Android Is As Open As The Clenched Fist I’d Like To Punch The Carriers With

Re:Android Is As Open As The Clenched Fist I’d Like To Punch... by drivebyacct2 on Thursday September 09, 2010 @07:27PM (#1677321)

But that is because of the carriers. Why do you think Motorola implemented a signed multistage boot process? I'm sure they didn't say, "We want to limit our customers and waste engineering resources on a problem that voids the warranty anyway and doesn't matter to us".

Nah, they reacted to VZW's threats.

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Re:Android Is As Open As The Clenched Fist I’d Like To Punch... by kelnos on Thursday September 09, 2010 @08:35PM (#1677470)

Nitpick: regardless of what the scare-message says when you unlock your N1's bootloader, changing the software on a device cannot (by law, in the US) void the warranty on the hardware, unless it is demonstrable that the software modification actually damaged the hardware.

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Re:Android Is As Open As The Clenched Fist I’d Like To Punch... by pilif on Friday September 10, 2010 @10:31AM (#1678943)

why then is the Milestone (international Droid) locked down even worse even though the phone is sold in multiple countries without any carrier lock or even just carrier branding?

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