If you picked up a first generation Android phone and are looking to hack it into something more interesting then check out this article at Maximum PC.  Get root access to the Linux OS on the phone and you can do all sorts of new tricks, such as installing applications directly onto your SD card.  You will also be able to make your own boot image, grab beta updates or even install a full version of Linux.  Check out the walk through to see how.

“”On the following pages, we’re going to show you how to hack your G1 the easy way so you can do things with your phone that other G1 owners only wish they could, like install apps to an SD card. And for you old school traditionalists who like to get your hands dirty, we’ll also show how you to root your G1 the old fashioned way and wade through all the necessary code step-by-painstaking-step. After it’s all said and done, we’ll cover some of the most popular third-party ROMs and tell you which one we’re rolling with.””

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