HTC unlocks its own phones

[YosemiteSam]

Not sure what this guy means by "needling Google" by unlocking the phones. I mean, Google sold their own phone completely unlocked. Android is Linux. You are supposed to mess around with it. That's why it called open source software!

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HTC, which just announced it would stick with Google and keep running Android on its best phones even though Google just bought one HTC's main competitors, continues the trend started by Samsung this week of needling Google by doing things that make it easier for people to mess with Android.

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[Dallas]

Not sure what this guy means by "needling Google" by unlocking the phones. I mean, Google sold their own phone completely unlocked. Android is Linux. You are supposed to mess around with it. That's why it called open source software!

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HTC, which just announced it would stick with Google and keep running Android on its best phones even though Google just bought one HTC's main competitors, continues the trend started by Samsung this week of needling Google by doing things that make it easier for people to mess with Android.

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I would imagine its using Gmail (i.e. GOoGle) to attach and organize mail/contacts etc. Google is native to Android, DERP!

:laugh2: But I don't know why you need Google for Bootloader unlocks and stuffs.

 

[ajk23az]

I've been resisting to root my Thunderbolt until the OTA Gingerbread update comes out but got fed up with waiting and took the plunge today.

Quadrant scores:
@1GHz (unrooted) - 1578
@1GHz (rooted) - 1795
@1.2 GHz (rooted) - 2758

Didn't try anything past 1.2 GHz even though I can go all the up to 1.8GHz (could damage phone).

 

[YosemiteSam]

I've been resisting to root my Thunderbolt until the OTA Gingerbread update comes out but got fed up with waiting and took the plunge today.

Quadrant scores:
@1GHz (unrooted) - 1578
@1GHz (rooted) - 1795
@1.2 GHz (rooted) - 2758

Didn't try anything past 1.2 GHz even though I can go all the up to 1.8GHz (could damage phone).

I used to overclock my PCs to the fastest possible, then I quite doing it. I would just clock it fast enough that all the software I ran would run the way I wanted it too. If it ran fast enough out of the box, (which was usually the case) then I didn't overclock it.

Though, I would tend to start overclocking them towards their EOL. (End of Life)

My Nexus One plays HD video without stuttering and any games I play without issue. There is no point in overclocking my phone right now.