Thread: sudo gainroot and R&D. Quick question!
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2011-01-18 , 23:56
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Originally Posted by JamesBond@ge View Post
I've not had my N900 long. 6 days to be exact.

A few days ago while following some instructions on here I opened X Term and typed "sudo gainroot" and I saw a message "enable R&D if you want to break your device" or something like that. I didn't do anything else after that and closed X Term.

I did this BEFORE installing 'rootsh'......which I have done now.

Now I've read about the dangers of R&D Mode and my question is: Have I damaged my phone and put it into R&D mode?

Thanks in advance for any help.
No, you haven't put it into R&D mode.
You could put your phone into this mode with help of flasher, though.
Sometimes it can be useful (for instance: when you have broken it strongly enough for watchdog to put it into reboot loop, but weakly enough to be able to fix it when watchdog is turned off).

R&D mode is a way to have sudo gainroot working without rootsh installed.

Installing rootsh doesn't automatically enable R&D mode.

Originally Posted by JamesBond@ge View Post
Thanks mate for putting my mind at rest! \o/

What I love about this site is that you post a question and 10 minutes you have answer. Great site. Thanks.
In half an hour, to be exact.


The site is great, agreed.
Last edited by Wikiwide; 2011-01-19 at 00:21.
 

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