Reboot Bug Found In Android G1 Phones and WorkAround For It

The first bug for Android has surfaced the bug effects the G1 firmware RC29 and below.The bug interprets few words as system commands and executes them with superuser privileges.

A bug report sent in to Google outlined the issue:

I was in the middle of a text conversation with my girl when she asked why I hadn’t responded. I had just rebooted my phone and the first thing I typed was a response to her text which simply stated “Reboot” – which, to my surprise, rebooted my phone.

To see for yourself if you’re vulnerable, from the home screen select Menu > Settings > About phone, and look for the Build number.If you see this:

kila-user 1.0 TC4-RC29 115247 ota-rel-keys,release-keys,

then you are vulnerable. Anything later than RC29 will be ‘fixed’.

You can also check to see if phone id vulnerable to this bug by typing these 8 keystrokes: <return>-r-e-b-o-o-t-<return>. Your device should reboot if you’re running RC29 or earlier.

Note : save all your work before this out.

A new firmware update (RC30) is being rolled out to G1 owners to fix the issue.

Here’s a workaround for the bug untill a patch is released in the next version:

Open the keyboard and type these 5 keystrokes: