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I agree, but I also think the difficulty will scare a lot of devs and root enthusiasts away. No users, no devs, no fun.
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I guess a better comparison would be to include overseas carriers as well, opposed to solely America ones. If HTC locked down their GSM phones within the rest of the world than yes, it's probably strictly HTC then. All US carrier are starting to crack down on ROM flashing, not just Sprint. Google owns Android so that weight might make Sprint less likely to try and push policies onto the Nexus line of phones. Has Samsung released the SG2 phones here yet on any carrier, if not, there is still time for them to arrive here locked down. I know the Epic was release in late August, but I don't follow the other carriers as closely as Sprint/Verizon.
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That makes sense. If that's the way things are going then google's phones are going to take over don't you think?
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That's really a hard question to answer, because personally I just bought 2 Epic's off contract opposed to getting the Nexus S. I just couldn't see getting that phone with a new 2 year contract with stale technology within it, ESPECIALLY after losing my yearly upgrades. Google needs to step up and drop a dual core phone with a tegra 2 or better chipset in it to attract me in. I do have faith though that this community will overcome the locked boatloader in time, but I refuse to buy a phone that "might" be upgradable. Only buy a phone that you can live with as is, the rest will then be all gravy...
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Hello,
I'm new to the Android world but know that WM phones sucked unless you flashed them with the better roms available here. I'm a bit concerned I'll feel that same way about the EVO 3D. Does anyone know if the Galaxy S II will be locked down as well or does it depend on the carrier? |
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The Thunderbolt was locked at first, but the stuff needed to unlock it "leaked" so now it can be unlocked.
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