14 DAY TRIAL // T-Mobile G2, the Android-based device that brought support for HSPA+ connectivity on T-Mobile customers' hands, has been packed with a series of features aimed at preventing a process that many enthusiasts are fond of, namely rooting.
As previously reported, the guys over at XDA Developers already came up with a solution to temporary root the device, and some of those who already received their G2 units gave it a try for sure.
However, it appears that this might actually be the only manner in which the T-Mobile G2 can be rooted, as HTC took certain measures in this direction, a recent article on Android Guys reads.
“The HTC software implementation on the G2 stores some components in read-only memory as a security measure to prevent key operating system software from becoming corrupted and rendering the device inoperable,” the carrier said in an official statement.
At the same time, this software implementation that HTC came up with for G2 results in making any root be only a temporary one, as the phone would restore the original software solution as soon as it was restarted.
“There is a small subset of highly technical users who may want to modify and re-engineer their devices at the code level, known as “rooting,” but a side effect of HTC’s security measure is that these modifications are temporary and cannot be saved to permanent memory,” T-Mobile notes on the matter.
“As a result the original code is restored,” the wireless carrier also notes, thus making official something that people over at XDA Developers already said a few days ago in a forum thread.
While HTC wanted to make sure that the rooting of G2 is not possible, although all of its previous devices were rooted easily, it appears that the team of hackers who are currently working on rooting the phone is confident that things are not impossible.
Since a temporary root was already achieved, the permanent root should not be too far away, they say.
Things won't stop here, that's for sure, both for the mobile phone makers which try to better secure their devices, and for enthusiasts looking to gain foll control of the handsets they bought.