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In my continued quest to learn more and start hacking on the Android phones, I’ve recently rooted my Android based HTC Dream (aka Tmobile G1) phones.

I’ll start by explain the terminology. There are two ways in which the phones can be unlocked:

WARNING: this may very well brick your phone! Read all the instructions here, and the links I provide. If you’re still not discouraged, continue on :)

Before you proceed, I cannot stress the importance of following directions.

Manual method: #

after a clean boot of RC29…

you now have root. As before you need to install a community modded image:

Additional notes: #

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