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Remember the Asus Transformer Prime? The once-saviour of the Android tablet market is all-of-a-sudden persona non grata amongst a very vocal developer community due to the discovery of a locked bootloader.
The first Transformer was a developer’s dream tablet due to a very easily-unlockable bootloader, making it easy to load custom ROMs, kernels and recoveries. Its powerful sequel appears to have a 128-bit encyryption scheme between you and a custom ROM, causing hundreds of users to pledge to return theirs, or wait until the next developer-friendly tab.
It’s not known why Asus decided to lock down its new flagship so absolutely — it’s virtually impossible to crack the key with brute force — but it’s causing quite a stir.
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