mbnickson
April 4th, 2012, 10:10 AM
Right, i'm fairly new to Ubuntu and use it as my sole OS on my desktop pc at home because Windows Vista was killing my pc.
I have a Motorola Defy smartphone running android Eclair (2.1) and would like to root it and put a custom rom on it. The problem i'm having is that all the guides for rooting the phone make the assumption that you use windows.
Can anyone give me any advice as to how i might root my phone whilst using Ubuntu? Are there any projects ongoing in the Ubuntu world which specialise in smartphone rooting software? Or do you think it's something that could be incorporated into Ubuntu by default in the future? It's a bit of an emerging market and i eagerly await the launch of UbuntuforAndroid or just plain Ubuntu on my smartphone but this might be a while away yet.
My initials thoughts are that i could use the windows programs in WINE but i'm reluctant to do that because of the security issues surrounding WINE.
Any advice anyone?
Mike
I have a Motorola Defy smartphone running android Eclair (2.1) and would like to root it and put a custom rom on it. The problem i'm having is that all the guides for rooting the phone make the assumption that you use windows.
Can anyone give me any advice as to how i might root my phone whilst using Ubuntu? Are there any projects ongoing in the Ubuntu world which specialise in smartphone rooting software? Or do you think it's something that could be incorporated into Ubuntu by default in the future? It's a bit of an emerging market and i eagerly await the launch of UbuntuforAndroid or just plain Ubuntu on my smartphone but this might be a while away yet.
My initials thoughts are that i could use the windows programs in WINE but i'm reluctant to do that because of the security issues surrounding WINE.
Any advice anyone?
Mike