Nothing stirs the wrath of Android geeks more than a locked bootloader it seems. Following the revelation that Asus was planning on locking down the Transformer Prime bootloader yesterday, the company has changed tack, announcing that it is working on a bootloader unlocking tool.
Amazon’s a pretty canny company. Sure, 99% of users who buy a Kindle Fire won’t do anything but buy books on it, but that 1% that don’t want the UI? Amazon expects you to root the unit, and quickly.
