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Would you say that a used S5 purchased via Amazon.com should be rootable? Is this regardless of the Android version loaded? I want to install a custom ROM. Thanks!

Samsung Kies works with commercial proprietary OS's from Apple & Microsoft but fails to have an offering for Linux - any Linux - that is absurd in the 21st century.

Re: Win a Samsung Galaxy S III & more from Belkin & Android Centr Recently acquired a Samsung Galaxy Nexus but an upgrade to the III would be awesome!

It's hardly a conspiracy - since Google has proudly announced that they use their access to change things on phones without user knowledge. Google has also proudly announced their goal to :know more about you than you do" and has been prosecuted in multiple nations for violation of privacy...

OK, yes, it was late so I probably was less clear than intended. You deciphered well, thanks! The "backdoor" thing I thought was common knowledge, if not a common concern. Google, via Android, has remote access to every Android user's phone. They claim it is only to fix OS or security flaws...

I have a Samsung Stratosphere but prior suggestions that Android alternatives would support it seem to have disappeared. Anyone aware of an Android alternative for the Stratosphere? I'm looking at the Wirefly deal on a Verizon Samsung Galaxy Nexus. Do any or all of the Android alternatives...