We’ve heard complaint after complaint about the Toshiba Thrive tablet concerning not having root access. While some readers might argue that you don’t really need root, I’ll jump in and defend the devs to the death. Fortunately for all of us, the deathmatch can go to the wayside, as root has finally been achieved on the Thrive… but not fully.
Since it was released back in mid-June, the Thrive tablet has been completely locked down. Now, however, thanks to a group of modders, devs, hackers, and testers, the Thrive is enjoying what this author will call “psuedo-root”. In other words, it has root access, but is unable to read or write to the system directory. On top of that, Clockwork Recovery has been a practical no-go, as Toshiba wrote their code so the recovery gets re-flashed on every reboot.
However, if you’re ready to don your geek glasses and hacking hat, you can hit up the full set of instructions here. Be sure to let us know how it goes in the comments!
[via techcrunch]