Originally Posted by Magnesus

From Taiwan:

"ASUS Taiwan just released an official statement, which covers some aspects we would really love to know:
1) ICS will be pushed to devices around the world on Jan 12th (woot!)
2) GPS problem is mainly due to the aluminium backplate on the device. they won't be able to do much about it, that's why they removed the GPS from the specs on various sites to avoid causing any misunderstandings among users.
3) BOOTLOADER: they won't unlock the bootloader, and the purpose of locked bootloader is to support media renting service on the device and its stability. BUT, they are working on releasing a bootloader unlocking tool for those users who would like to unlock it. however, the use of this unlocker tool wil void the warranty immediately."

HECK YEAH!

Originally Posted by Magnesus

From Facebook:

"Elrex Yeoh: ASUS Taiwan just released an official statement, which covers some aspects we would really love to know:
1) ICS will be pushed to devices around the world on Jan 12th (woot!)
2) GPS problem is mainly due to the aluminium backplate on the device. they won't be able to do much about it, that's why they removed the GPS from the specs on various sites to avoid causing any misunderstandings among users.
3) BOOTLOADER: they won't unlock the bootloader, and the purpose of locked bootloader is to support media renting service on the device and its stability. BUT, they are working on releasing a bootloader unlocking tool for those users who would like to unlock it. however, the use of this unlocker tool wil void the warranty immediately.

source: https://www.facebook.com/asusclub.tw "

Well, if that is mirrored by the other regions, i say that's a relatively agreeable solution.

Originally Posted by Magnesus

From Facebook:

"Elrex Yeoh: ASUS Taiwan just released an official statement, which covers some aspects we would really love to know:
1) ICS will be pushed to devices around the world on Jan 12th (woot!)
2) GPS problem is mainly due to the aluminium backplate on the device. they won't be able to do much about it, that's why they removed the GPS from the specs on various sites to avoid causing any misunderstandings among users.
3) BOOTLOADER: they won't unlock the bootloader, and the purpose of locked bootloader is to support media renting service on the device and its stability. BUT, they are working on releasing a bootloader unlocking tool for those users who would like to unlock it. however, the use of this unlocker tool wil void the warranty immediately.

source: https://www.facebook.com/asusclub.tw "

If this is legit I will be so happy. And doesn't the device come up as rooted when you try to rent a movie out of the market? I thought I read that somewhere around here. That is happened to at least one person

I would be happy with these results. It would be similar to how HTC handled it. The losing of a warranty kind of sucks but if you make sure yours is built well before unlocking you should be fine.

Originally Posted by Magnesus

From Taiwan:

"ASUS Taiwan just released an official statement, which covers some aspects we would really love to know:
1) ICS will be pushed to devices around the world on Jan 12th (woot!)
2) GPS problem is mainly due to the aluminium backplate on the device. they won't be able to do much about it, that's why they removed the GPS from the specs on various sites to avoid causing any misunderstandings among users.
3) BOOTLOADER: they won't unlock the bootloader, and the purpose of locked bootloader is to support media renting service on the device and its stability. BUT, they are working on releasing a bootloader unlocking tool for those users who would like to unlock it. however, the use of this unlocker tool wil void the warranty immediately."

1. YES!
2. NOOO! D:
3. It's better than nothing

Sent from my Snapdragon.

!!!!! LET US FIGHT !!!!

My guess is that they will give some bs argument like mentioned in previous posts (security issue) and will not unlock the bootloader... for now. Feels like they're not getting the storm HTC did. Are we not clear enough?

I posted on the Asus Benelux FB wall, no comments there by Asus and I'm not expecting they will comment at all.

As long as they don't unlock the bootloader I'm not buying.

YES BUT THE QUESTION IS WHEN WILL THEY RELEASE IT!?

well they at least give us root before the tool?

Sent from my Transformer Prime TF201 using Tapatalk

Originally Posted by Magnesus

From Facebook:

"Elrex Yeoh: ASUS Taiwan just released an official statement, which covers some aspects we would really love to know:
1) ICS will be pushed to devices around the world on Jan 12th (woot!)
2) GPS problem is mainly due to the aluminium backplate on the device. they won't be able to do much about it, that's why they removed the GPS from the specs on various sites to avoid causing any misunderstandings among users.
3) BOOTLOADER: they won't unlock the bootloader, and the purpose of locked bootloader is to support media renting service on the device and its stability. BUT, they are working on releasing a bootloader unlocking tool for those users who would like to unlock it. however, the use of this unlocker tool wil void the warranty immediately.

source: https://www.facebook.com/asusclub.tw "

So it was because of DRM afterall.

Me thinks someone needs to create a new backplate that either has a plastic area near the top where the GPS antenna is or a replacement backplate where it's all plastic. Either way, wonder if that will help

**** DRM

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