A new application that surfaced on the Marketplace earlier this week now allows handset owners to open up their phones the same way that you jailbreak an iPhone. Of course, it’s been taken out of the storefront by now, but dozens of mirrors are still available online. That means you can perform custom OS upgrades, tether the phone to act as a modem and all sorts of other cool stuff without having to learn real hacking skills.
While a number of people have been rooting their phones without a commercial app for some time now, it’s an extremely dicey process. If you don’t have the technical savvy to pull it off or just can’t afford to brick your phone, it’s always been better to keep your hands off.
With the release of Recovery Flasher, all you have to do is grab the software from the Marketplace, run it, tap the “Back up recovery image” command and then tap the “Flash Cyanogen Recovery 1.4.” Congratulations, your phone is now rooted.
From there, you can now wipe off your dusty, old G1 interface to rock the HTC Hero’s gorgeous Sense UI. Seriously, the work HTC put into customizing the OS is so extensive that it’s worth taking the risk of rooting your phone – especially now that an app does all the legwork for you. If the admittedly-heavier Sense UI is not your cup of tea, you can choose from a plethora of numerous hyper-customized ROMs available from the online Android community. From multi-touch to running app from SD cards to built-in tethering to faster builds, you can change your entire phone experience.
Do note that Recovery Flasher is only guaranteed to work for US-issued G1 and HTC Magic phones. Those who got their phones elsewhere will need to wait a little longer or flash their phones the hard way. Also make sure you do it soon, before the exploit gets patched.
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