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[Discuss] Android Exploits Found in the Wild



Dan Ritter wrote:
> I don't buy phones that can't be unlocked and rooted so that I
> can't run my own choice of OS on them.

This is no guarantee that you'll get the OS you want working on the 
device you choose. Google never put Android 4.0 or 4.1 on Nexus One. The 
system partition is too small to hold the OS. You're stuck with Android 
2.2 or 2.3 which have this flaw and will likely never be fixed.

-- 
Rich P.



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