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Google defends itself against the Jailbreak of phones with its Android operating system. Once in the past week was a hack known to the users full access to all software functions of the T-Mobile G1 enabled, this vulnerability is now automatically closed. The term Jailbreak has been primarily known by the iPhone. It described techniques by which the cell phone functions given by the manufacturer really wanted to block.

On the iPhone can be installed programs that are not from the official App Store come from Apple. With T-Mobile G1 with Google Android, the impact is far-reaching.  The user got an access code with administrator privileges. Thus, he could not just manipulate any function of the open source Android operating system, but also by HTC developed core functions of the device, the phone calls and SMS serve letter. They are always strictly protected, because otherwise supposedly a programmer with a cell phone the entire wireless network can upset.

Google closed the security loophole now by an update that automatically over the telephone network to all mobile phones will be shipped. The display shows a note that the firmware RC30 ready for installation. This will also be a further embarrassment system errors eliminated. The T-Mobile G1 has any text as an administrator command interpreted as an error report on the websites of Android was announced. A mobile phone owner had a chat while the word "reboot" typed, which unfortunately also a Linux command.