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Turn Your Regular T-Mobile G1 Into a Developer’s Edition
We already told you guys about the Developer’s Edition of the T-Mobile G1, but what if you already have a T-Mobile G1 but want the Developer’s benefits? Well, first off, you have to thank the hackers. Apparently, the bootloader for the Developer G1 has been extracted and is now available to anyone who’s daring enough to use it. Basically, get root access and apply the bootloader. If you do mess up any steps though, beware, your phone may be bricked.
The benefits of running a Developer’s Edition G1? Well, you can potentially mod it like crazy!
T-Mobile G1, Android Jailbroken !
Boy do these Android Users move fast. We have news that the T-Mobile G1 has been jailbroken. Meaning full system access and read and write capabilities have been obtained. We have yet to try the method but its supposed to be quite easy.
Here are the basic steps (via modmygphone):
- Turn on WiFi in the G1 (Settings > Wireless Controls > Wi-Fi). Make sure you’re connected to a network.
- Start up PTerminal (search in the Market) and you’ll get a prompt once its launched.
- Enter cd system and hit Enter.
- Enter cd bin and hit Enter.
- Enter telnetd and hit Enter. You’ve now started telnet on your G1.
- Enter netstat and hit Enter. You’ll now see your G1’s IP address. You can also find this in the Settings > Wireless Controls > Wi-Fi > and click on your network you’re connected to. It will show you your IP.
- Start up Terminal on your OS X machine, or bring up a command prompt on your Windows box. Type telnet[your.ip.address.we.just.found] and hit Enter/Return. So, if your IP was 192.168.1.101, you’d type telnet 192.168.1.101 and hit Enter/Return.
- You are logged in as root now. To remount the system file as read write, type mount -oremount,rw/dev/block/mtdblock3/system from the Terminal/Command Prompt and hit Enter/Return.
