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>>> Google continues to release a phone each year with an unlocked bootloader Can I buy any phone, and then wipe it out and add any OS on it? I think that is
by Surio 14y ago
>>> Google continues to release a phone each year with an unlocked bootloader
Can I buy any phone, and then wipe it out and add any OS on it?
I think that is what the OP was driving at. And that would be quite something, compared to current state of affairs! :)
- untog 14y agoYou can add any OS that wants to be added. IIRC you can put early builds of Firefox OS on a Nexus phone. Of course, you can't put iOS on there, but that's Apple's choice.
- MatthewPhillips 14y agoMy point was not that we don't have choice today (we do), it's that we're not going to have choice in the not-so-distant future as these other OSes die off (incluing Firefox OS). Sure, you can root some Android devices and install Android ROMS like Cyanogen... but those are just Android. We're going to lose the creativity we're currently seeing in Jolla, Windows Phone, Firefox OS, Blackberry, etc.
- grayrest 14y agoOf course. I have a Nexus S with Firefox OS on it, for example.