 1.27 months, but who's counting? Are you really trying to say an article 38 days old is out-of-date? What really is your point?
Axemantitan
macrumors 6502a
And the article makes a point of saying that it is Motorola, not Google which is doing this.
GoCubsGo
macrumors Nehalem
No, just that if you visit the Droid X forums you'd know that this is a non-issue pretty much.
http://www.androidcentral.com/droid-x-root-achieved
July 22nd ...
Sensational thread titles are sensational.
Dr Kevorkian94
macrumors 68020
Wow that is extreme, but I guess most of the things we aim to get by jailbreaking they have. But what could they possibly gain from "rooting". Android is so open, I have to jailbreak to get mifi but my freind has a droid and he gets a simmilar app for free. I think apple wouldent do this sort of thing, it drives some business and I bet the iOS will get better as the years go by.
Axemantitan
macrumors 6502a
And redundancy is neither witty nor clever, no matter how popular it is among Generation Y.
And again............
the Android Droid OS is not as locked down as iphone 4, with the droid you can theme/customize your device without jailbreaking, you can install non android market apps with out jailbreaking and you can change just about everything in the OS without jailbreaking.
so there is not much need to jailbreak the droid useless you want to overclock the device
Cortezbanks
macrumors 6502
Looks like a mild case of troll thread backfire
duffyanneal
macrumors 6502a
Rooting the Droid X is as easy as the iPhone now. Just d/l a program, click Root Me, and toggle the bluetooth widget. While it is true that Android allows a lot more freedom than iOS out the box rooting does have some nice benefits. The carriers lock down the wireless/wired tethering. Rooting allows a free third party app to be installed which provides the functionality. Rooting can also lead to gaining access to more protected files that define the overall look and feel as well as the possibility of changing the entire operating system. While the bootloader on the Droid X is locked down (the FUD that the OP linked to) individuals have found another way to load different variations of Android onto the device.
Bobby Corwen
macrumors 68030
Im counting, and its actually 1.288 months old so check your math next time before your correct others.
Eso
macrumors 68020
Actually, 38 days is 1.23 months old because both July and August are 31 days long.
eng42ine
macrumors 68000
We're saying you're 38 days late, that's all....
Well played..
Works for the Department of Redundancy Department..Oh I'm plenty witty and clever ... most likely because I'm not a gen y'er.Any excuse for your redundancy?
Quoted for redundancy
Pwnt...
