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Motorola Droid gets rooted and praised by TIME magazine
December 8, 2009 | by Andrew Kameka
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Being named one of the best gadgets of the year by Time magazine would usually warrant top billing in that headline, but not tonight, my friends. As nice it is to see an Android product finally get its due and respect from a major news source, there’s bigger things brewing in the Android world tonight: The Motorola Droid has been rooted.
A member of the AllDroid forums announced earlier this afternoon that “Droid has been rooted.” As we mentioned in our How to Understand Root Terms post, “root” is achieved when a modder discovers an exploit to gain complete access to a device. Phones are sold with limitations and security measures that prevent certain actions – like changing the ROM, optimizing functions, taking screenshots, and much more – that can only be achieved with root. It took a few weeks, but as noted modder Cyanogen pointed out earlier today, Droid Does…root.
So what does this mean if you are a new Droid owner willing to take on the dangerous task of rooting? You’re probably in store for some great new features and options. In the coming days, weeks, and months, you will see modders discover new tricks and hacks to enhance or significantly change what Droid does. When I rooted my G1, it was like night and day in terms of performance and features.
Before you get too excited, be aware of The Law of Root (it’s not a real law but it should be):
Rooting your phone is risky, can destroy your phone if a mistake is made, and will probably void the warranty. Androinica.com accepts absolutely no responsibility if problems arise from rooting your phone; you root at your own risk.
Visit this thread at AllDroid for more information.
Oh yeah, the Droid and the Nook were named two of the best products by TIME magazine.
How risky are we talking? I know jailbreaking an iphone is pretty standard now, mostly for multi tasking, but what are the big benefits with rooting a droid? I'm not sure it is worth the risk for someone who wouldn't really know what he is doing anyway.
Rooting is pretty common these days. Android phones have a multi-stage boot and as long as you don't break the recovery console (and there are a few well-recognised stable recovery images to choose from including Cyanogen's) it's pretty much always a simple job to wipe your settings and revert or replace your ROM no matter what mess you've got into. Make sure you back up you phone's stock recovery image and you'll be able to recover that too in the event that things go badly wrong (or if/when you want to un-root and go back to the stock ROM).
hello, I'm the founder of AllDroid and wanted to email you thanking you for writing the article, however couldn't find a way to do so. So i figure I'd write it on here. with you having my email address now. So thank you for taking the time to write about our accomplishment today
I recently just received my new Molorola Droid, and I am enjoy every bit of it. At the same time, I'm still waiting for the update for Android 2.0.1. Rooting sound pretty tempting, since I like to explore new function within the phone, but I'll just wait and see what happen.
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You're an ass…go spam someone who cares.
i got the motorola droid a couple days after it came out and i just now rooted it… it wasnt that hard but i know a little bit about technology. but my root version is 2.0.1 is there a root for 2.1 if so can you tell me where i can find it… my email is padilla7789@gmail.com