Jailbreaking the n900
After reading about needing to 'jailbreak' Android phones,
http://www.salon.com/technology/dan_...nes/index.html Recognizing that in this current moment Apple Jailbreak is not the same "as Rooting" Android (but I cannot help but imagine the ever-rushing fingers of kleptocacies around the world will change that fact eventually.) I wondered if there was ever a need to jailbreak the n900. Did anyone get an n900 phone locked into or out of some service? Looks like only the competitor phones get to be jailbroken...:( But I do see the n900 can be used to jailbreak other gear.:D Back to the original question though - if the n900 does not need to be jailbreak, does that mean it it impossible to jailbreak? Is there any competition in the "no need to jailbreak" market? My take is that the n900 is simply the only phone in existence that can be completely reworked from the cli (including just plunking a spanking different OS into it, but did I miss something? We do this all the time with computers (I have an old Aigo thingy that has been reflashed so many times it is dizzy) But not with handphones. And what are the odds Meego units will need jailbreak kits? none, I hope - as long as we get them from retailers instead of locked into some carrier feeding pipe. These are very important questions for consumers like myself. |
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You can't Jailbreak the N900 but the N900 can Jailbreak a PS3 :D
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The answer is "yes". With the N900, it doesn't matter what sort of OS locks are on it, as it can be reflashed to the default OS in about 10 minutes. It would be just about impossible to "lock" the N900 in any way, other than requiring some piece of software to run on some specific network, in which case you'd have a choice of "unlocked, but only if you don't want to use network x", or "locked if you are using network x" That is, unless someone managed to reverse-engineer whatever bit of code had to be run to connect. |
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what about the modem part? It is closed isn't it?
...just theoretical speculation how sim lock could be done... But it doesn't affect to other system much (modem online vs modem offline) or am I wrong? |
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In some markets, N900's did not have access to the FM Transmitter from within that countries firmware. This didn't last long though. :) >> http://maemo.org/packages/source/vie...mtx-faker/0.2/ If all goes as planned Pinky, MeeGo will rule the world. :p ...And as a result it will be on many devices that won't necessarily have the need to expose the user to all features. So yes, these MeeGo flavors will need to be "jailbroken" or modified if you want more. Think, running MPlayer on a TomTom PNA... MeeGo will also allow distributors to do with it pretty much as they wish so carriers or even different car models from the same manufacturer can have different feature sets. If you want the on board computer in your 328i to have the same features as your dads 760Li it may also have to be "modified"... But don't worry, I'm sure there will be at least one fellow on the East Side of London who will do it for you rather quickly and for a fee commensurate to your application and his abilities. :) |
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