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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Xpiatio:
They are playing the waiting game until your return grace period is over . . and then they will say "No". I'd return the device, call their bluff.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] TabletGeek:
Nope... according to T-Mobile's website, the BOGO deal is limited to 2 free phones (4 phones in total, when counting the paid phones) per account. This has been confirmed by T-Mobile.

In addition, there are bash-back websites that provide $200 in returned cash for each new line opened through T-Mobile. So, between these two deals, the total cost became attractive.

I am holding out hope that this bootloader issue will be resolved favorably.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] h.nocturna:
Oh! Awesome. I thought it was one free per an account. Kudos! I also got the $200 cash back from topcashback.com. Unfortunately, they didn’t track the purchase, so I had to open a claim. Hopefully this gets resolved quickly so I can get my money!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Raylon00:
Time to start attacking this on both ends. I started the bounty to unlock the bootloaders. Starting the pool with 50 bucks

http://xdaforums.com/tmobile-s7-edge/how-to/bounty-unlocked-bootloader-s7edge-t3339857
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] renegade37918:
Someone gotta catch John live when he's on periscope I just tried by the time igit into periscope the room was full 300 ppl within 20 seconds
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] MegaNoob:
I was in chat but there are so many messages it just Flys by
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] TheKnux:
If you hold the back key, it acts as a menu key and recent acts as split view.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] UnixSlayer:
I'll be in on that.....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] chiikko561:
This is pretty crazy. I found it in activities in Nova and it's for Korea
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] UniX1rm:
I am a media person, we can get a writer and we can send out a press release to most of the tech media and that will linger, any thoughts?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] TheKnux:
Got everyone in my Slack group to sign the petition. Gotta start somewhere.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] lost_:
Another one - https://twitter.com/loco_mole/status/710896169988300801 - retweet if you can!

[IMG="JohnLegere"]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cd2cTK2UIAIeu7n.jpg:large[/IMG]
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] chiikko561:
Actually looking at more of these activities and it looks like these phones are monitored period.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] UnixSlayer:
Another reason why root is important. Big Brother is watching....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] chiikko561:
Do you think that could be a reason they don't want to unlock it?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Schiaboner:
Has anyone found out if the China/Japan GS7edge variants are locked down? I've been trying to find anything on it but I came up empty.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] chiikko561:
Damn we atleast need root to snatch some of the b.s. up off of our phones.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] ^I'm_With_Stupid:
If you could do that it would be very helpful. The more attention this gets the more pressure that puts on T-Mobile and Samsung to do something.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] renegade37918:
He goes back in after its over and re reads what you as posted
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Far2great:
Bounty to unlock bootloader
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] TheKnux:
[MENTION=4517211]Xileforce[/MENTION] and [MENTION=3363733]system0verload[/MENTION] you guys find or figure anything out yet?

Gonna post the petition to my Facebook and hopefully people sign and share it. I was also thinking about starting a Slack "bootloader" team but then what good would that do if we have XDA.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Pneumatic:
Look what just came via email.

*Pneumatic cracks his knuckles and gets ready to burn this mutha down.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] TheKnux:
Posted this to my Slack team.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] bobbyb@techie.com:
When are the reporters going to realize the Samsung does not lock the bootloader the rest of the world, just for us in the USA?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Pneumatic:
They asked for my review and I gave it to them.....

"I really do love this phone. The battery life is great, the screen is awesome, the overall hardware design is flawless. For such a fine piece of tech I enthusiastically forked over $800+ with a smile.

HOWEVER.... The fact that you have locked the bootloader and locked us out of EVER being able to develop for this fine piece of hardware is beyond me. I have owned every generation of Samsung Galaxy and we have happily rooted and flashed and modded our ROMs as we see fit. Suddenly with the Galaxy S7 all of that seems to have come to an end. For the first time ever.... I am disappointed in my Galaxy phone. If this is the way of the future then this is my last Samsung device.

