Warning: next Android update might break quite a few root apps

[phandroid]

In way more words and technical explanations than I'm comfortable repeating here, Chainfire has given developers of root apps an ominous warning. According to him, the forthcoming upgrade to Android changes things in a way that breaks functionality for a good deal of root apps.

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[Rukbat]

Just one more reason to push the development of a pure Linux ROM for Android-hardware phones. Open source seems to have turned into just another "obey corporate America" product. I don't want my hand held when I cross the street, I'm a big boy now. (I was already a big boy when the Linux command line first came out with colors.)

Maybe they could weld the phone shut, but distribute C source for the "app" that unlocks it? If you can write and run your own make file, you should be allowed to root your phone without all the hassle.