UPDATE 11/09/2010
A few weeks ago we updated this article letting you all know the source code was quietly released for the HTC G2, which meant that eventually someone would be successful in permanently rooting the device. Well, it’s been done! Scott Walker and a few helpers at XDA are the ones to thank for making this successful with what little materials they had. Now our PPCGeeks G2 users can start getting the job done themselves.
Source: XDA
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UPDATE 10/14/2010
According to tipsters & Androidpolice, someone at HTC has recently released the source code for the G2. We aren’t sure if this was what HTC planned to do but it seems they managed to figure it out while digging through HTC’s site and have quietly shared it with a few people. This doesn’t surprise us much as most of you predicted there would be a day like this in the future. Looks like that day has arrived and developers can start having fun more now with the G2.
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UPDATE: BoyGeniusReport has just confirmed, after speaking with TMobile, that the auto-reversing is absolutely true. What TMobile explained is that the G2’s software implementation stores some of the components in read-only memory. This creates a security measure to prevent key operating system software from becoming corrupted and/or rendering the device inoperable. TMobile also explains that there a group of highly technical users who may want to modify their devices, known as “rooting,” but a side effect of HTC’s security measure will be that the modifications are only temporary and cannot be saved to permanent memory, restoring the original code.
Source: BGR (link here)
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Yes you read that right. According to sources at TheRegister, The new HTC G2, which just began shipping out to customers yesterday, has a new process of auto-reversing “Rooting” (aka loading a custom ROM) as soon as anyone tries to load a ROM onto the device. What you will find when you try to load your own software is an instant reboot of the original software. Shocking? We know it is.
We haven’t yet heard the reason HTC has decided to do this and it only makes us question the future of other devices they plan to distribute. We wonder what those that love to build/use Custom ROMS will have to say about this turn around from HTC. Will this only push those developers out there to figure out how it’s done or will the answer be impossible to find? Only the future will tell. We would like to hear your thoughts and opinions.
Source: TheRegister