[ale] droid bricks if mod'ed

[Greg Clifton]

I am considering going GSM, however, the big V has me by the short hairs, or
at least the wallet on 2 of 5 phones on the family plan till June '11 and
till Aug '10 for another, so I can't afford to leave now. Furthermore, ATT
coverage isn't all that great and Tmobile is worse (I live ~ 30mi S. of
Atl). Maybe LTE which V & ATT are going to will solve that by 2013? I am
leery of Sprint's Wimax service so I don't think that is a viable option for
the next year or two at least.
GC

On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 2:01 PM, Michael Trausch <mike at trausch.us> wrote:

> Well, if you switch to a GSM network (where you get more control and
> flexibility), you could get an HTC Dream or a Nexus One and run whatever you
> want on it.  I am still running the Dream, but plan to buy a new phone in
> the next 1 to 3 years when one comes out that is (IMHO) worth upgrading to.
>
> The latest CyanogenMod, which is built around Android 2.2 with the JIT
> compiler (disabled by default, but easy enough to enable) has put a breath
> of new life in my current phone, so I don't feel like I need to upgrade
> anymore for now.
>
> --
> Sent from my HTC Dream---Running Froyo!
> Thanks, @cyanogen!
>
> On Jul 15, 2010 12:21 PM, "Jim Kinney" <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/07/15/1317205/Droid-X-Self-Destructs-If-You-Try-To-Mod
> >
> > So the Motorola Droid I bought doesn't really belong to me. Somewhere I
> > missed the "and Motorola reserves the right to destroy your device on a
> > whim" clause in the paperwork when I bought the it.
> >
> > <tinfoil hat>since verizon can push any update to the phone, it is
> possible
> > to brick this thing remotely for "Terms of Service" violations as well.
> The
> > "Internet kill switch" has been pushed out to the users. What does the
> > iphone, blackberry and the htc series of stuff have?</tinfoil hat>
> >
> > --
> > --
> > James P. Kinney III
> > I would rather stumble along in freedom than walk effortlessly in chains.
>
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