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Some Food for Thought - Bootloaders, Rooting, Manufacturers, and Carriers
Some Food for Thought - Bootloaders, Rooting, Manufacturers, and Carriers
P3droid posted some information on the coming lockdown from Moto and Vzw. Please read this and decide where you want to go from there. I for one am SBF'ing right now.
Some Food for Thought - Bootloaders, Rooting, Manufacturers, and Carriers
Edit:
The gist of the post is that VZW and Moto are actively going after those of us running non-approved software and even root users. This is probably the cause of the Wifi tether issue.
Again, please read this folks!
You mean you are sbf'ing back to ROM'd and rooted 2.3.340, our stock 2.3.340?
Can't say I didn't see this coming. It was only a matter of time. Its very unfortunate though. That being said android is coming a long way and tbh I wouldn't mind running a stock non-rooted gingerblur. But android is all about open source. . . But then again this isn't sourcing from google I guess
I'm SBF'ing back to 340 and going to Liberty 2.0. Didn't understand what you meant by ROM'd.
Yeah, that's what I meant
I don't use thethering either, so that doesn't bother me
I didn't see this post. Steven, please combine the threads.
On topic:
These carriers are greedy as hell. Why do you want me to pay again for data when I'm paying you for unlimited data already? How does that make sense..
Maybe Sprint will offer a way out. The big two are getting out of hand.
Neither do I but I'm not going to wait for the next shoe to drop. I hope you read the entire post because it's not only about tethering.
You're not paying to tether to another device. I tether here and there, but I can see the carriers stance on the tethering issue...I just don't want to be blacklisted for rooting my device...a device already locked down to what can be done to it.
I don't see the point. I watch gaming streams on my phone and can use up (very easily) a lot of data. However, it pales in comparison to the data I use on my PC. The point of the tethering ban is not because you're paying/not paying for the feature. It's to limit data usage.
The question is, if you signed a contract to pay $30 for unlimited data, why should you be limited in the way you use that data?
It comes down to $$$ pure and simple. A while back, there was an article detailing the future of the cellular companies. Previously to now, they were content providers at cost. You want GPS? $9.99/month. Streaming video and music? $4.99/month. Tethering? $29.99/month. And so on. Now, with the advent of powerful smartphones, the phone can do this all natively. The carriers are in danger of becoming wireless Internet providers, especially if/when voice goes to VoIP. There is little to no extra revenue streams by just being an Internet provider.
You don't pay $30/month for unlimited data and tethering.
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