Galaxy S3 bootloader patch coming soon?

**WillC** · 07-14-2012, 03:15 AM

Best to be skeptical about a report such as this but we can always hope.

From a thread in r/Android on Reddit.

" Thank you for contacting Verizon Wireless about the boot loader for the Galaxy S3. I know this may be frustrating but there will be a solution soon coming. Samsung will be releasing a software update to unlock your device. Right now, we do not have a date for the release but it shall be soon. Verizon Wireless appreciates you as a customer and your patience in this matter. Have a great weekend!"

Link to thread:

**dubge** · 07-14-2012, 07:46 AM

I would guess it is the sim they are talking about, unless verizon doesnt want samsung to take sales away from them by releasing a developer phone so they are going to unlock to bootloader

**doug.saunders** · 07-14-2012, 07:49 AM

I want to believe, I want to believe. I'm going to hold my breath until it comes true.

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**sfobrien** · 07-14-2012, 09:24 AM

Originally Posted by doug.saunders

I want to believe, I want to believe. I'm going to hold my breath until it comes true.

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You are going to pass out along time before that happens !

**nexsin** · 07-14-2012, 02:08 PM

while this would definitely be nice of them to do. I'll probably be long dead by the time it happens.

**razortaz18** · 07-15-2012, 06:45 PM

Debunked. Sim unlock. Yeah we can use our phones overseas. I'm gonna guess the majority of us spend most of our time in America. Lol. Useless to me

Sent from my Verizon Galaxy S3

**gunner49** · 07-15-2012, 06:53 PM

Originally Posted by WillC

Best to be skeptical about a report such as this but we can always hope.

From a thread in r/Android on Reddit.

" Thank you for contacting Verizon Wireless about the boot loader for the Galaxy S3. I know this may be frustrating but there will be a solution soon coming. Samsung will be releasing a software update to unlock your device. Right now, we do not have a date for the release but it shall be soon. Verizon Wireless appreciates you as a customer and your patience in this matter. Have a great weekend!"

Link to thread:

Just put a thread up somewhere else on this....good read, let's hope

**jaguarpaw** · 07-15-2012, 07:36 PM

cmonnnn is this legit?

**gunner49** · 07-15-2012, 08:05 PM

Originally Posted by jaguarpaw

cmonnnn is this legit?

Speculation on the XDA forums is that the Verizon employee meant, world unlock...we will see.

**jaguarpaw** · 07-15-2012, 08:12 PM

hmmm the droid life link has comments of people posting similar conversations with reps and specifically mentioned bootloader..... guess theres a chance

**gunner49** · 07-15-2012, 08:29 PM

Originally Posted by jaguarpaw

hmmm the droid life link has comments of people posting similar conversations with reps and specifically mentioned bootloader..... guess theres a chance

Yeppers just saw this....

Sent from my sexy S3...

**Bullfrog1337** · 07-15-2012, 08:52 PM

If it sounds too good to be true...
This is Verizon we are dealing with here.

**kilofoxtrot** · 07-15-2012, 10:34 PM

If Verizon is allowing the bootloader to be unlocked... then why would Samsung be releasing and unlocked bootloader VZW/Dev S3??

What would be the point?

**gunner49** · 07-15-2012, 10:53 PM

Originally Posted by kilofox

If Verizon is allowing the bootloader to be unlocked... then why would Samsung be releasing and unlocked bootloader VZW/Dev S3??

What would be the point?

That might be a good reason why Verizon might be doing so...not to allow the unknown on the network.

Sent from my sexy S3...

**xliderider** · 07-15-2012, 11:48 PM

Nah, the Verizon reps don't know the difference between the bootloader and the sim unlock for global use. I definitely am not holding out any hope.

**MidtownHD** · 07-15-2012, 11:52 PM

I agree, that rep doens't know the difference between sim locked and a locked bootloader.

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**davidnc** · 07-16-2012, 05:49 AM

Originally Posted by Bullfrog1337

If it sounds too good to be true...
This is Verizon we are dealing with here.

