Samsung Galaxy Note and Nexus rooted
Gain more control of your Android kit
Samsung's 5.3in smartphone-cum-tablet, the Galaxy Note, has been rooted. So has its Android 4.0-based Galaxy Nexus handset.
Of course, the Galaxy Nexus isn't out yet, but that hasn't stopped one enterprising early adopter with pre-release hardware from posting a utility, Superboot, that'll root the smartphone with "no need to flash any partitions, no need to mess around with ADB, no messing with the contents of your data partition, no overwriting the shipped ROM on your device".
The hack comes in Windows, Linux and Mac forms. There's a write-up and details over at MoDaCo.
Meanwhile, XDA Developers has the download and script for rooting the Note and installing the ClockworkMod recovery tool. AndroidNZ has a walkthrough.
As ever, proceed only at your own risk. Or not at all if you don't own a Galaxy Nexus yet. ®
COMMENTS
My guess
75%. Points deducted for not being Apple, and for being Samsung.
Personally I like the look of the Note. My next phone will probably be a Galaxy Nexus or the Note actually.
Open up!
The attempt at locking down phones is ridiculous. Consumer-organisation should put pressure manufacturers to deliver hardware-designs which simply do not offer software an opportunity to pass damaging parameters. Consumers should be free to use whatever software they want. All manufacturers and resellers need is a mechanism to reload their own certified software before diagnosing a faulty unit.
