I was going to buy one of these...
Could it not be argued this is anti-competitive?
Could it not be argued this is anti-competitive?
Instead I went out last night and bought a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. https://twitter.com/#!/marshray/status/154039917322838017
The bootloader isn't locked, but the 'Heimdall' flash backup/restore tool doesn't work with it. (yet :-)
(As far as I know, all of the Galaxy Tab 8.9 and Galaxy Tab 7 Plus devices are sold unlocked, for now.)
Do you have any specific links?
I don't have a 10.1, but I did spend a few hours reading through many of those threads last week before I decided against purchasing one for my wife. (We ended up going with the 7+ model instead.)
For what it's worth, my understanding is that there are workarounds to flash an unsigned kernel, it's just a real pain. Also, I think you would get the message you are seeing even if it were unlocked... my Galaxy S2 gives me the same warning before letting me into download mode.
Also, I think you would get the message you are seeing even if it were unlocked
Right. I was thinking that if it were locked it wouldn't have such a thoughtful warning and the option to proceed. But this reasoning could be wrong obviously.
This is my first tablet so it's something of an experiment for me to figure out how practical it's going to be for me to use it in various circumstances.
I'm actually trying to not be disappointed about taking a step down in CPU and GPU capacity. I think the ASUS probably had some ports the Galaxy Tab doesn't.
Sounds like locking the boot rom is good for ASUS' competitors based on the comments there and here.