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Thread: Hardware
Started 1 month, 1 week ago by booboo
Greetings, I need to pick up an android phone pronto for a research project (I'm a phd student). I'm based in Ireland and sadly the new breed of android based phones won't hit the shores here in time. (Droid, Acer, Dell) I'll be buying a phone from a supplier (Sim free unlocked etc.) but was wondering is it easy to upgrade the version of android on teh phone to the latest and greatest...
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extorian replied 1 month, 1 week ago
There is a lot of confusion about what rooting really is. To be clear, "rooting" simply means getting Super User (called root, from the old Unix days) access to the phone. This is like Administrator access in Windows - it means you do what you like with it without restriction. Flashing a custom firmware is different - this the term used to describe the process of installing a customised ...
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Greetings, I need to pick up an android phone pronto for a research project (I'm a phd student). I'm based in Ireland and sadly the new breed of android based phones won't hit the shores here in time. (Droid, Acer, Dell) I'll be buying a phone from a supplier (Sim free unlocked etc.) but was wondering is it easy to upgrade the version of android on teh phone to the latest and greatest version on the market? I believe this...
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There is a lot of confusion about what rooting really is. To be clear, &quot;rooting&quot; simply means getting Super User (called root, from the old Unix days) access to the phone. This is like Administrator access in Windows - it means you do what you like with it without restriction. Flashing a custom firmware is different - this the term used to describe the process of installing a customised operating system on the phone, which...
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Greetings, I need to pick up an android phone pronto for a research project (I'm a phd student). I'm based in Ireland and sadly the new breed of android based phones won't hit the shores here in time. (Droid, Acer, Dell) I'll be buying a phone from a supplier (Sim free unlocked etc.) but was wondering is it easy to upgrade the version of android on teh phone to the latest and greatest version on the market? I believe this...

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