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HTC UNLOCKING Bootloaders!

As much as i like motorola, if they don't step their game up looks like i'll possibly be getting an htc. i may prefer motorola's build quality over htc but htc has more freedom with their devices. But verizon is saying that a device with an unlocked bootloader can't be activated on their network?
[Round 1, FIGHT] Verizon: There Won’t Be Any Unlocked Devices On Our Network | Android News, Reviews, Apps, Games, Phones, Tablets, Tips, Mods, Videos, Tutorials - Android Police

And if VZW's statement were true, what % of people on this forum wouldn't have service?
 
As much as i like motorola, if they don't step their game up looks like i'll possibly be getting an htc. i may prefer motorola's build quality over htc but htc has more freedom with their devices. But verizon is saying that a device with an unlocked bootloader can't be activated on their network?
[Round 1, FIGHT] Verizon: There Won’t Be Any Unlocked Devices On Our Network | Android News, Reviews, Apps, Games, Phones, Tablets, Tips, Mods, Videos, Tutorials - Android Police

And if VZW's statement were true, what % of people on this forum wouldn't have service?

If we're nitpicking "cannot" can also mean "not allowed". For example "you cannot smoke here". that doesn't mean you are incapable of smoking at that location, it simply means you're not allowed. I think we need to realize that this is a tweet, and not anything I would call "official". Plus we don't know in what context it was said, or even if the person who said it knows what was meant by the question posed...

Let's not go crazy here...lol
 
As much as i like motorola, if they don't step their game up looks like i'll possibly be getting an htc. i may prefer motorola's build quality over htc but htc has more freedom with their devices. But verizon is saying that a device with an unlocked bootloader can't be activated on their network?
[Round 1, FIGHT] Verizon: There Won’t Be Any Unlocked Devices On Our Network | Android News, Reviews, Apps, Games, Phones, Tablets, Tips, Mods, Videos, Tutorials - Android Police

And if VZW's statement were true, what % of people on this forum wouldn't have service?

If we're nitpicking "cannot" can also mean "not allowed". For example "you cannot smoke here". that doesn't mean you are incapable of smoking at that location, it simply means you're not allowed. I think we need to realize that this is a tweet, and not anything I would call "official". Plus we don't know in what context it was said, or even if the person who said it knows what was meant by the question posed...

Let's not go crazy here...lol

All true statements! We're just hanging out until we get more info, which HTC says will be shared at a later date. Next week is going to reveal a lot on how this is going to work.
 

aha, so they most probably thought the question was about an unlocked phone and not the bootloader. this is great news
 
so this would mean that moto phones would be allowed as well since the "if carriers allow it" stipulation is now moot, at least on verizon, right?
 
i think this is kinda funny

all of this htc, motorola others that havent locked samsung who says they wont lock unless forced kinda has gone against the doom and gloom of the android world that was such a big hype on another forum not to long ago.
although maybe the baclklash and emails coming from that 3 posts article assisted in this revolution today.
 
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