[Tfug] Hackable phone?

Jude Nelson judecn at gmail.com
Tue Feb 17 00:08:07 MST 2009


Hey Jeffry,

Are we even allowed to connect to IBM's internal network with
non-IBM-sanctioned hardware? ;)

I don't know about the default Android ROM, but my JF1.41 ROM has a
full wpa_supplicant on it.

Regards,
Jude

On 2/16/09, Jeffry Johnston <tfug at kidsquid.com> wrote:
> 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  Preferably, something that is "outdated"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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