One of the big questions
that is asked whenever a new Android device is about to be released is
just how friendly that device will be to potential mods, hacks, and
developer customizations. A new video makes it look like the upcoming
Samsung Galaxy S III may be quite friendly indeed. The video from the
recent Samsung Unpacked
event which revealed the Galaxy S III to the public shows the device
being put into Download Mode. The video is in German, but you can
clearly see the device booting into Download Mode.
This
is especially good news for those of you who love to mess around with
your devices by rooting, hacking, installing custom ROMs or kernels or
anything like that. The device will still have the standard Recovery
Mode, which would be used after rooting to flash any custom ROMs,
kernels, etc., but Download Mode acts as a sort of safety net during
this process. Download Mode is for getting back to stock, and is most
helpful when you've screwed up and partially bricked your device,
because even a soft-bricked device can still access Download Mode in
order to reset back to the stock firmware.
Now,
of course, we just need Samsung to release the source code for the
device so developers can get cracking on all the custom ROMs and kernels
that we'll want.
source: Android Next via Land of Droid
