We know we’re bound to discover issues about the Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 edge this early. Nothing too serious yet but sadly for the T-Mobile owners of the new premium flagship phones, the boot loader is now locked for you. That is a bummer for those hackers and developers who find joy in tinkering with the system. This lock was a move by T-Mobile which is surprising because the carrier is supposed to be pro-customers.
The S7 and S7 edge’s boot loader being locked is making a lot of owners heartbroken. A group of devs at XDA started a petition on Change.org demanding T-Mobile to unlock the devices these people have already paid for.
As written in the petition, “unlocking the boot loaders will stop the push from the deployment community”. Android is supposed to be a free community and the mobile platform is all about modification and customization. What T-Mobile is doing is contrary to its marketing thrust. The “Never Settle” tagline may be used in this issue–Never Settle for a locked boot loader.
The petition has been filed. About 1,000 supporters are needed. As of this writing, over 500 have signed up and showed their support for this petition started by a certain Marc Petersen. The group is asking for T-Mobile to ‘Unlock Boot Loaders on the Galaxy S7/S7 Edge’. Let’s see what John Legere has to say about this.
Sign the petition on Change.org – Unlock Boot Loaders S7 – S7 Edge
VIA: XDA
Thanks for writing this and bringing it to more peoples attention. This could be just the beginning of changes we will see from T-Mobile but I really hope this is not a sign of things to come.
John already addressed this a week ago. He said they have already contacted Samsung for a solution. He is working with Samsung to fix the locked bootloader issue.
And Obama is working to get you free healthcare.
And Trump is going to make America great again.
And Hillary is going to make America whole again.
You can’t really be this naive.
I never wrote that I believed John. The last sentence in the article mentions “Let’s see what John Legere has to say about this.” My comment is responding to that sentence. Did you not read the article? Was my comment not understood? Try to think before you act. You can’t really be this Juvenile.