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by Jared DiPane
Jul 12, 2012
Ah, the Verizon Galaxy S 3. Available in blue and white, the device comes in either a 16GB or 32GB model, priced at $199 or $249 depending on which size you prefer. If you are not sure this ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 06, 2012
Oh Verizon, why must you constantly mess with perfection? Hackers with early access to the Verizon Galaxy S III have discovered that the phone has a protected bootloader -- meaning no easy hacking o...
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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 Chris Parsons
Jun 13, 2011
It's something Motorola Droid X owners have been teased with before. But this time around, it could turn out quite well. Although it remains unreleased as of now, it looks like Motorola Droid X owners...
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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 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 Alex Dobie
May 13, 2011
With the HTC Sensation's European street date fast approaching, the final shipping software for the device has leaked out on Chinese blog 911Sniper in the form of an RUU executable and image dum...
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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 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 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 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
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 Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 16, 2011
After an amazing amount of hard work, hard working hackers have built a stable Froyo custom ROM for the Motorola Milestone. It's a port of CyanogenMod 6, and thanks to the new kernel ripped out ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 19, 2010
Android hacker Koush has done it again, this time by creating a method to (almost) have his famous Clockwork recovery on the Motorola Droid X. He does state that this isn't a "real" re...
