Have you unlocked the bootloader ?

saquib · Feb 17, 2010

Have you unlocked the bootloader on your Nexus ? I've started a poll here rather than xda-dev or Modaco as they are more hacking sites, and the results will always be in favour of a unlocked bootloader.

I haven't yet, due to potential warranty issues.

MartinS · Feb 17, 2010

No, really don't see the point unless you are a very advanced user.

saquib · Feb 17, 2010

Not sure - always rooted my previous phones for add-ons such as WiFi tether, themes etc. Only thing that is stopping me is the voiding of the warranty, just hope the devs can find a way to re-lock the bootloader.

MartinS said:
No, really don't see the point unless you are a very advanced user.

Rusty · Feb 17, 2010

No, although being the genius that I am, I stuck the leaked ERE36B on mine, so may have to in the future.

saquib · Feb 17, 2010

That makes 2 of us!

Rusty! said:
No, although being the genius that I am, I stuck the leaked ERE36B on mine, so may have to in the future.

oniongirl · Feb 17, 2010

At the moment, there's nothing I want my phone to do that it can't already without unlocking.

Although I know for a fact that some people *cough*my brother*cough* who couldn't resist within days. There's something about having total control of your phone that's irresistible to some people!

Plus there's the fact that there's a little dust under my screen. I'm waiting a few months to see if it becomes impossible to ignore (at the moment, it can only be seen in direct sunlight) - I'd hate to not be able to get that fixed under warranty.

Rusty · Feb 17, 2010

oniongirl said:
There's something about having total control of your phone that's irresistible to some people!

You're not wrong, there is some good stuff in custom images too.

SnotF · Feb 17, 2010

I've been saying I wouldn't till my warranty was up since I bought the thing... but with each passing day there are new reasons... including my beat friend overclocking his droid to a whopping 1.2....

finesta101 · Feb 17, 2010

I unlocked it and installed the cyanogen ROM 5.02 and my phone seems to be working much better. It also has a few cool features.

chaz_uk · Feb 17, 2010

I haven't because that two year warranty is more important for me.

SnotF · Feb 17, 2010

finesta101 said:
I unlocked it and installed the cyanogen ROM 5.02 and my phone seems to be working much better. It also has a few cool features.

tell me all about it. :eek:

saquib · Feb 17, 2010

As posted on another thread, Paul @ Modaco has got a HTC Desire rom working on the Nexus, including HTC Sense UI!

Not released yet, but I think that would seriously make me consider unlocking.

On the warranty thing, apparently if it is an obvious hardware fault HTC are repairing phones with unlocked bootloaders.

Rusty · Feb 17, 2010

Was going to say the same thing, not just repairing, but also exchanging.

AnotherFatalEpic · Feb 17, 2010

Well that might give us the the OK. That would make a WHOLE lot more sense, "we'll still fix the phone if its a hardware issue, but if you unlocked your phone and it's bricked now and it's your fault, you deal with it"

This is a lot better than "ohh no you touched your phones software, now I don't have to fix it if anything else malfunctions!!"

FLT · Feb 18, 2010

Unlocked is a must. Custom roms & themes, can't live without

kaotix · Feb 18, 2010

I unlocked roughly 4 hours after receiving it. After using the stock ROM prior and then one of Cyanogen's ROMs I'm very happy that I did unlock. I also baked a custom ROM on Modaco to remove certain apps I don't use which take up system resources and use my battery when I don't want them to.

Plus you get that warm fuzzy feeling when you see the open padlock on your boot screen when turning on the phone

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