PSA: USA Bootloaders WILL be LOCKED!!!

[lightninbug]

My DM with a T-Mobile rep.

 

[954wrecker]

Any chance you can ask them to list the actual bands the phone supports?

 

[Duncan1982]

I'm glad I'll be the recipient of the Exynos (unlocked) version. However i can get with the whole security aspect in regards to Google wallet & Samsung Pay/android pay. Like you mentioned though i NEVER and will EVER use this service, it gets disabled from the moment i get the phone (plus my bank doesn't support it anyway lol).

You pay a premium it should be up to the user as to what he does and yes what he/she risks.

I am very much against taking away the option of root and custom ROMs because of a service being forced upon us.

Sent from my ONEPLUS A3003 using XDA-Developers Legacy app

 

[Harry44]

I'm glad I'll be the recipient of the Exynos (unlocked) version. However i can get with the whole security aspect in regards to Google wallet & Samsung Pay/android pay. Like you mentioned though i NEVER and will EVER use this service, it gets disabled from the moment i get the phone (plus my bank doesn't support it anyway lol).

You pay a premium it should be up to the user as to what he does and yes what he/she risks.

I am very much against taking away the option of root and custom ROMs because of a service being forced upon us.

Sent from my ONEPLUS A3003 using XDA-Developers Legacy app

I second being against them taking away root and ROMs and forcing services upon us. If there was less or no fragmentation in android with regards to updates, I could perhaps stay stock..

 

[pieces of cake]

My DM with a T-Mobile rep.

LOL! Sorry but, how old are you? I'm as disappointed as anyone, but you're acting like a child. You think that because YOU'VE been with T-Mobile "since VoiceStream" T-Mobile should change their decision? Ridiculous. The guy you were talking to can't help you, cannot make any executive decisions and sure as hell isn't passing along your "concerns" to Legere. He also doesn't give a damn that you're cancelling a whopping THREE (3!!!) device orders. Did you think he was going to crumble to his knees, beg you to keep your orders and run tell boss, "we must change our bootloader plans because Mr. VoiceStream is simply NOT having it?"

You were just whining to yourself while he typed, "I understand how you feel" and rubbed your shoulders a bit.

 

[johnwayne27]

Agreed, complaining to a underpaid rep that probably hates listening to people complain all day everyday is not going to get bootloaders unlocked.

 

[Z51]

Agreed, complaining to a underpaid rep that probably hates listening to people complain all day everyday is not going to get bootloaders unlocked.

Yet people still complain lol.
You know the bootloader is locked before you buy the device. Deal with it and move on.

Edit: not aimed towards you. Just saying in general of the complainers lol

 

[aydinbahadir88]

Chainfire already finds a solution

 

[Milly7]

Chainfire already finds a solution

Source?

 

[DSA]

Yet people still complain lol.
You know the bootloader is locked before you buy the device. Deal with it and move on.

Edit: not aimed towards you. Just saying in general of the complainers lol

^ This.

I also love how the op states he is speaking for the users/devs on XDA.....errr, no you aint!! lol

 

[MicroMod777]

Chainfire already finds a solution

For realz???

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[suzook]

Chainfire already finds a solution

LMAO...Yea, sure he did.

 

[Nitemare3219]

Useless thread. This is not a surprise and is something we already knew.

 

[jpeckinp]

I ordered two from TMo and I'm sure that a root method will pop up soon after release.
Motorola had bootlocks on the Bionic and it was still able to be rooted. I bet within a month we'll be rooting with the rest of them.:good::good:

 

[YMNDLZ]

My DM with a T-Mobile rep.

Samsung has officially lost by business. Been a samsung guy since the S3 and I've stuck with them in the years since. It's such a shame that they choose to do this. I don't need Samsung pay, as I have a wallet. Awful that they force these programs down our throats as they're nice to have but are completely unnecessary.

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I ordered two from TMo and I'm sure that a root method will pop up soon after release.
Motorola had bootlocks on the Bionic and it was still able to be rooted. I bet within a month we'll be rooting with the rest of them.:good::good:

The Galaxy S7 came out in March and it took three months to even figure out how to root it. We don't even have a bootloader unlock for the GS7, and it's been a year since it's release. Might want to lower your expectations as devs are moving away from locked down devices like the Galaxy series in the U.S.

 

[cpufrost]

Wow this is like posting water is wet.

 

[sireniankyle]

I stopped rooting my phones, but I'm still against taking away the option. I just never could pull the trigger on losing Samsung Pay permanently.

 

[bkeaver]

Wow this is like posting water is wet.

Hahaha how true [emoji106]

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[Salval]

*GASP!!* I'm glad you pointed that out....

 

[Harry44]

I stopped rooting my phones, but I'm still against taking away the option. I just never could pull the trigger on losing Samsung Pay permanently.

I'm in the same boat as you. Unsure of what to do for the foreseeable future. Also KNOX. I actually do care about tripping it. The email app my company uses breaks if KNOX is tripped....