[maemo-users] How to Get Root Access on the N810

[From: Eero Tamminen]

Hi,

ext Jesper Cheetah wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 11:48:00PM -0400, Jonathan Greene wrote:
>> install becomeroot - http://www.gronmayer.com/it/dl.php?id=136
> 
> Are you sure that's still necessary? I'm fairly confident that for the
> last.. several firmware versions, at least since xterm became default,
> I've been able to just jump right in and do sudo gainroot.

Are you using RD mode?  I think RD mode setting is in the CAL area[1].
At least it's not cleared when you flash the device.


	- Eero

[1] What is CAL:
http://www.internettablettalk.com/forums/showthread.php?p=186507