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by Kevin O'Quinn
May 24, 2012
We don't have an official unlock through HTCDev yet, but that hasn't stopped the bootloader on the AT&T One X from being unlocked. After days of watching the devs do ...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 11, 2012
If you were wondering about the EVO 4G LTE bootloader, or were a bit worried after learning that AT&T's decided to go back to its not-so-friendly ways, we're happy to tell you that...
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by Alex Dobie
May 05, 2012
Just about all of HTC's international phones and tablets released over the past year have been added to its bootloader unlock list -- the list of developer-friendly devices that can have their b...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 06, 2012
Whenever a hot new HTC device is on the way, a portion of potential buyers are only interested in one thing -- how long until it's rooted and the bootloader is cracked? The AT&T One X is no ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 20, 2012
I get this question a lot: If my Galaxy Nexus is unrooted and running the stock ROM, how do I back up it via a custom recovery?
It's pretty easy, actually, and it goes back to our method of man...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 07, 2012
Chances are a good many of you out there aren't even old enough to remember the HTC Dream. (By the way, get off our lawn.) And chances are even slimmer that there are many still being used today...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 29, 2012
There's an old letter being passed around today that provides Verizon's response to the FCC about locked bootloaders. Starting early this month, these letters began going out to anyone...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 22, 2012
As promised, the bootloader unlock tool for the ASUS Transformer Prime is now available for download from ASUS directly. It's a simple little .apk that you'll download, move to your tablet a...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 24, 2012
The ASUS Transformer Prime is the first quad-core tablet, and users were a bit up in arms when it was discovered that the bootloader was locked. ASUS responded with an official statement that ...
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by Chris Parsons
Jan 16, 2012
HTC has continued updating their developer site bootloader unlock tool with new devices and this time around they've gone ahead and added:
HTC Desire Z
HTC ChaCha
HTC Aria
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by Jason Harrison
Jan 03, 2012
Now that ASUS has calmed everyone down, what's next on the pitchfork agenda?
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 03, 2012
What is a bootloader? At its most basic level, your Android smartphone is like a hard drive, made of up several partitions. One of those partitions holds the Android system files, another holds...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 03, 2012
ASUS this morning teased some news regarding the locked and encrypted bootloader on its quad-core Transformer Prime tablet -- and it's good news. A bootloader unlock tool indeed is on the way.
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 03, 2012
A bit of a stink has errupted over the weekend as more and more ASUS Transformer Primes finally started getting into users' hands, and said users discovered the bootloader is locked down tight. ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 28, 2011
HTC has updated their Developer site's bootloader unlock page, and the news is good:
All HTC Android devices launched after September 2011 are unlockable. The website will be updated accordi...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 15, 2011
Now that you've got your Galaxy Nexus, it's time to tinker. And tinker we shall. We've already showed you how to unlock the bootloader, which you really should do first thing if you have...
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by Alex Dobie
Dec 15, 2011
Sony Ericsson has become one of the first manufacturers to release an early Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich ROM, hot on the heels of Huawei, which uploaded a test build for the Honor a couple of days...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 26, 2011
The first step you need to take if you're going to use a custom ROM on a Nexus device is to unlock the bootloader. All bootloaders -- even on a Nexus phone -- come locked. The big difference is ...
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by Alex Dobie
Nov 04, 2011
Following on from yesterday's root-based escapades, MoDaCo's Paul O'Brien has uploaded the boot and recovery images from the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, along with a full (non-odexed) system d...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 24, 2011
Heh. Hot on the heels of Motorola's 6-week Ice Cream Sandwich prediction on Twitter, the manufacturer has dropped a couple of websites to watch if you care about updates or unlocked bootloaders....
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 23, 2011
Possible good news here if you've been eyeing the Motorola RAZR, and live outside the U.S. -- Motorola has confirmed to the folks at Ausdroid that the RAZR will be the first Motorola phone to of...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 18, 2011
Here's a bit of news that a few of you aren't going to like hearing -- the Motorola Droid RAZR will ship with a locked bootloader. According to the official Motorola Mobility Twitter a...
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by Alex Dobie
Sep 14, 2011
HTC's 7-inch Flyer tablet is the latest device to find itself with an unlockable bootloader, courtesy of the official HTC development website. Added to the bottom of the list of unlockable devi...
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by Alex Dobie
Sep 07, 2011
HTC has added two additional flavors of EVO 3D to its bootloader unlocking site, following in the footsteps of the Sprint version, which become unlockable last month. If you own an unb...
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by Chris Parsons
Aug 29, 2011
If you've been holding out, waiting for your HTC Sensation to be available for bootloader unlocking over at HTCDev then today may be the day you have been waiting for. HTC has added a few more HTC Sen...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 24, 2011
It looks like HTC's unlocked bootloader policy may not be just what everyone was looking for, and several key portions of the firmware remain locked. What appears to be the case, is that using H...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 18, 2011
Oh, by the way ... With the push of the latest update to the HTC EVO 3D, aspiring developers and hackers can now unlock the bootloader using HTC's web tool. (And that comes just three ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 15, 2011
"Are you sure you wish to continue? You are about to start the process of unlocking your device. Unlocking your device allows you to install custom Operating Systems (“OS”) onto your...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 14, 2011
Android hackers have succeeded in unlocking the Motorola Photon 4G bootloader using the methods they first figured out for the Atrix 4G. Like most hacks of this nature, you're going to have to ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 08, 2011
If you're the serious tinkering type (as opposed to the rest of us who just like to occasionally break things), it's time to check out HTCdev.com. Two-thirds of the site, announced at the beginning of...
