14 DAY TRIAL // The T-Mobile G2 Android-based smartphone, brought to the market only several weeks ago, has just got a one-click root solution released for it, enabling users to easily gain root access on their devices.
The solution, dubbed VISIONary, won't offer full root for the G2, but will only provide users with a temporary root, which can still be seen as a very useful solution, that's for sure.
For those out of the loop, we should note that T-Mobile and HTC released the G2 with a safety mechanism on it that prevented the handset from being fully rooted.
The only successful attempts to root the G2 were the temporary solutions, and the aforementioned VISIONary app is one of those to offer the expanded functionality without too much of an effort.
There are not too many things that users would have to do to root their handsets while running this software solution.
According to this post on XDA-Developers, the application would have to be installed on the device, and, as soon as the process is completed, an icon will appear on the homescreen.
At this moment, one would have to click on the icon to root the device, or have it run at boot.
Moreover, the application was designed to launches /data/local/visionary.sh as soon as the root is finished, and users can put there any app they would like to run as soon as the rooting process is completed.
The app's dev also notes that it comes with support for other handsets too, as well as for perma-roots where available, non NAND/eMMC locked devices.
The VISIONary application is available for download from the Android Market. Read more about it here.
Having a rooted device offers any user the possibility to install any application out there, and to also tap into some functionalities of the device otherwise inaccessible.
One of the main reason for which users try to root their devices is to install unofficial OS solutions on them, thus being able to enjoy functionalities that would never arrive on the phone, or which would arrive at a much later date.
Update: While at the time of this article only the temp root was available for G2, a permanent root