Smartphone manufacturers like HTC and Motorola have been drawing the ire of the Android modders because of their policy of locking bootloaders. Now the Android modders can cross one of these companies from their gripe list. HTC has officially announced that it will no longer be locking the bootloaders on its devices.
HTC CEO Peter Chou made the short announcement on the social network site Facebook: There has been overwhelmingly customer feedback that people want access to open bootloaders on HTC phones. I want you to know that weve listened. Today, Im confirming we will no longer be locking the bootloaders on our devices. Thanks for your passion, support and patience.
The post has generated thousands of likes and comments on Facebook. Nearly all of the comments are thankful to Chou and HTC. With unlocked bootloaders, HTC handsets will become a lot easier to hack or modify. The community of Android modders will find it easy to load whichever version of Android they would like to have on their device.
However, the Taiwan based company is yet to announce the date from which the unlocked bootloaders policy will go into effect. The information about whether the existing HTC phones will receive necessary updates to unlock the bootloaders is also awaited. The ball is now in Motorolas court. With HTC having already succumbed to popular demand, there will be more pressure on Motorola to do the same.
Smartphone manufacturers like HTC and Motorola have been drawing the ire of the Android modders because of their policy of locking bootloaders. Now the Android modders can cross one of these companies from their gripe list. HTC has officially announced that it will no longer be locking the bootloaders on its devices.
HTC CEO Peter Chou made the short announcement on the social network site Facebook: There has been overwhelmingly customer feedback that people want access to open bootloaders on HTC phones. I want you to know that weve listened. Today, Im confirming we will no longer be locking the bootloaders on our devices. Thanks for your passion, support and patience.
The post has generated thousands of likes and comments on Facebook. Nearly all of the comments are thankful to Chou and HTC. With unlocked bootloaders, HTC handsets will become a lot easier to hack or modify. The community of Android modders will find it easy to load whichever version of Android they would like to have on their device.
However, the Taiwan based company is yet to announce the date from which the unlocked bootloaders policy will go into effect. The information about whether the existing HTC phones will receive necessary updates to unlock the bootloaders is also awaited. The ball is now in Motorolas court. With HTC having already succumbed to popular demand, there will be more pressure on Motorola to do the same.
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