Google Glass is Rootable

Early backers of Google Glass have been receiving the units and we guess they are down to work, the first thing any hacker tries on anything running Android is to get root, and it’s not different with Google Glass.

 

A developer tweeted the below last night.

 

looks like root is easy too: reboot-bootloader gives you fastboot oem unlock. There is fun to be had here…

— Liam McLoughlin (@Hexxeh) April 26, 2013

and then came in some more tweets from an iOS hacker.

 

#ifihadglass I would jailbreak it and modify the software (obviously). As Google actually sold me one; I did my part. cache.saurik.com/tinyimg/glassb…

— Jay Freeman (saurik) (@saurik) April 26, 2013

followed by

 

Google Glass runs Android 4.0.4, which is subject to the adb restore race condition; com.google.glass.logging fits the needed configuration.

— Jay Freeman (saurik) (@saurik) April 26, 2013

We wouldn’t be surprised if a custom firmware or ROM comes out for the Google Glass soon.

Source:-9to5google