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• rictic 16y ago
  It is my understanding that very few of those devices are developer devices, where the user is allowed to install their own OS. Otherwise you have to root the phone, which is a violation of the increasingly international DMCA-style anti-circumvention law. I haven't checked this info in a little while though, if most Android devices are sold with root I'm very happy to be corrected.
  • jrockway 16y ago
    Rooting your phone is not a DMCA violation. sudo simply is not pre-installed, it's an app you have to add yourself, just like anything else. Reverse engineering for interoperability is a DMCA exception, and there are plans to make the language in the law specifically refer to "jailbreaking" phones. Also, at least with Android devices I've worked with, there is no trickery involved to flash a new firmware. You just do it.