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I'm looking for people / groups that are working on gaining root. Root = total control over the device essentially. At XDA you see people developing methods for gaining root access, building custom Android ROM's, and developing methods for loading those ROMs.
My ultimate hope would be that root access can be gained so I can do things like use Apps2SD and maybe throw on a custom Sense UI ROM.
If this doesn't happen I won't be disappointed with the phone, it's still great.
 
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I am assuming by "rooting" you mean getting under the operating system layers and interfacing directly with the hardware. Why would you want to do that?
so you can do nifty stuff
and flash new roms

i too would also like a site like xda or ppcgeeks...this forum is full of people with no knowledge of anything development related...i dont know how many times ive seen "how do i text" or "how do i change the backround" threads ...they could at least add sub-forums to this for apps, development, themes and so on
 
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I am assuming by "rooting" you mean getting under the operating system layers and interfacing directly with the hardware. Why would you want to do that?
In Linux the root user is pretty much like god mode. The root user can do anything and everything. This will open the pathway for installing unapproved apps like Apps2SD (storing apps on your micro sd card) and for installing custom roms that the community works on and tweaks.
Jailbreaking the iPhone is the same thing, people find an exploit to gain root level access and then open the phone up for more than Apple intended. People just wanted to call it jailbreak because it sounds cool and sexy like Apple products.
 
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