T-Mobile UK sending out Android 2.1 to Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 line Next Week

by Jesse Bauer
tagged Android, android 2.1, android 2.2, Android SDK Update Root Password Vulnerability, Android smartphones, eclair, froyo, smartphones, sony, sony ericsson, Sony Xperia x10, T-Mobile UK, tmobile uk, virgin mobile, xperia x10, xperia x10 mini

T-Mobile UK customers with the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 family of devices rejoice, because T-Mobile is pushing through Android 2.1 to your mobile devices next week! It’s been a long wait, and now you’ll finally be able to enjoy Eclair in all its glory. Sure, it’s no Froyo, but it’s a drastic improvement still! I [...]

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Mar

2008

Google Android SDK Update Contains Passwordless Root Account

by Chris Moor
tagged Android SDK Update Root Password Vulnerability

According to security vendor Core Security, the latest Android SDK version m5-rc15 update arrives without a root password by default, “Unprivileged users with shell access can simply use the su program to gain privileges,” said Core. Since the end of January Google have received numerous reports about it’s Google SDK possessing a number of security [...]

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