Yup and you know how that goes if it sounds to good to be true then it usually isnt true.
It's just combination of ,,,confusion or how its being interrupted ,,or just wishful thinking .

The more I researched about this the more it seems to be about the global unlocking .That was mentioned I think even before the S3 was released ,,, that it was going to be unlocked with an update sometime after its release.

EDIT
also this

**creccaj1** · 07-16-2012, 06:51 AM

Originally Posted by davidnc

Yup and you know how that goes if it sounds to good to be true then it usually isnt true.
It's just combination of ,,,confusion or how its being interrupted ,,or just wishful thinking .

The more I researched about this the more it seems to be about the global unlocking .That was mentioned I think even before the S3 was released ,,, that it was going to be unlocked with an update sometime after its release.

EDIT
also this

I would say don't get your hopes up on anything about the bootloader. While it would be fantastic and actually restore some of my faith in Verizon I don't see it happening. However, I see it this way. Can you imagine how many people sent these devices back due to the locked bootloader? That would be a massive amounts of refunds and a massive amount of lost revenue. It is possible that Verizon is now rethinking its strategy since most people who got their phone first have until this Thursday or Friday to send them back.

You can't take what either company says as true. If Verizon claims that they require a locked bootloader on all of their devices explain the GNex. While its a Google device, Verizon's statement regarding the bootloader says that it requires the bootloader to be locked to provide blah blah blah. It MAY have been Samsung doing this so they can pull sales from Verizon and take them for themselves. Welcome to capitalism!

**droid747** · 07-16-2012, 08:51 AM

Originally Posted by creccaj1

I would say don't get your hopes up on anything about the bootloader. While it would be fantastic and actually restore some of my faith in Verizon I don't see it happening. However, I see it this way. Can you imagine how many people sent these devices back due to the locked bootloader? That would be a massive amounts of refunds and a massive amount of lost revenue. It is possible that Verizon is now rethinking its strategy since most people who got their phone first have until this Thursday or Friday to send them back.

You can't take what either company says as true. If Verizon claims that they require a locked bootloader on all of their devices explain the GNex. While its a Google device, Verizon's statement regarding the bootloader says that it requires the bootloader to be locked to provide blah blah blah. It MAY have been Samsung doing this so they can pull sales from Verizon and take them for themselves. Welcome to capitalism!

I don't think you are correct in thinking It is Samsung's decision/fault for the locked Bootloader. If they were, then they would of locked the boatloader on all of the s3's they released and not just Verizon's.

**sfobrien** · 07-16-2012, 10:36 AM

Originally Posted by droid747

I don't think you are correct in thinking It is Samsung's decision/fault for the locked Bootloader. If they were, then they would of locked the boatloader on all of the s3's they released and not just Verizon's.

Ladies and Gentlemen we have a winner !

**berliner5000** · 07-16-2012, 10:52 AM

Sorry guys, droid-life just reported that Verizon has said that they are NOT giving an OTA update to unlock the bootloader. Customer service reps at verizon were confused.

**Bullfrog1337** · 07-16-2012, 11:27 AM

C'mon guys... we knew deep down, well maybe not too deep, that is was not true.

VZW is still the devil
They are not here to help developers. False Alarm, you may resume your normal lives.

**davidnc** · 07-16-2012, 11:34 AM

Originally Posted by berliner5000

Sorry guys, droid-life just reported that Verizon has said that they are NOT giving an OTA update to unlock the bootloader. Customer service reps at verizon were confused.

Yup,just as Bullfrog 1337 mentions too,,,,,,I would have been shocked

IF it had been true

**curley** · 07-16-2012, 11:56 AM

You guys are wrong, there is an unlock available soon, it's called the developer phone.

**Crispy** · 07-16-2012, 03:21 PM

How could anyone have believed Verizon would ever do anything to help their customers! I bet they had a real good laugh at Verizon HQ when they heard the rumors of a software update to unlock the phone.

I wouldn't be surprised at all if they somehow limit the developer phone, saying its 'not the optimal experience on our network'.