Rootin' the G1

I found the perfect walk-through for getting root access on the T-Mobile G1. You should check it out; and make sure to read all of the warnings before you go through it -- it's very well explained, and the steps are very clear, but you just need to know what you're getting into when you do something like this to your phone.

Especially if you don't want to break your warranty!

Also, I had discussed this with the other 01 Nerd today: the G1 Developer Phones cannot download applications in which a cost is associated with it... Namely because:

"A couple of developers have theories about the issue behind the move. Tim at the Strazzere.com blog discovered that protected applications are automatically downloaded into a private folder on Android phones. Most phone users can't access that file but users of the Developer phone can.

"That means a Developer phone user could buy an application, copy it from the private folder, return the application for a refund and then re-download the application to the phone, the developers say. The Android Market allows anyone to return an application within 24 hours."

You can read the discussion in its entirety here.