![]() ![]() What do you want to hack today?īetween these low-cost phones and the used phones every family seems to have floating around now, there are a heck of a lot of devices out there waiting to be used. Once that is done, anything goes! We’ve found packages like BusyBox to be huge helps – especially when working at the console through Android Debug Bridge (ADB). Once the phone is rooted, a root privilege manager like SuperSU is needed to keep track of which applications should have root permissions. On the Exceed 2, Towelroot works perfectly, giving the user root without even requiring a reboot. ![]() However, it hasn’t been patched on phones that receive relatively few updates – like prepaid phones. Released in June of 2014, the futex exploit has been patched on most new phones. ![]() He also made the news by getting into a bit of hot water with Sony over some PlayStation 3 security holes. Towelroot uses a Linux kernel exploit (futex) to gain root permissions. You might remember aka GeoHot as the first person to jailbreak an iPhone. The most well-known “root every device” application to date is towelroot, created by GeoHot. While prepaid phones don’t usually have communities behind them like flagship phones, you can often find at least some information on what it takes to root your particular device. The XDA developers forums are a great resource for this. To achieve this, your best bet is to do a bit of Googling for your particular phone model. ![]() Some applications require root permissions. In the case of the Exceed 2, simply pressing volume up, volume down, back, and home quits out of the activation process. There is always a back door for installers to exit the process though. Many prepaid phones try to force the user to go through an activation process. Once you have your phone, the first order of business is to boot it up. There are also tutorials on rooting and debloating current popular phones like the Whirl 2 and the Exceed 2. Subreddits like /r/perktv have weekly “best deals” posts covering prepaid phones. How does this all help us? In order to handle streaming video, Perk farmers want the most powerful phones they can get for the lowest investment. The drones earn the farmer points which can be converted to cash. We’re sure some people actually watch the ads, but most set up “farms” of drone phones which churn through the videos. Perk is one of those “We pay you to watch advertisements” companies. How to keep up with the current deals? We found an unlikely place. The Exceed 2 is just one of several low-cost Android prepaid phones on the market now, and undoubtedly the list will change. The same package has been available for as little as $10 from retail stores in recent weeks. The specs I’m quoting come from the LG Optimus Exceed 2, which is currently available from Amazon in the USA for $20. That means you get all those features for $15-$20, depending on where you buy it. Unlike regular cell phones, you aren’t bound by a contract to activate the phone. Costs are recouped in the cellular plan, but that only happens if the buyer activates said plan. These are prepaid “burner” phones, sold by carriers as a loss leader. The relentless march of economies of scale has finally given us cheap phones with great specs. What would you pay for a 1.2Ghz dual-core ARM computer with 1GB RAM, 4GB onboard flash, 800×600 display, and 5 megapixel camera? Did we mention it also has WiFi, Bluetooth, and is a low power design, including a lithium battery which will run it for hours? Does $15 sound low enough? That’s what you can pay these days for an Android cell phone. ![]()
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