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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 09, 2011
Update: We've spoken with Motorola PR, who tells us the Photon does not have an unlocked bootloader, and the rep who initially told us otherwise was in error. Please read the full story here.One ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 27, 2011
We're all pleased as punch that HTC has decided to shake things up a bit and stop locking the bootloader on its Android devices. Cheers to the manufacturer for listening to the vocal minori...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 27, 2011
Thing 1 - Google unveils Google Wallet Google Wallet a reality: Brings real purchasing power to your phone Thing 2 - The bootloader bruhaha HTC: 'We're reviewing ou...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 26, 2011
Break out the bubbly -- HTC CEO Peter Chou just announced via Facebook that they have heard everyone and will no longer be locking the bootloaders of their devices. We're assuming (and hoping) ...
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by Chris Parsons
May 24, 2011
We've been plowing through the news here at Android Central thus far this week and it's only Tuesday. We've got plenty more in store for you all for the rest of the week as well but in case you're lo...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 24, 2011
To everybody up in arms over HTC's locked bootloaders (most recently the completely unsurprising news that the EVO 3D is locked), we hear you. And know what? HTC hears you. And whi...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 27, 2011
By now everyone with even the slightest interest in Android or smartphone tech knows that Motorola has been pretty pugnacious about locking and encrypting the bootloader on their Android phones. ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 19, 2011
If you've gotta have the latest unofficial ROM for your new HTC ThunderBolt, you're in luck this morning. An RUU has leaked out of one of those places RUUs tend to leaked out of (don't ask, you ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 13, 2011
Good news, everyone! Remember how Sony Ericsson promised it would have a website set up to help unlock its bootloaders "in the upcoming weeks"? Well, we're there. With a few cavea...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 05, 2011
A while ago we reported that Sony Ericsson would be offering a bootloader unlocking solution for their 2011 Xperia line, and today Xperia Blog has some information about how this will play out. ...
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by Alex Dobie
Apr 05, 2011
It's turning out to be a good month for Xperia X10 owners wanting to eek a little extra life out of their phones. First Sony Ericsson announced that the device, previously abandoned on Android 2...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 29, 2011
This one came out of left field -- Sony Ericsson is going to offer their 2011 Xperia line with an unlockable bootloader via the fastbook command. They say only SIM unlocked versions of the ...
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by Alex Dobie
Mar 23, 2011
Bad news for anyone hoping to run custom ROMs on HTC's new Incredible S anytime soon. A recently-discovered RUU for the device seems to indicate that like its distant cousin the Thunderbolt 4G, ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 21, 2011
The bootloader on your Milestone or Droid X is just as locked today as it was yesterday, and it looks like it will stay that way. Android developer Nenolod admits he was lying when he claimed to...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 20, 2011
This one's still trickling in, but it appears that the keys needed to bypass the bootloader protection used by Motorola have been uncovered, with proof posted on Twitter. This means developers s...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 24, 2011
We all breathed a collective sigh of relief when we learned that Motorola provided the Xoom with an unlockable bootloader, giving developers and hackers easy access to the hardware. And since ma...
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by Kyle Gibb
Feb 22, 2011
Motorola just confirmed via Twitter that the Xoom will have an unlockable bootloader to aid developers in app development. Here it is, in no uncertain terms: "The XOOM will have an ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 19, 2011
Looks like whomever was running Motorola's YouTube page today might have gone a wee bit rogue. To recap, a comment on a video of the Atrix 4G was greeted with a tongue so sharp we had to make su...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 19, 2011
It's the question many of us are asking -- will Motorola's upcoming phones have locked bootloaders? Based on Motorola's previous stance on the issue we all expected the answer to be yes, but the...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 16, 2010
Excellent news, folks. The bootloader on the Samsung Nexus S (watch our hands-on video) can be unlocked just as the Nexus One's was. Gandalf44 in the Android Central Forums reminds us of the instructi...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 16, 2010
Motorola has come clean about the eFUSE questions, and we're all relieved to hear the Droid X won't blow up if you try to hack it. I can imagine that my questions were just a drop in the bucket ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 15, 2010
Locked, Encryption, and a self-destruct button -- all over a cellphone? It's not very often that I'm asked to write something and don't really want to write it. But there's this 800-pound goril...
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by Kyle Gibb
Jul 14, 2010
So the bootloader on the Droid X is locked. We know this. For many developers and hackers, it's a bit of a disappointment as the original Motorola Droid became a de facto dev phone because...
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by Jared DiPane
Jul 10, 2010
There has been some chatter lingering around in regards to the Droid X and its bootloader, and sadly it appears as though they have locked this one down. So, what does that mean for the average consum...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 22, 2010
Yes, you read it right., the Nexus One has been rooted. Again. What's new about this is that the phone was rooted the old fashioned way, and the bootloader remains locked. Let me take a mi...
