"While I know this will get me attacked as being an Apple fan boy (as I say time and time again, I use both iOS and Android every day, and carry a phone of each on me every day), the argument for flashing and bootloaders is always lost on me. When you look at the number of Android phones in the world, what percentage do you think is used by people that would have the first clue how to do this? How many of them would even know to search out this type of information? Yes, it's fantastic that those with the know how can do these things, but for your average phone user these just aren't realities. You could always sit down and learn how to do it, but that takes me back to your average phone user isn't even going to know this is a possibility, so they aren't going to go and find the information to learn. If you spend any time in a carrier store while waiting for something to be done, listen to the conversations happening around you. You will be amazed by how little people know about their..." - Sean P. Aune