Change.org Petition AT&T Re: Bootloader Unlock: now with 1,678 supporters
- Thread starter Blairware
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Signed. I only see 15 others. come on people it can take literally less than 30 seconds to sign this. Takes no effort and may not help but it can't hurt.
Signed. Pretty disappointing, but I am guessing they are trying to eliminate bad returns.
Signed, and posted on their Facebook pages voicing our concern. Long shot I think, but hopefully someone is listening.
Huge waste of time I'm afraid. I don't care if they have 1,000,000 signatures they aren't going to care. But hey good luck
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*signed , they should at least allow us a developer unlock like HTC etc, where we can enter device specific code like IMEI and it clearly warns us of any danger.
Signed and shared!
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Signed and shared.
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Signed your petition.
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Not buying samsung note 3
I signed the petition.
I have been a very loyal Samsung customer since the Galaxy S. My last three phones have been the Galaxy NOTE N7000, an AT&T NOTE (I717), and an AT&T NOTE 2 (I317). The NOTE 2 may well be my last phone from Samsung/AT&T.
AT&T has always screwed up great phones. For example, the AT&T Galaxy S, Captivate (spelled Craptivate), had the FM radio and front facing camera removed while the rest of the world got the Galaxy S with those features. I ended up buying the Galaxy S from Canada just to get the FM radio and front facing camera. It worked well on AT&T's network.
The bastards at AT&T also keep the phone hardware out of Tablets such as the Galaxy Note 8.0. It is absolutely ridiculous that I cannot buy a Galaxy Note 8.0 with AT&T LTE and the phone hardware built in and working.
The reason I quit buying HTC phones is they quit making international versions that worked on AT&T the best US Wireless network. HTC made great international versions that one could buy unlocked. They worked on most 3G networks. HTC was doing extremely well. So well they got cocky.
Samsung and AT&T are now fat and cocky. The idea that they are now locking the SIMs and bootloader is a very bad. I travel overseas often. As soon as I land I buy a SIM card with lots of data. It's usually a much better deal than anyting AT&T offers here in the States. For instance, I just went to Italy and bought two SIM Cards from Wind for $53.00 total! Each SIM had 5GB of data!
AT&T further rips off their customers by not allowing tethering without an extra fee. One buys data and should be able to use that data any way he pleases. The other problem is that AT&T's ROMs stink to high heaven. On all my NOTEs, I have used stock international ROMs because they are cleaner, have better color schemes (especially for emai), etc. One thing I cannot stand is to see that stupid blue globe with the stupid AT&T chime every time I change my batter an reboot.
AT&T, you've got the best network, quit being assholes!
Samsung, you've got the best devices, don't start being jerks. Don't let AT&T tell you to strip out the FM radios and lock the bootloaders. You're big enough now. You tell AT&T how it's going to be.
I'm so upset about this I'm inclined to contact the FCC and other agencies. AT&T should not be able to dumb down devices as they have. I'm so mad I think I'm going to buy a Nokia Lumina 1520 as soon as it comes out. I love android but the 1520 is going to be one hell of a device. ASUS too will be giving Samsung a run for their money shortly.
Within a couple years, we're going to see 6" to 8" phablets running complete Windows 8.1 (not windows phone or RT) with phones built in. I'd like to see some Samsung devices, but I won't buy them with locked bootloaders, region locks, and without the FM radio.
I signed the petition.
I have been a very loyal Samsung customer since the Galaxy S. My last three phones have been the Galaxy NOTE N7000, an AT&T NOTE (I717), and an AT&T NOTE 2 (I317). The NOTE 2 may well be my last phone from Samsung/AT&T.
AT&T has always screwed up great phones. For example, the AT&T Galaxy S, Captivate (spelled Craptivate), had the FM radio and front facing camera removed while the rest of the world got the Galaxy S with those features. I ended up buying the Galaxy S from Canada just to get the FM radio and front facing camera. It worked well on AT&T's network.
The bastards at AT&T also keep the phone hardware out of Tablets such as the Galaxy Note 8.0. It is absolutely ridiculous that I cannot buy a Galaxy Note 8.0 with AT&T LTE and the phone hardware built in and working.
The reason I quit buying HTC phones is they quit making international versions that worked on AT&T the best US Wireless network. HTC made great international versions that one could buy unlocked. They worked on most 3G networks. HTC was doing extremely well. So well they got cocky.
Samsung and AT&T are now fat and cocky. The idea that they are now locking the SIMs and bootloader is a very bad. I travel overseas often. As soon as I land I buy a SIM card with lots of data. It's usually a much better deal than anyting AT&T offers here in the States. For instance, I just went to Italy and bought two SIM Cards from Wind for $53.00 total! Each SIM had 5GB of data!
AT&T further rips off their customers by not allowing tethering without an extra fee. One buys data and should be able to use that data any way he pleases. The other problem is that AT&T's ROMs stink to high heaven. On all my NOTEs, I have used stock international ROMs because they are cleaner, have better color schemes (especially for emai), etc. One thing I cannot stand is to see that stupid blue globe with the stupid AT&T chime every time I change my batter an reboot.
AT&T, you've got the best network, quit being assholes!
Samsung, you've got the best devices, don't start being jerks. Don't let AT&T tell you to strip out the FM radios and lock the bootloaders. You're big enough now. You tell AT&T how it's going to be.
I'm so upset about this I'm inclined to contact the FCC and other agencies. AT&T should not be able to dumb down devices as they have. I'm so mad I think I'm going to buy a Nokia Lumina 1520 as soon as it comes out. I love android but the 1520 is going to be one hell of a device. ASUS too will be giving Samsung a run for their money shortly.
Within a couple years, we're going to see 6" to 8" phablets running complete Windows 8.1 (not windows phone or RT) with phones built in. I'd like to see some Samsung devices, but I won't buy them with locked bootloaders, region locks, and without the FM radio.
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