HTC confirms bootloader unlock...

kurtis.austin2 · Jul 11, 2011

HTC confirms that the Sensation will receive an update to unlock the bootloader in August. Check out their twitter or facebook pages for more info.

http://m.facebook.com/notes/htc/update-on-bootloaders/10150305151453084?_rdr

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BonesRed · Jul 11, 2011

Awesome, pretty fast too Though course I would prefer faster. I also wonder if the T Mo unlock will be on August because if just says that it will be "later" after the global version!

Hmmmmm, just don't F it all up now HTC

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ScooterG · Jul 11, 2011

kurtis.austin2 said:
HTC confirms that the Sensation will receive an update to unlock the bootloader in August. Check out their twitter or facebook pages for more info.

http://m.facebook.com/notes/htc/update-on-bootloaders/10150305151453084?_rdr

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I'll check back in October...

Lakeshow423 · Jul 11, 2011

Sounds good to me! HTC now could be held accountable with a time frame, none of this future update open time frame BS

jerrylzy · Jul 11, 2011

In August..That will be nice..So the confirmed date has been released..We can get our best sensation after htc unlock it!

Solidus_n313 · Jul 11, 2011

not holding my breath, especially for TMO units (friggin carriers >:/)...
teamw1n is still my definitive source for full root and S-OFF, i hope this news wont slow/cancel fre3dom dev

evanbigfan · Jul 11, 2011

what about desire hd

lokhor · Jul 11, 2011

Will carrier firmware mean that I can't get the upgrade to unlocked bootloader firmware or will I be able to force an update via some application on the PC?

dr.m0x · Jul 11, 2011

Good to see they kept their promise. Now if the Htc Sensation gets Cyanogenmod then I may just buy one but at the moment the dirty old o2x may be my new phone this year.

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GabrielSousa · Jul 11, 2011

great news !!!!!

ratchetnclank · Jul 11, 2011

Nice im just glad mine is unbranded and i dont have to wait for carriers as well.

frostmore · Jul 11, 2011

htc did the right thing by providing a unlocked bootloader.

this should be the way to go,supporting the dev community so that they can adopt good ideas into their products.

i cannot say the same for dell though...

itachi1706 · Jul 11, 2011

We'll continue rolling out the unlocking capability over time to other devices as part of maintenance releases and new shipments.

Hmm... I wonder when they wrote this, do they also imply that they might unlock bootloaders for phones such as Desire?

moryoav · Jul 11, 2011

Bootloader Unlock for HTC Desire HD

evanbigfan said:
what about desire hd

Apparently this is also coming soon:
androidforums [dot] com/desire-hd-all-things-root/371044-htc-response-unlock-bootloader-desire-hd.html

Adrozz07 · Jul 11, 2011

Funny that Verizon doesn't have a phone on that list. I wonder whos fault is.

mazook98 · Jul 11, 2011

Key phrases in this memo:

'SUPPORT bootloader unlocking'
'BEGIN'
'followed by..........'
'EXPECT'
'EARLY SEPTEMBER'
'SOFTWARE UPDATES'.

This announcement has obviuosly been SCRUBBED by HTC legal. They just created a ****ton of loopholes for themselves, and gave themselves a LOT more time. We need to realize that the way they worded this sets it up to where we'll have to accept OTAs BEFORE the whole 'unlocking capability' is updated.

Not thrilled.

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melloyello · Jul 11, 2011

This is fantastic news. Got an unbranded S4G last week (first Android phone) after waiting 6 weeks to upgrade and now I can look forward to learning about kernals and the rest (i hope lol). Not sure i can do that seeing as I'm merely a noob, but i'll give it a try

Cheers HTC and, more importantly, XDA-Devs!!

tenbeau · Jul 11, 2011

mazook98 said:
Key phrases in this memo:

'SUPPORT bootloader unlocking'
'BEGIN'
'followed by..........'
'EXPECT'
'EARLY SEPTEMBER'
'SOFTWARE UPDATES'.

This announcement has obviuosly been SCRUBBED by HTC legal. They just created a ****ton of loopholes for themselves, and gave themselves a LOT more time. We need to realize that the way they worded this sets it up to where we'll have to accept OTAs BEFORE the whole 'unlocking capability' is updated.

Not thrilled.

Sent from my 3DeeVo

I totally agree with the quoted post above. Their statement is pure Legalese. To me this just sets up the scenario where a portion of the globe is given first the ability to unlock the boatloader and then sometime later the ability to use the capability to unlock the boatloader. No real precise time frames for either one. HTC states that The US Senation 4g is to follow with no real time frame and then sometime perhaps in latter part of Sept the capability to use the unlock boatloader update. They also did not mention which year, I am betting on Dec 12 of 2011.

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tenbeau · Jul 11, 2011

ScooterG said:
I'll check back in October...

I am seeing December 2011 for just having the ability to unlock and feb of 2012 to actually be have the capability to unlock the boatloader.

bonebeatz1234 · Jul 11, 2011

If you believe they will unlock it next month your smoking crack, i gaurentee they won't talk is cheap. I hope they prove me wrong but i doubt it.

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