Rooting in itself is not illegal. Like others said, you may not own the phone outright, and then modifying it someway, like rooting it, may violate the contract.
Don't hold me on this, but i think T-mobile's contract does not prohibit it. When you buy the phone from T-mobile in the USA, you own the phone. You can throw it into the toilet if you want. The subsidies that T- mobile gives you on the phone when you get a contract with them is covered by the 1 or 2 year duration of the contract and the penalty you pay when you end the contract prematurely. Of course, they may not like it and the warranty on your phone probably gets voided. For other countries and other carriers, this story may be different. But in no way, i think, Google can prevent you from doing that. On Apr 3, 8:24 am, Autarkis <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey all, > > I'm having an argument with someone. He claims that rooting the G1 is > in and of itself an illegal act. Is that true? > > I would love someone from Google offically commenting on this as well. > > Thanks, --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
