Re: ANDROID (back to the OQ)

[Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net>]

On 10/31/2013 02:56 PM, ken wrote:
> On 10/31/2013 02:02 PM Beco wrote:
>> On 31 October 2013 13:12, ken <gebser@mousecar.com
>> <mailto:gebser@mousecar.com>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>     Alex,
>>
>>     As you can see (from this long conversation), there are a variety of
>>     interpretations of what "free" means and its value to the end user.
>>     Getting back to your original concerns, here are some observations
>>     I've made about android which indicate to me that it's not free.
>>
>>     When you buy a phone with android on it, you don't have root access
>>     to the system.  You're just a regular user.  Yes, you can root the
>>     phone, but then you invalidate the warrantee, from what I
>>     understand, both the software and hardware warrantees.  So if
>>     something fails on your phone, the company whom you bought it from
>>     won't provide support.  If something breaks (whether it's software
>>     or hardware), you're on your own.  There are some android-specific
>>     lists which could be helpful.
>>
>> [cut]

I may be wrong, but I seem to remember seeing somewhere recently that it
is illegal in the United States to jailbreak a phone.
(I don't know how they'd catch you, or what the penalty would be.)

--doug