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Any Android phones that are really open?

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Sander_Marechal

Oct 13, 2010
6:06 AM EDT 		This article made me wonder, are there any Android phones out there that are really open? Where you can easily install a new Android OS (or a different Linux if you so wish)? My girlfriend has a G2 and I really like it. I'd love to have something like that but only if I can meddle with the OS. One of my primary reasons is that I want to change the software on it.
azerthoth

Oct 13, 2010
12:09 PM EDT 		Several of them can be made to be open with cyanogen. Sadly mine isnt on the list.
tmx

Oct 13, 2010
1:28 PM EDT 		Sorry this might not answer your question. Call me paranoid, I didn't want to use Android as an entire spying OS.

I'm using the Nokia N900 with Maemo OS. You can install/dualboot an Android port called Nitdroid. I prefer Maemo which is basically Debian on ARM and I can do so much with it. You just need to add extra repositories. Here's my rambling post about the N900: http://lxer.com/module/forums/t/31118/
JaseP

Oct 13, 2010
2:26 PM EDT 		Me; also an N900 user/fan...

there's sliced bread,... then there's the N900...

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