I was able to get root permission on the droid. Problem is, I am just now starting to explore what that even allows me to do. The phone is new…and progress is being made all the time but as of right now AFAIK there is no tethering. I am looking into other apps.
The takeaway – this is an awesome site if you are into hacking your droid. That’s going into a permanent link.
So now for getting to root…first update to 2.01 if the software has not already been pushed to your phone. Just follow the instructions, download the file, rename it update.zip, put it on the top level of your sd card. Then, this is the only tricky part, turn the phone off. Turn it on again holding down the X key until you see a triangle and an exclamation point. Now press and hold the camera button while hitting volume up. This should get you into a menu that allows you to reboot or install the update file. Use the D-pad on the physical keyboard to move up/down/select on the menu. Reboot. It might take a while.
Now download the root update file here and follow instructions. Same deal, rename as update.zip and go through the above steps. Reboot the phone. Now go to Android Market and get Android Terminal. Launch it. Type “su”. Now you are root. Whoohoo! What next? That’s the big question.
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