The Droid Has Been Rooted — Now What?

December 8th, 2009 admin
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The Motorola/Verizon Droid is a brand new phone today. Like many smartphones before it, the Droid has been rooted so that owners of the Android 2.0-based smartphone can install multitouch support (including pinch-to-zoom gestures), enhanced themes, and other previously forbidden goodies. Cyanogen, a well-known Android modder, tweeted this afternoon “Droid does… ROOT” and linked to an Android message board where the exploit is posted . Zinx Verituse, the hacker who discovered the exploit, posted the essential details and links to the file so the modders can get down to business. So, what does this mean for Droid owners? An rooted Droid means the user…


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