Adieu, Samsung. Parting is such sweet sorrow. "
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] cjasonmcguire88:
My DM to Sammy
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] TheKnux:
Is there any way Google would help us at all? Just a thought.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] h.nocturna:
None
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Soufiansky:
Whan could be scary is if all manufacturers do the same , imagine Sony , HTC , LG ...all with locked BL , that would be a disaster. And that's not impossible you know , it may happen any time.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] cjasonmcguire88:
Samsung seems like they're trying to be the Apple of Android. They fail to realize most Android users despise Apple. Nexus may very well be the only future for AOSP development.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] SBERG117:
Wooo hoooo you got a entry to a contest every other person that bought the phone got as welll.....an entry....not the actual tablet but a entry.....just a entry..:eek::eek::eek::eek:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Pneumatic:
Uhhhh..... I could not possibly care less about the tablet. If I wanted one I would have probably already bought one in every color. I was actually keyed in on the "Write A Review" button (which is why I posted it in THIS THREAD). I didn't know they had reviews on their website but now I do and so does anyone else reading this *hint* *hint*.

Oh... and Woooo hooooo :eek::eek::eek::eek: to you too.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Xileforce:
I was jk about the crossword puzzles.... Lol

Edit: has anyone considered emailing John legere directly?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] jdidtht:
Yea like 20 of us have
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] MegaNoob:
It got very quiet in here....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Xileforce:
Did he even reply?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] bash_array:
Join the gs7 chat room. Just started it.

Download telegram then find it here:

Telegram.me/gs7chat
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] supremekizzle:
Really hope the next Nexus doesn't suck. Really disappointed that Huawei is making it again. Their QC is horrendous. Sent my two s7 edges back yesterday and have been using a cracked screen Moto X 2014 :( maybe the HTC M10 ends up being great and bootloader unlocked.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] chiikko561:
Lol I don't know how to message on there. I got the app
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] bash_array:
Search for the chat room gs7chat
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] chiikko561:
I think only you can message in there. I don't have an option to type.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Raylon00:
The pool for a universal unlock for the s7 is up to $350

http://xdaforums.com/tmobile-s7-edge/how-to/bounty-unlocked-bootloader-s7edge-t3339857
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] noamaniac:
For now, i'm going g935f. While it is not snapdragon it's getting dev support. If things change i'll be back here and swappa my international.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] ice5192:
**** what is the update service called on the phone so i can disable it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] guaneet:
You can disable both if you like
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Schiaboner:
In package Disabler pro scroll down to "software update" I disabled both and it went away.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Tylorw1:
Signed the petition. Hopefully we get some results. I am not going to be buying the S7 but I want the next Note (if they don't make it a knock off iPhone) and future devices to have the option to being unlocked. Lets keep it movin'!

Tylorw1
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] FlyingColors:
Pitched in $50. Hopefully people stay loyal.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] needuhelp:
Signed
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] RidinNerdy:
Watch this video I found on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/159577435

Im just gonna wait till this guy gives it up, somethings gotta give!!!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] chiikko561:
Are you making these?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] RidinNerdy:
No, I'm a female, i just Googled tmobile bootloader unlock videos on google search and that Comes up, if that would have been me i would have leaked it out already, cm13 is what i need in my life.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] chiikko561:
So Canada got Exynos for who ever asked a few pages back.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3327584

Also from reading in their thread it's seems all the phones are the same and when you put the first Sim card in it locks to the provider. I got a new one today that I had not activated and i looked at the bootloader from the download screen and compared to my edge I have now but they were the same except FRM LOCK. I have activated it since.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] dgriffin2013:
Does he know any engineers looking for a retirement bonus?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Josh McGrath:
I hope not, that would be when I jump to iPhone. And Sony already has locked boots on T-Mobile. Or at least the z1s did.. Which I returned as well

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And I keep getting ignored on twitter by Samsung Mobile USA..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] jbfountain:
Don't forget even if all US carriers asked HTC to make the bootloader non-unlockable they always sell developer editions that have the bootloader already unlocked. They also release RUUs so that you can turn any variant into a different one if you have S-off. I just wish Samsung did things that way.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] supremekizzle:
I've never had an HTC product and didn't know they did that. Maybe that'll be their saving grace after all. Then again.... I think people would pony up for the international s7 before going HTC.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Raylon00:
The bounty for a developer to unlock this phone is up to $650. Pretty soon the unlock will be worth the price of the phone and more.

http://xdaforums.com/tmobile-s7-edge/how-to/bounty-unlocked-bootloader-s7edge-t3339857
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] v8dreaming:
Probably.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] chiikko561:
For sure since he say that he's a she and on the Tapatalk app he got a picture of himself and could possibly be the guy in the video.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] TheKnux:
I'm pretty sure you're not a female since your other profile (slickdude) is a pic of a dude.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] system0verload:
Lmao.. this is what I call exposing the troll!!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] hutson23:
T-mobile Apple guy he is...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] RidinNerdy:
Actually he works for Samsung not apple

https://vimeo.com/159585585

And now hes mad
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] TheKnux:
Where are you guys finding this stuff? Lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] king3opobn:
He's using msqrd
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] RidinNerdy:
Obviously why would he compromise his identity?

