I'll be on contract with my provider for another year and a half and am happy with my carrier-provided OS flavor. But once that contract is up, and I either switch to another phone or switch carriers entirely, what can I do with my smartphone without phone service or a data plan?
Do any of the replacement OS's installed by rooting the device allow it to operate like a tablet, using my Google account and getting Market access to the Apps and such that I've bought and used over time over WiFi only?
Or does the phone become a paperweight or doorstop without being able to activate even rooted OS's on a carrier? Would I be forced to buy a tablet and sign my Google account in there?
Do any of the replacement OS's installed by rooting the device allow it to operate like a tablet, using my Google account and getting Market access to the Apps and such that I've bought and used over time over WiFi only?
Or does the phone become a paperweight or doorstop without being able to activate even rooted OS's on a carrier? Would I be forced to buy a tablet and sign my Google account in there?