<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 8:06 PM, Adam Glauser <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:adamglauser@gmail.com" target="_blank">adamglauser@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hi all,<br>
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Despite all the chatter and the excellent presentation recently, I'm still unclear as to how rooting and carrier locks work together.<br></blockquote><div><br>Two totally independent things.<br><br>Carrier locking means that you can't do the following:<br>
<br>- Switch carriers and use the same handset with the new carrier's SIM car.<br><br>- Travel abroad, and use the same handset with a local carrier for cheaper local calls and data rates.<br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Is it possible to have a rooted device which is still locked to a carrier?</blockquote><div><br>Yes.<br> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> If so, is unlocking as simple as rooting (supposing I pick an easily rootable and/or very popular device). </blockquote>
<div><br>No relation of one to the other.<br> <br>Rooting allows you to run some class of apps that is not possible otherwise. If you don't need one of those apps, then rooting is not a necessity.<br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Are there any downsides to unlocking a phone?<br></blockquote><div><br>No.<br></div></div>-- <br>Khalid M. Baheyeldin<br><a href="http://2bits.com" target="_blank">2bits.com</a>, Inc.<br><a href="http://2bits.com" target="_blank">http://2bits.com</a><br>
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