If he leaked something like that with his face then that woukd be dumb... i didnt think the guy with out unlock tool would look like uncle fester, but then again he does look like heisengberg from breaking bad...

from my SM-N920T using Tapatalk
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Android_noob17:
Someone should ask him to provide proof, and then I might give him my leftover money from my trip to McDonald. Lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Nv1dia:
he cant provide proof, he doesn't have an unlock. First, he wore a T-mobile shirt? but then is wearing a samsung shirt? just which company does he actually work for? second, he's too young to be in any position of importance at either company. Third, i think all of us are willing to bet its riding nerdy or however its spelled, since he lied on the count of being female. not to mention, if you google what he said to google, none of these video show up. Haha, he could stand to brush his teeth....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Android_noob17:
I know it was ridinnerdy from when I saw the time the video was posted and the time was when he posted here. haha
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] mrbigdrawsz:
Hasn't been too long, but starting to lose some hope.

Gonna check out that G5 when it drops and wait to see if it gets root. If it does, might have to use that Jump on Demand to hold me over till the new Nexus is released.

Come on T-Mobile! Don't let us down!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Xileforce:
Same. Also looking at the HTC 10.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] ahrion:
HTC 10 will for sure have an unlockable bootloader.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Andromendous:
Man screw lg they suck, worst phones ever
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] ringochan:
I did!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] chiikko561:
I really don't care for their build quality.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] BennyBenjaman:
I was looking at the g4. The back cover is so ugly I couldn't believe it would be mass produced. The look was terrible but I've never used the phone so i don't know what performance is like, but damn it was ugly
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Tidbits:
They make different back plates for the phone.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] chiikko561:
My friend had it and he complained about the battery life everyday and he is not a power user.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] king3opobn:
Anybody fuming? http://www.tomsguide.com/us/locked-bootloader-faq,news-22423.html
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] imnotlaughin:
I'm fuming. We get back external storage just to lose the bootloader? There's only so many phone generations I can skip. Hope my Note 4 never craps out.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Josh McGrath:
That ****ing ugly mug..i really want to punch this guy in the throat. He is a store sales rep, and probably too stupid to be a corporate store at that. It's a T-Mobile and Samsung shirt because you can wear either of those shirts right now since the s7 launch.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] boydandre78:
Signed!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] paulie_gogetit:
Sending back my S7 Edge on Monday. Great!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] playingbball20:
I just got the phone so my wife bc of the buy one get one so my wife would get off me for getting phones every 6 mo. I was wanting to wait the 6 mo and get the new note. If this happens with the note, I'm going back to the Note 4!!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] mocsab:
Does G935F have LTE here in the US? I know back in the S4 Days - I tried that with an S4 and all I could get was 3G - no LTE the phone didn't support the US LTE Bands needed -???? have they changed ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] duvalbmarley:
Yes it has US LTE just no VoLTE no WiFi calling
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] KING SKILLZ:
Guess I'm going to get an international version today, if Wi-Fi calling and volte will be the only difference from the U.S version.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] ringochan:
OMG, I created a new account just to leave a comment there. I usually never do such thing to avoid spams, but this is an exception, isn't it?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] KurrentUser:
From the Qualcomm site.

"Secure Boot: A boot-up process designed to verify the authenticity and integrity of critical code and data. This helps prevent unauthorized modification, replacement, and execution of system stored code."

