VZW Galaxy S3: Bootloader Question, Unlockable?

[skennelly]

Has anyone with the S3 in hand tried Foxfi to be sure that it is working to Wifi tether?

I'm tethered right now with Foxfi. I am rooted, but was not prompted to give Foxfi root access.

 

[Vyruz]

Do i go from my bionic to a nexus or an s3?

 

[skennelly]

Do i go from my bionic to a nexus or an s3?

S3 if you can live with the (hopefully temporarily) locked bootloader.



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[squeekybigfoot]

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did anyone else see this chat between an xda member and a vzw sales rep? do we have hope???

 

[bsweetness]

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did anyone else see this chat between an xda member and a vzw sales rep? do we have hope???

Based solely upon that chat? None whatsoever. 99% of the time, sales reps know nothing about any of this stuff. And those that claim to know something almost always read it online or were told the information by someone who read it online. The answers given by the sales rep in that chat seem to indicate that she doesn't know what's really being asked.

 

[Trapper31]

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did anyone else see this chat betwe an xda member and a vzw sales rep? do we have hope???

Oh boy, I hate to admit it but this got me a little bit excited this morning. I only say "hate" because of the terrible record Verizon reps have of getting anything correct. I wonder if she may have been thinking of the dev phone from Samsung?

 

[squeekybigfoot]

thats what i was thinking too, fingers crossed

 

[PetRiLJoe]

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did anyone else see this chat between an xda member and a vzw sales rep? do we have hope???

Interesting. Where would such a thing be announced? I only see future updates to further lock down the phone. But I can't see into the future :happy3:

 

[sbenson]

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did anyone else see this chat between an xda member and a vzw sales rep? do we have hope???

Really guys? Come on, you know better than to put any faith in a Verizon rep. 9/10 times we know more than they do.

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[bsweetness]

Really guys? Come on, you know better than to put any faith in a Verizon rep. 9/10 times we know more than they do.

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Yep. And, as I mentioned, most of the reps that have any sort of idea about things typically get their information from forums like this one.

 

[DroidBoardr]

This looks Promising.
Verizon to release OTA update to unlock Samsung Galaxy S3 bootloader » Phone Reviews

 

[Trapper31]

This looks Promising.
Verizon to release OTA update to unlock Samsung Galaxy S3 bootloader » Phone Reviews

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I thought complaining and signing petitions never worked. We'll still have to wait and see what happens, but that is very encouraging.

 

[DroidBoardr]

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I thought complaining and signing petitions never worked. We'll still have to wait and see what happens, but that is very encouraging.

Yeah, I signed the petition, as did many of my friends even those on other networks. Keeping fingers crossed.

 

[skennelly]

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I thought complaining and signing petitions never worked. We'll still have to wait and see what happens, but that is very encouraging.

This is encouraging! However, weren't razr owners promised this as well? I'm not sure, I never had any interest in another Moto phone, so I never followed it.



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[voodooman128]

Maybe big red realized How much money they would lose by people returning There s3...