[Tfug] Hackable phone?

Jeffry Johnston tfug at kidsquid.com
Mon Feb 16 19:56:28 MST 2009


Hi Jude,

We can bother everyone in HSM with our matching hacked phones :P  Is
there a port of wpa_supplicant (for LEAP)?

Jeff



On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 9:16 PM, Jude Nelson <judecn at gmail.com> wrote:
> T-Mobile G1.  Hands down the best handheld device for potential
> hackers I've ever seen.  It runs Google's Android OS (Linux) natively,
> and with a bit of hacking, you can get root access and flash a
> bootloader that doesn't required signed firmware, allowing you to do
> whatever you want with it.
>
> Just my 10b cents.
>
> Regards,
> Jude
>
> On 2/15/09, Zack Williams <zdwzdw at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I'm looking for a phone with buil-in WiFi, touch screen, etc.
>>> that I can *hack*.  Preferably, something that is "outdated"
>>> (i.e., that I can pick up on eBay -- I'd hate to end up
>>> busting a brand new iPhone, etc.).  Ideally, something I
>>> can find a *couple* of (so I can break one while I am
>>> dicking around with it  :> )
>>
>> If the phone portion isn't needed, there are plenty of iPaqs and other
>> PDA's that work.
>>
>> Supposedly Nokia's S60 phones will run python and other open code, but
>> they lack touchscreens:
>>
>> http://opensource.nokia.com/projects/index.html
>>
>> There's not a whole lot else out there unless you buy an Android
>> phone, through their developer program
>>
>> - Zack
>>
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