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ohwut is offline ohwut
2010-02-01 , 04:39
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#27
Originally Posted by fatalsaint View Post
Excuse me?? Short of the ADP's mentioned above which come with root... rooting almost *any* consumer android device is mostly a PITA. In the G1 you have to flash an older firmware first in order to exploit a kernel flaw, and here's your totally trivial way in which to root the Cliq.

Yeah ok...

Don't get me wrong.. I think Android is great.. but it's no where near the league of Nokia with regards to gaining root.
Actually it's not at all, One Click Root still works on a majority of the HTC devices(MyTouch, G1), flashing the Droid is as simple as copying a update.zip to SD card and flashing. The Nexus One is as simple as putting it in bootloader mode and double clicking a .bat file. The Cliq is as simple as downloading 2 things, clicking a total of 3 buttons to re-flash, then entering one command in an ADB shell. Long gone are the days of goldcards and such.