http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/ Engadget Comments for Motorola Milestone reaches milestone, gets rooted http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/but they still use paper...]]>Jan 19th 2010 1:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/Jan 19th 2010 4:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/http://bit.ly/motorola-milestone-best
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Try again troll.

You don't give root access willy-nilly.

Could you imagine what kind of damage the average user could do wielding that much power?]]>Jan 19th 2010 2:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/Jan 19th 2010 2:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/
you dont think just a warning message is enough ? like firefox.

so why C&D for Cyanogen ?]]>Jan 19th 2010 2:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/
You misunderstand the danger. With root it is extremely easy to brick the phone. Android is still completely open and any app can be run without approval from Google or anyone else. Really root's advantages are for affecting deep down, system level things or replacing the ROM altogetherm which AFAIK, there is no phone/OS that let's you do that without some kind of hack. ]]>Jan 19th 2010 2:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/Jan 19th 2010 3:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/
My N900 comes with root access as a free download from an official repository.

I refuse to buy a device that does not have an official method of giving me root access, and it was the main reason I bought an N900 over anything else.]]>Jan 19th 2010 4:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/
No phone with an OS that lets you do that? It's right there in the guy's name. N900 has "rootsh" right in the official repository...just download and run it.]]>Jan 19th 2010 4:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/You misunderstood life.

We are not saying let's put root access in the main screen so that any moron can brick his phone trying to play, although to brick your phone unintentionnaly (not trying to hack it) you really have to be unlucky...

What we are saying is : Google should offer an application for users who want to have root access.
This application should be free and provided BY google.
It should come with a warnong, so that only people who know what they are doing would use it.

All my friends have a smartphone and NONE of them is ever gonna enter a command line into a shell.EVER.
And specially NOT on their phone.
Why ?
Because they are the average user and they don't know shit about it which is why they won't try their luck with their $600 phone especially if google has said : "you shall not try this if you suck".
And if they did I would laugh at them will they cry their eyes out.
Because it would be well deserved.

I, on the other hand, WANT root access and I know I won't brick my phone!

SO please Google do that for me. like right now.]]>Jan 19th 2010 7:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/Jan 19th 2010 7:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/Jan 19th 2010 9:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/
And the N900 isn't a phone made for consumers. Nokia's said that repeatedly. Android dev phones also have root. Right out of the box. You give root to people who need it/know what they're doing/don't mind being left with a hunk of non functioning metal, plastic, and glass.

Even once you pass that, you as a user have to gain root. It doesn't come out of the box that way.]]>Jan 19th 2010 8:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/
You grossly overestimate the lowest common denominator. They WILL have users that would root the phone, brick it, and demand a replacement. And it isn't as simple as telling the consumer to take a hike post-bricking. That's when you end up with people running across the internet telling people a Google program messed up their phone, and they don't want to fix it. That's bad PR. And while you, me, and Engadget may sit back and laugh our collective asses off, the (key word here) AVERAGE consumer will get a hold of this information and spread it.

Don't believe me? Look at the reputation Windows has for being insecure. While I won't say Windows is 100% safe, I will say it is far better than many people give it credit for. As long as you as a user take simple precautions (computing as user and not admin, keeping system updates and virus definitions current, etc.) you will be truckin. We've always had computers in the house for as long as I can remember (which is before computers became "popular" to be honest), and by following those guidelines, we've never had software problems with our computers. Now hardware is a completely different story...

To clarify, the problem with giving root isn't for you and I. We know enough to know when to leave a situation alone. We also know how to find information if we don't know something. The problem comes in when you encounter that person that doesn't know what they don't know.]]>Jan 19th 2010 8:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/
Don't misunderstand me, I'm not trying to be rude if that's how I came off.]]>Jan 19th 2010 8:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/:(]]>Jan 19th 2010 1:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/Jan 19th 2010 1:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/lmaooo classic that actually made me buss out laughing]]>Jan 19th 2010 1:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/HAHA that just made me "LOL" as well,
Im new to rooting and don't understand it very much,
If i get this phone in canada will i be able to use it on Rogers network?
with all its features (Google Maps)?]]>Jan 19th 2010 1:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/Jan 19th 2010 1:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/
It will work on Rogers in 2G GSM]]>Jan 19th 2010 7:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/
When you're you (Steve Jobs), all your stuff is already hacked to teh max! ]]>Jan 19th 2010 10:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/
I wonder if all future phones will be as easy to root?...]]>Jan 19th 2010 1:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/Jan 19th 2010 2:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/
I take it you haven't actually looked at the instructions for rooting a Nexus One vs rooting a G1. ;)]]>Jan 19th 2010 2:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/Time to root!]]>Jan 19th 2010 1:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/Jan 19th 2010 2:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/Jan 19th 2010 2:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/Your post made newb's (↑) comment and subsequent reply that much funnier.]]>Jan 19th 2010 2:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/Hahaha!]]>Jan 19th 2010 3:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/Jan 19th 2010 3:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/
Sense looks like a great UI, but HTC has been too stupid to put it on a device with a keyboard...the combination of Sense and keyboard makes me curious (though I honestly hope the Milestone's keyboard isn't nearly as bad as the Droid's).]]>Jan 19th 2010 4:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/Jan 19th 2010 5:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/
Android IS open, anybody can get the sources, edit it, compile it and flash it to a developer phone. However that does NOT mean that all phones are open; it is up to each manufacture/provider to decide if they allow their handsets to be rooted.

]]>Jan 19th 2010 5:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/However the Nexus One is Google-branded and it will probably be root-access-less too.

But I agree with you on the principle.
Android is Free, Open and Open-source, The Motorola Droid isn't Free nor Open-source :p

Therefore : Nokia >> motorola. (more Open)

YES I KNEW I COULD MAKE SOMETHING OF THAT !]]>Jan 19th 2010 7:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/Jan 19th 2010 5:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/Jan 19th 2010 6:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/
http://beefsack.com/blog/post/p/How+To+Root+Motorola+Milestone]]>Jan 19th 2010 8:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/motorola-milestone-reaches-milestone-gets-rooted/Jan 19th 2010 9:10AM