[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Guides, News, & Di] Binary100100:
You underestimate the power of Google my friend.

I'll ask you this, how do most people start rooting their phones? They want to customize it, sim unlock it or even to try to fix it themselves when their providers fail to do so. Some out of curiosity. As you have stated that since your membership here at XDA (2007) there's no denying that the rate of membership has been on the rise since then. And for most devices it's really easy to root an Android device. And you're right. people are moving from phone to phone. More roms are being created, more expansion for the rooted community. After all, Cyanogen started off here. He made such a name for himself that Samsung hired him to develop for them. So the XDA name is out there! This forum is famous in terms to modifying smart phones, tablets, watches and other devices. It's wonderful! But it's also opening the eyes of the manufacturers and providers. Many times it's a game of cat and mouse. They seal up an exploit, we find a way around it. They patch it up, we find a way around that. They patch that up, we find ways around that. Why do you feel that if this small community having root isn't that big of a deal to them then why are they working so diligently to try to stop our efforts of rooting? If they didn't care (because we were such a small group) then why go to so much effort in stopping us? Securing the bootloader is like HTC's s-on. I use that as an example because I used to moderate the Amaze 4G forum. For a long time we didn't feel that we would get root. Yet, we did! Granted, it took a paperclip to the back of the phone to do it... but we got it. I'm sure there are other examples that others could mention as well but that's not my point. My point is that some companies don't want their customers to have root for a reason.

As such a small group, we sure do have a loud voice. But now it's starting to calm down with the acceptance of the possibility that we won't be getting it. Some have (and continue) to "threaten" Samsung by saying that they're returning their phones and never buying Samsung again... yada yada yada. Even if EVERYONE that wants root returns their phones, Samsung probably wouldn't even flinch because we're such a small minority. You said it yourself. But let's be honest, that's probably the only thing that will get Sammy's attention. There's no way of that happening. Why should they send out an update to such a small group to give us what we want? They don't care. If you think that they do you're fooling yourself. Also remember that it's not just T-Mobile but all Qualcomm phones. That includes AT&T and Verizon which are much larger. So we got the attention of T-Mobile. Great. But what is that going to do when the larger phone companies (AT&T/VZ) can't make any progress? I think all of the telecom companies would both have to approach Samsung with an undisputable and overwhelming

need

for their customers to have an unlocked bootloader. Who here really thinks that's going to happen?

Seriously. We need to stop hoping for them to give it to us and we need to focus more on taking it like we have the dozens of times before. When that happens, how much do you want to bet that Samsung will patch up that exploit too? That will then prove that this minority of a group does matter to them and it's more of a thorn in their sides than an asset.

I live in a very populated area. Right next to a automotive factory. With Xfinity my connection speed maxes out at 10 DL and 12 UL. It's good enough for Netflix but not so good for torrents. With my rooted S5 I can peak out at over 100 DL and 30 UL. If I want to download something, I remove the sim from my S7, put it in my S5, tether to my computer, download until my hearts content (at least twice as fast) then go back to my home internet. I usually average about 150gb every month. I'll admit, I am one of those service abusers. I'm not the only one though. T-Mobile frowns upon people like me because I ruin it for the rest of their customers. Now I want them to give me root so I can continue to do so with my S7 Edge. Think it'll happen?