[wplug] OT cell phone help -- other more on-topic cellphone question

[Zachary Uram]

I am interested in a Nexus. Last time I checked T-Mobile plans they had a
very cheap
($15/mo or something) plan with few talk minutes but decent data and text.
The next jump
up from that was significant, something like $60/mo. is this still the case
or have they improved the plans?
How do you get an unlocked Nexus onto Tmobile? Is there some chip or card
you
have to install? is it hard to do it?


On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 11:59 PM, Justin Smith <justin at adminix.net> wrote:

> Have you looked through the Galaxy S4 forums on XDA-Developers? If
> you've already gone through there, check out Rootzwiki. It occasionally has
> stuff that XDA doesn't.
>
> If you're that interested in tinkering with your phone, you shouldn't be on
> Verizon. Big Red is the worst company in the industry when it comes to
> locking down phones, and as a CDMA-based carrier, you can't just pick up
> an out-of-the-box unlocked phone the way you can with AT&T or T-Mobile,
> which are GSM-based carriers. Samsung's "Knox" features, from what I've
> heard, further complicate third-party development.
>
> The best solution would be to switch to T-Mobile - have them pay your
> early termination fees, if you've got any - and pick up an unlocked Nexus
> device straight from Google Play. T-Mobile's new plans are awesome, and
> there is nothing, and I mean /nothing/, that compares to the Nexus
> development community.
>
> If you're still having trouble sorting through all the S4 information out
> there, let me know, and I'll see what I can do what I can to help.
>
> --
> *Justin Smith*
> GNU/Linux System Administrator
>
> /"Any fool can use a computer. Many do."/
>
>
> > Along the lines of cellphones, I have a moe applicable question.  Does
> > anyone have a safe, (sourcecode available) root hack for the Verizon
> > version of the Galaxy S4 running the kitkat 4.4.2 android release?
> >
> > I got my Galaxy S4 expecting that it would be unlocked and that I could
> swap
> > the sim card and use it on competitors networks.  I find that Verizon has
> > locked down the bootloader and I'm not able to find any legitimate root
> > exploits for the latest android OS release.
> >
> > This crap of not being able to have root access on android phones is
> > unnacceptable.  I need to be able to selectively manage permissions of
> > installed apps, and to rip the guts out of the bloatware that verizon
> > installs on the phones.  All owners of these phones SHOULD have that
> right!
> >
> > Since android uses the linux kernel it's somewhat on-topic.
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