Whelp, sounds like you have a problem with your vendor.  Sorry to hear that.
Please take it up with them, I believe they have web forums available.

On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 2:52 PM, nkijak <nki...@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> I tried calling T-Moblie and asked for a dev image, a unlocked image,
> a unlocked boot loader, root access, and/or the ability to write to
> the data directory/partition (I used a different term each time I got
> no where with customer support).  It seems their standard answer is
> that Google writes the software and HTC builds the phone. They just
> sell it.
>
> Any other suggestions on what to ask for or what to say?
>
> On Dec 27, 10:37 am, Disconnect <dc.disconn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Its not google. Its tmobile. They decide whether ro.secure is set or not
> > (adb shell as root) and what bins (ahem, su) are shipped. Call 611 and
> ask
> > (talk to g1/blackberry/smartphone support. not the main pool.) It is
> their
> > device, and their image, that you are objecting to. (And for fscks sake,
> > google first. This is the 304th identical thread in the past two weeks..)
> >
> > I want a ♞.
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 8:45 AM, coolbho3k <mike.g.hu...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > I'm speaking for the "early adopters" who bought a T-Mobile G1
> > > directly from the carrier before the ADP1 was even announced.
> >
> > > I paid full price ($400 USD) for my phone, the same price I would have
> > > paid for an ADP1. Yet, I have updated to an official version of the
> > > infamous RC30 update, thinking Google wouldn't let us developers down.
> > > This was a mistake. Now I'm stuck without RC30 and the ability to test
> > > my own builds of Android on real hardware, or even do simple things
> > > like clear the market's cache.
> >
> > > Android was supposed to be "open" from the beginning, yet the most
> > > mainstream device using it is completely locked down. What's worse,
> > > all early adopters (developers who bought the G1 before the ADP1 was
> > > announced) are stuck...
> >
> > > Please Google, give us back root.
> >
>

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