Asus Transformer Prime and the bootloader of contention

It's not really a good time for Asus. After the legal flaws with Hasbro on the abuse of trademarks "Transformer" and "Prime" (of course only needed a little 'common sense ...) and bugs on GPS and Wi-Fi now you put the community of xda-developers , who yesterday urged users to protest publicly against the decision of the Taiwanese to encrypt the bootloader of Prime.

Using a 128-bit encrypted bootloader (thus impossible to crack) for almost all users does not imply anything negative, but for geeks most restless is a really annoying limitation. In a similar way to that which was on its HTC smartphone, this software lock - writes the author of the appeal - "makes it impossible the use of ROM and kernel modified to allow overclocking, the use of distributions of Linux or Windows 8, voltage reductions, "and any other customization that can make the best tablet-change.

But because this mobilization? Simple, users have made ​​a similar protest with the case of HTC, who very wisely instead of continuing to receive negative publicity has given up after a few weeks, unlocking the bootloader of its devices.

The thread on xda offers a true media bombardment of Tweeter, Facebook, Google + and on the official Asus. If the issue is close to your heart there is a petition created ad hoc.