Droid Eris rooted (via XDA) False Alarm...

[redman213]

Well the gods over at XDA finally got it. I have to get back to work but I'm sure someone over here can update the thread with more info and links when the tutorial is complete. Oh and btw...
YAY!

 

[rw6497]

let the fun begin

 

[judasmachine]

Now the question....

Root, or Update?

Looks like another false alarm. Us Eris users should be used to this by now. :-/

 

[redman213]

Update if you want but if HTC patches the exploit the Dev's found you won't get root for a long time...I myself won't be updating.

 

[Jerry Hildenbrand]

I made a promise and I'll stand by it.
Gumbo-Eris w/ custom kernel coming soon.

http://forum.androidcentral.com/showthread.php?p=47657#post47657
Need some assistance to get it started.

 

[redman213]

Uhhh yeah about that I you might want to check out the thread I guess they were working on the wrong kernel so the exploit only works for the tattoo xP .

 

[Jerry Hildenbrand]

LOL. I'm sorry. I know I shouldn't laugh, but thats classic.
Well the offer still stands. I'll have it ready a day after the phone gets rooted.

 

[redman213]

Yeah sorry lol the thread was updated with "WE HAVE ROOT" i wouldn't have otherwise but hey we all make mistakes...anyways I'm sure they'll have it soon.

 

[Jerry Hildenbrand]

I took a look. They deserve this, simply for trying to be hush hush about what they're doing so they can look cool on the internet and win 600 bucks.

Unfortunately, it's users like yourself that will suffer the most.