unfunnyryan Posted May 28, 2011 Report Share Posted May 28, 2011 All of their phones, from now on, will have an unlocked bootloader. Essentially, this means loading custom roms and rooting your phone will be a painless process, with almost zero risk. Won't see THAT with an iphone :fuckyeah: http://www.softsailor.com/news/80946-htc-all-our-devices-will-feature-an-unlocked-bootloader-from-now-on.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farkas Posted May 28, 2011 Report Share Posted May 28, 2011 Ask me if I care... Go right ahead, seriously. I'll give you my honest opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8 Beast Posted May 28, 2011 Report Share Posted May 28, 2011 Ask me if I care... Go right ahead, seriously. I'll give you my honest opinion. Do you care? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farkas Posted May 28, 2011 Report Share Posted May 28, 2011 no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unfunnyryan Posted May 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2011 Ask me if I care... Go right ahead, seriously. I'll give you my honest opinion. Do you care? I would like an at least 45 word reply about your feelings OR what you ate for breakfast yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staywide8 Posted May 28, 2011 Report Share Posted May 28, 2011 Rooting is not contingent on an unlocked bootloader. Recovery and custom roms are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ODoyle Posted May 28, 2011 Report Share Posted May 28, 2011 In before Verizon can't make up their mind about supporting or blocking the phones with this feature. Same goes for Sprint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitrousbird Posted May 28, 2011 Report Share Posted May 28, 2011 Jailbreaking an iPhone is fairly painless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oh8sti Posted May 28, 2011 Report Share Posted May 28, 2011 I don't need to worry about any booting, rooting or tooting. My phone works great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unfunnyryan Posted May 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2011 In before Verizon can't make up their mind about supporting or blocking the phones with this feature. Same goes for Sprint. They can't tell unless you modify the radio, doesn't matter. Offering warranty support on the other hand... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87GT Posted May 29, 2011 Report Share Posted May 29, 2011 Very happy. I need a new phone soon what would you recommend? I have a moto droid and constantly rom and custom theme it. Plus I am comfortable running adb and commands in a terminal window. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Spam Posted May 29, 2011 Report Share Posted May 29, 2011 Just because the bootloader is unlocked doesnt mean recovery will be easily cracked. Especially if they keep with the plan of 236 bit encryption. Im praying too. I just put in my 50 for the evo 3d when it launches. Hopefully in two weeks. We shall seeeeee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twistedrx7 Posted May 29, 2011 Report Share Posted May 29, 2011 No! :fuckyeah: fixed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twistedrx7 Posted May 29, 2011 Report Share Posted May 29, 2011 No! :fuckyeah: wait is that a double negative making it large and with ! ?? oh well :gabe: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armin922 Posted June 1, 2011 Report Share Posted June 1, 2011 what exactly does it mean when you root your phone? what are the advantages/disadvantages? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87GT Posted June 1, 2011 Report Share Posted June 1, 2011 what exactly does it mean when you root your phone? what are the advantages/disadvantages? Free porn :megusta: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihateu3 Posted June 1, 2011 Report Share Posted June 1, 2011 what exactly does it mean when you root your phone? what are the advantages/disadvantages? Rooting gives you super user privileges on your phone. Imagine it like kinda being the system administrator on your work computer, you can do whatever you want, like change the ROM, install APK's directly from the SD card (APK's are Android Marketplace app files), use certain programs that require being rooted, like that one program that lets you use a nintendo wii controller on your phone to control emulators. There are no cons to rooting.... And the HTC announcement about the unlocked bootloaders..... previously all HTC's bootloaders where also unlocked. Then they went and locked down a couple phones bootladers, and their customer base complained enough to where HTC did the right thing and made this announcement. So yes it is a good thing, but its nothing new, its just like HTC phones have always been, they just brang it backl! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Brian Posted June 1, 2011 Report Share Posted June 1, 2011 I love you THC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Spam Posted June 1, 2011 Report Share Posted June 1, 2011 I love you THC :masturboy: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg1647545532 Posted June 1, 2011 Report Share Posted June 1, 2011 They can't tell unless you modify the radio, doesn't matter. Offering warranty support on the other hand... Or they can tell HTC to get bent and get phones from a different supplier. Ain't like HTC has a lock on Android phones. As long as Verizon/Sprint/et al charge for tethering, I can't see them tolerating this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRed05 Posted June 1, 2011 Report Share Posted June 1, 2011 Rooting gives you super user privileges on your phone. Imagine it like kinda being the system administrator on your work computer, you can do whatever you want, like change the ROM, install APK's directly from the SD card (APK's are Android Marketplace app files), use certain programs that require being rooted, like that one program that lets you use a nintendo wii controller on your phone to control emulators. There are no cons to rooting.... And the HTC announcement about the unlocked bootloaders..... previously all HTC's bootloaders where also unlocked. Then they went and locked down a couple phones bootladers, and their customer base complained enough to where HTC did the right thing and made this announcement. So yes it is a good thing, but its nothing new, its just like HTC phones have always been, they just brang it backl! This. Except you could always install APKs directly from your SD card unless you had failT&T who locked their Galaxy phones down. Be HTC, Be Awesome.:fuckyeah::fuckyeah::fuckyeah: The next nexus phone better be an HTC phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87GT Posted June 1, 2011 Report Share Posted June 1, 2011 I love you THC Doing anything this weekend bro ? :gabe: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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