[General Topics] MajicDroidPirate:
A couple things I will correct you on. One the note 3 CAN have the bootloader unlocked. It wasn't until the s7 that rooting for Samsung's became impossible. The developer who created the supersu app, chainfire prior to that always had success unlocking and rooting Samsung's they were his specialty. Another note I will say is this is a trend specifically for AMERICAN Samsung's, international versions can have the bootloader unlocked. At least many of them. I understand why they Lock. The execuse manufacturers use is often that when you unlock the bootlader and root your phone its more likely for you to brick it and they don't want to cover warrenties. B U T . HTC solved this problem a long time ago and its not an execuse. HTC would only allow bootloader unlocking after you download a key unique to your specific device. In order to get this key you had to agree that you void the warranty. HTC would have proof of this and then people couldn't just relock bootloaders and claim they never did it. Or have full bricks with the same. HTC had this on file for every user with an unlocked bootloader. Samsung tried something similar with Knox but it was just a counter and people figured out how to reset it. But HTCs solution WAS THE solution. Something every company should have implemented. Instead of doing that though Samsung along with many other manufacturer's just decided to make it impossible to unlock the bootloader. This is WRONG . If I own my device free and clear I am not under warranty or gave up my warranty I should 1000 percent be able to modify it in any way I want. It amazes me how this was never a thing on computers. I've never seen HP block the ability to get admin on windows. Yet that's exactly what rooting is, just the Linux alternative. And all the same reasons all the same excuses existed on PC. If I have admin, I can install programs including pirate programs and I can get viruses and corrupt my system. Computer manufacturers could have easily restricted the bios (just as you would if you put a password on it) and not let me reinstall windows or install Linux or do anything . they could have made windows with no admin access but they didn't so it's completely absurd that phone companies have decided to do this. I used to be a huge Samsung fan but the moment they stopped allowing the unlock of the bootlader is the moment I I stopped using Samsung. Also on the s7 what they did was pure evil. On the s7 an image "leaked" allowing you to root. No 1 understood where it came from, and the going theory and what everyone is pretty certain of is that the image came directly from Samsung. This image did in fact root your device , but left the bootlader locked. But the evil part is it made your device lag it took your battery life and made it very very short it made everything crash and freeze constantly. I have rooted every single phone I've ever owned and yes different modifications can have bad effects, but I have never in my life seen that just the mere act of rooting(successfully) instantly ruins your this was the first time I've ever seen it. And this was the last time I've ever seen it.. this certainly to me it seemed like Samsung did it as a message, as a big FU to anyone who tries to root. And it was the last Samsung I ever owned. Happy Pixel owner now wherecroot is simple

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Yet Google does NOT lock bootloaders. I am on a pixel as we speak (Google flagship) with root and an unlocked bootloader. Anyway it should be a CHOICE. You should be able to agree that your security can be compromised and that the manufacturer won't be responsible and any warranty would be in void B U T you should still absolutely have the right to Do whatever you want on a device that you yourself own and paid for. Whether that's something be chucked off a bridge or root it, it shouldn't matter , it's my device not the manufacturer's and it should definitely be my choice to make.

Android does allow it, they aren't the ones locking it its the manufacturer, Samsung , that locks it. And they do it through the CPU chips (usually Qualcomm in Samsung's case) . in any event the point being is, android isn't the issue.

Hello from 4 years in the future 😅 still on a very much rooted phone with an unlocked bootloader, pixel 7 pro, brand new 😁😁😁