HTC changes its bootloader policy again, another storm brewing up?

04 August, 2011
HTC smartphones will ship with locked bootloaders, but unlock with a web tool will be possible.

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  • 3aZ
  • 04 Aug 2011

bootloader is required to run roms or other non regulation software

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    • Anonymous
    • MVg
    • 04 Aug 2011

    wat well boot loaders do on a sony arc

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      • Mike
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      • 04 Aug 2011

      silverjet, 04 Aug 2011Yo! I agree with you bro. i dont get what bootloaders mean. If you don't know what a bootloader is don't worry this won't effect you.

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        • alxr31
        • i84
        • 04 Aug 2011

        I'm more than happy with that. Nothing wrong,they just doing something we want their way. Anyhow unlocking and putting a custom ROM to your phone is always the best way to voide your warrnty after all. They try to protect all the noobes around, so credit for that from me!

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          • lalitsehgal21
          • vIy
          • 04 Aug 2011

          They are now simply takingadvantage of customers....i will soon dispose off this stupid fone and stupid promises and accept samsung....atleast they r not twin faced like htc.....
          H - Hell
          T - to
          c - Customers....
          From now this is full form of htc as per all of us who trusted them

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            • Anonymous
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            • 04 Aug 2011

            foneboy, 04 Aug 2011Just a small thing....if you must use colloquialisms in art... morereally, gsm arena needs to define what bootloader is when you can easily find out for yourself. By the way,they must have given the meaning in one of the old posts BUT you won't expect them to define bootloader everytime it is used, would you? If they do that, then they have to give the definition of most words in each publication :)

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              • silverjet
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              • 04 Aug 2011

              foneboy, 04 Aug 2011Just a small thing....if you must use colloquialisms in art... moreYo! I agree with you bro. i dont get what bootloaders mean.

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                • Anonymous
                • n3s
                • 04 Aug 2011

                foneboy, 04 Aug 2011Just a small thing....if you must use colloquialisms in art... moreIndeed.

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                  • AnonD-252
                  • 39h
                  • 04 Aug 2011

                  foneboy, 04 Aug 2011Just a small thing....if you must use colloquialisms in art... moreUse "Google" and you can easily find the answers to your questions by yourself!

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                    • AnonD-252
                    • 39h
                    • 04 Aug 2011

                    Samsung is much better, Galaxy S and S2 and... all have unlocked bootloaders, and "download mode" and "Odin" make Samsung phones almost impossible to brick, so if any custom firmware is "bad" the user simply can reflash the stock firmware using Odin and all problems are gone and warranty then is back again.
                    HTC do not understand that one of the main reasons for choosing an Android phone is because it is "free".

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                      • foneboy
                      • M3s
                      • 04 Aug 2011

                      Just a small thing....if you must use colloquialisms in articles e.g. 'bootloader', could you be kind enough to give a brief explanation of what they mean. You've got a great website, but allowing techno nerds to overun it with there geeky language kind of ruins it. Thanks

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                        • Anonymous
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                        • 04 Aug 2011

                        What is wrong with HTC! They probably don't know that one of the reasons they have so many fans is that there are 3rd party developers who have the chance to play around with their software thus making people like the phones more.

                        Pls stop this bootloader nonsense!!!