Not sure if there’s anyone out there who has been waiting for this one, but none-the-less, it’s happened. One of the guys from over at ModMyMobile has used the same method for rooting the DROID 2 and EVO 4G to root both the Motorola Backflip and Cliq XT. While not much can be done with the root at this moment, it is nice to have more control over your device. Eh AT&T users? For instructions on how to root the Backflip check here. You’ll find instructions for the the Cliq XT here.
As always, no one is responsible for anything that happens to your device but you.
According to a new app in the Android Market titled “Easy Root,” all you do is download for a buck, press “root me”, and presto change-o; You now have root on your DROID/DROID X. That’s it. No sync. No cables. No fuss. Funny enough, a commenter on the original Android Central article says it worked perfect with his DROID Incredible as well. As always, only you are responsible for what you do your phone. Is this going to be a new trend among the hacking and modding community in Android? As a rooted user myself, I certainly hope so. You can grab Easy Root from the QR code below, or click this link here on your mobile device.
Oh yes you read that right. Jailbreaking your iOS device, and rooting your Android/webOS device has now been deemed legal by the Library of Congress. Until now, the act of obtaining root access was considered infringing upon the DMCA, a digital copyright law that “criminalizes production and dissemination of technology, devices, or services intended to circumvent measures (commonly known as digital rights management or DRM) that control access to copyrighted works. It also criminalizes the act of circumventing an access control, whether or not there is actual infringement of copyright itself.” According to the freshly announced statement:
Computer programs that enable wireless telephone handsets to execute software applications, where circumvention is accomplished for the sole purpose of enabling interoperability of such applications, when they have been lawfully obtained, with computer programs on the telephone handset.
So there you have it folks. Of Course, rooting and jailbreaking still comes with it’s own set of rules and laws that I’ve always considered worse than whatever the man can throw at me. You always risk breaking your device. No one is responsible for what you do to your device except yourself. And you most certainly, never ever ever, ask for an ETA.
“In the end, I had a huge smile across my face as my Lego robot ventured out across the vast living room carpet, with me controlling it remotely from only the image I could see on my computer screen. It’s not the robot from lost in space, but none the less, it can open up a lot of young minds into how their future may look.”
Indeed. That is a quote from tech mind, Mike Partain, who has hacked together a Motorola Droid and LEGO NXT Robot Kit in order to give the toy a camera, GPS, and compass, as well as the appropriate software controls. In the video below, you can see a screencast from Mike’s desktop computer as he controls the bot remotely using the Droid’s camera for guidance. The creator isn’t sure if he’ll have a chance to update or improve the code, so he’s just giving it away for others to build upon. Awesome work, I’m sure his cat would agree!
It seems that Ubuntu has become the official ambassador to the world for Linux. It’s turning up everywhere, including your Android device. Of course, Android is based on the Linux kernel, though it has been cut out of the official tree. But Ubuntu is an entirely different experience, and the flavor most responsible for Linux conversions in the desk/laptop space over the last four years, thanks in no small part to some viral videos featuring Compiz and Beryl way back in the fall of 2006.
Anyway, after popping up on the HD2 a week or two ago, Ubuntu is now shining on the Nexus stage, thanks to the folk(s) at NexusOneHacks.net. Below are a demonstration video as well as a how-to. It’s not exactly blazing fast, but the hacker is running Gnome in the first video and KDE (”or something like that”) in the second. I am curious to see how this hack would work running XFCE or Fluxbox or some other lightweight WM/desktop environment. The install runs within Android, so no wiping or anything else that would be considered destructive is required.
A series is coming on the EVO as well, so stay tuned. I might have to give this one a shot.
According to a new app in the Android Market titled “Easy Root,” all you do is download for a buck, press “root me”, and presto change-o; You now have root on your DROID/DROID X. That’s it. No sync. No cables. No fuss. Funny enough, a commenter on the original Android Central article says it worked perfect with his DROID Incredible as well. As always, only you are responsible for what you do your phone. Is this going to be a new trend among the hacking and modding community in Android? As a rooted user myself, I certainly hope so. You can grab Easy Root from the QR code below, or click this link 
Oh yes you read that right. Jailbreaking your iOS device, and rooting your Android/webOS device has now been deemed legal by the Library of Congress. Until now, the act of obtaining root access was considered infringing upon the 
It seems that Ubuntu has become the official ambassador to the world for Linux. It’s turning up everywhere, including your Android device. Of course, Android is based on the Linux kernel, though it has been cut out of the official tree. But Ubuntu is an entirely different experience, and the flavor most responsible for Linux conversions in the desk/laptop space over the last four years, thanks in no small part to some viral videos featuring Compiz and Beryl way back in the fall of 2006.
