Q. For example if I bought an android phone with no plan and wanted to put a pay as you go plan on it what carrier would it be on, because I believe that AT&T's plan is only exclusive to their phones.
A. T-mobile is the only carrier you can used unlocked phones for prepaid.
What does it mean if someone has "root access" to my cell phone?
Q. I've heard a lot about "root access" lately and am not sure what it means exactly regarding cell phones.
A. Having root access usually applies to Android phones (they call it "jailbreaking" on Apple's iPhone).
Having root simply means that the device is unlocked and gives the owner unrestricted access to the phone operating system. It's called that because in the Unix/Linux/BSD computer community, being "root" means you can do anything on the system, like a system administrator, only better. There's a lot of responsibility to being the root user on a system, since you can do irreversible damage to a system if you're not careful.
It's not quite that scary on a phone. You still need to keep the phone secure, but it's not as easy to do anything damaging without really trying.
People do this on Android phones to install updated and customized "ROMs" containing newer or hacked versions of Android. I own two Nexus Ones (mine and my wife's). I rooted them immediately after I got them and installed updated ROM images to get newer versions of Android.
Having root simply means that the device is unlocked and gives the owner unrestricted access to the phone operating system. It's called that because in the Unix/Linux/BSD computer community, being "root" means you can do anything on the system, like a system administrator, only better. There's a lot of responsibility to being the root user on a system, since you can do irreversible damage to a system if you're not careful.
It's not quite that scary on a phone. You still need to keep the phone secure, but it's not as easy to do anything damaging without really trying.
People do this on Android phones to install updated and customized "ROMs" containing newer or hacked versions of Android. I own two Nexus Ones (mine and my wife's). I rooted them immediately after I got them and installed updated ROM images to get newer versions of Android.
What Android cell phone or IPhone can I use in a prepaid plan?
Q. I don't care what service provider it is from, as long as it is prepaid and I can text and web, and probably talk, but not needed. Also, as long as it is an android phone or IPhone.
A. If you are in the US there are no prepaid androids (officially) but if you are thinking of getting an unlocked one you might wanna look at the band of the phone that you are buyin and see if it's compatible with you carrier
http://www.criterioncellular.com/tutorials/findfrequencies.html
more advanced
http://www.gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/cou_us.shtml
as for the iphone I believe it will work on any band
see connectivity
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone
if you get an unlocked 1 that is
btw If you are in the uk I've heard they have t-mobile prepaid androids
http://www.criterioncellular.com/tutorials/findfrequencies.html
more advanced
http://www.gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/cou_us.shtml
as for the iphone I believe it will work on any band
see connectivity
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone
if you get an unlocked 1 that is
btw If you are in the uk I've heard they have t-mobile prepaid androids
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