http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/ Engadget Comments for Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 has been rooted, all is right with the world 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/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/Jul 10th 2010 1:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/
Good for you. Now give yourself a pat on the back and a high-five. ]]>Jul 10th 2010 1:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/
Pat yourself on the pat for being another sarcastic online poster.


It is in fact interest that is has taken 2 weeks for this news to post on engadget. Myself, and I'm sure many other frequenters of engadget, "tipped" this news ages ago.

Seriously not trying to troll - but apple sneezes and it gets posted here. I was starting to wonder if the X10 was on some kind of no-fly list here.]]>Jul 10th 2010 1:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/
*interesting]]>Jul 10th 2010 1:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/
Xperia X10 is one sexy gorgeous device.]]>Jul 10th 2010 2:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/Jul 10th 2010 2:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/Jul 10th 2010 2:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/
Sorry, I only speak iPhone.]]>Jul 10th 2010 2:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/Not surprised, it is not an iProduct, doesn't stay in Engadget's scope..
Mine's rooted for couple of weeks now too]]>Jul 10th 2010 4:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/Jul 10th 2010 5:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/Jul 10th 2010 1:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/Jul 10th 2010 1:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/Jul 10th 2010 1:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/Jul 10th 2010 2:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/Jul 10th 2010 3:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/Jul 10th 2010 3:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/Jul 10th 2010 1:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/
The root was hardly evolutionary. As PS3 owners have experienced, Sony has an uncanny ability to lock their hardware down - and it was almost commonly thought that the X10 may never be rooted. The bootloader has yet to be hacked. So the big news is that a root that was thought to potentially be impossible has been achieved. Well, the big news 2 weeks ago....]]>Jul 10th 2010 1:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/Jul 10th 2010 2:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/
So this is really a small, temporary victory. The big victory will be more open (computer like) access to one's own handset.]]>Jul 10th 2010 2:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/Sorry to say, but you won't be getting computer-like access to your phone with Android easily, if at all. It simply wasn't made for that.]]>Jul 10th 2010 2:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/Jul 10th 2010 2:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/
Is that like jailbreaking an iPhone to gain computer like access?

At least Apple makes no pretence about the "openness" of their products.

Unlike Android which allows manufacturers and networks to lock down Android phones just as hard as iPhones, so much so that they require jailbreaks.

Now all the Android Evangelista can try and explain why gaining root access on an Android phone in order to modify it is different to gaining root access on an iPhone in order to modify it and why it isn't "jailbreaking".]]>Jul 10th 2010 5:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/
The Nexus One was offered direct with a prescribed way to gain root and install the latest Android version. Granted, it's no longer an option and I agree that's a battle that would benefit consumers that is being lost.

What I don't understand is why consumers are so happy to roll over and play fetch when companies do stuff that works against them. With just a little complaining we can get what we want. Markets are not supposed to be about abuse.
]]>Jul 10th 2010 6:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/
Is that like using a webapp, you know like, from outside the Apple App store?]]>Jul 10th 2010 6:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/Jul 10th 2010 6:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/Jul 10th 2010 9:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/Jul 10th 2010 9:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/
Furthermore, linux has kexec now which lets you reboot the phone into a new environment (for example a custom rom) if you have "root"]]>Jul 11th 2010 6:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/Jul 10th 2010 2:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/Jul 10th 2010 4:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/Jul 10th 2010 4:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/Kind of like the 30 MP3 players Sony currently has, and their 100 televisions. ]]>Jul 10th 2010 4:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/This is a very fast phone I can't wait to see what a custom 2.1/2.2 ROM will do !]]>Jul 10th 2010 4:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/Bootloader still not hacked sadly, so 2.1 and 2.2 will have to wait :(]]>Jul 10th 2010 8:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/If I was to choose an Android phone then SE's devices would be right at the top of the list.]]>Jul 10th 2010 5:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/Maybe it's not popular in the USA... because it's not sold there?]]>Jul 10th 2010 5:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/It's really only popular in Canada because it's the best Android phone Rogers carries.]]>Jul 10th 2010 11:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/The X10 is still not out yet in the U.S. under AT&T. Official stance is that is "still in testing". It should arrive any week now. My 2007 SE w810i bit the big one a month ago, and I'm using my old 2003 t616 until the X10 arrives on our shores. Painful.]]>Jul 11th 2010 1:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-has-been-rooted-all-is-right-with-the/Jul 11th 2010 2:06AM