The logic is. Why incorporate security technology into a processor if it is not going to be used? The question is, how can Samsung let those who don't want to have this extra security without affecting those that do? I'm in no big hurry to root my S7e. My my rooted galaxy tablet is good enough for whatever I need root for.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] chiikko561:
China is supposed to get snapdragon 820 as well but with 64gb internal.http://neurogadget.net/2016/03/13/samsung-galaxy-s7-s7-edge-release-price-china-slashed-20/26039
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Android_noob17:
Has anyone thought about complaining to the FTC (federal trade commission) about this issue? Because I believe they have jurisdiction over something like this (correct me if I'm wrong).
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] ringochan:
I checked the situation in Japan. There are no details on when the device will be available there. In fact, no one even talks about which carrier would feature the phone. It may be because there's no big demand for Samsung phones in that market. Last I heard, Samsung dropped their company logos from all Galaxy phones hoping to boost their sales, but it didn't help so much. So if you buy a Galaxy phone from Japanese Amazon, there'll be no Samsung name on it! Cool!:cowboy:

After this incidence, many of us may start thinking twice before buying any products from them, so we should count these things when we talk about "why Samsung should listen to us, the development community." OMG, my frig and washer/dryer are all made by LG, but I remember I was very close to buying Samsung products instead when I was shopping. LG products were cheaper, I guess. So I already made a right decision after all?;)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] the Doctor:
Especially given that much greater security is necessary when phones become methods of payment containing vital credit card & bank account information. For Samsung the risk is probably too high.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] chiikko561:
Hopefully if China does get the snapdragon 820 they will have unlocked bootloader but same hardware. Maybe then we can figure something out like maybe flashing Chinese oem with Odin since it's signed by Sammy

Edit: or atleast mostly same hardware.i know my hopes are high and most likely not the case.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] ringochan:
Your comment reminded me of what happened to HTC in 2011. I mean what's happening now is like a deja vu to me!

Many of you probably remember HTC was the first manufacture ever to make Android phones. T-Mobile, of course, was the first (and only) US carrier to feature it, the T-Mobile G1 (aka HTC Dream) in 2008. For the next 3 years, HTC rightfully dominated the Android market like Samsung was doing until last year. The development community fully embraced HTC products knowing all HTC phones are easily customizable.

However, in 2011, HTC somehow changed their policy and introduced their new flagship phone, Amaze 4G with everything locked down. S-On/S-Off... I only vaguely remember how it was.

Anyway, what happened after that was very similar to our situation here. We got mad and started petitions and bounties and won the battle. That's how HTC started developer unlocking service. Some of us said HTC was a huge multi-national company and won't listen to us small community:(

The sad thing about this story is that HTC never won back our trust and nothing they introduced after the incident sold well. The development community already went on to Galaxy bandwagon and never looked back. But the Amaze 4G was clearly a better phone than Galaxy S2 in terms of quality and design. I know it because I bought the S2 for my wife and the Amaze for myself;)

Samsung, are you listening to this? History repeats itself, you know.

Shoot, I talk too much:o

Well, at least this how I remember it. so if you have different opinion, let me know.

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I think (I may be totally wrong) rooting (or jailbreaking iPhone) is a protected right in the US under DMCA, but manufacturers can not be forced help you. So FTC can't force Samsung to unlock the bootloader, I guess. Heck, even FBI can't force Apple to unlock the encrypted iPhone for the sake of public safety. Of course, rooting and decrypting is totally different, but the concept is similar. Companies will fight with all their might.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Android_noob17:
Dang you have point. Hopefully in the near future phones will be treated more like PCs.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] eichenberg:
I remember the Amaze, to get s-off you had to insert a paperclip into two holes on back of phone to "short" something out, then power on to bootloader or something and poof you were now s-off. Scary as hell doing it but it worked.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] mrbigdrawsz:
Same for that piece of junk HTC Rezound.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] lost_:
Gotta love it when manufacturers abuse the word "authorized" - whose authority are they referring to? Theirs only. We, the owners, apparently are too dumb to have full authority over our own property.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] jdidtht:
HTC never won back people because they started building phones that were garbage compared to samsung at the time, the comparsion between a sensation or Evo 3d and gs2 was laughable the s2 destroyed the HTC offerings and continued to do so for a few years
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] ringochan:
Let's not get too exited!

I just went over to the TMoNews site and read through some comments on the Bootloader article. C'mon guys/gals! What's happening there is not like you people at all! There are no mods there? Anyway, arguing and losing temper like that won't do any good for the community, you know? Or are those commenters actually not you, but people paid by Sammy to spoil the well? I mean, to make us look bad? Scary thing is, that's not just possible, but also probable, isn't it?:(

Sorry, I know I'm not gentleman enough to point out things like this, but I am worried that we are starting to lose more important things over this, like sleep, temper, hair, sane... or whatever!:crying: