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Nov 23 AT 1:52 PM Anthony Domanico 31 Comments

XDA member gets cease and desist letter from Android OEM tracking software maker, fights back with help from EFF

An XDA-recognized developer TrevE (Trevor Eckhart) received a cease and desist letter from Carrier IQ, a company that produces software that allows OEM manufacturers of Android devices to track everything consumers do on their smartphones. Carrier IQ’s software is embedded at the kernel level in devices made by the likes of Samsung, HTC, and several others, ... Read More »

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Jun 08 AT 8:50 AM Anthony Domanico 22 Comments

HTC readying OTA update to unlock Sensation’s bootloader

Keeping true on the promise to return to their hacker-friendly roots, HTC has indicated they are working to prepare a software update for the T-Mobile HTC Sensation that will serve to unlock the phone’s bootloader. (Though we still aren’t completely sure what they mean by “unlocked”).

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