TheDiabolicaL1 wrote: Simply, Verizons actions after the point of sale. I currently have a defective device.  I am being told that if I swap out my S3 for another S3 that it uses what's left of my 14 day guarantee and eliminates my option to step into a different phone if my second S3 fails to work correctly as well unless I purchase it for full retail, or purchase it used. Apparently, there is no delineation between Warranty Replacement and simply not liking the device.  Personally, I think it's poor business practice. More to the point, I fail to see why it makes a difference that I would want to switch this phone out to a different carrier.  The reasons are irrelevant. The fact is, I cannot take my device to a different carrier because of Verizons software check that takes place when the phone is booted up. It's well known flashing any other carriers official software "bricks" the phone.  This prohibits my ability to use said phone on any other carrier which is written into the law as explicitly prohibited.

  All I see is you posting arguments about Verizon restricting the bootloader, you think their 14 day policy is flawed, this is garbage, etc, etc. If you hate Verizon so much, why did you "CHOOSE" to use their service? And I want to say again, it was YOUR CHOICE to use Verizon. From what I hear, the only carrier that is restricting the bootloader of the Galaxy S3 is Verizon. Why did you not choose another carriers network services for that phone?