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Re:Tell HN: Android 2.2 - Froyo Released for Nexus One. Get ... by dmix on Saturday May 22, 2010 @10:11PM (#1371563)
Rogers (in Canada) installed an update on my phone that makes it non-rootable and forced to use 1.5. So Cyanogenmod is not an option.
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Re:Tell HN: Android 2.2 - Froyo Released for Nexus One. Get ... by s3graham on Sunday May 23, 2010 @02:21AM (#1371921)
What a PITA :( <insert standard .ca mobile rage here>. I passed on the Milestone from Telus because they did the same stupid shit.

So sad that Google's dropping the direct web sales post-N1.

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Re:Tell HN: Android 2.2 - Froyo Released for Nexus One. Get ... by jrockway on Saturday May 22, 2010 @11:01PM (#1371646)
Seems like rooting is still possible: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=544654
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Re:Tell HN: Android 2.2 - Froyo Released for Nexus One. Get ... by dmix on Saturday May 22, 2010 @11:36PM (#1371713)
That post is from August 2009, the forced firmware upgrade was in December 2009. If you go to page 51:

"It is not currently rootable"

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Re:Tell HN: Android 2.2 - Froyo Released for Nexus One. Get ... by jrockway on Sunday May 23, 2010 @01:07AM (#1371842)
Well, that's what you get for doing business with a company that's out to fuck you. You get fucked.

Android is a tool like any other -- it can be used for good, and it can be used for evil.

(Why not return your phone as defective? It worked for people when Sony remotely disabled their Linux installs on the PS3.)

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