I understand that but why doesn't att lock all android phones and not just the HTC ones?
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Maybe they saw a rise of HTC phones being returned or being fixed under warranty and saw a lot of people messing up their devices. So they locked it down?
Maybe samsung phones were easy to fix? Idk but Verizon gs3 bootloader is locked and the note 2. So its carrier dependent.
Hell Verizon locks all boot loaders so nvm
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Maybe samsung phones were easy to fix? Idk but Verizon gs3 bootloader is locked and the note 2. So its carrier dependent.
Hell Verizon locks all boot loaders so nvm
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Because they want it to operate as they intended. No matter how bad that is.
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Well, I was going to say, if you really want the Dev edition, go and order it and wait until it's back in stock. Patience is a virtue.
Not just ATT Bands. Rogers, Fido and a few others Canadian providers as well which uses the same bands.
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You misread my post. Were talking about atts locked boot loader. They are selling a unlocked and developer edition for ATT customers mainly because of that. Since T-Mobile and sprint versions ARE unlockable, there is no dev versions for them.
Plus its sold only to a VALID US Address only. Gotta go through a lot of hoops to purchase it.
So...... Canada is ou
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Plus its sold only to a VALID US Address only. Gotta go through a lot of hoops to purchase it.
So...... Canada is ou
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I can also confirm from my sources that the AT&T ONe WILL ha e it's bootloader on lo brown which is why the Developer Edition is only available in the U.S.
As far as S-OFF, my One X isn't S-OFF yet I flash RIMs often without doing the kernal flash. I was unther the assumption that a unlocked bootloader and Root were all that was needed to flash ROMS.
Btw, I also got a Developer Edition.
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As far as S-OFF, my One X isn't S-OFF yet I flash RIMs often without doing the kernal flash. I was unther the assumption that a unlocked bootloader and Root were all that was needed to flash ROMS.
Btw, I also got a Developer Edition.
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Seems legit... Can't even string together a sentence without spelling errors, but seems legit.
That's likely exactly the case. Samsung is doing amazingly well with their smartphones, and are by far the leading seller of Android phones, with the Galaxy S series in particular being wildly popular. So as you say, AT&T needs them more than vice versa.
Such is not the case with HTC, who has been really struggling financially for some time now. HTC needs to be able to sell their flagship on AT&T, or their chances of surviving (at least in the US market) are going to dwindle.
For all we know, AT&T even compensates HTC monetarily to keep the bootloader locked. Something HTC isn't in a financial position to refuse (and again, not the case for Samsung).
Its really a shame, as I think many of us can agree that HTC by far makes the better hardware, compared to Sammy's cheap looking/feeling plasticky devices. Really unfortunate that such a beautiful device may be marred with an unlockable bootloader.
I was basing it on that post, but wans't realizing you're talking about the bootloader as I mistaken it by frequency bands.
I assume you meant to say Canada is out. Not for me, I was able to pre-order my developer edition from HTC.
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It will be rooted. How many flagship devices can you name that wasn't rooted ?
I've been on this forum since the G1 days and I've bought almost every flagship HTC device with a lock bootloader n devs here always manage to unlock them
If the Twitter comment in the OP is true, than an "official" bootloader unlock is not allowed through HTC's website. On the vast majority of the more recent HTC's devices, root is available out of the box, and simply a matter of unlocking the bootloader and flashing SU/SuperSU. AT&T is the only carrier to block this method, and on only one phone to date (One X).
If this turns out to be the case for the One, than as mentioned in the previous response, it will be up to the devs here to find an exploit to gain root, or otherwise unlock the bootloader.
That Motorola guy whatever who exploits them said if you want a unlocked boot loader/root, purchase a unlocked device. Don't expect someone to find a exploit for you because its getting difficult and consumed a lot of time.
He is on point.
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He is on point.
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It will be rooted. How many flagship devices can you name that wasn't rooted ?
I've been on this forum since the G1 days and I've bought almost every flagship HTC device with a lock bootloader n devs here always manage to unlock them3
That's likely exactly the case. Samsung is doing amazingly well with their smartphones, and are by far the leading seller of Android phones, with the Galaxy S series in particular being wildly popular. So as you say, AT&T needs them more than vice versa.
Such is not the case with HTC, who has been really struggling financially for some time now. HTC needs to be able to sell their flagship on AT&T, or their chances of surviving (at least in the US market) are going to dwindle.
For all we know, AT&T even compensates HTC monetarily to keep the bootloader locked. Something HTC isn't in a financial position to refuse (and again, not the case for Samsung).
Its really a shame, as I think many of us can agree that HTC by far makes the better hardware, compared to Sammy's cheap looking/feeling plasticky devices. Really unfortunate that such a beautiful device may be marred with an unlockable bootloader.
