On: Are Google and Samsung Announcing a "Nexus Two?"

[minalecs]

just root and put vanilla android on yourself. I don't see what issue is.

[CrazedGeek → minalecs]

Aside from (A) rooting never being supported, (B) some phones not having a hacking community around them, and (C) the lack of a vanilla ROM even for those that do have hacking communities, it's just a hassle.

[runjake → minalecs]

There aren't more than a couple phones that have a vanilla Android ROM floating around for them. Cyanogenmod and similar are far from vanilla AOSP.

[peregrine → minalecs]

Not possible on all phones... the g2 for instance is unrootable.

[slmichalk → peregrine]

...for now.