HTC are reviewing the locked bootloader policy

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Just thought I would dive in and drop a link for anyone that is yet to comment..

And yes, it does belong in the dev section

http://www.facebook.com/notes/htc/up...50305151453084

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Originally Posted by LeeDroid

Just thought I would dive in and drop a link for anyone that is yet to comment..

And yes, it does belong in the dev section

http://www.facebook.com/notes/htc/up...50305151453084

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SO what does this imply

If they lock them down.. its the end of custom roms and kernels on HTC devices

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the facebook post is so generic, and definitely unconvincing

Originally Posted by LeeDroid

If they lock them down.. its the end of custom roms and kernels on HTC devices

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But isn't that what expert dev's like your self do....find ways to unlock things Isn't everything hackable eventually.....!!!

At least they didn't say f@%k you to us like MOTO did

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If the boot loader gets locked its not impossible to flash custom roms. I'm sure the DEVs here can find a work around. I came from a Sony X10 and the boot loader is locked on that device. The DEV's in the X10 forum were able to get a working CWM to flash different rom's, themes, etc. It would be challenging, but very doable..

Originally Posted by S.Reno9

But isn't that what expert dev's like your self do....find ways to unlock things Isn't everything hackable eventually.....!!!

Well the public key encryption used for signing can be theoretically broken but it takes centuries of brute force. More likely, someone will find a way to bypass the signature checking in the hardware somehow. You only have to flip one bit to make a "if x ..." turn into a "if not x ...", you just have to find the right place and a way to flip it.

It definitely puts a downer on devs willing to work with the phone...

Definitely something they should leave alone. Although HTC clearly knows how to make great mobile devices (in contrast to Samsung, for instance; Sense is light years better than that RFS Touchwiz crap) it's not smart to try to shackle the Android dev community. They will loose market share if they lock the bootloaders.

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