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Androidkucool

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Hi, I am brand new in Android world. My friend did a presentation about his Android phone in the class; I was/am interested when he said that an Android phones have some possibilities to hack them ( i used to use an unlocked and jailbroken iPhone with Cydia;) on it ). Recently, I am buying a used Galaxy indulge(Metropcs) phone. My question is:

  1. *What is the first thing to examine this phone since it is not Brand new?
  2. *Is this phone "jailbrakeable" like iPhone? ; so, I can put many app's on it?
  3. *Where can I see/get links for a step by step/Tutorial to hack this phone?
  4. *Please let me know anything else that are related about this phone.
Thank you in advance.

**** I am confused about where do i put these "questions" since I am new here; or do i have to put those questions on the different thread? Pls advice me. thx.
 
Hello and welcome to Android Forums! :)

The first thing to do when buying a used phone is to determine if it is rooted with a custom rom. The members in Indulge - All Things Root - Android Forums can help you with that. If it is rooted, I'd recommedn flashing a new rom, just to be safe. If it wasn't rooted, you can return it to stock buy going to menu>settings>privacy and choosing factory data reset.

Everything else that you are looking for can be found in Samsung Galaxy Indulge - Android Forums.
 
Welcome to the forums!

1. I am not sure, sorry... I think you'd need to look to see if it's already rooted.
2. Yes - it is possible to jailbreak android devices - it is known as rooting.
3. If you go the the sub-forum for the device (Samsung Galaxy Indulge - Android Forums) you will find a "all things root" section that should have how to's in (or at least people who will be able to point you in the right direction.
4. There are other users in the sub-forum linked above who will be able to help you with anything to do with the device!

Enjoy your stay @ AF and I hope you find the answers you need!

EDIT - I see lunatic got there (again) while I was typing!!
 
Androidkucool said:
"Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Pennsylvania."
Go Philly! I live in Philly.
Click to expand...

Cool. I was born in the great northeast and moved to the burbs of Havertown. I'm now west of there out past Phoenixville, but still a Philly boy at heart. We won't mention the Eagles.
 
Today, before I registered, I was searching in "samsung"> "indulge" then I tried to get a word "hack"/ "jailbrake"/ "CFW" but I's failed because I skipped the word "Root"..lol while actually this "root"= Jailbrake (in iphone and PS3) or CFW in PS3..etc...I think this is my very first 101 lesson in Android world>>> ROOT<<<< is good...right? Since the adm/mod does not allow ppl to ask question here, I will move my next question on that you and Durx suggested me. Thank you.......see you soon on that indulge thread.
 
Welcome to the forum. Enjoy your stay here both of you. Thanks for stopping by and introducing yourselves.

Enjoy the forum. And see you guys around. :)
 
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