Best Buy had a six-foot Nexus S on display that caught the eye of a customer waiting for his phone to be repaired. Instead of merely exploring the giant phone, he decided to go one step further and root it.
He doesn’t show how he roots the device, just the aftermath. He points to the presence of the Superuser icon and his ability to run as superuser on terminal emulator as proof that the device is actually rooted.
Admittedly the video is a few months old, so you can’t track down the device and check it out for yourself. But still, it’s amusing to see what happens when a display device is left wide open at a major retailer. [Youtube via Phandroid]
Craig
Thursday, August 18, 2011 at 3:31 PMThis just doesn’t translate well into the Australian vernacular.
Graeme
Thursday, August 18, 2011 at 3:39 PMYep, there’s no way I’m going to watch porn at work! Let’s just hope he at least sent it flowers after rooting it.
CraftyNinja
Thursday, August 18, 2011 at 3:39 PM+1
was just about to comment the same sentiment… a truly “WTF” moment when we (aussies) read that headline.
Stewart Walker
Thursday, August 18, 2011 at 3:43 PMlol, .
hahahaha
Stewart Walker
Thursday, August 18, 2011 at 3:48 PMHmmm, ok my crafty comment failed. best not to enclose in HTML style tags.
Insert jokes about guys fitting into a micro usb slot
bazuden
Thursday, August 18, 2011 at 8:36 PM“He doesn’t show how he roots the device, just the aftermath”
Ewww.
Australian
Friday, August 19, 2011 at 1:20 AMAre there any videos of him actually rooting the phone? I’m assuming he didn’t root it in the middle of the store with people watching.
LUL
Friday, August 19, 2011 at 12:44 PMHopefully he used protection, or we could be expecting a Nexus Jnr. within the next 9 months.
attila
Thursday, August 18, 2011 at 3:41 PMThat is a pretty hilarious headline for Oz Giz to carry unamended.
Presumably it would be easier to root a 6 foot nexus than a smaller one though?
Seth Grimshaw
Thursday, August 18, 2011 at 3:54 PMMore like 4ft phone on a stand.
:( I’d like a phone almost as tall as me.
Nathan
Thursday, August 18, 2011 at 3:55 PMReal doll with 3G and wifi?
Seth Grimshaw
Thursday, August 18, 2011 at 4:12 PMNot what I had in mind, but certainly a possibility.
Nathan
Thursday, August 18, 2011 at 3:55 PMI can’t fix your phone because it’s rooted.
Means two different things here.
Stephen
Thursday, August 18, 2011 at 8:26 PMFor some reason the headline had me thinking about New Zealanders’ preoccupation with sheep.
Cyberdemon
Thursday, August 18, 2011 at 11:16 PM“Instead of merely exploring the giant phone, he decided to go one step further and root it.”
Because foreplay is overrated.
Terry
Friday, August 19, 2011 at 12:43 PMI’m an ozzie, but I don’t feel the need to snigger every time the word root gets mentioned.
This is not Beavis and Butthead country..
heh heh heh.. I said Butt! :-)