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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Custom ROM aficionados will have to add the HTC Incredible S to the ever-growing list of Android devices whose bootloaders are signed and locked. Like the Motorola Droid 2 and Droid X, Milestone and ...

It looks like Asus intends to release an official statement regarding the locked bootloader on the Transformer Prime that we heard about yesterday, as the company has now posted the following on their ...

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After it was discovered that the bootloader on HTC's new One X phone is not unlockable, a lot of smartphone enthusiasts had a sour taste in their mouths, especially since HTC had been one of the ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Listen up, hackers. This one’s for you. Motorola’s Droid 3 is finally out and about in all of its tech spec glory, but one thing’s missing: an unlocked bootloader. That’s right, Motorola’s gone and ...

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 ...