The Motorola DROID has been rooted. You might be wondering what that exactly means though. In summary, it allows you to install software that activates features previously unavailable such as multitouch support for those in the US including pinch to zoom functions.
The information came courtesy of Cyanogen who tweeted on Twitter “Droid does… ROOT” along with a link to full details of how to root it. Full details of how to root are found here.
As well as being able to activate multitouch features, rooting opens up all areas of the phone which are normally blocked such as being able to change clock speed, change the appearance (in a lot more depth) and access all the hidden features that are inside the firmware.
Just a word of warning though… when rooting a phone make sure you follow the instructions to the letter. The reason for this is that you can brick your phone, meaning breaking it permanently making it in to a “brick”. Also warranty’s are voided, unless you switch back and unroot the phone. Now that the DROID has been rooted, expect some interesting applications to be made available over the next few months.
Via: Wired
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Um??? Not cause Drama Here. But ALLDROID.ORG Has it, And was Posted First there!
Link If you Need it http://alldroid.org/viewtopic.php?f=210&t=567
People Really Needs to Start Giving the correct Credit to People,
Thanks all I ask!
~Eugene
No drama needed at all Eugene. If you check the post, it has always contained a link to the thread you mentioned in your comment right at the end of the second paragraph in the post. Not sure how you missed that.