On the contrary, it seems the big Android manufacturers start to understand the advantages of letting users unlock the bootloader. There are official tools from

On the contrary, it seems the big Android manufacturers start to understand the advantages of letting users unlock the bootloader. There are official tools from HTC[1] and Sony[2], Motorola seems to follow suit[3] and Samsung's dragging its feet in the same direction with the Galaxy S3[4]. [1] http://htcdev.com/bootloader http://htcdev.com/bootloader [2] http://unlockbootloader.sonymobile.com/ http://unlockbootloader.sonymobile.com/ [3] http://www.motorola.com/blog/2012/07/26/unlock-the-bootloader-on-motorola-photon-q-4g-lte/ http://www.motorola.com/blog/2012/07/26/unlock-the-bootloade... [4] http://www.androidcentral.com/samsung-offer-hacker-friendly-developer-edition-galaxy-s-iii http://www.androidcentral.com/samsung-offer-hacker-friendly-...