I've been reading the Chinaman's unlock thread and it seems he is back... I'm on Republic Wireless and he unlocked my phone easy.. I would say try that and then you basically would have a Dev phone.. Easy root and no write protection.
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China Man is definitely back. For me, he doesn't yet have an unlock for my May 27, 2014 X. So hoping that he has that in the coming month or so. Will try again, but in the mean time TowelRoot is definitely a blessing.
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