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May 26 AT 8:48 PM Alberto Vildosola 40 Comments

Victory: HTC will no longer lock the bootloader on their devices

Congratulations, Android community, you’ve done it. After the huge backlash that HTC got from locking the EVO 3D’s bootloader, the company seems to have gotten the message. HTC’s CEO, Peter Chou, took to Facebook to let us know that they’re truly sorry and that they won’t do it again. Specifically, Chou ... Read More »

Motorola

Jan 20 AT 10:10 AM Taylor Wimberly 66 Comments

Could Motorola’s new Android phones ship with an unlocked bootloader?

Motorola has long held the stance that their Android phones were not meant to be used as an operating system development platform. This story goes back almost a year ago when the Android community became upset that the Motorola Milestone could not load custom ROMs to which a Motodev employee responded, “We highly ... Read More »