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Discussion => Security => Topic started by: sinister93 on September 21, 2013, 12:21 am

Title: Android Drop Phone
Post by: sinister93 on September 21, 2013, 12:21 am
So I know having a smartphone as a drop phone is not a good idea for a "drop phone", but I need an android phone because i'm going to be using the phone for more than just texts and calls, and I feel more secure with the OS rather than iOS or anything else. So i'm wondering if there's a way I can get a prepaid phone and get an unlocked and rooted android and switch carriers somehow? Do prepaid cards come with a sim card, could I switch the sim cards? (Just spitballing ideas here)

Can anyone help me with this?
Title: Re: Android Drop Phone
Post by: comsec on September 21, 2013, 06:49 am
Buy a google nexus 4 right off their site, all nexus brand phones are not locked and nexus 4 will work on any carrier. When you get it install Clockwork Recovery mod and unlock the bootloader. This guide will tell you everything you need to know : http://hippowise.com/how-install-a-custom-kernel/ follow it from Step 1 and flash this ROM http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=42368256 but I have no idea if they are using their own build keys or the default android keys (which would be bad).

I think they use Mobiflauge now, if not you can download your own kernel and install it (hippowise guide) from Mobiflauge website (google it, you want Nexus 4  kernel)

This is for medium security, it you're a major dealer and a target you have to build your own source with unique keys and rip plenty more things off the phone like every google framework apk and about 20 or so different binaries hanging around /system/bin, edit init.rc and do permissions policy too many things to list here. I build Nexus 4 images from scratch and sell them locally here as a package deal including anonymous airtime, maybe I should start selling on the main site.