HTC has some good news for anyone who’s wanted to root their Android phones: The company announced late Thursday that it will no longer be locking the bootloaders on its phones. Confirmed via a post ...

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. The weekend has come and gone and yes, the bootloader on Verizon’s Galaxy S3 remains locked. We have root in a ...

It appears that Asus is in the midst of some serious backlash from Eee Pad Transformer Prime owners as the device has been discovered to have a locked and encrypted bootloader. Needless to say, this ...

For obvious security reasons, Android requires users to take a number of steps before it should be possible to unlock a smartphone’s bootloader and boot a modified firmware image. But with the OnePlus ...

Asus has announced plans to unlock the bootloader on its Eee Pad Transformer Prime and bring Android 4 to the device by January 12. After facing customer scrutiny Monday for locking and encrypting the ...

Verizon has confirmed that it is locking the bootloader on the Samsung Galaxy S III, which puts up a small hurdle for Android hackers. Verizon has confirmed that it is locking the bootloader on the ...

Have an LG smartphone and want to unlock the bootloader so you can install a custom recovery, custom ROM, or other firmware? Now you can do that… maybe. LG’s last few flagship phones have shipped with ...

Based on Samsung's hacker-friendly track record, you'd generally expect one of it smartphones to come with an unlocked bootloader, making it easy to update or tweak with unofficial ROMs. That's not ...

What use is having a lock when you leave the door wide open anyway. That's the puzzle that OnePlus 6 owners are now facing after it was discovered how the phone may be fundamentally insecure right at ...

Some Verizon Pixel 2 owners reported being able to unlock their bootloaders Bootloader unlocking facilitates the process of loading custom software on devices It is unknown why the workaround to ...

Asus has announced that they have now released a bootloader unlock tool for their latest Android tablet, the Asus Transformer TF300. This new tool is now available for download, providing users with ...

After HTC, which has in the past been warm and welcoming to hackers, stated that its HTC Sensation 4G (coming to T-Mobile USA) and the EVO 3D (coming to Sprint as a 4G WiMax phone) would both be ...