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I need an android phone that can be unlocked. This is a project I'm working on so the cheaper I can get one the better but it'd be nice if it was Android 4.0 and was in good condition.


PM me or post here with what you have and what you want.


Thanks guys!

GSM/CDMA/Other? I'm not ready to sell my VZW galaxy nexus just yet, waiting for the GSIV

I'd prefer quad band of some sort... let me know what u have. In the US as well but it won't be going on a carrier.

I am going to be using a SDR for communications.

I have a vibrant with 4.1.2, I think cm 10.1 came ou for it so I could upgrade to 4.2 if you want.

I got a Virgin Mobile Optimus Slider that's rooted. I just switched from VM to ST, and upgraded to a Nexus 4. I's only got 2.3, but I'll ship it for 3.5BTC.

I recommend that you go onto Ebay and buy a used Samsung Intercept for Virgin Mobile or Sprint.  They will be cheaper than any other Android because they are fairly old and cannot be switched to a GSM carrier due to hardware issues.  Not the fastest phone anymore, never was really; but it does work and can be upgraded to 4.0 after rooting, and it's easy to root.  I have one and am considering buying a spare to give to myt daughter as a wifi only device.  Great machines for the price.

I had an Intercept before I switched to the Optimus Slider on VM. The Intercept sucks. Everything about it is slow and inadequate: CPU, RAM, internal storage... And that's assuming you don't have a unit that decides it's going to have major issues. I've owned 3 Intercepts, and members of my family have owned another 4, and almost every single one has been hated and barely functional. I feel kinda bad for trashing on them so much, but at the same time, I kinda don't. :P

Interested in the slider... But I can get it brand new from amazon for $68

Are you saying that I ended up with the only apple, or that your entire family ended up with the lemons?  After three years, you can't expect that the cell phone is going to be a superstar, but if it's just now being sold as used, it's probably not a lemon either.

Mine runs 4.0 just fine, as long as I don't try to listen to a podcast and answer a call over a bluetooth earpiece at the same time.  It can't handle the pause, switch, connect, answer and unmute in a fast enough time period to actually accept an incoming phone call; but they all have their limitations.  It really depends upon what it's being used for.  It'd be a great microcontroller for a DIY drone, for example.

Thats kind of the direction I'm heading in.

The Samsung Intercept was one of the first android phones to include an On-the-go USB chip, even though the official specs don't mention that it exists.  With 4.0, I can use it, but have never really done anything with it, other than to verify that it's possible.  It never seemed to be accessible with 2.3, even rooted.  However, the Samsung Intercept does not support power supply from the phone, so you'd need a power injector in order to use OTG-USB for anything that I can imagine that you'd likely use it for, otherwise all I'd need to connect my phone to a huge USB drive is a male-micro-usb to female-standard-usb cable.

EDIT:  Keep in mind, that on any android cell phone, even making normal phone calls is an 'app' that has little in the way of hardware acceleration.  My wife's cell phone, which is just a regular cell phone that can also text, makes a much better phone; but smartphones are pocket computers that can also make cell calls.  The act of actually making a phone call is relatively demanding for the Samsung Intercept, but many other things that my wife's phone can't do are trivial for it (mp3's, youtube videos, photos, capturing video, etc.)  The Samsung Intercept also isn't up to the demand of a lot of android games, as the original Angry Birds was barely playable, and Fruit Ninja had a perceptable touch lag.  This is one reason that I'm still looking for one for my daughter, as she can use it with wifi as a combo mp3 player, camera, ICQ text device, etc. without costing a great deal, and there are some games that it can play without much lag.

I have a used Samsung Dart complete with box and all accessories.  It's been in a case and screen protector since new.
I'm sure I could root it for you.  It appears that it will run ICS, although I'm not sure what's on it now.

$50 shipped to 48 CONUS.
I also have a new one if you want for $80 shipped.

Looking for atleast one more phone. This one needs to be android 4.0 or higher,  and I would like it to be current (product launched within the last year or two).


Thanks,

have a motorola defy here. While stock rom doesnt allow Android 4.0, its currently flashed with CM9(Android 4.0) and I can flash CM11 on demand.
Since its a CM'd phone, its obviously rooted. Battery is good, and it has the Baseband changer installed(the phone was sold in the EU, but with a changed baseband it works on US 3G networks[tested with AT&T]) as well.

Antares, if AndrewK doesn't want that motorola, what were you asking for it? I need an android device as well. Cellular band doesn't matter, its for a friend who wants GPS only.

Oh!  That kinda 'rooted'.

In Australia "WTB: Rooted Android phone" = Please gimmie a phone that's fucked and no longer works properly.

 8)

Id buy a no name Chinese phone. ive bought a few over the past years, and they are generally really pretty nice and they are almost always prerooted (and if not, easily rootable if its using a MTK chip). Something like this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Smart-Phone-Android-4-0-Dual-Core-3G-GPS-4-7-Inch-F9300-MTK6577-B-/330829671572?pt=Cell_Phones&hash=item4d06fc2c94

Only a fraction of the price an S3 and not so much worse.

Dear AndrewK


    why don't you buy a android phone and root yourself its kinda very easy to root a phone. There are many tutorials on net search on google you will get 100 of tutorials !!

Rooting is not really the problem. Just need an android phone that can be rooted. Changed the op

I possibly have an old HTC Hero, I can check tomorrow.  Let me know if that fits the bill.  Was on the sprint network, clean esn.  I believe I rooted it.

I've got a practically new sealed in the box htc one s 16GB. used for 2 days and put back in the box.   I see they go for about $275 which is why I didn't offer it earlier.

Phones found, the.