why is the evo rooted already and not the DInc

[gotbeer5150]

Wtf!

 

[Garrett92C]

Because the EVO is currently the most popular phone.

Don't worry though, I'm sure the DInc will still get the attention is deserves.

 

[Diabl0]

Because if you read around, the Evo had security holes in it when Sprint loaded its system onto it (or whatever they did) which made it super easy to root. It was also in developers' hands a long time before the Dinc was.

With the SD card OTA fix, root on the Evo is broken.

 

[iamtone]

man forreal!!!

 

[Garrett92C]

Because if you read around, the Evo had security holes in it when Sprint loaded its system onto it (or whatever they did) which made it super easy to root. It was also in developers' hands a long time before the Dinc was.

With the SD card OTA fix, root on the Evo is broken.

Ah, I have much to learn here. Thanks for the explanation.

 

[Diabl0]

No problem. I was wondering the same thing myself, so I searched around and that was the answer I found. There's a thread on this forum or one of the other forums that discusses it. Apparently they got "extremely lucky" with the Evo being open the way it was because of holes left in it from Sprint.


Like I said, the Evo has SD card issues and an OTA update was released to fix them. The problem with that was it broke root. So if anyone downloads the OTA update, they will no longer be able to root their Evo. Back to the drawing board!



There's a little bit here:

http://forum.androidcentral.com/121944-post1.html

You'll have to click the link next to the word Thread to get back to the original thread. You may have to copy and paste that. When I click on it, the link doesn't work for me.

 

[gabbott]

Because if you read around, the Evo had security holes in it when Sprint loaded its system onto it (or whatever they did) which made it super easy to root. It was also in developers' hands a long time before the Dinc was.

With the SD card OTA fix, root on the Evo is broken.

You can still root after applying the OTA update.

 

[Diabl0]

Wasn't aware of that. Everything I've read says you can't.


Edit: I see that you can using a different method.

 

[wowpaw]

The real reason is because Google handled out free Evos to all the attendees of Google I/O (which, for the most part are highly knowledgeable devs/tech-heads, along with media). So naturally, when you give phones to people who enjoy getting the in's and out's of the hardware/software any electrical device, they're going to hack it. And well, thats what happened.