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Re:6 weeks after release, Samsung S5 VZN/ATT still not roote... by higherpurpose on Monday May 26, 2014 @01:47AM (#7798854)
Does Samsung offer an unlocking tool for the GS5? If not, they should. Google is making Android harder to root, which makes "official" unlocking all the more important, and hopefully people will keep asking for it whenever it's not available.
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Re:6 weeks after release, Samsung S5 VZN/ATT still not roote... by skriticos2 on Monday May 26, 2014 @04:03AM (#7799059)
Samsung does, they don't care all that much, they sell devices. ATT/Verizon (carriers) are the ones locking the phones down here (and want to lock the users into their contracts).
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Re:6 weeks after release, Samsung S5 VZN/ATT still not roote... by xeroxmalf on Monday May 26, 2014 @11:51AM (#7800221)
Its important to note as well that "unlocking" and "rooting" are very different with very different end goals. One allows you to move between phone carriers (unlocked phone), the other allows you full software control of your phone (rooting).
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Re:6 weeks after release, Samsung S5 VZN/ATT still not roote... by briandh on Monday May 26, 2014 @12:39PM (#7800458)
I think he/she is referring to bootloader unlocking, not network unlocking.
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Re:6 weeks after release, Samsung S5 VZN/ATT still not roote... by codesuela on Monday May 26, 2014 @06:35AM (#7799264)
> Google is making Android harder to root Did I miss something? Could you please elaborate.
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Re:6 weeks after release, Samsung S5 VZN/ATT still not roote... by voltagex_ on Monday May 26, 2014 @08:16AM (#7799428)
http://www.securelist.com/en/blog/9175/Android_4_3_and_SELin... and https://source.android.com/devices/tech/security/dm-verity.h...

Sorry for just dropping links, I'm not particularly well versed in this area.

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Re:6 weeks after release, Samsung S5 VZN/ATT still not roote... by flym4n on Monday May 26, 2014 @08:24AM (#7799445)
It's getting harder because they keep adding/enabling countermeasures like ASLR, NX, RELRO, FORTIFY_SOURCE
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Re:6 weeks after release, Samsung S5 VZN/ATT still not roote... by cmelbye on Monday May 26, 2014 @03:10AM (#7798980)
If they did, there probably wouldn't be a $17k bounty for unlocking the phone.
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